By now, it is no secret how difficult it is to get your hands on NVIDIA’s newest 5000-series GPUs. You’re almost better off ordering a pre-built PC with an RTX 5090 than finding one sitting on the shelf. The RTX 5080 isn’t really common either, but there are more pre-built offerings with it. Earlier this year, Alienware introduced its latest Area-51 PC featuring the RTX 5080, but it has since added the 5080 as an option on the older Aurora R16 desktop. It’s also a surprisingly affordable option (relatively speaking) if you’re shopping for a new gaming PC.
The cheapest configuration we can get with the RTX 5080 is $2,299.99. That setup comes with an Intel Core Ultra 7 processor 265F with 16GB DDR5-5200 RAM and a 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD. A 1000-watt PSU is required with the RTX 5080, but this entry-level setup comes with an air-cooled CPU. Personally, I would opt for at least 32GB of RAM, which costs an additional $200, or $300 more to upgrade to DDR5-6400. There are also options for 64GB RAM upgrades for $400 (DDR5-5200) and $500 (DDR5-6400). For an additional $100, it is probably worth upgrading to the 240mm liquid-cooled CPU.
For $2,599.99, you can get a liquid-cooled Intel Core Ultra 7 265F gaming PC with 32GB of DDR5-5200 RAM, a 1TB SSD, and an RTX 5080 GPU. That’s one of the most affordable options we’ve seen with an RTX 5080 and is not a bad choice for a pre-built. Of course, we still prefer building our own gaming PCs, but getting our hands on an RTX 5080 or 5090 isn’t exactly easy right now.
