We found 801 gaming desktops for $2,500 or less in stock at Best Buy, Walmart, Newegg, Skytech Gaming, Corsair, and Lenovo today, from $710.00 to $2,499.99. Our best pick for 1440p right now is the STORMCRAFT Gaming PC SKYHAWK PRO AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB 32GB DDR5 6000MHz RGB 1TB SSD 360mm AIO (RX 9070 XT, Ryzen 7 7800X3D) at $2,199.99, the fastest PC we found close to this budget. At $2,500 you are choosing between the fastest 1440p build and a first real 4K one. We rank by speed at your resolution and check that the CPU, memory and storage keep up.
Last updated Oct 15. Prices refresh every morning after the 4 AM (Central) update.
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Best for 1080p at $2,500
Ranked by estimated speed at 1080p (graphics card, CPU and RAM).
If you'd rather spend less: the Hoengager Gaming PC -AMD Ryzen 5 9600X RX 9070 XT GDDR6 16GB DDR5 RAM 1TB PCIe and 1TB SATA SSD 850W PSU, 360 AIO RGB Li at $2,019.99 gets about 95% of the Best pick's speed at 4K. See that PC
At this budget, look for: 16GB of video memory for 4K, 32GB of RAM (2 sticks), a 1TB SSD.
How we pick
Every morning at 4 AM Central we read every gaming desktop at the stores we track. For a budget we put the fastest PC close to it first: estimated speed at your resolution from the graphics card and the CPU (which matters most at 1080p), a little more for 32GB of memory, and, between two about as fast, the better build. The picks come from 85% to 100% of the budget, and one PC up to 15% over it is shown, labeled, when the extra money buys real speed or a clearly better part.
A graphics card's list is ranked by value instead: performance per dollar, adjusted for how the price compares with other PCs that have the same graphics card and with the PC's own price history since we started tracking it.
We never pick a PC that costs more than most PCs with the same graphics card and CPU class. A cheaper PC that is nearly as fast shows as a note under the picks.
We check that the CPU can keep up with the graphics card and mark the builds where it cannot, and we note too little memory or storage.
Laptops, mini PCs, refurbished and open-box units are left out. When the same PC is sold at more than one store, you see the best price.
FPS numbers come from Justin's own benchmarks at the highest preset without upscaling. A number is "tested" only for a PC Justin ran himself; every other one is estimated from his benchmarks of that graphics card or the cards closest to it, and labeled so.
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