Best Desktop Computers for Light Gaming

For light gaming, a quality desktop pc, goes a long way, in ensuring you get a good resolution and frame rates. Here, we’ll look at the best desktop computers for light gaming. Games, that don’t require performance pc, are light on storage, and don’t take long to complete, can be considered as “light”.

As far as the processor goes, these desktop pcs, come with at least an Intel Core i5/Ryzen 5, which ensure that games launch faster, and you don’t experience lags and freezes. As far as the graphics card goes, these computers, come with at least 4GB VRAM, either from Nvidia or AMD. With this dedicated, 4GB GPU, you some of the workload, is offloaded from the CPU, thus ensuring you get smooth and enjoyable gaming experience. 1TB of internal storage, is the minimum storage capacity, ensuing that you have the capacity for installing hundreds of light games.

Also see: best desktop pc for world of Warcraft

These are the Best Desktop Computers for Light Gaming:

MSI Codex R3 Gaming Desktop Intel Core i5-14400F, Geforce RTX 4060, 16GB DDR5, 2TB
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CPU	Intel Core i5-14400F
Processor Speed	2.5 GHz
GPU	Geforce RTX 4060
Graphics Card Memory	8 GB
RAM	16GB DDR5
Storage Space	2TB m.2 NVMe SSD
Operating System	Windows 11
Dimensions	‎8.5 x 17.09 x 19.65 inches
Keyboard & Mouse	Included
Computer Monitor	Sold Separately
Advantages	Price, Performance, Storage
Disadvantages	N/A

ROG Strix GA15DK Gaming Desktop PC, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, GeForce RTX 3070, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD
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CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Processor Speed	up to 4.7 GHz
GPU	GeForce RTX 3070
Graphics Card Memory	8GB GDDR6
RAM	16GB DDR4
Storage Space	512GB SSD + 1TB HDD
Operating System	Windows 11
Dimensions	‎19.6 x 7.3 x 16.6 inches
Keyboard & Mouse	Sold Separately
Computer Monitor	Sold Separately
Advantages	Performance, Design and Build
Disadvantages	N/a

MSI Codex R Gaming Desktop Intel Core i5-13400F, RTX 4060, 32GB DDR5, 2TB
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CPU	Intel Core i5-13400F
Processor Speed	1.8 GHz base
GPU	RTX 4060
Graphics Card Memory	8 GB
RAM	32GB DDR5
Storage Space	‎2 TB SSD
Operating System	Windows 11
Dimensions	20 x 15 x 15 inches
Keyboard & Mouse	Included
Computer Monitor	Sold Separately
Advantages	Performance, Design, Build quality
Disadvantages	N/A

Dell XPS 8960 Desktop - Intel Core i7-13700, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB SSD + 2TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GDDR6
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CPU	Intel Core i7 13700
Processor Speed	‎5.1 GHz
GPU	‎NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050
Graphics Card Memory	8GB
RAM	16GB DDR5
Storage Space	512GB SSD + 2TB HDD
Operating System	Windows 11
Dimensions	16.81 x 6.81 x 14.68 inches
Keyboard & Mouse	Not provided
Computer Monitor	Sold Separately
Advantages	Performs well, Reletaively affordable
Disadvantages	None

CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme VR Gaming PC, Intel Core i7-13700F 2.1GHz, GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB, 16GB DDR5, 1TB NVMe SSD
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CPU	Intel Core i7-13700F
Processor Speed	2.1GHz
GPU	GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
Graphics Card Memory	16GB
RAM	16GB DDR5
Storage Space	1TB NVMe SSD
Operating System	Windows 11
Dimensions	23.43 x 22.44 x 13.58 inches
Keyboard & Mouse	Included
Computer Monitor	Sold Separately
Advantages	Performance
Disadvantages	Storage

