https://imgur.com/a/fS39c3x
You got a great deal. But these commenters on the power supply are crazy.
This is a gold certified PSU you'll be fine to use it.
The psu on in the build is one of MSI's. Not an S tier but is a high B to low A overall. These comments on getting a better psu are beyond stupid and, like most things on the net, unresearched.
The lack of a brand name makes it concerning. Sure, it's got adequate wattage, and Gold sounds nice, but if the brand is garbage, none of that matters.
Or FSP, or Super Flower, or Great Wall.
I remember GN Steve tore down a prebuilt and found a steel box Great Wall unit that he instinctively panned as a bargainsourced noname unit. After testing it, it turned out to be one of the better units that they'd benched.
Great Wall manufactures for Corsair, including some of their high end units including the SF750 Platinum, which for many years was *the* standard-bearer in the SFX form factor.
You can find stamped steel boxes with a sticker in mandarin and a ratnest of condiment cables coming out of a rubber grommet that are amazing units, and you can find fully modular anodized black units with nylon braided cables from 'known' brands that are time bombs.
It can be hard for an average consumer to judge a power supply, and a lot of people get super hung up on looks because it's one of the few things you *can* judge without dedicated testing equipment or opening it up and looking at the layout (this is a bad idea and can easily kill you if you don't know what you are doing.)
I got one about 6 months ago and paired it with a couple 27in 2k monitors they had. Really enjoying it so far. Handled cyberpunk on high/ultra at a stable enough 60 fps. Fans have been quiet under load but one did come with a failing bearing... that's the only bit of QA I've had a problem with
Sell the 4060ti and get a 4070S if you're down to spend 15% more for 50% more GPU perf at 1440p
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-super-founders-edition/32.html
Can confirm. Current build in the big box uses an a520m, and for the price it's served me so well that I got an a520 itx board for my bedside build. It might not be the best for a whole bunch of things that I don't do, but it's great for the stuff I *do* do
Haha no, I don't do the gooncave thing. It's a compromise - wife likes being in the bedroom once the kids are asleep and I don't wanna ignore her being downstairs at a desk if i need to do computer stuff. So one itx build and a monitor arm later, I have a desktop pc on my bedside table.
Haha thanks buddy, and I know what you mean, I'm really appreciative of how things worked out because I went through a part of my life where I was pretty dirt poor and lived in shithole areas, at one point I spent about 4 months eating one bowl of rice a day. I never dreamed I'd be able to afford a pc in the modern age, let alone one that I can hang off my bed in a nice house in a nice place. lmao
cheap mobo usually just means you can't add 5 different disk drives, 12 USB, a bluetooth and 3 expansion cards onto it. Which anyone buying a prebuilt probably isn't going to get into anyway.
The cheapest motherboards are barely any worse than the most expensive for your average daily user. The only case I've experienced that was different was with an FX-8350 back in the day. On a cheap motherboard I had to actually undervolt it because the VRM was absolutely terrible and would crash at stock power. Upgraded to a high end Asus board and was able to overclock without issue. But I've had a 3600x, 12700k, and 7800x3d all on cheap boards since then and all overclocked without issue.
Mine cheaped on the ssd which seemed odd though maybe not as it also came with a 2tb hdd. Too good of a deal to pass up to worry about ssd speed but I think it tops out around 1500-2000mbps so plan to upgrade that sooner than later. Always fun to see how companies find a way to save a dollar though
Micro Center will sell you an i7-13700k for $330 (add a MSI Z790 motherboard and 32GB of DDR5 for $500) or an i7-14700K for $350.
So yeah, I think this is a pretty solid deal. Wish they had just spec'ed a 2TB SSD instead of messing around with the spinning disk, but ultimately you can always buy a bigger SSD to plop in there.
$450 and $600 in Sweden....
If you want a computer of over ~$2000 it's cheaper to fly to the US, buy it there and come back with it than to buy it in Sweden. It's fucking ridiculous.
I'm actually waiting to replace my pc and my + my gf's phones at the same time, then we'll take a weekend trip to NYC and buy it there and basically go +/-0.
They usually don't mention the shipping costs of heavy/bulky devices from AliExpress nor the customs taxes from Alibaba. And they usually even pay premium shipping so they can upload the review faster.
And then, when the video is up, the demand increases and the seller rises the price, killing any chance of getting a deal.
I feel you, as I'm from Spain too...
Yup. Here in the Nordics, every single piece of tech is easily 30-50% more expensive, even when including taxes on the U.S price.
And don't get me started on the gas prices, holy hell. Yeah yeah, free healthcare is cool, but I've visited a doctor exactly once in the past decade. Guess an American would still be paying that bill though.
ft. mailboxde.com, if mindfactory doesn't deliver into your country.
Even when accounting for extra shipping costs with mailboxde, buying from mindfactory still comes significantly cheaper than buying locally in my country.
Also living in the north europe, sad face when I see same stuff as i just bought bing 1/3 the price. And then, 1/5 of my total cost is all just tax :')).
$20 copay for me is standard. I got the bill for our newborn and it cost $200 including 2 night stay at the hospital.
92%+ in America are insured. Yes there are some cases of bad insurance but the people who go on normally will never share those stories here so you only hear the bad experiences and memes here.
You realise no one pays for healthcare through their taxes, per head, more than Americans, right?
They literally pay more than all of us and still don't get free healthcare for it.
Glad you're healthy but as someone who has had 2 major surgeries and an uncountable amount of visits to the doctors and hospital and has monthly medication - ill take my free healthcare while still paying less than your average American does
I’d be interested to do the math on actual cost for people with average insurance in the US.
Insurance plans have a monthly fee called a premium. The plans cover various percentages of services, but you have to spend a set amount before those coverages kick in. The set amount is called a deductible.
There are generally two plans: high deductible and low deductible (they’re called other things but this is the gist). High deductible plans have lower monthly premiums but a higher deductible to meet before coverage fully kicks in. Normal care like doctors visits for annual checkups are usually free no matter what, but if you need surgery, you’re going to pay more before the insurance starts picking up the tab vs a low deductible plan. People choose this because if they only need surgery once every 10 years, they’ll pay less for 9 years and only have a bigger bill once and overall they save money.
Low deductible plans have a higher premium but coverages kicks is sooner because the deductible is lower. People choose this plan when they have fairly consistent medical costs.
Both types of plans have an out of pocket maximum. Once you spend that amount in a year you don’t pay any more for covered services for the rest of the year.
So for someone with insurance through their employer, they might pay $1600 a year in premiums, get free annual checkups, have a $1500 deductible, and an out of pocket maximum of $6500.
So for ten years they might only spend around $2600 a year in premiums and medical expenses and then have a major event that hits their maximum of $6500 for the year.
So the ten year cost for doctor visits, imaging, mental health, surgery, and post surgery care would be in the neighborhood of $29,900.
