This PC is a great price-to-performance budget option for 1080p gaming. It offers a 6-core 12-thread i5-10500, an RX 6600, and plenty of potential.

Specifications:

CPU: i5-10500

GPU: RX 6600

RAM: 16GB (2x8) @ 2666MHz

Storage: WD Blue 500GB SATA SSD

Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z490-P

Cooler: Thermaltake UX400

Case: Zalman FIT Basic

PSU: RAIDMAX RX-650AED 80+ Gold

Networking: Ethernet

Benchmarks:

3DMark:

Steel Nomad - 1526

CPU Profile - 755-5087

Time Spy - 7874

Tests done in 1080p w/o upscaling or frame gen

Games:

W40K Darktide - Medium Preset | 65 FPS avg. /w 49 FPS 1% low

CS2 - Competitive | 368 FPS avg. /w 158 FPS 1% low

BeamNG - Normal | 69 FPS avg. /w 59 FPS 1% low

Software:

OS - Win 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC

Extras - Firefox, Steam, OpenRGB

Why Enterprise Windows 10?

This specific version is designed to be run on corporate server/network computers, meaning it’s super lightweight and doesn’t have the horrors found on Windows 11. It boots very quickly (13 seconds) and is what the Windows operating system should’ve always been.