Packed in a compact, classy chassis that reminds me of more expensive workstations, the 790S7 houses a AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX processor with 16 cores and 32 threads, by far the most powerful CPU in this price range.

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Now we're getting to the real beans and potatoes (yes, that's a phrase). This gaming PC pairs its RX 9070 XT with the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, which was the best CPU for gaming full-stop until the Ryzen 7 9800X3D came along. And it's still better than other non-X3D chips for gaming.

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I helped a good friend of mine build his very first gaming PC. It was a great time, and although we hit a few speed bumps along the way (to be expected with any build), the process itself went extremely smoothly.

Under $1,800 for a gaming PC not only with AMD's best GPU offering but also one of its X3D chips is not half a bad deal. Throw in the fast DDR5 RAM and 2 TB of storage and you're on to a winner.