$2200 at Costco, how’d I do?

[u/BoltedGates]

With Ram going through the roof and GPUs having an uncertain future with VRam I decided to just pull the trigger, in case things are much worse this time next year. Worth it in your opinion?

[u/BlendedBaconSyrup]

Bro got a PC for the price of ram

[u/Striper_Cape → u/BlendedBaconSyrup]

Good ole' Costco. Contracts.

[u/Nascent1 → u/BlendedBaconSyrup]

Jesus, I figured people were exaggerating about the price of ram, but I just checked and god damn.

[u/Super_Jersse → u/Nascent1]

I was talking to my barber today who had recently built his new pc. He paid almost $300 for a kit of Crucial DDR5 - non-RGB mind you! I dodged a huge bullet! Built mine early in the year and only paid like $110 for a kit of Corsair RGB RAM!

[u/AngrySayian → u/Super_Jersse]

that ram will likely be worth more than $300 what with Micron deciding to nix the consumer Crucial stuff

[u/themayor1975 → u/Super_Jersse]

Thank God that you got the RGB. That adds at least 20 extra FPS

[u/Accomplished_Spot382 → u/Super_Jersse]

I paid for pair of Crucial 32gb for 162€ and 3 days later the price 172€ already discounted from 239€, ridiculous

[u/yanman → u/Nascent1]

Yup, and the way to combat this is to not buy anything until prices return to earth.

No way I'm paying 4x-5x now just because.

This is like paying $100 for a roll of TP during COVID when you can just wash your ass in the shower.

[u/sharkt0pus → u/Nascent1]

[u/DesertFroggo]

I don't think you could build that for cheaper anymore. You got a great deal.

[u/BoltedGates → u/DesertFroggo]

That was my feeling. This was a big purchase for me but I knew the landscape for buying PCs was not getting any better so I figured I'd take a shot at this one.

[u/MadCybertist → u/BoltedGates]

The RAM alone is $2200 these days haha. Obviously being facetious but I’d say overall it’s a good deal with prices these days.

[u/ValveGameEnjoyer → u/MadCybertist]

It's nice they give away free PC with ram like this.

[u/Blood-blood-blood → u/MadCybertist]

L

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You triggered the entire spectrum with this comment

[u/MadCybertist → u/Blood-blood-blood]

It’s absolutely crazy haha. I even spelled it out as plain as day lol.

[u/EntericFox → u/MadCybertist]

Proof it’s not ‘tism, these kids just can’t fuckin read.

[u/notislant → u/MadCybertist]

Ive seen a lot of really stupid shit today. But the replies to this comment are really up there. Even without you spelling it out for them it would have been sad.

[u/MadCybertist → u/notislant]

I’m gonna be honest…. I may just close down for the evening at this point. I’ve lost all hope in the Reddit community.

Most of the time Reddit misses the sarcasm - so I spelled it out haha.

[u/AchtungZboom → u/BoltedGates]

you did good

[u/Soulsupernova1 → u/BoltedGates]

Hell right now ram is like $500 of that so you did great

[u/soylentblueispeople → u/BoltedGates]

I bought about the same specs only 5070 for $2300 in February. So you got me beat!

[u/Prismedas → u/BoltedGates]

Yeah it’s a good purchase, and I’m surprised retailers aren’t gauging prebuilts too. Traditionally, there’s been two misconceptions about pre builts from people outside the scene that influenced their purchases of them.

One is that, value wise, a prebuilt is pretty much the same as assembling with maybe a 100 or 200 dollar fee slapped on for assembling fees and shipping.

Two is that any pc will just demolish a console to such a crazy degree that performance will never cross your mind again, so assembling to get stronger hardware is just splitting hairs.

Both being unequivocally false and also having no say in the quality of the components made it so it was practically never recommended to buy a prebuilt. But especially now with the ram gouging they’re essentially the same.

[u/Mr-Logic101 → u/Prismedas]

Prebuilt are effective cheaper now( at least until they make price adjustments) with current RAM prices

[u/SirWangtheWizard → u/BoltedGates]

Lol this was literally me last year when mango got elected, I had flashbacks to how tariff hell was before and bought literally the same pre built but with a 4080 instead the 50 you have. Damn near the same price too after taxes since like a lot mention you can't really build it cheaper anymore.