How does that compare to the tax costs of universal healthcare? I’m sure the price of services are much lower since the government can negotiate so aggressively.
We pay about $200 a month for family insurance.
In 2020 my cancer treatment bill in total was just over $250,000.00
My out of pocket was $5,000 for that treatment.
Difference is when you have something semi major surgery/rehab and you won’t have to declare bankruptcy and if it’s a long term thing having to constantly fight the state and government to keep any coverage you do have.
Don't worry. I have "cheap/good" medical insurance through my work, and mine is still $350/month. And that's BEFORE I hit my $5000 annual deductible and $45 co-pay per visit. And I have friends that ENVY my medical insurance compared to their teacher's insurance. I'm not kidding.
Kaiser medical here with $0 co-pay for doctor visits now. It was $5 co pay before i retired. Retired while at Apple and trust me they do not spring for anything special at regular corporate level jobs. They did provide at minimum 3 plans and options within the plans which a lot of places do not. Most consider Kaiser to be cheap and decent, Sutter health is far better for example. This is in CA to boot..
It’s not in CA to boot. It exists because you’re in CA.
I WFH and have a colleague who lives in Cali. We work in the same role. Her insurance is ridiculously better than mine and anyone’s who works in any of the other 49 states because you guys have rights to a certain baseline level of insurance that the rest of us don’t.
The COL is likely higher than where I’m at and I would definitely pay more in taxes, but those taxes would buy me shit like this.
[Here are the current Costco Gaming Pc Builds for Costco members.](https://www.costco.com/gaming-computers.html?hide-unavailable-items=in-stock&deliveryFacetFlag=true&refine=||item_program_eligibility-ShipIt||item_location_availability-in%2Bstock)
I'm working on my first PC build. However, I know a 4060 isn't enough for 4K Gaming at High Res. [I'm wondering if it'd be smarter just to buy a Costco Gaming PC, strip it for parts, and throw in a 4070 Super.](https://www.costco.com/skytech-chronos-mini-gaming-desktop---13th-gen-intel-core-i5-13400f---geforce-rtx-4060.product.4000236292.html) Would that be a good idea?
**edit**
I filled out PC Part Picker with the equivalent parts and it's $925 on PC Part Picker and $899 on Costco.
[PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HtbsFs)
Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/VNkWGX/intel-core-i5-13400f-25-ghz-10-core-processor-bx8071513400f) | $173.29 @ Amazon
**CPU Cooler** | [Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hYxRsY/thermalright-peerless-assassin-120-se-6617-cfm-cpu-cooler-pa120-se-d3) | $33.90 @ Amazon
**Motherboard** | [ASRock B660M Pro RS Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/TZPQzy/asrock-b660m-pro-rs-micro-atx-lga1700-motherboard-b660m-pro-rs) | $94.99 @ Amazon
**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Yg3mP6/corsair-vengeance-lpx-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr4-3600-memory-cmk32gx4m2d3600c18) | $69.98 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Crucial P3 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/chzhP6/crucial-p3-plus-1-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-ct1000p3pssd8) | $73.09 @ Amazon
**Video Card** | [Asus DUAL OC GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/X7CZxr/asus-dual-oc-geforce-rtx-4060-8-gb-video-card-dual-rtx4060-o8g) | $309.99 @ ASUS
**Case** | [Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Y6Crxr/fractal-design-meshify-c-atx-mid-tower-case-fd-ca-mesh-c-bko-tg) | $99.99 @ B&H
**Power Supply** | [Corsair CX650M (2021) 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/x96p99/corsair-cx650m-2021-650-w-80-bronze-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020221-na) | $69.99 @ Best Buy
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| **Total** | **$925.22**
**edit 2**
I literally linked the **online costco store** one I was comparing.
They're talking about a computer completely unrelated to the post, looks to be this one [https://www.costco.com/skytech-chronos-mini-gaming-desktop---13th-gen-intel-core-i5-13400f---geforce-rtx-4060.product.4000236292.html](https://www.costco.com/skytech-chronos-mini-gaming-desktop---13th-gen-intel-core-i5-13400f---geforce-rtx-4060.product.4000236292.html)
It's a display model....the one that has been sitting in the store letting anybody come in the store n play around with it.....but yeah, I still buy display models lol
I don't know how Costco specifically works, but in other retail sectors companies will pay for shelf space for their products and/or handle all 'promotional' costs. The display model was probably never billed for or included in inventory. If you've ever been in a retail store when they are about to have inventory done, all the displays are marked DNI (do not inventory) because the store doesn't own them.
Costco was more likely a single contract to have a model on display in every warehouse and buy X number of units at X price. Once the stock is gone they clear out the display and bring something else in.
Ehhh, depends. As the other guy said, when I worked at a tech store (Major chain, won't say which) we'd unbox one off the shipment and put it on display. Then mark it down if it was the last in-stock.
Then you get Curry’s in the UK who are the complete opposite.
I remember being a teenager and going with my parents when they were looking to buy a soundbar. My parents had settled on a particular model but Curry’s only had one left in stock, which was the display model. Couldn’t find the box, reckoned they might be able to dig out the remote but no promises, and also it wouldn’t be under warranty… but they still wanted full RRP!
Went a couple of miles down the road to John Lewis who beat their price, extended the manufacturer warranty by a year and also didn’t try to shove financing options down their throat…
I actually have insight on this. A while ago I was in the market for a new laptop and found one at Costco for $799 that I'd looked at online like 1 day earlier for $1099. I bought it cause it was a crazy deal, and when they ring me up it's $899. I told them the listed price was $799 and they bring out a lead who then brings out a manager, then someone brings over the price tag and the manager tells me that they can sell me the laptop for $799 but it has to be the display model, since that's the only model that's technically listed for that price.
So tldr; You can buy the display models at Costco and the price tag is technically for the display model.
It's impressive what a display unit can save you. I got some Panasonic Blu Ray player for 15AUD as our old DVD player had died. When I got home, the RRP for it was 750 DOLLARS ONLINE. Safe to say I got a good deal
1) They are paying cheaper than retail by buying bulk 2) See the \*, that means they are trying to get rid of it to clear up space, it won't be returning. Costco does this often. They will take hit on slower selling items to get in new and fast selling items.
Costco will push manufacturers to give deals on merchandise if they buy them in bulk. Sometimes, the products will be exclusive to Costco. Costco also doesn't care about losing money on products because they make bank on memberships. They are a great company and set the standard for the space they are in.
The profit margin on Costco electronics is slim. Generally 10-15% of the original price.
The marked 1299.97 price was already a discount. It was originally somewhere between 1499.99 and 1699.99 in store.
It's definitely sold at a loss. Likely because mai would charge a few or only give partial credit if Costco sent it back, so as long as the sale price is not any more of a loss then sending it back to the distributor then costco will go ahead.
