145 in-stock machines across 35 graphics cards, from $370 to $7,699. Retail listings sort prebuilts by price and brand, which tells you nothing about how they play. This one sorts by the GPU, and tags each machine with the resolution that card can hold according to our own gaming score.
Our honest read: the interesting end of this list is the 41 machines under $1,000. Higher up, a prebuilt and a self-build land within a few percent of each other because the graphics card dominates the bill either way. Down at the bottom the price gap is real, and it is real because something was cut - usually the power supply, the motherboard, or the processor sitting behind an otherwise current GPU. The admission that goes with that: we have not opened any of these machines. Everything below comes from the seller's own listing plus what we already know about the graphics card in it.
145 machines
4KPCONLINE
Listed at
~$5,299
4KLow stockLenovo
Listed at
~$5,749
4KLow stockVelztorm
Listed at
~$5,800
4KLow stockVelztorm
Listed at
~$5,890
4KLow stockZOTAC
Listed at
~$5,900
4KLow stockVelztorm
Listed at
~$6,290
4KPCONLINE
Listed at
~$6,649
4KLow stockDell
Listed at
~$6,880
4KLow stockPCONLINE
Listed at
~$7,699
4KLow stockMavark
Listed at
~$7,599
4KLow stockAlienware
Listed at
~$2,976
4KZOTAC
Listed at
~$3,000
4KKOTIN
Listed at
~$3,000
4KLow stockSkytech Gaming
Listed at
~$3,080
4KVelztorm
Listed at
~$3,390
4KVelztorm
Listed at
~$3,400
4KLow stockZOTAC
Listed at
~$3,400
4KVelztorm
Listed at
~$3,700
4KVelztorm
Listed at
~$3,870
4KVelztorm
Listed at
~$3,940
4KVelztorm
Listed at
~$4,200
4KVelztorm
Listed at
~$4,450
4KLow stockCorsair
Listed at
~$3,400
4KLow stockASUS
Listed at
~$2,250
4KZOTAC
Listed at
~$2,340
4KHP
Listed at
~$2,380
4KAcer
Listed at
~$2,385
4KLow stockSkytech Gaming
Listed at
~$2,400
4KMSI
Listed at
~$2,437
4KSTORMCRAFT
Listed at
~$2,500
4KLow stockZOTAC
Listed at
~$2,600
4KLow stockCyberPowerPC
Listed at
~$2,920
1440pAndromeda Insights
Listed at
~$1,700
1440pLow stockSkytech Gaming
Listed at
~$1,899
1440pSTORMCRAFT
Listed at
~$2,000
1440pLow stockSkytech Gaming
Listed at
~$2,000
1440pLow stockSkytech Gaming
Listed at
~$2,100
1440pLow stockSkytech Gaming
Listed at
~$2,100
1440pASUS
Listed at
~$2,270
1440pSTORMCRAFT
Listed at
~$2,300
1440pLow stockSkytech Gaming
Listed at
~$2,300
1440pSkytech Gaming
Listed at
~$2,300
1440pLow stockNINGMEI
Listed at
~$2,360
1440pLenovo
Listed at
~$2,455
1440pLow stockThermaltake
Listed at
~$2,700
1440pEmpowered PC
Listed at
~$2,750
1440pLow stockCorsair
Listed at
~$2,900
1440pHELLOLAND
Listed at
~$1,560
1440pMSI
Listed at
~$1,729
1440pHOENGAGER
Listed at
~$1,730
1440pAlienware
Listed at
~$1,900
1440pHOENGAGER
Listed at
~$1,910
1440pLow stockASUS
Listed at
~$2,052
1440pMSI
Listed at
~$2,067
1440pThermaltake
Listed at
~$2,174
1440pCyberPowerPC
Listed at
~$2,350
1440pLow stockVelztorm
Listed at
~$2,943
1440pLow stockEVGA
Listed at
~$1,530
1440pLow stockASUS
Listed at
~$2,041
1440pLow stockMXZ
Listed at
~$1,589
1440pLow stockAlienware
Listed at
~$2,500
1440pLow stockCyberPowerPC
Listed at
~$2,598
1440pLow stockDell
Listed at
~$990
1440pLow stockCyberPowerPC
Listed at
~$1,199
1440pLow stockMXZ
Listed at
~$1,499
1440pLow stockGRI Computers
Listed at
~$1,839
1440pLow stockWIWB
Listed at
~$1,200
1440pKOTIN
Listed at
~$1,250
1440pKOTIN
Listed at
~$1,300
1440pZOTAC
Listed at
~$1,400
1440pAlienware
Listed at
~$1,500
1440pLow stockSkytech Gaming
Listed at
~$1,500
1440pWIWB
Listed at
~$1,500
1440pCyberPowerPC
Listed at
~$1,505
1440pMSI
Listed at
~$1,579
1440pCyberPowerPC
Listed at
~$1,581
1440pLow stockHP
Listed at
~$1,680
1440pZOTAC
Listed at
~$1,800
1440pLow stockLenovo
Listed at
~$1,839
1080p high refreshLow stockCooler Master
Listed at
~$1,619
1080p high refreshLow stockCyberPowerPC
Listed at
~$1,840
1080p high refreshZOTAC
Listed at
~$970
1080p high refreshLow stockThermaltake
Listed at
~$980
1080p high refreshLow stockZOTAC
Listed at
~$1,100
1080p high refreshThermaltake
Listed at
~$1,140
1080p high refreshLow stockSkytech Gaming
Listed at
~$1,250
1080p high refreshYAWYORE
Listed at
~$1,300
1080p high refreshLow stockQehi
Listed at
~$1,000
1080p high refreshHOENGAGER
Listed at
~$1,330
1080p high refreshHOENGAGER
Listed at
~$1,520
1080p high refreshHELLOLAND
Listed at
~$1,530
1080p high refreshAVGPC
Listed at
~$1,559
1080p high refreshHOENGAGER
Listed at
~$1,700
1080p high refreshHOENGAGER
Listed at
~$1,840
1080p high refreshHOENGAGER
Listed at
~$1,840
1080p high refreshHOENGAGER
Listed at
~$2,020
1080p high refreshHOENGAGER
Listed at
~$2,100
1080p high refreshEvounic
Listed at
