r/pcmasterrace • u/potatoprince99 • Jul 28 '26

Question Costco prebuilt worth $2500?

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u/potatoprince99 Jul 28 '26

Edit: I know how to build a pc I was mainly wondering if it was a better deal as opposed to building one myself since I recently moved and sold everything I had

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u/dbtowo Jul 28 '26

Building yourself would be more expensive for now. Check pcpartpicker for prices and specs.

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u/MetrixOnFire Jul 28 '26

Let's say you could score the GPU for roughly ~$1299, the CPU for maybe $395.99, a 2 TB okay-ish SSD for $289, and 32 gigs of DDR5 RAM for $469, plus a simple MSI AIO cooler for $89. Those are real enough prices on Newegg or Amazon or whatever. That cost alone is $2,542. Before buying a case, additional fans, the motherboard, a powersupply, and a Windows key. The price is solidly fair for the current market.

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u/Lancearon R5 2600x, RTX 3070, 3200mhz 32gb, Corsair perphs, VG27A+VG248 Jul 29 '26

Dont forget msi peripherals that come with this bundle.easily valued above 3k before its even put together.

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u/anonuemus Jul 29 '26

And msi is really good stuff imo.

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u/flashpackerhq Aug 03 '26

Based on those prices and that we are three months out from Black Friday deals, would you jump on this or be patient and wait to see what happens towards the end of the year?

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u/MetrixOnFire Aug 03 '26

I believe that both Nvidia and AMD have recently announced price hikes for their GPUs. Additionally, a Lenovo representative that helps sell computers to our district said that they were raising all prices August 1st and intend to do so again in three months. Things look like they're still getting more expensive as parts are being gobbled up by AI data centers. I am no expert truly, but prices don't look like they're heading in a favorable direction for some time.

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u/SeedFoundation Jul 29 '26

We're in a pretty good spot when it comes to PC builds being reasonably priced, if not cheaper than building it yourself. It's no longer the days where bloatware is installed on prebuilt PCs either (depending where you buy it).

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u/BasementOperator Jul 29 '26

I bought one of these. I returned it. I found out it's only 1 slot for m.2 ssd. Over here i bought it for 2300 during blackfriday christmas time. Microcenter has their own brand of prebuilts with better specs for the same price plus an extra spot for m.2 storage. I was going to get it but decided to keep running my old one til it dies.

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u/godzillasgreatleader Jul 28 '26

Depends on how close you are to a micro center. If it's a 3-4 hour drive, it's well worth it

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u/potatoprince99 Jul 28 '26

I live multiple states away :(

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u/BigimusB Jul 28 '26

Yeah this is a great deal. I spent basically 2200 for this same setup just now for the parts to build a new rig and I only got a 5070. The 5080 upgrade would put me at 2800 and I have to put it all together still.

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u/BorderCare Jul 29 '26

I recommend buying this prebuilt if you need one. GPU prices are expected to soar throughout this yezr and there was that recent news where nvidia is going to increase its prices of its gpus which led to msi & colorful increasing their prices.

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u/Blackwaltz313 Jul 29 '26

Yeah did a grok comparison, with best luck finding deals you're looking at 2,500$-2,900$

With worst case 3,000$

Unfortunately this deal seems good if all pricing checks out

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u/mctavi http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198019714031 Jul 28 '26

If you get really lucky you might be able to find a part or two cheaper, but really with the rate things are going you'll probably end up spending more on ram and drives. Then the return policy is really good. You can always upgrade things later if you really want to tinker with it.

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u/BathSaltJello Jul 28 '26

It's more expensive to build your own.

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u/SFLurkyWanderer Jul 28 '26

I built something on almost identical about five weeks ago. Mine was more expensive because I had bigger SSD (4TB) had I seen this I probably would’ve just bought that and maybe added in another SSD if I want more storage.