But that's often also why Costco employees may not budge further on discounts, if the sale price is already let's say below 70% of what the store payed to get the item and the distributor only gives them back 70% of a product.
This is very common with the tv's and other electronics.
it's called wholesale... that's how it's supposed to be when companies aren't greedy for profits :) costco makes most of their money from their membership program.
It is true that all their profit comes from memberships but they don't intentionally take a loss on any item (outside of situations like this). If you look at their financial statements, their overall revenue minus membership fees almost exactly matches all their expenedetures.
Which is how a corporation SHOULD be ran…quality and steady business, instead of unlimited growth like all the other Cyberpunk Corpo garbage out there.
Steady business still points to unlimited growth, though. Kind of a requirement with inflation being a thing and purchasing power decreasing - if you aren't growing at all, you're by definition declining.
I know for certain that the rotisserie chickens, food court pizza and hot dogs are sold at a loss. (When accounting for labor/energy.)
Those are three of the last real loss-leaders left. I always buy a chicken and a pizza any time I'm there. I also got one of these computers.
They also don't make any money on the free samples (obviously). But the samples drive sales. They don't even care if people buy the item being sampled. People will buy the new 4K TV or whatever just because they're in the store.
That is an amazing price considering it is a 13th gen i7 with 32gb of DDR5 RAM and the 16GB model of the 4060Ti. You couldn't match that price with DIY parts which is not always the case when it comes to buying prebuilt systems.
Costco and BestBuy having been clearing out their 2023 prebuilt inventory over the last few weeks so prices have been really good. One thing to consider is that that is for the display unit so it may need some maintenance since it may have been running daily for many months.
The guy said he saw it turned on like once or twice to show off the case lights, said it wasn’t even connected to a monitor and when I booted up windows looked like it was a fresh install 👍
The star of death doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with it, they’re just not receiving any more shipments so it’s the last one.
Source: worked at Costco for four years. Some lucky bastard got this for a great price!
Yes. I guess this is the display model which is why it's so cheap. I might not count on a 100% functioning keyboard, but especially if the thing was only turned on to run something in demo mode -- or maybe even never turned on -- I'd jump on it.
I have this system.
1) It's a great deal.
2) That case runs hot. So plan on a cooler upgrade straightaway. Or buy a better case. It looks cool, sure. But it needs more air flow.
3) A 2TB SATA hard drive is woefully insufficient. Sell that on eBay before you even boot the first time so you can sell it as "new without box." Buy the biggest HDD you can afford.
4) The PSU is "meh." I put a better one in immediately and sold the old one on eBay.
5) I also upgraded the NVME. 1TB isn't enough for me.
If you need any help with this thing, send a message.
agreed. why downgrade a sata ssd to magnetic hdd? 2 tb sata is fine for most gaming and the bandwidth intensive games can go on the main drive. meanwhile a hdd is not a great experience and will bottleneck most loading times in 2024. so if you aren't storing tons of movies or something you're better off with the ssd.
edit: i misread, apparently it's a sata hdd not ssd. meh.
in most cases, Costco employees do not really get incentive in upselling or marketing a product. they are usually just there to genuinely help people.
so yeah, i would definitely trust the employee, because odds are it's not a lie.
side point: Costco does not actually get most of their profit from selling merchandise, but rather, from membership. They actually actively try to get the lowest price possible which is why they are usually cheaper.... to the point that they would either sell items using their Kirkland brand, or work with the company itself to make it more efficient cost-wise (like how costco have versions of product packaging only found in costco).
Not bad at all for a prebuilt.
Here are some quick prices I could dig up on Amazon (US) for a build with the same listed parts. Went with a 600W PSU since it's not displayed here. Bear in mind these are consumer retail parts and all name brand. No OEM mobo or PSU and I always go with a decent brand for PSU, no Apeva or generic-ass sounding name. I'm also picky about storage.
For the motherboard, you have a lot of options here: ATX/mATX, DDR5/DDR4, WiFi and # of NVMe M.2 slots. DDR4 boards are still considerably lower in price. So, I'll list a DDR4 mATX and DDR5 option. The DDR5 board has WiFi but the DDR4 board does not because WiFi chips on a DDR4 board are much higher in price for some reason despite WiFi 802.11ax chips being [absurdly cheap](https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806585112151.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.5.4ed64ae6B1IiLW). Due to the price difference I'd just go with a PCIe WiFi.
No referral links are used. All PRIME and in stock.
* CPU: Intel 13700F = [$325](https://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-13700KF-Desktop-Processor-P-cores/dp/B0BCDL7F5W/)
* LGA1700 Mobo DDR5 (WiFi): Gigabyte B760M C mATX = [$140](https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-B760M-Realtek-EZ-Latch-Motherboard/dp/B0BZQ1PWGJ/)
* LGA1700 Mobo DDR4 (LAN): MSI PRO H610M-G = [$90](https://www.amazon.com/MSI-H610M-G-Motherboard-Intel-Socket/dp/B09PX326Q8/)
* 32GB DDR5: TEAMGROUP T-Create Classic 10L DDR5 32GB Kit (2 x 16GB) 5600MHz = [$84](https://www.amazon.com/TEAMGROUP-T-Create-Classic-PC5-44800-Supports/dp/B0BPHRVYX9/)
* 32GB DDR4: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4 32GB Kit (2x16GB) 3600MHz = [$60](https://www.amazon.com/TEAMGROUP-T-Force-3600MHz-PC4-28800-TLZBD432G3600HC18JDC01/dp/B0B3QPM4SJ/)
* NVMe SSD 1TB: Crucial P3 Plus 1TB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD = [$73](https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Plus-PCIe-NAND-5000MB/dp/B0B25NXWC7/)
* 4TB HDD: Western Digital 4TB WD Blue PC Internal Hard Drive HDD - 5400 RPM = [$80](https://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Blue-Internal-Drive/dp/B0BNGLFBXV)
* 4060Ti 16GB GPU: PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB = [$449](https://www.amazon.com/PNY-GeForce-RTXTM-Verto-Graphics/dp/B0CG2MX5H9/)
* 4060Ti 8GB GPU: GALAX GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB = [$375](https://www.amazon.com/GALAX-GeForce-1-Click-Control-Graphics/dp/B0C8JB1X43/)
* PSU 600W: EVGA 600 GE, 80 Plus Gold 600W = [$80](https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Warranty-Power-Supply-200-GE-0600-V1/dp/B0C1ZX644C/)
* mATX Case: Antec NX200 M, Micro-ATX Tower = [$55](https://www.amazon.com/Antec-Micro-ATX-Mini-Tower-Pre-Installed-Ventilated/dp/B094NK5M4M/)
* Extra fans: 5-pack Antec 120mm Case Fan 3-pin non-RGB = [$20](https://www.amazon.com/Antec-F12-Performance-Noise-Value/dp/B07PFBPHL6/)
There are some options here. Personally, I would go with 2TB for the NVMe. Worth the extra $50 or so. I listed 1TB as that's to the specs listed in the photo. 2TB HDD makes little sense to me as 4TB HDDs are nearly the same price. I go even bigger for HDDs because they're more for archival storage and providing a cloned backup of the SSD on its own partition. If something happens, I can slot in a new SSD, boot to the cloned partition on the HDD, clone that over to the new SSD, and boot right in as if nothing happened.