~$830
1080p high refreshLow stockMXZ
Listed at
~$999
1080p high refreshEvounic
Listed at
~$1,000
1080p high refreshLow stockWIWB
Listed at
~$1,100
1080p high refreshLow stockGeneric
Listed at
~$1,280
1080p high refreshSTGAubron
Listed at
~$693
1080p high refreshTWELF TECHNOLOGY & DESIGN
Listed at
~$1,000
1080p high refreshLow stockThermaltake
Listed at
~$1,300
1080p high refreshLow stockAVGPC
Listed at
~$949
1080p high refreshLow stockThermaltake
Listed at
~$1,196
1080p high refreshLow stockThermaltake
Listed at
~$1,200
1080p high refreshHELLOLAND
Listed at
~$1,220
1080p high refreshLow stockSkytech Gaming
Listed at
~$1,400
Entry 1080pLow stockSkytech Gaming
Listed at
~$1,000
Entry 1080pLow stockMLOONG
Listed at
~$1,170
Entry 1080pHOENGAGER
Listed at
~$1,170
Entry 1080pEvounic
Listed at
~$789
Entry 1080pLow stockEmpowered PC
Listed at
~$1,090
Entry 1080pSTORMCRAFT
Listed at
~$1,000
Entry 1080pLow stockSTGAubron
Listed at
~$646
Entry 1080pSTGAubron
Listed at
~$646
Entry 1080pSTGAubron
Listed at
~$746
Entry 1080pSTGAubron
Listed at
~$549
Entry 1080pSTGAubron
Listed at
~$566
Entry 1080pSTGAubron
Listed at
~$598
Entry 1080pSTGAubron
Listed at
~$640
Entry 1080pSTGAubron
Listed at
~$665
Entry 1080pSTGAubron
Listed at
~$700
Entry 1080pSTGAubron
Listed at
~$700
Entry 1080pWIWB
Listed at
~$730
Entry 1080pWIWB
Listed at
~$900
Entry 1080pLow stockKEEPHAPY
Listed at
~$1,199
Entry 1080pLow stockSTGAubron
Listed at
~$541
Entry 1080pSTGAubron
Listed at
~$636
Entry 1080pLXZ
Listed at
~$750
Entry 1080pLXZ
Listed at
~$750
Entry 1080pZOTAC
Listed at
~$770
Entry 1080pLow stockNINGMEI
Listed at
~$790
Entry 1080pZYNEEX
Listed at
~$810
Entry 1080pSTGAubron
Listed at
~$514
Entry 1080pWIWB
Listed at
~$650
Entry 1080psuevery
Listed at
~$660
Entry 1080pLXZ
Listed at
~$750
Entry 1080pCyberPowerPC
Listed at
~$790
Entry 1080pLow stockPeriphio
Listed at
~$830
Entry 1080pSTGAubron
Listed at
~$454
Entry 1080pLow stockDell
Listed at
~$370
Entry 1080pLow stockSTGAubron
Listed at
~$408
Sellers put the graphics card in the title because it is what people search for, and they get it right. Almost everything else is soft. That is the whole reason this page buckets by GPU: it is the one field we can trust across 145 listings from 40 different builders, several of which you will never have heard of.
When a machine looks too cheap for its graphics card, look at the CPU line - and if there is no CPU line at all, assume the worst. A current GPU behind an old processor still posts good average frame rates in benchmarks and still stutters in the games where it matters. Run the pairing through the bottleneck calculator before you decide; every card above links into it preloaded.
A prebuilt is worth paying for when the delta is small. When it is not, the build tool will put a full parts list at the same budget next to it and show the difference, including the parts the listing did not mention.
Above roughly $1,500 the two are close enough that convenience and warranty decide it - the same graphics card costs about the same either way, and you are paying a few hundred for assembly, a licensed copy of Windows and someone to call. Below $1,000 the gap is real: that is where builders save money on the parts you cannot see, and where our build tool usually beats the listing on component quality for the same total.
Because the GPU is the one component every seller states plainly and correctly in the title. RAM speed, PSU wattage, motherboard chipset and case airflow are frequently vague, missing or quietly changed between production runs. We bucket each machine by the graphics card token found in its own title and leave the rest to the listing, which is why 26 of the 145 machines here do not even name a processor.
The badge on every card comes from our gaming score for the GPU inside, not from the seller's marketing. A card scoring 85+ is a 4K machine, 70+ is a 1440p high-refresh machine, 50+ is a 1080p high-refresh machine, and anything below that is entry-level 1080p regardless of what the listing photo suggests.
No. Prices are a snapshot from our last harvest of in-stock Amazon listings and they move daily, which is why every figure here is hedged with a tilde. Treat them as a sorting aid and read the real price on the retailer page before you buy.
Often, yes - the cheapest machines pair a current graphics card with a much older or lower-tier processor because the GPU is what sells the listing. Every card here links straight into our bottleneck calculator preloaded with that GPU, so you can put the listed CPU against it before spending anything.