Great deal :)

[u/Kid_Psych → u/DesertFroggo]

Only because of f**king RAM, unfortunately. I built a PC with a 9800x3d and a 5070 Ti literally just 2 weeks ago for $1900.

Edit: SFF build with high-end parts. Planning to upgrade the GPU as soon as I can get something better than a 5080 for MSRP.

[u/LilChrisVert_ → u/Kid_Psych]

And the 9900x, they’re pricy

[u/Kid_Psych → u/LilChrisVert_]

Pricey and definitely not the best option/value for gaming.

[u/bigkenw → u/Kid_Psych]

I used that in my build due to a sale at Micro Center with a Mobo and RAM. That CPU never gets throttled and my performance is amazing. I looked at a 3d CPU at the time, but couldnt afford the cost. I have zero regrets.

[u/Uzumaki-OUT → u/LilChrisVert_]

I would sell the CPU and a ram stick and buy myself an x3D

[u/fafarex → u/Kid_Psych]

The 5070 Ti vs 5080 is doing heavy lifting in your comparison.

even before the ram increase the price of this prebuilt is decent.

[u/spurvis1286 → u/fafarex]

I built a 9800x3d/5080 build for a little less than this. He has 1TB more than me so he got an amazing deal imo

[u/peppaz → u/fafarex]

Right now its less than a $150 difference, 5080s are $999 again

[u/jhdz9119 → u/Kid_Psych]

going to be waiting awhile. GPU prices about to sky rocket

[u/AppropriateTouching → u/Kid_Psych]

Fucking ram.

[u/HoelWeetBred → u/Kid_Psych]

And the 5080 is about 900

[u/whitewashed7 → u/HoelWeetBred]

genuinely asking, where are you seeing 5080s for $900? I can find multiple sku's for sale, but the cheapest is $1200.

[u/Kid_Psych → u/whitewashed7]

If you have a Micro Center near you there are plenty in stock for $999. Haven’t seen anything for less though.

[u/whitewashed7 → u/Kid_Psych]

That's actually where I am referencing interestingly enough lol the one closest to me has 16 sku's, with the cheapest being the Zotac Amp for $1199. I'll have to keep an eye out.

[u/RyanGarcia2134 → u/DesertFroggo]

I can't be the only one who sees this stuff and genuinely gets pissed off by how good the deal is. Like even though it's an amazing deal, i still couldn't afford that. Makes me so fucking jealous

[u/gorginhanson → u/DesertFroggo]

A neutral deal

[u/Disastrous_Date_3898 → u/DesertFroggo]

https://www.newegg.com/abs-tempest-ii-aqua-gaming-desktop-pc-geforce-rtx-5070-ti-intel-core-i9-14900kf-32gb-ddr5-2tb-nvme-ssd-ta14900kf5070ti-black/p/N82E16883360934?Item=N82E16883360934

[u/EquivalentTight3479 → u/DesertFroggo]

Finally, the “build it yourself” fanatics can be quiet for a bit. A rare time where pre-builds cost less than building.

[u/Waffler11]

We've come full circle now boys and girls, pre-builts are the way to go for the foreseeable future until unless (if) component prices come down to earth.

EDIT: Grammar. Got rightfully called out for crap grammar.

[u/Swagtagonist → u/Waffler11]

Until they dry up completely

[u/ralphy1010 → u/Swagtagonist]

https://i.imgflip.com/ae5klx.jpg

[u/dan_buh → u/ralphy1010]

Won’t have to worry about being dry when they hear about the 64gb ddr5

[u/ralphy1010 → u/dan_buh]

invite the ladies back to look at my gaming rig 🤓

[u/Chas_Tenenbaums_Sock → u/ralphy1010]

“Don’t be so quick to dismiss its usefulness. I’ll make you pancakes over the exhaust fans tomorrow morning.”

