Today is the lowest price since we started tracking on Sep 24 (down from $4,943.61 on Sep 30).
Buy now or wait? Buy now. $3,799.74 is its lowest price since we started tracking it (Sep 24). At or below today's price in 1 of the last 3 weeks we tracked.
At Best Buy, 132 of the 1431 PCs we track are 5% or more below their highest price of the last 30 days. Black Friday sales week starts Nov 23, in 38 days.
From 22 days of prices since Sep 24 (low confidence). From our own price history only; no one can promise a future sale.
Not a real drop: this PC sold for about $3,800 in October.
In stock every day we checked in the last 30 days (22 checks)
Tracked since Sep 24, 2026
View as table
Day
Best Buy
Oct 15, 2026
$3,799.74
Oct 14, 2026
$3,799.74
Oct 13, 2026
$3,799.74
Oct 12, 2026
$3,799.74
Oct 11, 2026
$3,799.74
Oct 10, 2026
$3,799.74
Oct 9, 2026
$3,799.74
Oct 8, 2026
$3,799.74
Oct 7, 2026
$3,799.74
Oct 6, 2026
$4,813.61
Oct 5, 2026
$4,813.61
Oct 4, 2026
$4,813.69
Oct 3, 2026
$4,813.69
Oct 2, 2026
$4,813.69
Oct 1, 2026
$4,813.69
Sep 30, 2026
$4,943.61
Sep 29, 2026
$4,943.61
Sep 28, 2026
$4,943.61
Sep 27, 2026
$4,943.61
Sep 26, 2026
$4,943.61
Sep 25, 2026
$4,943.61
Sep 24, 2026
$4,943.61
Checked every morning since Sep 24; we keep every day's price.
Today's stats
Deal meter: 100/100
100 is its lowest price since we started tracking it, 0 its highest (22 days of prices).
Power cost: about $9.36 a month, $112.35 a year.
An estimate: about 570W from the wall while gaming (the RTX 5080's rated 360W, the CPU and the rest of the PC, through the power supply). 18¢ is about the 2026 US average; use the rate on your bill. Idle and desktop use draw far less.
Would you buy it at $3,799.74?
CPU
Core Ultra 9 290HX
Graphics card
RTX 5080 (16GB VRAM)
Memory
32GB
Motherboard chipset
Not listed
Storage
1TB
Power supply
Not listed
CPU cooler
Not listed
Case / airflow
Not listed
Wi-Fi / Bluetooth
Not listed
Ports
Not listed
Operating system
Not listed
Warranty
Not listed
Upgrade room
Not listed
Brand
ASUS
Best Buy SKU
13106333
Hidden specs
⚠ Memory layout not listed: one stick (1x32GB) runs single-channel and can cost 10-20% FPS in CPU-heavy games
⚠ Memory speed not listed: slow memory is a common corner cut
⚠ Power supply not listed: a low-wattage or unrated one is a common corner cut and limits upgrades
⚠ Motherboard not listed: a budget board can limit memory speed and upgrades
⚠ SSD type not listed: a SATA or DRAM-less drive loads games slower than an NVMe one
⚠ CPU cooler not listed: a stock cooler can run hot and loud under load
⚠ Warranty not listed: check the length and whether it covers parts and labor
none listed for computers (Best Buy's 15% fee applies to listed categories such as drones, cameras, projectors and special-order products; none on unopened items)
Value Score (higher is better)
26
How much gaming its price buys today: its graphics card's speed per dollar, then its price against other PCs with that card, any real price drop, how well its CPU, memory and storage fit the card, and its brand. 6.4 FPS per $100 (Fortnite (Benchmark), 1440p).
FPS in popular games
Your games (popular games):Fortnite (Benchmark), Call of Duty Black Ops 6, Call of Duty Warzone, Cyberpunk 2077, Helldivers 2, Call of Duty Modern Warfare II, Forza Horizon 5, The Witcher 3, Minecraft (Realistic Shaders)
Max preset, native, frame generation off: Justin's test settings. Numbers marked est. are estimates.
Max settings, nativeMax, native: Highest preset, native (no DLSS/FSR), as Justin tests.
Lines at 60 and 144 FPS: 60 is smooth, 144 fills a high-refresh monitor (bright green 144 and up, light green 60 and up, yellow under 60). "est." means an estimate, not a run on this exact PC: the average of Justin's tests of PCs with the same CPU and graphics card, or estimated from his benchmarks of similar cards. A number without it is Justin's own measurement of this exact PC. Any setting but Max, native, frame generation off is an estimate ("est."); with frame generation on, the number is frames shown, and "feels like" is the frames the PC renders. Every game we cover
FPS from Justin's own testing, measured or estimated (each number says which). How we get our numbers
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Is it a good deal?
FPS verdict: On average across all 9 games: 233 FPS est. at 1080p, 184 FPS est. at 1440p and 115 FPS est. at 4K. That is high refresh (144+ FPS) at 1080p and 1440p and smooth (60+ FPS) at 4K. 4.8 FPS per $100 at 1440p. est.: estimated, as in the FPS section. At Justin's settings (Max, native).
22nd of 185by value among RTX 5080 builds in stock
Not enough comparable PCsin stock to compare its price with (we need at least 5)
$4,440.22its 30-day average
$3,799.74its lowest price since we started tracking on Sep 24
Skip it
Skip it: a same-or-better PC costs $1,100 less.
A PC with the same or better graphics card and CPU costs $599.75 less (16% of the price)
Not a real drop: this PC sold for about $3,800 in October
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