Skytech Gaming Shadow Gaming PC, Intel i7 12700F 2.1 GHz, RTX 4060, 1TB NVME, 16GB DDR4
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CPU	Intel i7 12700F
Processor Speed	2.1 GHz
GPU	RTX 4060
Graphics Card Memory	8 GB
RAM	16GB DDR4
Storage Space	‎1 TB SSD
Operating System	Windows 11
Dimensions	‎20.14 x 18.12 x 11.12 inches
Keyboard & Mouse	Sold Separately
Computer Monitor	Sold Separately
Advantages	Very good performance, Value, Design
Disadvantages	N/a

Thermaltake AH-370 Liquid-Cooled PC (AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, RTX 3070, 16GB RGB 3600Mhz DDR4 ToughRAM RGB Memory, 1TB
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CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Processor Speed	‎3.6 GHz
GPU	RTX 3070
Graphics Card Memory	8 GB
RAM	16GB
Storage Space	1TB
Operating System	Windows 11
Dimensions	17.48 x 11.1 x 21.73 inches
Keyboard & Mouse	Sold Separately
Computer Monitor	Sold Separately
Advantages	Design and performance
Disadvantages	Storage

Alienware Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop - AMD Ryzen 7-7700X, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070Ti
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CPU	AMD Ryzen 7-7700X
Processor Speed	‎5.4 GHz
GPU	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070Ti
Graphics Card Memory	‎12 GB
RAM	16GB DDR5
Storage Space	1TB SSD
Operating System	Windows 11
Dimensions	20.83 x 8.86 x 20.08 inches
Keyboard & Mouse	Sold Separately
Computer Monitor	Sold Separately
Advantages	Value, Design, Performance
Disadvantages	n/a

Thermaltake LCGS Shadow 360 AIO Liquid Gaming PC (AMD RYZEN 5 5600X
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CPU	AMD RYZEN 5 5600X
Processor Speed	‎3.7
GPU	NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060
Graphics Card Memory	12GB
RAM	16GB
Storage Space	1TB NVMe M.2
Operating System	Windows 11
Dimensions	22.75 x 21.5 x 13 inches
Keyboard & Mouse	Included
Computer Monitor	Sold Separately
Advantages	Performance, design
Disadvantages	Storage

CyberpowerPC Gamer Xtreme VR Gaming PC, Intel Core i9-14900KF 3.2GHz, GeForce RTX 4090 24GB, 64GB DDR5, 2TB NVMe SSD
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CPU	Intel Core i9-14900KF
Processor Speed	3.2GHz
GPU	GeForce RTX 4090
Graphics Card Memory	24GB
RAM	64GB DDR5
Storage Space	2TB NVMe SSD
Operating System	Windows 11
Dimensions	‎21.6 x 20.7 x 12.1 inches
Keyboard & Mouse	Included
Computer Monitor	Sold Separately
Advantages	Performance
Disadvantages	n/a

Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop - Intel Core i9-13900F, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD + 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
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CPU	Intel Core i9-13900F
Processor Speed	5.6 GHz
GPU	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Graphics Card Memory	12GB GDDR6X
RAM	32GB DDR5
Storage Space	1TB SSD + 1TB HDD
Operating System	Windows 11
Dimensions	Compact
Keyboard & Mouse	Sold Separately
Computer Monitor	Sold Separately
Advantages	Very good performance, size
Disadvantages	Price

iBUYPOWER Y40 Black Gaming PC Computer Desktop Y40BA9R79XTX01 (Ryzen 9 7900x, RX 7900 XTX 24GB, 32GB
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CPU	Ryzen 9 7900x
Processor Speed	‎3.7 GHz
GPU	RX 7900 XTX
Graphics Card Memory	24GB
RAM	32GB
Storage Space	2TB NVMe
Operating System	Windows 11
Dimensions	17.28 x 9.44 x 18.58 inches
Keyboard & Mouse	Included
Computer Monitor	Sold Separately
Advantages	Price, Value for money
Disadvantages	None