expiredVioletActivity921 posted Dec 07, 2024 07:27 PM
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expiredVioletActivity921 posted Dec 07, 2024 07:27 PM
Costco Members: MSI Aegis ZS2 Desktop: Ryzen 9 7900X, RTX 4080 SUPER, 32GB RAM
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But I canceled it and paid $1165 (after tax/CB) for an i7-14700, 4070 ti super, 16GB. So about half the price of this for roughly 15% less speed and refurbed.
My buddy and I both got refurbed Alienwares from Dell Outlet 7 years ago and they both are still running well. My deal above wasn't as epic as that i7-7700 with 1080 Ti for <$1200, but I hope to get another 7 years out of it and it should be more than enough for 1440p.
To all the people who say you should build because of better value, components, or upgradeability, I strongly disagree. Since 2001, I have built 5 gaming rigs. If you are building to learn or teach someone about PCs, then it may be worth it. If you live near a MicroCenter (as I did for 2 of them), then you can almost reach the cost of prebuilts, but otherwise prebuilts are significantly cheaper. And if you value your time, there is no comparison--not only assembly, but time spent looking for deals on the multiple components. Similarly, I think it is almost never worth upgrading HW other than RAM and storage, unless you enjoy flipping stuff.
Of course the best value proposition is paying $17/mo for GeForce Now on a weak PC that you only change when it fails. If you factor in initial cost (vs keeping that cash in index funds) and energy costs, it isn't even close. But I am old and stubborn in my ways.
Edit: Corrected price of GF now ultimate. Also made a spreadsheet roughly comparing the costs of gaming vs non-gaming. It only comes out to about $5k at 25 yrs, so it doesn't seem to be a big difference. You can download this to your Google drive and adjust the variables (in green). I don't know the energy use of gaming vs non-gaming when doing things other than gaming so I didn't include that.
https://docs.google.com/spreadshe...sp=
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tried pcpartpicker to match the specs of this deal, using msi parts when available and if not, decent parts w/ cheapest available price. for the mb, i picked the cheapest wifi 7 capable. the below (edit1 - 1,891.82) (edit2 - 1,911.82) price is without os/case/ms/kb and seems to be almost even with this deal, with the latter's advantage of it being pre-built and of course it's from costco
edit1: for those who dm me & others interested here's the pcpartpicker build: https://pcpartpicker.co
edit2: i updated the gpu to an msi brand which appears to be the exact same one on the costco screenshot, i maybe wrong though
https://pcpartpicker.co
p.s.: i understand prices/promo/availability fluctuate, so ymmv
Thanks
edit: i checked msi website and they have pre-builts with b650 mb and wifi 7, so it's possible those are proprietary parts for pre-builts and not available for retail.
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