BEASTCOM BEASTCOM Q5 Pro Gaming PC | AMD Ryzen 5 4500 6X Review

The BEASTCOM Q5 Pro Gaming PC pairs a generous 32GB of RAM with a weak, 28th-percentile CPU. You're paying for convenience and flashy looks over actual gaming power. For $930, you can find pre-builts with much better performance from more reliable brands.

The BEASTCOM Q5 Pro Gaming PC is a $930 pre-built tower that promises 1080p gaming without breaking the bank. It leads with 32GB of DDR4 RAM and a 1TB NVMe SSD, which are solid specs for the price and land in the 70th and 71st percentiles respectively. That's a lot of memory and fast storage right out of the gate.

But the core components tell a different story. The AMD Ryzen 5 4500 CPU and NVIDIA RTX 3050 6GB GPU are older, entry-level parts. In our database, the CPU ranks in the 28th percentile, which is underwhelming, and the GPU is just about average at the 51st percentile. This is a machine built on a foundation of generous supporting specs wrapped around a dated gaming core.

Gaming performance is squarely in the 1080p realm. The RTX 3050 6GB is a decent card for esports titles and older AAA games on medium to high settings, but it's going to struggle with newer, demanding releases. Our overall gaming score for this config is 51.2 out of 100, which is middle of the pack. The Ryzen 5 4500, with its six cores, is fine for gaming but falls behind most modern CPUs in productivity tasks, landing it in the bottom third of our rankings. It's not a slow chip, but you're definitely leaving performance on the table compared to even a current-gen Ryzen 5. The 32GB of RAM is overkill for gaming today, but it means you can have a hundred Chrome tabs open while you play without a hiccup.

At $930, the value proposition is a mixed bag. You're paying a premium for the convenience of a pre-built and those standout RAM and storage specs. However, that money isn't going into the CPU or GPU, which are the parts that most directly affect gaming performance. You could likely build a similar-performing system for less, or spend a bit more on a pre-built from a major brand like HP Omen or Lenovo Legion and get a much more modern and powerful CPU/GPU combination. The Q5 Pro is banking on you valuing the 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD over raw gaming horsepower.

Stacked up against competitors, the Q5 Pro's weaknesses become clear. An HP Omen or Lenovo Legion tower around this price will almost certainly feature a more current-generation CPU, like an Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 7600, and likely a more powerful GPU, such as an RTX 4060. Those systems might only come with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD, but that's a trade-off that nets you significantly better frame rates. The Alienware Aurora is in a higher price bracket, but it sets the benchmark for build quality and support that the Q5 Pro doesn't match. Simply put, other pre-builts offer better performance per dollar where it counts most.

Skip this if you want a PC that will last for years of new game releases. The aging Ryzen 5 4500 and RTX 3050 are already towards the bottom of the performance ladder. Also, avoid it if reliability is your top concern; our data and customer feedback both point to a higher-than-average chance of receiving faulty hardware. Finally, hardcore gamers aiming for high refresh rates or resolutions above 1080p should look elsewhere immediately.

We can't recommend the BEASTCOM Q5 Pro for most gamers. The generous RAM and storage are tempting, but they're wrapped around a CPU and GPU combo that's already showing its age. For $930, you should expect better gaming performance than what the 28th-percentile CPU and average GPU can deliver. It might be okay as a very basic starter PC or for non-gaming tasks, but even then, the low reliability score gives us pause. There are better balanced pre-builts out there.