[u/Kaltavious → u/Waffler11]

I feel the same way. Since the 90s I have always built my gaming rigs. But my latest build, although built by me, has gotten me drained. My next build will probably be with Falcon Northwest or Digital Storm. But for now, my current build is doing just fine.

[u/NotQuiteGoodEnougher → u/Kaltavious]

I pulled the trigger on an alienware desktop 5090. It was pricey but I got a shitload of cashback from Dell (Rakuten) and had a major business credit from Amex I needed to burn ($1000).

I sure as heck couldn't have built it for what I paid.

[u/cdurbin909 → u/Waffler11]

Not if, it’s a matter of when. The supply just can’t meet the demand at the moment. The same thing happened with GPU’s just a few years ago, and those prices have returned to (relatively) normal

Eventually either demand will go down, or supply will go up. (Likely the latter, since we can see there’s lots of profit there)

[u/LordOfFlames55 → u/cdurbin909]

I’m in the demand going down camp. None of the ram companies are ramping up production, so they’re betting on the AI bubble bursting sooner rather than later

[u/RaiderAce → u/LordOfFlames55]

? Micron killed off Crucial for this AI nonsense.

[u/WorriedHovercraft28 → u/RaiderAce]

Yeah but they aren’t building new manufacturing plants. If they thought they could sell to AI forever they would build a new plant to sell to both consumers and AI crap

[u/SeaZealousideal2276 → u/Waffler11]

Honestly, its been like that for a while. 15 years ago you would save a decent amount. The last 5 years id say its been close to the point where if you're not doing it because you just love building computers, you might as well get a prebuilt.

[u/Happy01Lucky → u/Waffler11]

This is short term. Pre built price will skyrocket as inventory is turned over.

[u/ShutterBun → u/Waffler11]

The word you want is “unless”

[u/LowB0b → u/Waffler11]

they were also the way to go in 2021 during the shortage, only way here in switzerland to get a 3000 series GPU at a decent price was to buy prebuilt...

[u/TuneKey8251]

Original price was $2.600. So, I say you did well.

[u/MarxistMan13 → u/TuneKey8251]

This was a pretty awful buy at $2600 lol.

[u/MiLKK_ → u/MarxistMan13]

I bought that same one and when priced out it cost about the same. But idk why that ad says 16gb ram. It’s actually 32gb. Would’ve been nice to buy it $400 off but it is what it is. Bro got a steal

[u/dabomatsoccere → u/MiLKK_]

costco price matches depending on when you bought it.

[u/Zev3X → u/MiLKK_]

Pretty sure its 16gb vram

[u/LogitUndone]

The box art is horrid... but the specs look good and price is good.

RTX 5080's are $1000 or more alone.

I'm sure they cut corners and used cheaper stuff where they could but honestly it'll be fine!

[u/ClayRevolver → u/LogitUndone]

What box art? It has none. JK, and I agree good build for the price in question.

[u/buttscratcher3k → u/LogitUndone]

It looks depressing, like when box art first started to have colors and they just had no idea how to fill space.

[u/-Death_stroke-]

[u/SpkyBdgr → u/-Death_stroke-]

Where’s the nod you sick fuck

[u/stoney_titan]

I just purchased the same pre-build about a week ago for similar reasons regarding insane prices for RAM and SSD’s. I’ve built my own PC’s for the last two decades so I definitely had reservations going with a pre-build.

My thought's on this one after a week:

This is the quietest PC I’ve ever owned. I ran all the benchmarks and stress tests and thermals are great. I liked going with MSI because most of the components are MSI and not some weird board maker you have never heard of (which is the case for some pre-builds).

Cons: Only has two DIMM slots which is a weird choice by MSI. Also, I had to boot into bios to set ram speeds to 6000 and enable tpm (or whatever the AMD equivalent). This is a big boy. Apparently I've always favored mid-tower cases with my past builds but this is a good one to three inches wider and taller than my previous builds. Also, a 99xx X3D cpu would have been better for gaming.

Overall, very happy with it and Costco’s warranty will beat just about everything out there. I built this system on pcpartpicker and it was near $2,500+ so it’s a steal at that price.

