Whether you're looking for a gaming laptop under $1,000 (opens in new tab) or comparing the best gaming desktops (opens in new tab) available today, you're always looking for the most amount of bang for your buck, and a product that meets your requirements. Although I prefer to build my own PCs and find them more cost-effective, this is not the case for everyone, and a lot of people are more comfortable purchasing a pre-built desktop PC or laptop.
With an RTX 3060 graphics card and 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700 — consider the Legion Tower 5i gaming desktop is on sale for $999 from Best Buy (opens in new tab) . This computer has more than enough powerful hardware to play the latest games on decent settings. However, you may want to upgrade the amount of storage at a later date as it only comes with a 256GB SSD, and a slower 1TB HDD that isn't great for the high-speed loading of modern games data.
For a laptop alternative, there's this excellent deal in-store at Microcenter (opens in new tab) — you can get hold of an MSI Pulse GL66 gaming laptop for only $999 (opens in new tab) . This laptop model sports a 15.6-inch IPS FHD panel with a 144Hz refresh rate, an Intel Core i7 12700H processor, and an RTX 3070 GPU with 8GBs of GDDR6 VRAM.
If you do want to go down the build-your-own PC (opens in new tab) route then consider this deal that will give you a good head start — an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU and MSI B550-A PRO motherboard bundle at Amazon for $271 (opens in new tab) . This bundle lets you save a few dollars more than if you bought the parts individually.
We found more Lenovo desktops and MSI laptop deals with different hardware configurations below.
TL;DR — Today’s Best Deals
- Lenovo Legion 5i Desktop PC (RTX 3060): now $999 at Best Buy (opens in new tab) (was $1,399)
- MSI Pulse GL66 Gaming Laptop (RTX 3070): now $999 at Microcenter (opens in new tab) (was $1,599)
- AMD Ryzen 5 5600X / MSI B550-A Pro bundle: now $271 at Amazon (opens in new tab) (was $326)
- Lenovo Legion 5i Desktop PC (RTX 3050): now $849 at Best Buy (opens in new tab) (was $1,139)
- MSI Pulse GL76 Gaming Laptop (RTX 3050 Ti): now $849 at B&H Photo (opens in new tab) (was $1,349)
Today’s best deals in detail
(opens in new tab) Lenovo Legion 5i Desktop PC (RTX 3060): now $999 at Best Buy (opens in new tab) (was $1,399)
Legion Tower 5i from Lenovo is a gaming desktop with a selection of different hardware configurations. This model contains an Intel Core i7-12700 CPU and 16GB of RAM. an RTX 3060 graphics card, 256GB SSD with a 1TB HDD for extra storage.
(opens in new tab) MSI Pulse GL66 Gaming Laptop (RTX 3070): now $999 at Microcenter (opens in new tab) (was $1,599)
This gaming laptop has a 15.6-inch FHD screen with a 144Hz refresh rate and an Intel Core i7 12700H processor. RTX 3070 GPU, 16GB DDR4-3200 RAM, and a 512GB SSD.
(opens in new tab) AMD Ryzen 5 5600X / MSI B550-A PRO bundle: now $271 at Amazon (opens in new tab) (was $326)
You can grab this motherboard/CPU combo from Micrcenter's Amazon store page. With an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X processor with 6-cores and 12-threads, a wraith stealth cooler, and an MSI B550-A Pro mobo which has a compatible AM4 socket - this is a strong beginning of a new PC build.
(opens in new tab) Lenovo Legion 5i Desktop PC (RTX 3050): now $849 at Best Buy (opens in new tab) (was $1,139)
This hardware configuration of the Lenovo Legion Tower 5i gaming desktop packs an Intel Core i5-12400 processor along with an Nvidia RTX 3050 graphics card, 16GB of memory, and a 256GB SSD with an additional 1TB HDD for extra storage.
(opens in new tab) MSI Pulse GL76 Gaming Laptop (RTX 3050 Ti): now $849 at B&H Photo (opens in new tab) (was $1,349)
The MSI Pulse GL76 has a 17.3-inch FHD screen with a 144Hz refresh rate and an Intel Core i7 12700H processor. RTX 3050 Ti GPU, 16GB DDR4-3200 RAM, and a 512GB SSD.
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