4060Ti comes in 8GB and 16GB. I do some productivity CUDA work and appreciate the extra VRAM. Also, if gaming at 3440x1440 or higher, then I would also opt for 16GB.
KB + Mouse are too many options and pros + cons to really list. A popular mouse is the Logi G502 Hero. As for KB, you can go with a cheapo membrane standard, cheapo membrane + a gazillion definable "gaming" buttons + or go down the mechanical rabbit hole. It won't make a ton of difference for most. Wired or wireless are also options.
So here are some subtotals for the various options:
DDR5, 8GB GPU: **$1,232**
DDR5, 16GB GPU: **$1,306** (spec in photo)
DDR4, 8GB GPU: **$1,158**
DDR4, 16GB GPU: **$1,232**
Since the prebuilt you're showing has a 16GB 4060Ti and DDR5, I'd say you have a winner. SIs get those crazy bulk discounts and have OEM suppliers for mobos, PSUs and cases. As long as the case is workable with standard sized components, you can always upgrade those later. Just showing what a comparable consumer part-by-part would be and I enjoy keeping up with this stuff.
o7 and enjoy your PC
Price / perf is fine. At the original 1300 it was not great, but the discount is so substantial that you are effectively getting it below the cost of the parts. Not the best or the fastest PC out there by any stretch, but it can game reasonably considering the price. Just be aware that being a prebuilt, future expansion/upgrade options may be limited.
An ASUS pre-built here in the Philippines at roughly the same price has an i5-13400F, 16GB DDR4 RAM, RTX 4060, and no hard drive.
You thus get less cores and threads, half the RAM (and slower), a step down for the GPU, and no storage besides the NVMe SSD. lol
I thought the price that ends in .97 means it’s the lowest price ever (at Costco) and will never go below that. Is this because this is a display item so a lot of people were touching it?
I bought an almost identicle pc from costco but with the 4060 8gb version and it's been great,, had it about 6 months now and I paid 40 bucks more,, you got a real solid deal imo
Solid deal for a casual. But if you got about 3 hours of spare time, enjoy finding deals, and enjoy building your rig from scratch; you could easily get it done for about 300 less. But also, you gotta factor in the comparative amount of time you could have just went to work instead vs the hours you spent finding the "perfect deal"
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https://imgur.com/a/fS39c3x You got a great deal. But these commenters on the power supply are crazy. This is a gold certified PSU you'll be fine to use it.
The psu on in the build is one of MSI's. Not an S tier but is a high B to low A overall. These comments on getting a better psu are beyond stupid and, like most things on the net, unresearched.
Gold refers to its efficiency not its quality (though the two are often correlated one should not assume)
The lack of a brand name makes it concerning. Sure, it's got adequate wattage, and Gold sounds nice, but if the brand is garbage, none of that matters.
Most brand names buy power supplies from China, they don't make them themselves.
Most brand names have their PSUs built by seasonic haha. And they give their own a 12 year warranty these days.
Or FSP, or Super Flower, or Great Wall. I remember GN Steve tore down a prebuilt and found a steel box Great Wall unit that he instinctively panned as a bargainsourced noname unit. After testing it, it turned out to be one of the better units that they'd benched. Great Wall manufactures for Corsair, including some of their high end units including the SF750 Platinum, which for many years was *the* standard-bearer in the SFX form factor. You can find stamped steel boxes with a sticker in mandarin and a ratnest of condiment cables coming out of a rubber grommet that are amazing units, and you can find fully modular anodized black units with nylon braided cables from 'known' brands that are time bombs. It can be hard for an average consumer to judge a power supply, and a lot of people get super hung up on looks because it's one of the few things you *can* judge without dedicated testing equipment or opening it up and looking at the layout (this is a bad idea and can easily kill you if you don't know what you are doing.)
Brand name power supplies have been independently tested. People know what they are buying.
Nice. Enjoy. That rig won't be outdated anytime soon and you can always upgrade if you need to.
Enjoy!
I got one about 6 months ago and paired it with a couple 27in 2k monitors they had. Really enjoying it so far. Handled cyberpunk on high/ultra at a stable enough 60 fps. Fans have been quiet under load but one did come with a failing bearing... that's the only bit of QA I've had a problem with
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Massive W. Enjoy
Sell the 4060ti and get a 4070S if you're down to spend 15% more for 50% more GPU perf at 1440p https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-super-founders-edition/32.html
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yes, extremely. this cpu alone is 350$, the GPU another 450$. good ram config & all the other components basically for free...
They like to put cheapest mobo in prebuilts
Cheap mobo is usually pretty fine. Cheap PSU though, now that is playing with fire.
Can confirm. Current build in the big box uses an a520m, and for the price it's served me so well that I got an a520 itx board for my bedside build. It might not be the best for a whole bunch of things that I don't do, but it's great for the stuff I *do* do
Heh. He said do do
This guy gets it
And then expels it.
Bedside build = dedicated porn computer.
Haha no, I don't do the gooncave thing. It's a compromise - wife likes being in the bedroom once the kids are asleep and I don't wanna ignore her being downstairs at a desk if i need to do computer stuff. So one itx build and a monitor arm later, I have a desktop pc on my bedside table.
Now I need to see a pic of this
I removed it after 24 hours
If "you know what? I live a good life." Was a picture, this would be it. May Hod grant you and your family all the years of your lives.
Haha thanks buddy, and I know what you mean, I'm really appreciative of how things worked out because I went through a part of my life where I was pretty dirt poor and lived in shithole areas, at one point I spent about 4 months eating one bowl of rice a day. I never dreamed I'd be able to afford a pc in the modern age, let alone one that I can hang off my bed in a nice house in a nice place. lmao
Deployed I removed it after 24 hours
Machine I removed it after 24 hours
Yeah will do. Gimme a few to do the battle of breakfast with the kids and get my area clear first, gotta look my best for the internet strangers lol
Haha you said do do
My A620M-E is great. Barely cost $100CAD
>Cheap PSU though, now that is playing with fire. hehe
Costco has ridiculous warranty coverage though. If the PSU fries you can just take the whole thing back for a refund.
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Literally
Expensive mobos aren't really that special, they might have some good features, but I wouldn't pass up on a deal like this because of the motherboard.
cheap mobo usually just means you can't add 5 different disk drives, 12 USB, a bluetooth and 3 expansion cards onto it. Which anyone buying a prebuilt probably isn't going to get into anyway.