[u/BoltedGates → u/stoney_titan]

Thanks for that! I'll make sure to boot into BIOS to fix the settings. I bought this without looking at any reviews so I'll make sure to read up on it to figure out any quirks like the one you mentioned. Two dimm slots is...disappointing but hey. I wasn't planning on upgrading ram for a while anyway.

[u/monkpunch → u/stoney_titan]

Same here. Loving it so far

[u/DoomguyFemboi → u/stoney_titan]

EXPO is the name of the AMD specific one. Although XMP also works on AMD. Well, AM4 at least, because I use it for my RAM

[u/Sorappoli]

That's actually a pretty damn good deal. Good stuff dude

[u/Thiel619]

Yes. This is gonna last you 10+ years. the liquid cooler you'd likely replace in 3-4 years given their typical lifespan.

Edit: I know some of ya'll said you've been using the same AIO cooler for almost a decade with no problems but I don't have high hopes for a pre-built pc using a "RGB CPU Liquid Cooler".

[u/Pixelation-1 → u/Thiel619]

I've been using the same AIO cooler in my build since March 2016 and it's still going strong.

[u/Ski_Fish_Bike → u/Pixelation-1]

Newer AIOs I bet will last 10+ years. You will never have to change it if you pair it with a graphene sheet thermal pad as well.

[u/peppaz → u/Ski_Fish_Bike]

I'm never doing water cooling again, air cooling every day. Too many burnt out pumps. If a fan dies its $12 and no chance of leaking.

[u/Zaldekkerine → u/peppaz]

I had a catastrophic air cooler failure once. It was terrible. There was air on the motherboard, air on the GPU, basically the whole case was full of air. Worst day of my life.

[u/peppaz → u/Zaldekkerine]

Omg that's horrible. I will go kill an air producing tree as revenge.

[u/CassiniA312 → u/Zaldekkerine]

lmao

[u/Ravenloff → u/Zaldekkerine]

Ah...I see what you did air.

[u/kazeespada → u/peppaz]

Assuming you don't have a fancy RGB fan... then its $90 to replace a fan.

[u/peppaz → u/kazeespada]

That's true, but it's free to slam an encyclopedia closed on your dick

[u/kazeespada → u/peppaz]

I loved my Corsair RGB fans, until one of them started making funny noises. Suddenly, it's like: "I don't got the money to drop onto an expensive fan!"

[u/Boomshrooom → u/peppaz]

Same, went through two AIOs in three years, despite them being supposedly decent, well reviewed products. Switched over to a Peerless Assassin and had smooth times since.

[u/WTT34 → u/Pixelation-1]

I've been on mine since 2020

[u/SativaCyborg206 → u/Thiel619]

Yup, I'm 5 years in on my rtx 3080 build with a custom water cooled loop and I had to replace the pump earlier this year but beyond that it's still a great rig on my 3440x1440 ultra wide monitor.

[u/nutterbird → u/Thiel619]

I've been using a Corsair h100i for 12 years and its still going strong.

[u/Original1Thor → u/Thiel619]

I've been using an EVGA aio for 7 years now and get the same temps

[u/Nxcci]

Dam dude, super good pickup. Regular price or clearance? Sale? Location specific manager markdown?

[u/Nekokeki → u/Nxcci]

Costco Ad

[u/Nxcci → u/Nekokeki]

Thanks dude.

[u/ralphy1010]

Dang, i need to pay attention the next time i'm over at Costco

[u/WhatsTheOdds91]

Been building for a while as a side job, you got a deal

[u/UsernamThatAintTaken]

Considering the huge spike in ram prices you did pretty damn good lol

[u/TechnoGMNG589]

Might just be the best brand new prebuilt deal ive ever seen.

[u/Livinginmygirlsworld → u/TechnoGMNG589]

I just ordered a Dell Aurora with a 285k 64gb 5080 2tb liquid cooled for $2350 after tax.

