AXOII RGB Gaming Desktop PC (Intel i5-8400, RTX 3050)

Not every budget-friendly gaming PC has to look and feel like a repurposed office machine. The AXOII is built from the ground up as a gaming desktop — tempered glass side panel, RGB lighting, and hardware that can actually handle current games with ray tracing and DLSS switched on. If you want a genuine entry into modern 1080p gaming without the compromises that come with older recycled office hardware, this is the strongest option in our refurbished gaming range.

Key Features

• Intel Core i5-8400 processor — a genuine 6-core, 6-thread CPU with a 2.8GHz base clock and boost speeds of up to 4.0GHz, plus 9MB of cache, a meaningfully more capable chip than the quad-core i5s found in older refurbished builds.
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB — a genuinely modern, current-generation graphics card with hardware ray tracing and DLSS support, capable of real 1080p gaming at high settings rather than just esports titles on low.
• 512GB NVMe SSD — not just an SSD, but the faster NVMe standard, meaning quicker boot times, faster game loading, and snappier file transfers than a standard SATA SSD.
• 16GB RAM — the modern standard for gaming, giving you comfortable headroom for today’s titles plus background apps, Discord, and browser tabs.
• Tempered glass RGB gaming case — a purpose-built gaming chassis with a tempered glass side panel and RGB lighting, not RGB fans retrofitted into a beige office box.
• Windows 11 Pro pre-installed — the current version of Windows, genuine and activated, rather than an older OS nearing the end of its support life.

Genuinely Modern Gaming Performance

This is the one build in our refurbished gaming lineup that can comfortably run current AAA titles at 1080p on high settings, not just esports games on low. The RTX 3050 6GB brings NVIDIA’s second-generation ray tracing cores and DLSS upscaling to the table — meaning in supported titles you can turn on ray-traced lighting and reflections and let DLSS claw back the frame rate, something none of the older GT 1030 or RX 6400-equipped machines in our range can do. Expect strong 1080p performance across current shooters, battle royales, and open-world titles, plus excellent frame rates in esports titles like Valorant, CS2, and Fortnite for players chasing competitive responsiveness.

The i5-8400’s six real cores also make a genuine difference over quad-core alternatives when it comes to modern game engines, background streaming software, and general multitasking — many current titles are built to take advantage of six or more cores, and this CPU delivers that rather than relying on Hyper-Threading to fake it.

Buying this refurbished means the same real-world performance as an equivalent new build, at a lower price point, with the added peace of mind that every unit is functionally tested before it leaves us. If you’ve been priced out of new RTX-class gaming PCs and don’t want to compromise down to an entry-level GPU to hit your budget, this is the build that closes that gap.

It’s also a genuinely good fit for anyone stepping up from console gaming or building their first proper gaming PC — the tempered glass panel and RGB lighting give you the visual side people expect from a gaming rig, while the hardware underneath actually backs it up rather than being purely cosmetic. The NVMe SSD in particular is worth noting for anyone coming from a console or an older hard-drive-based PC: load times drop dramatically, and the difference is noticeable from the very first boot. As with every machine in our refurbished range, this AXOII has been fully function-tested before listing, so ray tracing and DLSS support are confirmed working in practice, not just assumed from the spec sheet.

Specifications

• Processor: Intel Core i5-8400, 2.8GHz base / up to 4.0GHz boost, 6 cores / 6 threads, 9MB cache
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, 6GB GDDR6, ray tracing & DLSS support
• Memory: 16GB RAM
• Storage: 512GB NVMe SSD
• Chassis: AXOII gaming case with tempered glass side panel and RGB lighting
• Operating System: Windows 11 Pro (genuine, pre-activated)
• Condition: Professionally refurbished — fully tested and functional; minor cosmetic wear may be present