Woot! has the New ZOTAC MEK Hero G3 A7646I Ryzen 5 7600 16GB DDR5 1TB RTX 4060Ti Spider-Man™: Across The Spider-Verse Bundle GH4060TA7600SM-U-W4B Black for $769.99. Shipping is free with Amazon Prime, otherwise $6 per order. Liquid cooling, Windows 11 Home 64-bit, WiFi6, Bluetooth 5.2, 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet, Quad display ready. Full specs at Zotac.com:
https://www.zotac.com/us/product/...undle#spec
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-core/12-thread 3.8GHz
RAM: 16GB 6000MTs DDR5 (Up to 128GB)
Graphics Engine: ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4060Ti 8GB GDDR6X 192-bit
Video Output: GPU - HDMI 2.1, 3 x DisplayPort 1.4a (max 4 displays)
Storage: 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD
USB Port: 2 x USB 3.2, 2 x USB 3.0, 1x USB 3.2 Type-C, 6 x USB 2.0
Power Supply: 600W 80+ Gold
OS: Windows 11 Home 64-bit
Cooling system: 240mm AIO Liquid Cooling
Product Dimensions: 411 x 220 x 441 mm (16.18 x 8.66 x 17.36 inch)
In the Box:
(1) ZOTAC MEK Hero G3 A7646I Spider-Man™: Across The Spider-Verse Bundle GH4060TA7600SM-U-W4B Black
Accessories: Power Supply Cable, WiFi Antenna - ZOTAC GAMING x Spiderman Themed: 4060Ti Graphics Card Backplate ; Graphics Card Badges ; 3-Pack ZTORM figurines ; Tote bag and Stickers
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Featuring the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 40 series graphics and AMD Ryzen processing, the MEK HERO is a premium PC system series designed to deliver a high-performance gaming experience with unrivaled quality. Powered by ZOTAC and built in the United States, the MEK HERO is ready to elevate your gaming right out of the box and comes preloaded with system memory, storage, and Windows 11.
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- The motherboard is an ASRock OEM board that receives normal BIOS updates. It's the B650M-C, which is a stripped down version of the B650M PG Riptide WiFi. It doesn't come with the generic AM5 mounting brackets, and it also doesn't come with a second M.2 screw.
- The AIO is Asetek OEM. I believe it's the Asetek 670LS. It only comes with AM4/AM5 mounting equipment.
- The RAM is Kingston Fury Beast RGB 16GB (2x8) DDR5-6000 C40. Notably, the kits I received were actually Hynix die, so if you wanted to fiddle with it, you can probably get better timings. The heatsinks aren't that good.
- The case is the Thermaltake S100 (mATX). It's a decent case, but it doesn't have rubber cable covers and it uses punch out slots. It also doesn't have front panel USB-C. It has a hinged glass panel and holds closed with a magnet. You'll need a screwdriver with a long shank to remove the GPU.
- The SSD is a Seagate BarraCuda Q5. It's a pretty bargain bin drive. It's Gen 3, QLC, no DRAM. You might want to replace this and move it to storage. Removing the screw intact is damn near impossible. Zotac overtightened the M.2 screw on both units that I purchased. I ended up having to replace it after removal. Make sure you have a properly fitting screwdriver.
- The PSU is an Apevia Prestige 600W. Gold, non-modular. It's not a fire hazard, but it's also not good.
- The fans that I received were InWin Jupiter AJ120s. There are six of them in total. They're medium-quality fans with daisy chaining (so you don't need fan splitters).
- The GPU is the Zotac Twin Edge Spider-Verse version. Note that while all of the Spider-Verse themed prebuilts have a Spider-Verse card, not all of them include the backplate. I believe this one includes the backplate though.
The whole system ships right from Zotac to Amazon. It's well packaged with foam braces and expanding foam on the inside. I'm pretty sure it was assembled in their California facility, but I'm not positive on this. I'd have to check the label on my prebuilt. The system includes a ton of Spider-Verse themed goodies. Stickers, figures, I forget what else. If I recall, the exact goodies are a little different for each prebuilt.
The cable management is exceptional from a cleanliness standpoint but super frustrating from a maintenance standpoint. You can't change anything in the system without cutting all of the plastic zip ties (10+ of them), and most of the ties were pulled tight against the cables. No velcro is used. It took me almost half an hour to undo the cables and uninstall the fans.
Overall, it's usable out of the box. To avoid future frustration, I'd suggest replacing the plastic zip ties with velcro and getting the M.2 screw out, as soon as you receive the system. You'll need replacement M.2 screws, so purchase a $6 M.2 replacement kit. Note that the little screwdriver in those kits won't be strong enough to extract the M.2 screw. Refer back to my earlier note. I advise installing the second M.2 screw in the back of the motherboard, so you don't have to hunt it down.
The entire system is 100% upgradeable. Everything is standard. There's nothing proprietary. In terms of priority, I'd suggest replacing the PSU, then upgrading the RAM and selling the 16GB kit, then replacing the SSD with a better boot drive, installing your OS to that drive, and moving the Seagate Q5 to the storage slot on the back of the motherboard.
Overall, the retail value of the parts in this system is little higher than this price. I think it'd cost about $850 to build this system from scratch, but there are some sub-par components (PSU, SSD, RAM) that eat into that value. Woot does have cashback from various sources, so that's also worth considering. On the flipside, the packaging is really good, the cable management is exceptional (but again, not good for maintenance) and it comes with a bunch of exclusive Spider-Verse merchandise (none of which is that valuable).
- The motherboard is an ASRock OEM board that receives normal BIOS updates. It's the B650M-C, which is a stripped down version of the B650M PG Riptide WiFi. It doesn't come with the generic AM5 mounting brackets, and it also doesn't come with a second M.2 screw.
