Best Pre-Built Gaming PC Under 500: Our Top Picks!


Getting the best pre-built gaming PC while maintaining a budget of 500 dollars can be exceptionally tricky in 2021; this is due to the current limited availability in both the GPU and PSU markets.

This has led many PC builders to get a pre-built gaming PC instead of building their next PC, although a different option that some PC builders have been exploring is to upgrade certain components of their PC that are available for purchase.

One of these upgradeable components is the case itself, and if you're looking to find a good case without breaking the bank, check out the

Best PC cases

by the folks at Gfinity Deals.

This article will focus on some of the currently available Gaming PCs with a price of below $500; if you're looking for a Gaming PC with a higher budget, then the

Best Gaming PC 2021

is worth a read-through!

AVGPC Lite Gaming PC/School PC

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The AVGPC utilizes the AMD FX-9830P processors, a quad-core design with a max clock speed of 3.7 GHz. This high clock speed and quad-core design allow this PC to act as a lite gaming PC.

This gaming PC comes with a single 240 GB SSD, which offers fast data transfer but does have limited capacity.

The smaller design of the case doesn't limit any potential upgrades to the system, and the current deal drops this PC's price to below $400.

 

Allied Javelin Mini Desktop PC

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The Allied Javelin Mini PC offers two large RGB fans on the front panel, and this front panel has two 120 mm fans mounted to allow for higher airflow to the internal components.

It uses an A320 motherboard that offers six USB ports, four USB 3.0 ports, and two USB 2.0 ports, but also integrated WiFi.

This PC uses the AMD Athlon 3000G processor, which offers a base clock speed of 3.5 GHz and four total CPU threads.

HP Desktop PC

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The HP Desktop PC offers more storage and a more recent processor, and it uses a Ryzen 4000 processor, which is paired with 8 GB of DDR4-3200 RAM and a 512 GB PCIe NVMe SSD.

These newer components allow this PC to offer significantly better in both everyday tasks but better performance in a variety of different games.

The Ryzen 3 4300G processor offers eight CPU threads with a max boost clock speed of up to 4.0 GHz and six total GPU cores.

HP Pavilion 590 Desktop Computer

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This gaming PC is the only one to be Renewed, and renewed products are more than just your standard returns; they are reviewed and ensured to be in working capacity before being resold at a reduced cost.

The HP Pavilion 590 PC uses the Intel i5-8400 processor with a max boost clock speed of 4.0 GHz and comes with a 1 TB HDD for much more storage.

iBUYPOWER Gaming PC Computer Desktop Element Mini 9300

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Going slightly over the $500 budget, but it does go on sale fairly regularly, which drops it below the desired budget.

This gaming PC is the only one to offer a dedicated graphics card, which is the Radeon RX 550 graphics card.

This graphics card will allow for significantly improved performance in most games when compared to using integrated graphics.

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