Updated August 2nd, 2023
Today, we will show you the best deal under $1000 for a prebuilt gaming, VR, and business PC, the Empowered Stratos. Coming with NVIDIA’s powerful RTX 3070-Ti, the PC will have no problem running modern virtual reality games and visuals. Additionally, the Empowered Stratos can game at 1440p with modern titles on ultra graphics settings at 90+ FPS, as well as stream and record your favorite games at 1440p; including the ability to render 3D graphics, and encode videos, albeit not as well as a PC with a more powerful GPU. However, for 1080p gaming and all other tasks, you will not notice much of a difference.
This gaming PC priced at $990 is nearly the same price it would be to build it yourself. The Empowered Stratos is built with high quality parts, and can run almost all modern games at 1440p 90FPS smoothly; as this powerful PC comes with an i5-10400F and RTX 3070-Ti.
The motherboard has an extra M.2 slot to increase storage, as well as 2 extra DIMM slots to increase RAM capacity. The i5-10400F is not overclockable and runs cool, and the Stratos comes with 6 fans, so there is no need to worry about CPU cooling. It is hard to come up with a downside to this PC with the currently listed price. If you do not want to build your own PC, but want the price savings that comes with it, this is a good option for you.
The Empowered PC Stratos comes with brand-new parts, and is built in the USA by professionals. We estimate the installation cost to be under $100 (less if you consider the retail price of Windows). A fair price to pay for a professional installation of your computer components. Other manufacturer’s upcharge their products much more than this.
Comes with a Free Gaming Keyboard and Mouse!
RTX 3060 FPS Estimates (1080p, Ultra Graphics Settings)
The table below shows the FPS estimates for the RTX 3060. Having a 3070-Ti, the Empowered PC Stratos will be much more powerful. FPS output will also be much higher if you tune down the graphic settings from Ultra to High.
Building your own PC
If you are looking to build your own similar PC with high quality parts, check out our Part List. Our Part List article also has more information about the capabilities of a budget computer such as the Empowered Stratos.