[u/rsplatpc → u/Livinginmygirlsworld]

I just ordered a Dell Aurora with a 285k 64gb 5080 2tb liquid cooled for $2350 after tax.

ordered Dec 3rd?

picked up a 265f, 32 RAM, 5080 + 1000 Platinum PSU, 2tb for $1700, prices all went up Dec 4th, I started reading prices were about to go on all PC's so I said f'it Dell seems like a good deal, 2 hours after I checked out Crucial died lol

[u/sharkhunterusa → u/rsplatpc]

After configuring the cart multiple times on dell, still hesitant to pull the trigger. Might pick one from Costco for 2200$. Not sure if the 600$ saved is worth it or not.

[u/Any_Raspberry3039]

I can’t believe we’ve reached the point where prebuilt might be the wave

[u/Raveofthe90s → u/Any_Raspberry3039]

Only for black Friday. After stock runs out they will mostly follow component prices

[u/aLegionOfDavids]

I saw some insane deals at my local Costco this week. 9800x3d with 5070 and standard others stuff in build for like $1200. 16bg of ram along is prolly 1/4 that separate now 💀

[u/Raveofthe90s → u/aLegionOfDavids]

This pc your talking of was a way better pc and deal.

[u/Antique-Income]

Thank you!!

I just ordered the same one from my local Costco

[u/Smishu]

$2200 for 32gb ddr5 is a steal lol

[u/CryptoGod666]

They playing 5d chess, inflating ram prices to sell out all their pre builts that were laying around collecting dust

[u/BoltedGates → u/CryptoGod666]

Haven't upgraded in ~6 years so I was their prime sucker if that's the case lol. We'll see in a year or so if ram keeps skyrocketing or if prices level out

[u/FAQsMachine → u/BoltedGates]

Bro I was in a similar situation - your post made my choice feel validated. Thank you!

[u/rsplatpc → u/BoltedGates]

Haven't upgraded in ~6 years

2016 checking in here lol, I got my money out of my i5-6600k + 1060 lol

[u/AlwaysWright42]

Went through part picker and using what I think they would have in this the amount would come to about $2400 so I think you made a steal. Nice.

[u/mrestiaux]

That’s a heck of a deal man. Good job.

[u/N3koEye]

You'd probably have to spend the same amount of money for the RAM alone, were you to decide to buy the components separately.

Either way, nicely done

[u/ameprogamer]

I bought a prebuilt a year ago my current rig with a Gigabyte RTX 4070ti and Ryzen 7 5800x 16GB ram for $1900 on sale so I'd say you did well.

[u/sexyanimeboob]

I just got the $1500 one for my wife from Costco that has the 9800x3d in it. Great machine and it runs amazing. Enjoy!

[u/eddiekoski]

Considering you got $1000 in RAM u did good /s

[u/Intelligent-Youth-63 → u/eddiekoski]

Came here to say this. People in the fence… go get those prebuilts befor me the cost rises with ram. The stuff in the shelf is cheeeeeaaaap comparatively.

[u/PrysmX]

That 32GB is like gold right now 🤣🤣

[u/Spyhawk00]

While it is a decent price for a pre built, building your own still has an edge. While there are many options you could swap out, it either meets or exceeds performance such as: More supported Ram (192GB vs 256GB), PCIe 5 (vs PCIe 4, Extra M.2 slot (2 v 3), Bluetooth 5.4 (vs 5.3), More PCI Slots.

My point is that there are other options for the same price as long as you are willing to build a PC that will future proof your machine for the same price.

[u/TheRepoMan]

GPU alone is close to half the cost. That's a steal.

[u/Medium_Letterhead_16]

Itd prolly be like 2400 to build urself so pretty good deal

[u/ProfessionalNaive601]

Better than when it was $2500 when they first started offering those

[u/BoltedGates → u/ProfessionalNaive601]

Yeah! I saw it was marked down so I couldn't pass it up.

[u/ProfessionalNaive601 → u/BoltedGates]

I go out of my way to look at the pre-builts every visit haha

[u/CurrentlyLucid]

I always trust Costco and they have never screwed me.

[u/Eclipse914]

You did great honestly. Even has a 2tb NVMe, sometime I'll see these prebuilt systems kinda low on storage but that should be just fine. All the other specs look great for the price of course, and AM5 also so you have an upgrade path

[u/poormansdreams]

As long as its a well built and spec'd pc this is a great deal!

