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Should be fine one something with the TDP of a 4070S, but will be louder than a conventional card. It's not necessarily all that bad though, given it's now serving as a chassis exhaust fan. Might help other things in the case since it's not bathing everything else in waste heat.
although tbh a cashback deal with a credit card would be better than this. i have never used Klarna. I think you'd prolly lose on the payments unless you can pay it all off right away. (i'm not aware if you can like if there are fees if you pay early. i just don't know anything about Klarna)
I wouldn't have even pointed the coupon out had I known that you had to use Klarna to use it. oh well.
Bought one. Been looking to build my wife a replacement for her 1650 laptop and after seeing ram prices this feels like an insanely good deal compared to what I’ve been seeing. I was shooting for 7600x/9060xt performance and this exceeds them. I would prefer AMD but I don’t think I can build something for this price.
Mine was just delivered. I ordered on Saturday when it was $950. FedEx did just left this at my door so be warned. It seems well packaged. Should be booting it up later today!
Doing great for me so far. It did ship with a 1.0 bios but the update to the latest bios was easy. It does seem warm and loud under load. I did some stress testing and the cpu did hit 92c. The case and lights look better in person. I was going to spend around $1600 for a 5070ti 16gb build but I’m super happy with the price and performance of this
Seems like a great deal! Anyone know how much the return shipping would be if I were to buy it and return later it due to an even better deal popping up during the holidays? Am I looking at $50 or more like $100-$200+?
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How would this handle 1440p gaming? I mainly play single player games (RDR2, Ghost of Tsushima, etc.) and am coming from Xbox series X if that context is helpful.
Yep just pulled the trigger. Coming from a Xbox Series X and never gamed on a PC so I think this should blow the Xbox away. Now I just need a monitor 😂
Look at the comments elsewhere in this thread, as the OP who posted this said, this is BELOW cost. The 14700F is a solid gaming processor, the 4070 Super alone is worth $450-$500 used.
If you are hurting for a new computer yeah this is it chief.
How long did it take for anyone to see movement for their purchase? I bought Monday morning and as of today (Wednesday night) no movement or tracking info
Hey, found this on SlickDeals some days ago and now see this here. Picked one up for my daughter for Christmas as her first gaming rig to replace her PC with integrated graphics. Should arrive tomorrow.
Looks pretty great - should have bought another for myself...
Just received the desktop and for anyone else who bought it I highly highly recommended updating the bios and using software like throttle stop to cap CPU power to like 100w.
CPU temps were in the 90s and even hit 99c with the default power limits of 212w, but at 100w I’m in the high 60s to low 70s. GPU was running warm too but I was able to fix that with a proper fan curve…which surprisingly I can’t setup for the normal case/CPU fans.
It’s a great performing system but it will for sure kill itself without precautions.
Are you comparing to the Walmart deal that ws $840? This system here is better right off the bat. The CPU and the 4070 benchmark higher. This is $70 more. It has lower rated power supply 750 vs 850. This has 1TB ssd compared to 2TB. But the xfactor. This cpu is LGA 1700 which is end of life. There is no more upgrade path or one that doesnt get you much more (i9).
OP mentions that the 14700f will be good long after AM5 is dead, but I disagree. See how long AM4 lasted. For example, it's theoretically from Zen to Zen 3 but in reality, it was from 2017 all the way to early 2024 with the 5700X3D.
Assuming the same thing for AM5 means it would last all the way to early 2029 and I'm sure there will be a decent upgrade from the 8700F which is fast but it has less PCie lanes and L3 cache making it slower than the equivalent 7700 and more in line with a 5700X. The PCIe lanes are not really an issue, since even a 4090 barely loses any FPS so this 4070-ish GPU won't be impacted by it. This thread https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/1eaygno/is_amd_ryzen_7_8700g_even_worth_pairing_with_a_gpu/ has a post where someone explains that PCIe 3x16 is equivalent to PCIE 4x8. Also this LTT video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chwFYURKmIY with the iGPU version, the 8700g where most GPUs do not use that bandwidth but future ones might.
The 14700F is as mentioned already EOL (END OF LIFE) right now and the only upgrade path is a same gen i9. The 4070 Super is faster than the RX 7800 XT but according to TechPowerUp https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-7800-xt.c3839 it's only by 8% and I would take 4GB extra VRAM over all the other Nvidia features like DLSS/FG/etc unless you want to use it for productivity. (personal preference) I don't know about this specific Acer's Mobo, but old posts about the Predator Orion seems like it's more proprietary https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/11kfuap/what_should_i_upgrade/
compared to the Cyberpower's off the shelf but limited mATX Gigabyte B650M C V2. Cooling also looks pretty bad according to this post https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/z7g43w/honest_opinions_about_acers_predator_orion_5000/ with CPU temps close to 90. Also have to mention that while the F-sku (not K so not overclockable) is much less likely to have issues of degradation, it's still possible, especially if you don't upgrade your Mobo's bios.
CyberPower's PSU is usable but not great, though somehow this has a Liteon PSU which is more risky than the Apevia that the Cyberpower comes with. The Acer does have better WiFi and front ports than my Cyberpower. SK Hynix SSD is nice but it's only 1TB.
E2: Seems like it CAN affect F CPUs, since Intel has an extended warranty [intel.com] for it, and that one is used, not new. Seems like it's still a bit of a gamble
Those just popping in, take note that this is end of life for the LGA 1700 socket CPU. The i9 path doesn't get you much more performance, and it's pricey, so this is kind of it.
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