Skytech Shiva II | Core i5 12400F | RTX 4070 | 16GB DDR4-3200 | 1TB SSD | $1,499 $1,199 at Newegg (save $300)
The CPU in this PC might be two generations old now, but it's still a potent budget level chip. And with the RTX 4070, you've got an ideal 1080p gaming system; it'll even cope with 1440p in some games. The amount of RAM and storage are decent enough for the price, though you're not getting the fastest models in either section. You can't guarantee that you'll have lots of ports and expansion slots, either.
Yeyian Tanto | Core i5 13400F | RTX 4070 | 16GB DDR5-5600 | 1TB SSD | $1,599 $1,249 at Newegg (save $350)
That i5 13400F is a cracking little CPU, with far more gaming performance than you'd think. The RTX 4070 is best suited for 1080p and even 1440p in some games, but even 4K isn't entirely out of the question. At this price, the storage and RAM are perfectly acceptable in capacity and speed. The only negative is the 650W PSU which limits what kind of GPU you could upgrade to.
50 bucks. That's all there is between the price tags of these two gaming PCs so which one to pick? Do you save that cash and go with the Skytech Shiva II or hand over more for the Yeyian Tanto?
At first glance, they both look really similar and that's because they are! Both machines sport a GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card, which we rate as being the best GPU you can get in the $500-$600 segment. With 5,888 shaders running at up to 2,475MHz you've got RTX 3080-level performance in a package that's way more power efficient.
Then there is the full DLSS 3.5 support, with AI-powered upscaling, frame generation, and ray reconstruction. In game that use this tech, all it takes to get a much higher frame rate is a few clicks in the game's menu.
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