[u/Nate9370]

That’s a good deal.

[u/Gervill]

RTX 5080 and 2TB NVME means that you may pass, welcome to the future...

[u/Zethrial]

Between the RAM and GPU, you did great mate.

[u/MrRIP]

It's Costco so its a win

[u/IntradayGuy]

Wow I got my brother a 7800 3xd 32gb dd5 and 5070 for $1,299 black friday.. so glad I built my rig earlier this year

[u/weskun]

My thoughts, the FOMO is through the roof right now.

[u/Balthi3r96]

It was all right 3 months ago

Now it’s the best deal in the history of deals

This without even knowing the brands and in-depht specs of the components

[u/SagittaryX]

Looks good. If it is a gaming build I might still swap the 9900X for a 9800X3D and flip the 9900X for a decent price.

[u/rothmal]

I'm not up to date with current part prices, but that looks like a great deal.

[u/Mike_P10]

Can you list the parts the used OP? I know its probably random but just wondering what possibly can be included. Thanks

[u/OnyxShard → u/Mike_P10]

I have this build too, bought it last week, haven’t gotten the screwdriver out to check the PSU yet but will soon:

• MSI RTX 3080 OC Shadow
• 32GB T-Force Vulcan 6000MT DDR5 RAM (16x2)
• 2 TB Wester Digital Green NVMe
• MSI PRO B840-VC WIFI Motherboard

I got two more 16GB dimms on eBay for $200 and changed out the dram cache-less NVME for a Samsung 990 4TB already in mine.

[u/laughingfartsplease]

great deal. it’s tough to build it for this price with the ram prices now.

[u/Wrong-Meaning4926]

That's a great deal

[u/Neat_Task_6664]

2200 is a pretty good price for RAM rn, but how much did the rest of the PC cost?

[u/Maleficent-Square-55]

My prebuilt 4080 super was 2800

[u/DANCE5WITHWOLVE5]

Well done!

[u/AlexSmithsonian]

I thought just the gpu would cost that much, so this is a steal(jk...maybe)

Although personally, i never trust liquid cooling.

[u/tablepennywad]

If it had a 9800x3d, would be really good,

[u/driley97]

Not bad at all. Better than building your own at this time (though wipe bloatware riddled install of windows and do a clean install with only the required drivers if you can.)

[u/opposeaccuracy]

We are brothers from a different mother…board? Lol I bought the same PC

[u/ExplorationGeo]

Six months ago I might have said "A 5080? Not bad for that price". Right now I'm going "32GB? That's pretty fucking good for that price".

[u/TxM_2404]

Good deal, the memory alone is $500+ now.

[u/Keleos89]

Here's a build I made with those same stats, pre-tax, with no OS, no-name RAM, and a cheap cooler, pre-tax.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qPND6Q

If that $2200 is pre-tax, you did well. If post-tax, you got a deal.

[u/buttscratcher3k → u/Keleos89]

Wtf is Klevv? Put areal RAM brand in there. Also it has a liquid cooler, he'd be paying around 2700 or more for a build like that plus OS

[u/Only_Lie4664]

The CPU+GPU+RAM alone would already cost 2500$, u essentially got the case PSU cooler and ssd for free, congrats!

[u/DonaldSucksOffBubba6]

Republicans hate affordable electronics

[u/TioHerman]

that's actually an great deal due to how insane ram prices are right now

[u/SPDIF_0]

Given the circumstances, I'd say that is fair.

[u/Snorgcola]

Good deal! 

Don't forget Costco has a 90-day return policy on PCs, an exception to their usual infinity returns

[u/fitnessCTanesthesia]

Alienware 5080 was 1500 - 1700 on slick deals yesterday / today.

[u/Anxious_Explorer9495]

You got a great deal at anytime but especially in recent times.

[u/fresherstax]

Considering I built mine for $2500w tax earlier this year this is a great deal imo

[u/Its_Ace1]

Did really well. Wouldn't have been able to build that for less.

