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expired Posted by the_d_mann1 • Last Thursday
Jun 5, 2025 3:32 AM
PowerSpec G754 Gaming PC - Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RTX 5070 Ti 16GB, 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD $1919.99 at Micro Center
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Powerspec are usually pretty good options, I typically recommend that people upgrade the cpu cooling as the stock cooler usually sucks.
Powerspec are usually pretty good options, I typically recommend that people upgrade the cpu cooling as the stock cooler usually sucks.
Powerspec are usually pretty good options, I typically recommend that people upgrade the cpu cooling as the stock cooler usually sucks.
I learned the same thing as I've been shopping for a new desktop over the last couple months. For example, Micro Center has a "deal" on a 5070 Ti right now for $999, but the implied value of the GPU in this build is definitely a better price than that.
Great to hear! I'm going to pick one up tomorrow hopefully
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Agreed! I just picked this up at Micro Center, and they were selling 5070 TI cards for 900
Gigabyte GPU and G.Skill ram
Why do you think everything marked up? Apple, Samsung, off brand, name brand, everything in-between. Companies are here for profit. This goes across the board, as people make similar arguments at restaurants, the cost of the food is significantly less than the meal. In free markets value isn't strictly determined by the manufacturing cost of an item.
Powerspec, whether purchased at "bulk/wholesale" or not are one of the few prebuilt pc's that doesn't require a one off sale to get a PC near retail cost of the combined parts and software. Convenience, lack of interest/skill to build your own, 1 stop shop warranty etc all have implied value to some buyers.
If they sold prebuilds at a discounted price what do you think would happen? Spin back to the 30 series launch where u couldn't find a prebuild because people were buying them to sell off the gpu's. Similar would happen if the real discounts would show up in prebuilds, also people would buy and sell them third party.
The markup on the custom pc business is really where things get absurd.
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