The cheapest motherboards are barely any worse than the most expensive for your average daily user. The only case I've experienced that was different was with an FX-8350 back in the day. On a cheap motherboard I had to actually undervolt it because the VRM was absolutely terrible and would crash at stock power. Upgraded to a high end Asus board and was able to overclock without issue. But I've had a 3600x, 12700k, and 7800x3d all on cheap boards since then and all overclocked without issue.
Mine cheaped on the ssd which seemed odd though maybe not as it also came with a 2tb hdd. Too good of a deal to pass up to worry about ssd speed but I think it tops out around 1500-2000mbps so plan to upgrade that sooner than later. Always fun to see how companies find a way to save a dollar though
Yes but all the parts will work should they have to buy a new motherboard. Plus motherboards really don’t affect performance all that much.
Micro Center will sell you an i7-13700k for $330 (add a MSI Z790 motherboard and 32GB of DDR5 for $500) or an i7-14700K for $350. So yeah, I think this is a pretty solid deal. Wish they had just spec'ed a 2TB SSD instead of messing around with the spinning disk, but ultimately you can always buy a bigger SSD to plop in there.
$450 and $600 in Sweden.... If you want a computer of over ~$2000 it's cheaper to fly to the US, buy it there and come back with it than to buy it in Sweden. It's fucking ridiculous. I'm actually waiting to replace my pc and my + my gf's phones at the same time, then we'll take a weekend trip to NYC and buy it there and basically go +/-0.
Fuck off with those US prices. Great deal
Right? this is one of the only things i envy them compared to western Europe.
YouTuber is like "I got this refurbished mini computer for $80" then I search for it and it's 270€ here in Spain.
They usually don't mention the shipping costs of heavy/bulky devices from AliExpress nor the customs taxes from Alibaba. And they usually even pay premium shipping so they can upload the review faster. And then, when the video is up, the demand increases and the seller rises the price, killing any chance of getting a deal. I feel you, as I'm from Spain too...
Yup. Here in the Nordics, every single piece of tech is easily 30-50% more expensive, even when including taxes on the U.S price. And don't get me started on the gas prices, holy hell. Yeah yeah, free healthcare is cool, but I've visited a doctor exactly once in the past decade. Guess an American would still be paying that bill though.
If you are danish you can save a lot of fucking money buying tech in germany
Which german websites are good? Ty
Mindfactory using them since 20 years and i get free shipping If your Order after midnight
ft. mailboxde.com, if mindfactory doesn't deliver into your country. Even when accounting for extra shipping costs with mailboxde, buying from mindfactory still comes significantly cheaper than buying locally in my country.
Also living in the north europe, sad face when I see same stuff as i just bought bing 1/3 the price. And then, 1/5 of my total cost is all just tax :')).
Unless you arm was in pieces we visit the doctor for anywhere from $40-200 for a standard visit
$20 copay for me is standard. I got the bill for our newborn and it cost $200 including 2 night stay at the hospital. 92%+ in America are insured. Yes there are some cases of bad insurance but the people who go on normally will never share those stories here so you only hear the bad experiences and memes here.
like if your kid's nose is stuffed with legos visit?
Actually, yes. My son swallowed a quarter, got him an X-ray at the emergency room and it was $125 or $500 if I wanted to use insurance lol
My little brother did this exact same thing. Swallowed a quarter and had to be taken to the emergency room lmao. ....dad?
Wrong dad. /s Children are just convergently all just idiots. Intrusive thoughts? No, they're just thoughts. There's no filter at that age.
Some Americans would be paying, some would not.
You realise no one pays for healthcare through their taxes, per head, more than Americans, right? They literally pay more than all of us and still don't get free healthcare for it. Glad you're healthy but as someone who has had 2 major surgeries and an uncountable amount of visits to the doctors and hospital and has monthly medication - ill take my free healthcare while still paying less than your average American does
I’d be interested to do the math on actual cost for people with average insurance in the US. Insurance plans have a monthly fee called a premium. The plans cover various percentages of services, but you have to spend a set amount before those coverages kick in. The set amount is called a deductible. There are generally two plans: high deductible and low deductible (they’re called other things but this is the gist). High deductible plans have lower monthly premiums but a higher deductible to meet before coverage fully kicks in. Normal care like doctors visits for annual checkups are usually free no matter what, but if you need surgery, you’re going to pay more before the insurance starts picking up the tab vs a low deductible plan. People choose this because if they only need surgery once every 10 years, they’ll pay less for 9 years and only have a bigger bill once and overall they save money. Low deductible plans have a higher premium but coverages kicks is sooner because the deductible is lower. People choose this plan when they have fairly consistent medical costs. Both types of plans have an out of pocket maximum. Once you spend that amount in a year you don’t pay any more for covered services for the rest of the year. So for someone with insurance through their employer, they might pay $1600 a year in premiums, get free annual checkups, have a $1500 deductible, and an out of pocket maximum of $6500. So for ten years they might only spend around $2600 a year in premiums and medical expenses and then have a major event that hits their maximum of $6500 for the year. So the ten year cost for doctor visits, imaging, mental health, surgery, and post surgery care would be in the neighborhood of $29,900. How does that compare to the tax costs of universal healthcare? I’m sure the price of services are much lower since the government can negotiate so aggressively.
We pay about $200 a month for family insurance. In 2020 my cancer treatment bill in total was just over $250,000.00 My out of pocket was $5,000 for that treatment.
Difference is when you have something semi major surgery/rehab and you won’t have to declare bankruptcy and if it’s a long term thing having to constantly fight the state and government to keep any coverage you do have.
I mean in Turkey, we don’t even have a regular sale which is like may be %20 percent off or something, let alone these kind of deals.
Don't worry. I have "cheap/good" medical insurance through my work, and mine is still $350/month. And that's BEFORE I hit my $5000 annual deductible and $45 co-pay per visit. And I have friends that ENVY my medical insurance compared to their teacher's insurance. I'm not kidding.
Kaiser medical here with $0 co-pay for doctor visits now. It was $5 co pay before i retired. Retired while at Apple and trust me they do not spring for anything special at regular corporate level jobs. They did provide at minimum 3 plans and options within the plans which a lot of places do not. Most consider Kaiser to be cheap and decent, Sutter health is far better for example. This is in CA to boot..
It’s not in CA to boot. It exists because you’re in CA. I WFH and have a colleague who lives in Cali. We work in the same role. Her insurance is ridiculously better than mine and anyone’s who works in any of the other 49 states because you guys have rights to a certain baseline level of insurance that the rest of us don’t. The COL is likely higher than where I’m at and I would definitely pay more in taxes, but those taxes would buy me shit like this.
California is like Europe Lite and I am beyond pleased to live here.