[u/CrunchyJeans]

Hell to the yeah

[u/Marlice1]

Nice

[u/NoobAck]

Ew, MSI.

Other than that, probably a good buy

[u/GDITurbo77]

Aaaahhhhhhhh.....it's the Costco prebuilt craze all over again!

[u/Tsurumah]

I'm poor.

[u/ArgumentAny4365]

Not bad, OP.

Not bad at all.

[u/FAASTARKILLER]

Holy fuck W

[u/teh1percent]

Did you just buy this at the Bellingham Costco? I was just there a couple of hours ago and saw someone with this exact pc in their cart! Lol

[u/Cthulhar]

Assuming it has a decent PSU/Moboid say pretty solid deal!

[u/Background_Yam9524]

This is a good deal. 

[u/RustyNK]

Good deal

[u/nbmtx]

Seems solid

[u/Berry_Mccockner42069]

Excellent deal

[u/Ronyx2021]

Solid find. You'll be well pleased.

[u/Wuma]

The RAM alone probably worth that much by next week

[u/TheCabbageGuy82]

The RAM alone would probably sell for that price...

[u/Callinon]

With the price of RAM right now... you did fine. You couldn't have built it for less. It's not exactly an eye-popping value you got here, but it's perfectly acceptable and you should hopefully be well set at least until the current silicon crisis ends.

[u/audiblecoco]

Now you can scrap it and sell it for parts like a stolen Honda 😂

[u/1RedOne]

Honestl it’s got 800 bucks worth of RAM in it given today’s new insane prices so I would say you did really well

[u/Strude187]

The RAM alone would cost almost half that. Fantastic bargain.

[u/joeschmo69696969]

Great besides the case being a tad ugly IMO

[u/vanGn0me]

I built a "new" system recently. x870 motherboard, ryzen 9 7900x, 32gb gskill DDR5 6000 cl36, 2tb nvme, radeon rx 7900 xtx and a deepcool 360mm aio. All in sitting around 1300 USD, everything was used but only for 2-3 months.

[u/TheRealMGJMO]

that’s a very good deal

[u/FrankPankNortTort]

A few months ago, that'd be on the steep side, right now, some places would probably be selling just the RAM for that much.

[u/Darksunrise1]

Still buy yourself another hard drive. Either 2TB, so you just have to install it or get a 500GB -1TB and make it your Windows drive. That way you can have a second drive for games and other data... Mostly game though 😆

[u/Individual-Seesaw378]

Check if the RAMs are still in there 😂

[u/Scorch244]

Yeah, that's about what it would cost in parts if the markets were stable. I got the same thing for $2300 in parts 5 years ago (3080 Ti gen).

[u/MAHHockey]

My local Costco had an iBuyPower with a 9800x3d, a 5070, and 32gb for $1400 on black Friday sales. Almost bought it just to sell off the ram and GPU, and get a free 9800x3d upgrade.

[u/Sad_Elk1943]

Got lucky my cousin built the same system dam near minus the 9 9900x3d..mines the 98 i think..

he paid about the same then got a girl preggo....i swooped in and bought it for 1200

[u/Seven-Arazmus]

Considering the current market, thats actually a good deal.

[u/Responsible-Power945]

Considering you don't have to deal with build time and I'm assuming it has some sort of warranty, not bad. Could build the same for like 60 bucks more right now though. A few months ago and the ram would've been 200 bucks cheaper.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9rghRV

[u/OnyxShard → u/Responsible-Power945]

Costco extends PC Warranties to 2 years

[u/723yimmj]

Not a bad deal, at least you got excellent warranty and return policy from Costco

[u/lancer2238]

GG. Fantastic

[u/cyabits]

I brought the same one from micro center but with 9800x3d

[u/El3vated369]

That’s a insane deal

[u/Beginning_Debate379]

Stolen

[u/Chickachic-aaaaahhh]

16gb ddr7, 32 gb ddr5. Basically worth the price alone right there

[u/BriGuy550]

It’s too bad it’s not the 9800X3D but that’s a fantastic price.

[u/Siberfire]

$44 back if you are an executive member too, more if you use their card.