Putting together a brand-new gaming PC right now is a tough ask because of the skyrocketing prices of pretty much every piece of hardware. That’s why turning to laptops and prebuilts can be a more practical choice, and we’ve found a great deal on a 1440p-ready system that doesn’t cut corners. Asus’ ROG GM700 is on sale for $1,199.99 on Newegg, pairing a Ryzen 7 8700F CPU with an RX 9060 XT GPU for solid performance across all workloads.
The Ryzen 7 8700F is an 8-core, 16-thread processor from AMD’s Zen 4 family. It can boost up to 5 GHz, and since it sits on the AM5 socket, you have a decent upgrade path ahead of you, too. Technically, this is a laptop chip repurposed for desktop use — a Ryzen 7 8700G without integrated graphics —, so it’s slower than AMD’s similar 8-core options, but it’s still a perfectly capable CPU in its own right.
The RX 9060 XT, on the other hand, needs no introduction. We call it “the best enthusiast value graphics card” in our top GPUs roundup. This is the full-fat 16GB model, so you’re getting more VRAM than the competition at this price point. Thanks to its RDNA 4 architecture, features like FSR 4 are available right away, and the GPU performs better than the RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB, its direct MSRP rival.
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Other than the main components, you’re getting 32GB of DDR5 memory and a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD, all on a midrange B650 motherboard with Wi-Fi 6. The case looks rather nice; it has a strong front I/O, preinstalled ARGB fans, and RGB accents across the PSU shroud. Speaking of which, there’s a 600W 80+ Gold power supply powering everything.
Asus says the case is tool-free, so the company is already setting you up for a potential upgrade path when prices normalize a bit. Overall, the Asus ROG GM700 is a competent gaming PC that feels more like a DIY system than a prebuilt. For just $1,199 on Newegg right now, you’re getting it for less than it would cost to put all these parts together yourself.
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