The GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card was released in late February for $749.99, but good luck finding one at that price. As with the rest of the Blackwell lineup, everyone from personal sellers to the manufacturers themselves have joined in on the price markup bonanza. You’d be hard pressed to find a 5070 Ti for anything lower than $1,000.
Fortunately there’s a way to get around these shenanigans, and that is by purchasing a prebuilt gaming PC instead. Amazon is currently offering CyberpowerPC RTX 5070 Ti gaming desktops starting at $2,069.99. That’s a reasonable price considering the fact that the RTX 5070 Ti has proven to be nearly identical in performance (within 5%) to the RTX 4080 Super, without even factoring in DLSS 4. The best deal currently on an RTX 4080 Super gaming PC is one I’ve found at HP for $2,299.99, and unless you have a brand preference, getting one of these PCs is probably a better option.
CyberPowerPC RTX 5070 Ti Prebuilt Gaming PCs on Amazon
CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D RTX 5070 Ti Gaming PC (32GB/2TB)
My preferred config is the CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme gaming PC equipped with an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, RTX 5070 Ti GPU, 32GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD. In our AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, Jackie Thomas wrote that “the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is extremely powerful in games, which makes it easier to recommend than other recent processors like the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K or Ryzen 9 9900X. Especially if you’re building a rig with a powerful graphics card, the 9800X3D is going to be the best way to get the most performance.”
Of all the Blackwell cards released thus far, the RTX 5070 Ti offers the best bang for your buck, especially when pitted against the previous generation GPUs. It performs neck-and-neck with the RTX 4080 Super and already marginalizes the RTX 5080, which is only about 10%-15% faster but costs 33% more. This GPU is capable of high framerates in nearly all games, even at 4K resolution with ray tracing enabled. Heck, even if you plan on using this card for AI, the RTX 5070 Ti might be the better value than the RTX 50870 since both are equipped with the same 16GB of GDDR7 VRAM.
Alternative: Lenovo Legion RTX 4080 Super PC for $2,260.99
Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Intel Core i9-14900KF RTX 4080 Super Gaming PC with 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD
Lenovo has dropped the price of its powerful Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 RTX 4080 Super gaming PC to only $2,260.99 after coupon code: “EXTRAFIVE” . In our recent Legion Tower 7 review (the sample we received wasn’t as powerful as this one), Jacqueline Thomas wrote that “The Legion Tower 7i is an incredibly powerful gaming PC, especially for the money you’re likely going to be paying for it. If all you want is a powerful, upgradeable machine without having to go through the trouble of building it yourself, it’s hard to find many gaming PCs better than this one.”
Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn’t hunting for deals for other people at work, he’s hunting for deals for himself during his free time.
Originally posted:
Mar 12, 2025 8:45 pm
