And it'll still be more powerful than the $250 Ryzen 5 3600 PC I mentioned earlier — it had an RX 580. So, for the price of an Intel Arc B570, you can build a pretty decent Xeon-based gaming PC.

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I put together a similar system with the cheapest hardware available, and you'll actually spend less on this pre-built than if you build your own PC.

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