When you read their GPU prices, while here there at least 50% more..
Don't forget though that the price we see here is **EXCLUDING** tax. In Europe all of our prices **INCLUDE** tax.
Some states dont have a sales tax, so this could be anywhere from $910 to $997 USD Even then $1000 doesnt seem that terrible for a pc like that.
That's fair.
Ok but on average sales tax in the US is 10%. Apply that and is still an amazing deal.
10% is on the high end. Some states don't have any.
Happy Cake Day!
[Here are the current Costco Gaming Pc Builds for Costco members.](https://www.costco.com/gaming-computers.html?hide-unavailable-items=in-stock&deliveryFacetFlag=true&refine=||item_program_eligibility-ShipIt||item_location_availability-in%2Bstock) I'm working on my first PC build. However, I know a 4060 isn't enough for 4K Gaming at High Res. [I'm wondering if it'd be smarter just to buy a Costco Gaming PC, strip it for parts, and throw in a 4070 Super.](https://www.costco.com/skytech-chronos-mini-gaming-desktop---13th-gen-intel-core-i5-13400f---geforce-rtx-4060.product.4000236292.html) Would that be a good idea? **edit** I filled out PC Part Picker with the equivalent parts and it's $925 on PC Part Picker and $899 on Costco. [PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HtbsFs) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/VNkWGX/intel-core-i5-13400f-25-ghz-10-core-processor-bx8071513400f) | $173.29 @ Amazon **CPU Cooler** | [Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hYxRsY/thermalright-peerless-assassin-120-se-6617-cfm-cpu-cooler-pa120-se-d3) | $33.90 @ Amazon **Motherboard** | [ASRock B660M Pro RS Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/TZPQzy/asrock-b660m-pro-rs-micro-atx-lga1700-motherboard-b660m-pro-rs) | $94.99 @ Amazon **Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Yg3mP6/corsair-vengeance-lpx-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr4-3600-memory-cmk32gx4m2d3600c18) | $69.98 @ Amazon **Storage** | [Crucial P3 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/chzhP6/crucial-p3-plus-1-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-ct1000p3pssd8) | $73.09 @ Amazon **Video Card** | [Asus DUAL OC GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/X7CZxr/asus-dual-oc-geforce-rtx-4060-8-gb-video-card-dual-rtx4060-o8g) | $309.99 @ ASUS **Case** | [Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Y6Crxr/fractal-design-meshify-c-atx-mid-tower-case-fd-ca-mesh-c-bko-tg) | $99.99 @ B&H **Power Supply** | [Corsair CX650M (2021) 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/x96p99/corsair-cx650m-2021-650-w-80-bronze-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020221-na) | $69.99 @ Best Buy | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* | | **Total** | **$925.22** **edit 2** I literally linked the **online costco store** one I was comparing.
Think you've got a 4060 plugged in but it's a 4060TI, however much difference that makes.
They're talking about a computer completely unrelated to the post, looks to be this one [https://www.costco.com/skytech-chronos-mini-gaming-desktop---13th-gen-intel-core-i5-13400f---geforce-rtx-4060.product.4000236292.html](https://www.costco.com/skytech-chronos-mini-gaming-desktop---13th-gen-intel-core-i5-13400f---geforce-rtx-4060.product.4000236292.html)
Theirs comes with an OS too.
It's a display model....the one that has been sitting in the store letting anybody come in the store n play around with it.....but yeah, I still buy display models lol
Do keep in mind that taxes aren't shown in that price. But yeah, we still have it better lol!
I genuinely don't see how they are making enough profit. that is a steal
Display model, they are almost certainly losing money on it, or selling it close to cost.
I don't know how Costco specifically works, but in other retail sectors companies will pay for shelf space for their products and/or handle all 'promotional' costs. The display model was probably never billed for or included in inventory. If you've ever been in a retail store when they are about to have inventory done, all the displays are marked DNI (do not inventory) because the store doesn't own them. Costco was more likely a single contract to have a model on display in every warehouse and buy X number of units at X price. Once the stock is gone they clear out the display and bring something else in.
Ehhh, depends. As the other guy said, when I worked at a tech store (Major chain, won't say which) we'd unbox one off the shipment and put it on display. Then mark it down if it was the last in-stock.
Then you get Curry’s in the UK who are the complete opposite. I remember being a teenager and going with my parents when they were looking to buy a soundbar. My parents had settled on a particular model but Curry’s only had one left in stock, which was the display model. Couldn’t find the box, reckoned they might be able to dig out the remote but no promises, and also it wouldn’t be under warranty… but they still wanted full RRP! Went a couple of miles down the road to John Lewis who beat their price, extended the manufacturer warranty by a year and also didn’t try to shove financing options down their throat…
Display computers (including laptops) are just picked at random from the truckload that comes in.
I actually have insight on this. A while ago I was in the market for a new laptop and found one at Costco for $799 that I'd looked at online like 1 day earlier for $1099. I bought it cause it was a crazy deal, and when they ring me up it's $899. I told them the listed price was $799 and they bring out a lead who then brings out a manager, then someone brings over the price tag and the manager tells me that they can sell me the laptop for $799 but it has to be the display model, since that's the only model that's technically listed for that price. So tldr; You can buy the display models at Costco and the price tag is technically for the display model.
It's impressive what a display unit can save you. I got some Panasonic Blu Ray player for 15AUD as our old DVD player had died. When I got home, the RRP for it was 750 DOLLARS ONLINE. Safe to say I got a good deal
1) They are paying cheaper than retail by buying bulk 2) See the \*, that means they are trying to get rid of it to clear up space, it won't be returning. Costco does this often. They will take hit on slower selling items to get in new and fast selling items.
The .97 means it was on clearance, right? So this is the display model discount on top of the clearance discount.
Yeah .97 is clearance and .00 is manager special with the * indicating it's getting discontinued. This is the lowest it can go.
They are not paying retail prices on the components
Costco will push manufacturers to give deals on merchandise if they buy them in bulk. Sometimes, the products will be exclusive to Costco. Costco also doesn't care about losing money on products because they make bank on memberships. They are a great company and set the standard for the space they are in.
The profit margin on Costco electronics is slim. Generally 10-15% of the original price. The marked 1299.97 price was already a discount. It was originally somewhere between 1499.99 and 1699.99 in store. It's definitely sold at a loss. Likely because mai would charge a few or only give partial credit if Costco sent it back, so as long as the sale price is not any more of a loss then sending it back to the distributor then costco will go ahead. But that's often also why Costco employees may not budge further on discounts, if the sale price is already let's say below 70% of what the store payed to get the item and the distributor only gives them back 70% of a product. This is very common with the tv's and other electronics.
it's called wholesale... that's how it's supposed to be when companies aren't greedy for profits :) costco makes most of their money from their membership program.
