ABS Vortex-X Ruby | Ryzen 7 7700X | RTX 4080 Super | 32 GB DDR5-6000 | 1 TB SSD | $2,399.99$1,999.99 at Newegg (save $400)
It's been a little while since we've seen an RTX 4080 Super-equipped machine at $2,000, but this system strikes as a very well-balanced and powerful set of components. The 7700X is a very speedy gaming CPU, and combined with 32 GB of fast DDR5 and that beastly GPU, this PC should fly through even the most demanding of games. As is often the case, however, you'll probably want to add in some sizeable storage when you get the chance, though the 1,000 W power supply is a welcome sight.
Considering the original RTX 4080 came out at a stonking $1,200 when it launched, the fact you can now pick up an upgraded RTX 4080 Super graphics card in a gaming PC that costs under $2,000 is pretty damned impressive. Sure, the newer card did rectify some of Nvidia's original hubris by pulling the price back to a more reasonable (though still painfully high) $999 despite having an improved spec, but we've not seen gaming PC deals for the second-tier Nvidia GPU better than this.
You can find the card inside the ABS Vortex-X Ruby at Newegg for $1,200 where there's $400 slashed off the original $2,400 price tag.
There are obviously concessions ABS has made to hit this price point, however, and that's clear in the choice of CPU and level of SSD storage. You're getting AMD's mid-range Ryzen 7 7700X as the processor—an eight-core, 16-thread Zen 4 that's a reliable workhorse and little more—and just one terabyte of storage space. When you're spending that much cash you'd arguably want something in the 2 TB realm.
You are also not getting the full PCIe 5.0 monty that AMD's platform can offer as ABS is packing an MSI B650 motherboard into the Thermaltake chassis. That means no PCIe graphics slots or SSD M.2 ports, either. Right now, that's not a big miss as Gen5 SSDs offer little more than some shiny benchmark numbers and a severe increase in heat generation, and graphics
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