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The components our guides recommend most right now.

STORMCRAFT Phantom RTX 5080, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5 RAM 6000MHz, 2TB NVMe Gen4 SSD, B850 Chipset 850w PSU 360mm AIO, Win 11 Home, RGB Keyboard Mouse, WiFi BT HDMI AI Prebuilt Gaming Desktop PC
Score 99
STORMCRAFT

STORMCRAFT Phantom RTX 5080, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5 RAM 6000MHz,…

★ 5.0 $2,999.99
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Samsung 990 PRO SSD 2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen4, M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Hard Drive, Seq. Read Speeds Up to 7,450 MB/s for High End Computing, Gaming, and Heavy Duty Workstations, MZ-V9P2T0B/AM
Score 80

Samsung 990 PRO SSD 2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen4, M.2 2280 Internal…

★ 4.8 $389.99
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Lenovo Legion T7 34Irz8 PC i9-14900KF GeForce RTX 4080 Super 32GB 1TB SSD W11H
Lenovo

Lenovo Legion T7 34Irz8 PC i9-14900KF GeForce RTX 4080 Super 32GB 1TB…

$1,977.99
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iBUYPOWER Y40 PRO Black Gaming PC Desktop Computer AMD Ryzen 9 7900X CPU, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070Ti 16GB GPU, 32GB DDR5 RGB 5200MHz RAM, 2TB NVMe SSD, Windows 11 Home, Keyboard, Mouse - Y40BA9N57T01
Score 92
iBUYPOWER

iBUYPOWER Y40 PRO Black Gaming PC Desktop Computer AMD Ryzen 9 7900X…

★ 3.7 $2,099.99 -9%
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ARCTIC MX-4 (incl. Spatula, 4 g) - Premium Performance Thermal Paste for All Processors (CPU, GPU - PC), Very high Thermal Conductivity, Long Durability, Safe Application
Score 80

ARCTIC MX-4 (incl. Spatula, 4 g) - Premium Performance Thermal Paste for…

★ 4.8 $5.49
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ARCTIC MX-7 (8 g) - Ultimate Performance Thermal Paste for CPUs, Consoles, Graphics Cards, Laptops, Processors, Very High Thermal Conductivity, Long Durability, Non-Conductive, Non-Capacitive
Score 80

ARCTIC MX-7 (8 g) - Ultimate Performance Thermal Paste for CPUs, Consoles,…

★ 4.8 $8.59
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ARCTIC MX-4 (4 g) - Premium Performance Thermal Paste for All Processors (CPU, GPU - PC, PS4, Xbox), Very high Thermal Conductivity, Long Durability, Safe Application, Non-Conductive, Non-capacitive
Score 80

ARCTIC MX-4 (4 g) - Premium Performance Thermal Paste for All Processors…

★ 4.8 $5.49
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AMD RYZEN 7 9800X3D 8-Core, 16-Thread Desktop Processor
Score 99

AMD RYZEN 7 9800X3D 8-Core, 16-Thread Desktop Processor

★ 4.8 $419.99
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