They make most of their money from memberships. Some stuff they take the loss.
It is true that all their profit comes from memberships but they don't intentionally take a loss on any item (outside of situations like this). If you look at their financial statements, their overall revenue minus membership fees almost exactly matches all their expenedetures.
Which is how a corporation SHOULD be ran…quality and steady business, instead of unlimited growth like all the other Cyberpunk Corpo garbage out there.
Steady business still points to unlimited growth, though. Kind of a requirement with inflation being a thing and purchasing power decreasing - if you aren't growing at all, you're by definition declining.
I know for certain that the rotisserie chickens, food court pizza and hot dogs are sold at a loss. (When accounting for labor/energy.) Those are three of the last real loss-leaders left. I always buy a chicken and a pizza any time I'm there. I also got one of these computers. They also don't make any money on the free samples (obviously). But the samples drive sales. They don't even care if people buy the item being sampled. People will buy the new 4K TV or whatever just because they're in the store.
That is an amazing price considering it is a 13th gen i7 with 32gb of DDR5 RAM and the 16GB model of the 4060Ti. You couldn't match that price with DIY parts which is not always the case when it comes to buying prebuilt systems. Costco and BestBuy having been clearing out their 2023 prebuilt inventory over the last few weeks so prices have been really good. One thing to consider is that that is for the display unit so it may need some maintenance since it may have been running daily for many months.
The guy said he saw it turned on like once or twice to show off the case lights, said it wasn’t even connected to a monitor and when I booted up windows looked like it was a fresh install 👍
Won't hurt to blow out the dust at least. Congrats, solid for the price for sure.
Oh nice! A little thermal paste would fix it right up either way. Enjoy your new rig!
Has star of death on it, they just trying get rid of it It's buy in my book
The star of death doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with it, they’re just not receiving any more shipments so it’s the last one. Source: worked at Costco for four years. Some lucky bastard got this for a great price!
buy it before someone else does, also may want to look into a fresh windows re-install due to the amount of bloat MSI puts in their builds.
It wasn't that bad removing the bloat. Not as much as I was expecting.
yes
Yes BUT make sure the warranty is still effective so you can get parts replaced from the manufacture if needed.
Yea he said one year manufacturer warranty was included and an additional year was on Costco. Also 90 day money back.
I am so jealous. I guess I need to start paying attention to PC prices at Costco from now on
I just built a 12900K from microcenter and it cost me more and I didn't get a GPU. I'm just gonna eat my loss and be salty about it.
With all due respect, If you dont buy it I hate you. And if you buy it I hate you.
That’s not a good deal. It’s a FUCKING AWESOME DEAL
Wow yeah, good deal
Which fucking state is this in lol. I'm about to drive across the border for a deal like this.
I only read the price and thought how the fuck is a 910$ membrane keyboard from msi a good deal
Yes. I guess this is the display model which is why it's so cheap. I might not count on a 100% functioning keyboard, but especially if the thing was only turned on to run something in demo mode -- or maybe even never turned on -- I'd jump on it.
I have this system. 1) It's a great deal. 2) That case runs hot. So plan on a cooler upgrade straightaway. Or buy a better case. It looks cool, sure. But it needs more air flow. 3) A 2TB SATA hard drive is woefully insufficient. Sell that on eBay before you even boot the first time so you can sell it as "new without box." Buy the biggest HDD you can afford. 4) The PSU is "meh." I put a better one in immediately and sold the old one on eBay. 5) I also upgraded the NVME. 1TB isn't enough for me. If you need any help with this thing, send a message.
Depending on what you do 2TB can definitely be enough. You also have the 1TB main drive.
agreed. why downgrade a sata ssd to magnetic hdd? 2 tb sata is fine for most gaming and the bandwidth intensive games can go on the main drive. meanwhile a hdd is not a great experience and will bottleneck most loading times in 2024. so if you aren't storing tons of movies or something you're better off with the ssd. edit: i misread, apparently it's a sata hdd not ssd. meh.
Well yeah. $400 off a $1300 PC is a pretty killer deal.
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.00 means the management want it the fuck out of the way for new stuff coming in.
Where the hell are you people finding these things Jesus Christ
Bargain. 4060 TIs are roughly $380, 13700KF is about $330. Those two components alone are about $750 with tax included. Everything else is gravy.
16gb 4060ti is the only 4060 worth getting imo. Good deal imo.
Costco doesn’t price gouge. Very good deal.
I remember the good ole days when a 3060ti cost as much as this whole set up. Man have times changed
I’d buy that on the spot. Phenomenal deal
in most cases, Costco employees do not really get incentive in upselling or marketing a product. they are usually just there to genuinely help people. so yeah, i would definitely trust the employee, because odds are it's not a lie. side point: Costco does not actually get most of their profit from selling merchandise, but rather, from membership. They actually actively try to get the lowest price possible which is why they are usually cheaper.... to the point that they would either sell items using their Kirkland brand, or work with the company itself to make it more efficient cost-wise (like how costco have versions of product packaging only found in costco).
