A budget gaming PC may be just the ticket when money is tight. After all, your PC doesn’t have to have the most powerful hardware to give you a good gaming experience. In fact, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is the best graphics card on the market, but it can’t compete with the RT3090 Ti in terms of raw performance. The good news is that it doesn’t have to. Most of the time, the best 1440p graphics cards, like the RTX 3060 Ti mentioned above, can give you a very good gaming experience at a very good price.
Here are our top picks for the best gaming PC with the lowest budget possible.
1. Acer Predator Orion 3000
The Acer Predator Orion 3000 comes in a lot of different configurations. Most budget gamers won’t be able to afford the most powerful one. The base configuration, which costs less than $1,000 and has a GTX 1660 graphics card, Intel Core i5 processor, and 16GB of RAM, is much more affordable. This model is no longer sold directly by Acer, but it can still be bought from retailers. Even in a world after the RTX 3000, it should have more than enough graphics power for 1080p gaming without making too many sacrifices in the graphics settings menu.
Pros
- Amazing processor combined with 16 GB of memory
- Enjoy 1080p gaming experience with low budget PC
- Powerful cooling fans
Cons
- Adding high configuration could cost more
2. HP Pavilion Desktop
The HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop keeps the gamer’s look to a minimum. It looks just as good in an office as it does in a game room, thanks to its compact chassis and refined LED lighting along the base.
It will not be a super-equipped computer, but if you spend a little further for the advanced configurations for performance, you can still play the newest games at around 80 FPS. But, if you are set to acclimate your settings a little, its lower configurations should be suitable to get you through 1080p gaming.
So, if you want a machine that you can both play on and use for work, this is it.
Pros
- Extendable hard drive up to 4 TB and separate SSD
- Great LED lighting system along with the case
- Enjoy Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Super to play some of the most famous games like Dota 2 or clashofclansbases at 720p/1080p.
- Graphics card can be changed or upgraded to RTX (any latest series)
Cons
- No specs-proof system
3. HP OMEN 30L
Omen is HP’s brand of gaming desktops. It was first released in 2006 as VooDoo. And if you want a cheap gaming PC that runs on AMD, the Omen 30L is a great choice. An AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU, 8GB of RAM, a 256GB NVMe SSD, and an AMD Radeon RX 5500 GPU make up the base configuration. As with any configurable gaming desktop, there are a few ways to upgrade without making the system too expensive.
Dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are included in the base model. If you want to upgrade to Wi-Fi 6, you’ll have to pay extra.
Pros
- Extendable storage options e.g 1TB HDD + SSD, 2TB HDD + SSD, etc.
- AMD power pack CPU
- Supports SATA as well as NVME ssd
Cons
- Not a good design than Pavilion and related series
4. HP Pavilion (Desktop)
The HP Pavilion gaming desktop is a good choice for people who don’t have much money to spend but still want a good build to start with. The base configuration costs less than $700, a steal for a prebuilt gaming PC. It has an AMD Ryzen 3 5300G CPU, 8GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD, and an AMD Radeon RX 5500 GPU.
It has a good keyboard and mouse, so you can start playing your favorite games like Dota 2, CS:GO, or clash of clans.
Pros
- Comes with a gaming Mobile and a Keyboard
- Extreme budget friendly low-specs PC gaming
- Able to play games till 2016-2017
Cons
- Lesser RAM and SSD (upgrades could be costly)
5. Dell G5 Gaming PC
The Dell G5 has 9th-generation Intel chips and Nvidia’s most powerful gaming GTX and RTX graphics cards, but the base model comes with an i3 processor and the Nvidia GTX 1650, which can handle many of the latest PC games without breaking the bank.
Some configurations are ready for VR if you have a little more money, but even those are very affordable. The Dell G5 is also one of the only low-cost gaming PCs on this list with a windowed side panel, which is nice if you want to show off your PC’s parts.
The simple design of the case makes it easy to get into this gaming PC and swap out parts.
Pros
- The most famous (NVIDIA GTX and/OR RTX) dedicated gaming experience
- Able to most of the modern PC games
- Very cheap PC parts (including RAM and HDD)
Cons
- Intel i3 processor is not capable enough for rendering, or high-end PC games.
