Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 starts at $1,999 before you factor in upsells from the company's partners or price increases driven by scalpers and/or genuine demand. It costs more than my entire gaming PC.

I started with the same $1,999 RTX 5090 FE and 1000-watt power supply from my desktop test, dropping them both onto a $99 Minisforum DEG1. It’s an open-air external GPU that can connect to the Oculink port that’s now shipping in a handful of portable gaming PCs, so long as you bring your own desktop GPU and power supply.

If you prefer a white chassis, check out the FrostFire Series AI Creator Gaming PC with an RTX 5080. It's also $200 off, and comes with an Intel Core i9 14900KF CPU, 64GB of DDR5 RAM and a 2TB SSD. There's a gaming keyboard and mouse included, and it also comes with Windows 11 Pro.