Everything you need for a fully functioning machine is here, and NZXT has taken the hard work out of the component selection. This is a full PC kit instead of a pure pre-built. NZXT offers more traditional builds for would-be buyers, but this doesn't feel too much for most PC gamers to handle.

You end up with an absolute monster of a machine, but you have to put most of it together yourself. The NZXT Streaming Plus BLD Kit (opens in new tab) isn't your typical off-the-shelf gaming PC. From our in-depth testing of each system builder you can be confident that whichever machine you buy from them you know the fundamentals are covered. To that end we have set a limit of ~$1,500 on every mainstream system we test, to see what sort of spec you can get for the money, and what different companies will offer and what compromises they make. That means it's easier and often cheaper to chase down that desirable new GPU through buying the best gaming PC around.īut with so many different configurations and budgets out there, how can you tell what the best gaming PC actually is? We've switched up how we test prebuilt PCs, and are focusing less on exact configurations and more on what different system builders will prioritise in terms of specs and what they offer in terms of quality of build and warranty.

That's gradually eased into 2023, but it remains true that the buying power of system builders means they generally have a better chance of getting hold of a new piece of hardware than you do on your own. We've all experienced the difficulties and spiked pricing of product shortages over the past few years, most evident by the high pricing and scarcity of the best graphics cards (opens in new tab).

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