- The AIO is Asetek OEM. I believe it's the Asetek 670LS. It only comes with AM4/AM5 mounting equipment.
- The RAM is Kingston Fury Beast RGB 16GB (2x8) DDR5-6000 C40. Notably, the kits I received were actually Hynix die, so if you wanted to fiddle with it, you can probably get better timings. The heatsinks aren't that good.
- The case is the Thermaltake S100 (mATX). It's a decent case, but it doesn't have rubber cable covers and it uses punch out slots. It also doesn't have front panel USB-C. It has a hinged glass panel and holds closed with a magnet. You'll need a screwdriver with a long shank to remove the GPU.
- The SSD is a Seagate BarraCuda Q5. It's a pretty bargain bin drive. It's Gen 3, QLC, no DRAM. You might want to replace this and move it to storage. Removing the screw intact is damn near impossible. Zotac overtightened the M.2 screw on both units that I purchased. I ended up having to replace it after removal. Make sure you have a properly fitting screwdriver.
- The PSU is an Apevia Prestige 600W. Gold, non-modular. It's not a fire hazard, but it's also not good.
- The fans that I received were InWin Jupiter AJ120s. There are six of them in total. They're medium-quality fans with daisy chaining (so you don't need fan splitters).
- The GPU is the Zotac Twin Edge Spider-Verse version. Note that while all of the Spider-Verse themed prebuilts have a Spider-Verse card, not all of them include the backplate. I believe this one includes the backplate though.
The whole system ships right from Zotac to Amazon. It's well packaged with foam braces and expanding foam on the inside. I'm pretty sure it was assembled in their California facility, but I'm not positive on this. I'd have to check the label on my prebuilt. The system includes a ton of Spider-Verse themed goodies. Stickers, figures, I forget what else. If I recall, the exact goodies are a little different for each prebuilt.
The cable management is exceptional from a cleanliness standpoint but super frustrating from a maintenance standpoint. You can't change anything in the system without cutting all of the plastic zip ties (10+ of them), and most of the ties were pulled tight against the cables. No velcro is used. It took me almost half an hour to undo the cables and uninstall the fans.
Overall, it's usable out of the box. To avoid future frustration, I'd suggest replacing the plastic zip ties with velcro and getting the M.2 screw out, as soon as you receive the system. You'll need replacement M.2 screws, so purchase a $6 M.2 replacement kit. Note that the little screwdriver in those kits won't be strong enough to extract the M.2 screw. Refer back to my earlier note. I advise installing the second M.2 screw in the back of the motherboard, so you don't have to hunt it down.
The entire system is 100% upgradeable. Everything is standard. There's nothing proprietary. In terms of priority, I'd suggest replacing the PSU, then upgrading the RAM and selling the 16GB kit, then replacing the SSD with a better boot drive, installing your OS to that drive, and moving the Seagate Q5 to the storage slot on the back of the motherboard.
Overall, the retail value of the parts in this system is little higher than this price. I think it'd cost about $850 to build this system from scratch, but there are some sub-par components (PSU, SSD, RAM) that eat into that value. Woot does have cashback from various sources, so that's also worth considering. On the flipside, the packaging is really good, the cable management is exceptional (but again, not good for maintenance) and it comes with a bunch of exclusive Spider-Verse merchandise (none of which is that valuable).
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I doubt most people would easily notice the slower SSD or RAM, but they do hold the system back, so I'd upgrade or replace them at some point. I didn't attempt to lower the timings on the Kingston kits, but I did check that they were Hynix die. I definitely think that 16GB of RAM isn't enough for a modern system. Furthermore, sourcing a second identical kit for a good price is difficult, and it's also unlikely that four modules will work at full speed. That means your only real option is to replace the modules and sell the Kingston kit, which is kind of a pain in the butt.
The part I was most concerned about was the B650M-C motherboard, but ASRock fully supports the board with BIOS updates, unlike CyberPowerPC (insert side eye here). As I said earlier, it's practically identical to the B650M PG Riptide WiFi, which is a decent board. I believe the only major differences are the lack of an I/O shroud and one missing display output.
The PSU is the weakest part of the system. It's okay for this low power hardware setup, but if you plan to upgrade your CPU or GPU, I would replace it.
I doubt most people would easily notice the slower SSD or RAM, but they do hold the system back, so I'd upgrade or replace them at some point. I didn't attempt to lower the timings on the Kingston kits, but I did check that they were Hynix die. I definitely think that 16GB of RAM isn't enough for a modern system. Furthermore, sourcing a second identical kit for a good price is difficult, and it's also unlikely that four modules will work at full speed. That means your only real option is to replace the modules and sell the Kingston kit, which is kind of a pain in the butt.
The part I was most concerned about was the B650M-C motherboard, but ASRock fully supports the board with BIOS updates, unlike CyberPowerPC (insert side eye here). As I said earlier, it's practically identical to the B650M PG Riptide WiFi, which is a decent board. I believe the only major differences are the lack of an I/O shroud and one missing display output.
The PSU is the weakest part of the system. It's okay for this low power hardware setup, but if you plan to upgrade your CPU or GPU, I would replace it.
This is worth noting, but for this prebuilt, I believe that Zotac offers 1-year warranty on most of the components and 3-years on the GPU. This is much worse than what is normally offered if you purchase the components individually. Aside from the GPU, I'm not sure if they'll ship out individual parts to you. I did check the serial numbers on the Seagate drives and they were expired. Nothing else had serial numbers that could be checked online. I suspect that if you tried to RMA an individual part with that part's manufacturer, it would fail.
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