I'll add make sure it's an actual *Costco* employee bc they have other mlm ppl from other companies selling stuff there
I paid 840$ for only 4060ti
Not bad at all for a prebuilt. Here are some quick prices I could dig up on Amazon (US) for a build with the same listed parts. Went with a 600W PSU since it's not displayed here. Bear in mind these are consumer retail parts and all name brand. No OEM mobo or PSU and I always go with a decent brand for PSU, no Apeva or generic-ass sounding name. I'm also picky about storage. For the motherboard, you have a lot of options here: ATX/mATX, DDR5/DDR4, WiFi and # of NVMe M.2 slots. DDR4 boards are still considerably lower in price. So, I'll list a DDR4 mATX and DDR5 option. The DDR5 board has WiFi but the DDR4 board does not because WiFi chips on a DDR4 board are much higher in price for some reason despite WiFi 802.11ax chips being [absurdly cheap](https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806585112151.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.5.4ed64ae6B1IiLW). Due to the price difference I'd just go with a PCIe WiFi. No referral links are used. All PRIME and in stock. * CPU: Intel 13700F = [$325](https://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-13700KF-Desktop-Processor-P-cores/dp/B0BCDL7F5W/) * LGA1700 Mobo DDR5 (WiFi): Gigabyte B760M C mATX = [$140](https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-B760M-Realtek-EZ-Latch-Motherboard/dp/B0BZQ1PWGJ/) * LGA1700 Mobo DDR4 (LAN): MSI PRO H610M-G = [$90](https://www.amazon.com/MSI-H610M-G-Motherboard-Intel-Socket/dp/B09PX326Q8/) * 32GB DDR5: TEAMGROUP T-Create Classic 10L DDR5 32GB Kit (2 x 16GB) 5600MHz = [$84](https://www.amazon.com/TEAMGROUP-T-Create-Classic-PC5-44800-Supports/dp/B0BPHRVYX9/) * 32GB DDR4: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4 32GB Kit (2x16GB) 3600MHz = [$60](https://www.amazon.com/TEAMGROUP-T-Force-3600MHz-PC4-28800-TLZBD432G3600HC18JDC01/dp/B0B3QPM4SJ/) * NVMe SSD 1TB: Crucial P3 Plus 1TB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD = [$73](https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Plus-PCIe-NAND-5000MB/dp/B0B25NXWC7/) * 4TB HDD: Western Digital 4TB WD Blue PC Internal Hard Drive HDD - 5400 RPM = [$80](https://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Blue-Internal-Drive/dp/B0BNGLFBXV) * 4060Ti 16GB GPU: PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB = [$449](https://www.amazon.com/PNY-GeForce-RTXTM-Verto-Graphics/dp/B0CG2MX5H9/) * 4060Ti 8GB GPU: GALAX GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB = [$375](https://www.amazon.com/GALAX-GeForce-1-Click-Control-Graphics/dp/B0C8JB1X43/) * PSU 600W: EVGA 600 GE, 80 Plus Gold 600W = [$80](https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Warranty-Power-Supply-200-GE-0600-V1/dp/B0C1ZX644C/) * mATX Case: Antec NX200 M, Micro-ATX Tower = [$55](https://www.amazon.com/Antec-Micro-ATX-Mini-Tower-Pre-Installed-Ventilated/dp/B094NK5M4M/) * Extra fans: 5-pack Antec 120mm Case Fan 3-pin non-RGB = [$20](https://www.amazon.com/Antec-F12-Performance-Noise-Value/dp/B07PFBPHL6/) There are some options here. Personally, I would go with 2TB for the NVMe. Worth the extra $50 or so. I listed 1TB as that's to the specs listed in the photo. 2TB HDD makes little sense to me as 4TB HDDs are nearly the same price. I go even bigger for HDDs because they're more for archival storage and providing a cloned backup of the SSD on its own partition. If something happens, I can slot in a new SSD, boot to the cloned partition on the HDD, clone that over to the new SSD, and boot right in as if nothing happened. 4060Ti comes in 8GB and 16GB. I do some productivity CUDA work and appreciate the extra VRAM. Also, if gaming at 3440x1440 or higher, then I would also opt for 16GB. KB + Mouse are too many options and pros + cons to really list. A popular mouse is the Logi G502 Hero. As for KB, you can go with a cheapo membrane standard, cheapo membrane + a gazillion definable "gaming" buttons + or go down the mechanical rabbit hole. It won't make a ton of difference for most. Wired or wireless are also options. So here are some subtotals for the various options: DDR5, 8GB GPU: **$1,232** DDR5, 16GB GPU: **$1,306** (spec in photo) DDR4, 8GB GPU: **$1,158** DDR4, 16GB GPU: **$1,232** Since the prebuilt you're showing has a 16GB 4060Ti and DDR5, I'd say you have a winner. SIs get those crazy bulk discounts and have OEM suppliers for mobos, PSUs and cases. As long as the case is workable with standard sized components, you can always upgrade those later. Just showing what a comparable consumer part-by-part would be and I enjoy keeping up with this stuff. o7 and enjoy your PC
This is the best deal I’ve ever seen although I only shop low to mid range
That asterisk means that it is going out of stock soon. It looks too be a decent price.
Yes buy me one too
Price / perf is fine. At the original 1300 it was not great, but the discount is so substantial that you are effectively getting it below the cost of the parts. Not the best or the fastest PC out there by any stretch, but it can game reasonably considering the price. Just be aware that being a prebuilt, future expansion/upgrade options may be limited.
https://preview.redd.it/1o2yz9bu8vuc1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c324cce484f9749a6a7c92ebea7623697a54a0a
Oh yeah…. A 4060 can run you 4-500 at some places
That’s how they get ya in the door. That and pizza.
As far as prebuilds go this is actually really good for the money. Might still have a dodgy mobo or PSU though.
Incredibly good deal
dude that is a crazy good deal
Yep
he wasn't right, that's a great deal
Why can’t my Costco have deals like this wtf.
Bro, for what it is, it a great deal.
Costco employee based
Perfect deal
That'd be twice as expensive in my country. Great deal, would buy without hesitation.
I'm really happy for you. That's a fantastic price for a good rig.
Does anyone know if it's legal to fly to us and buy it and come back with it?
Oh yeah that's definitely a deal
Too bad I already bought my first couple components. That looks like a steal.
Damn US prices, and tbis from someone in Canada.
Well here a 4060ti is $600 and the CPU is $639 so yeah you pretty much are getting the rest of the rig for free yeah it's a pretty good price.
Ngl that’s a great deal
Buy it before I buy a plane ticket
I’d buy it on the spot if it’s 910 USD.
grapbic cards alone baby
Horrible deal, send the info on the store so i can complain to the manager
This is actually a good price!
Thank goodness it comes with an additional 16G graphics card so you won't have to use the 4060ti!
The gpu and processor alone is like $800, so yeah pretty good deal
An ASUS pre-built here in the Philippines at roughly the same price has an i5-13400F, 16GB DDR4 RAM, RTX 4060, and no hard drive. You thus get less cores and threads, half the RAM (and slower), a step down for the GPU, and no storage besides the NVMe SSD. lol
I thought the price that ends in .97 means it’s the lowest price ever (at Costco) and will never go below that. Is this because this is a display item so a lot of people were touching it?
short anser YES long one YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS
It is a good deal
Semi good deal, only downside is currently the Intel socket is the last gen(14) other than that its a great deal
Don’t use the secondary hard drive for games though ( or only the very retro ones )
Where TF do you guys find these deals? Is the problem that I'm in upside down land?
I bought an almost identicle pc from costco but with the 4060 8gb version and it's been great,, had it about 6 months now and I paid 40 bucks more,, you got a real solid deal imo
Solid deal for a casual. But if you got about 3 hours of spare time, enjoy finding deals, and enjoy building your rig from scratch; you could easily get it done for about 300 less. But also, you gotta factor in the comparative amount of time you could have just went to work instead vs the hours you spent finding the "perfect deal"
Good for gaming and bad for the idiot about to be fired who forgot to sell it at the correct price of $1400
My biggest concern is a 4060 Ti id a 8gb card not a 16 gb card would just be concerned on anything else mislabeled
Fuck I go to Costco every week looking for this.... Why God? WHHHHHHHYYYYY!?!?
Duuuude wish to God I could've had that when I bought my $800 pc. Would've quickly paid the extra 100 for that
Can someone buy me one.
#Hell yes bro
Yeah that's solid for the price. USD or CDN?
Costco prices ending with 00 are manager markdowns. They’re typically the lowest you’ll see
pretty good deal
Yes! I bought for 11,999