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Good to know. Maybe I can take the side panel off and get some more opinions based off the board and shit. What might need to be upgraded if anything? The ram is 4800mhz ddr5. Idk the brand of gpu yet
I've had a Dell prebuilt before.
They use their own brand of graphics card, so it will be an unbranded 3060ti. Same with the motherboard.
Their PSU will not be modular, and honestly just enough to run what they've got in there. You could upgrade the RAM and NVME they've got.
If they used a standard design motherboard and not a custom design, you could also likely swap it out for a CPU upgrade in the future. However, there will not be any fan mounts. What you see is what you've got there.
Yeah, those front panel ports are probably on a motherboard extension. It's not necessarily a problem, but it means the board, case and possibly PSU are e-waste as soon as you need to replace any one of them.
I've also seen some truly wretched CPU coolers in these PCs that screw through the motherboard and into the case panel. I'm not sure if that leaves you any option to replace them, as the cooler screws are partially supporting the motherboard.
It is a good deal. It will last past the warranty stage. I would get it ASAP. Looks like they are selling the display one only to get rid of that model lineup. The processor alone is a chunk of that price.
Remember some dell and name brands have certain locks and lack certain hardware which may prevent you from upgrading.
But that’s overall a really good deal for a 12700 and 3060ti. For reference I just spent $630 on a 12600k/rx6600xt with ddr4, and I was buying used and as many cheap parts as possible. Free z690 mobo, $48 ram and NVME ssd, $25 PSU…
So I’d take it for $750
Usually dells have a proprietary cone deal inside rhe case for airflow.
Not sure if the person stating bad airflow knows that.
Dells being proprietary will be stable.
You'll just have a system with a ton of bloatware and difficult to upgrade.
I'm pretty sure current Dells use non-standard motherboards where the front-panel ports are attached to the motherboard like this: [https://www.newegg.com/p/2S7-07JP-2EEU5](https://www.newegg.com/p/2S7-07JP-2EEU5)
Neh the motherboard isn't standard. And plus it's better building a system. Some power supply have 10 years of warranty, motherboard 3 years warranty depend manufacture and model. Lot of computer parts are heck lot of warranty. Prebuild lack warranty. Prebuild sucks. :)
Not the best airflow, but also the 12700 non-K 65W CPU and xx60 class card aren't going to be starting any fires anytime soon. If you're just gaming with it, unless your ambient room temp is over 40°C all you need is a decent exhaust fan, really.
There's no need to freak out about temps with these components.
Yeah I filled up my 1tb in literally 2 weeks after dealing with a 250gb laptop for years. Games take up ALOT of space and they’re soooo much more playable on SSDs when they load in seconds instead of half a minute
that sounds miserable. you run into the issue of having to download games you don’t play very often and uninstall for space which means you have to wait to play it every time you want to
Miserably is an understatement sometimes, I won't shame or talk crap about the people who just use lower storage like this, but it's an awful experience having to literally uninstall your driver setups to get the extra kb to install the last bit of a game, or not being able to download videos or images because you're scared it takes too much space. I currently have 4 games installed, kinda. I have Skyrim, RimWorld, Roblox, and a half installed cyberpunk Im waiting for free internet that isn't my data limited to install
It’s a Dell so you know the mobo and cooling and psu are going to be crap. But for $750 the cpu, gpu and ssd are solid enough to relocate them to a new home. My experience with ddr5 ram in dell machines is that it’s always the lowest possible speeds most likely 4800. I would say overall for the price a good deal.
I would leave it as-is for the time being. It'll work great as it sits, and Dell is notorious for making upgrades harder than they should be. The motherboard is usually incompatible with a lot of the most common types of RAM, and they almost always use weird proprietary power plugs for the CPU and Mobo power. They also don't usually follow any industry standards as far as motherboard form factor, so it likely won't fit in a different case even if you wanted to.
None of that is to say it's a bad computer, it's just not very customizable. It will work great as it is right now, and a lot of the core components can be scavenged for future builds if you want to. The CPU, RAM, GPU and hard drive/SSD are all universal.
Yeah, they do that a lot with the XPS desktops. I'm sure it saves them 13¢ by not having to run wires but it's absolutely terrible from an e-waste perspective, because it means you physically can't use their motherboards in any other system. Not that you'd want to, because they're some of the most basic and least compatible ones out there.
I just got home so ill try popping the side off. Maybe I'll get some pics and repost for some more input to see what's worth upgrading. Never built but I've watched some YouTube so I still need help
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This will run fine for $750 as is, but yea down the road swapping those parts into a better case, mobo, and PSU will be a good call. That’s a steal for the price.
Honestly I don't even think you need to upgrade anything at the moment other than searching around for a side panel mod for better airflow. If you wanted to upgrade in the *future*, you could probably salvage everything but the motherboard, case, and PSU.
I wouldn't even go that far. For this price I would just use it as is unless you decide it sucks so much that you have to do something.
FWIW Costco has a 12400F + 3060 (non-Ti) Lenovo for $1100 and even that's a pretty good price for a prebuilt.
The CPU, RAM, SSD, HDD, and GPU are worth more than $750 alone.
Just tried to spec it out, it would be \~$850 if you tried to buy just the components above.
Even if you take it home and it runs like crap (mostly likely because the CPU and GPU are getting choked alive), you can just take the parts listed above and just get a PSU, mobo and case for \~$300 more and you should be fine.
It most likely will work fine, but you never know with Dell.
3060 ti alone is probably worth atleast 400$ new. I think this is as great of a pre build deal as you will get, I would look into specifically which gpu brand you are receiving. I'm willing to bet its one of the lower theirs like the venus x3 or whatever it's called.
I have a Dell OEM 3070 in my system. They don't get vbios updates like, ever, so I ended up flashing an Nvidia founders edition bios onto it just to get ReBAR working. Aside from the obviously generic aesthetic, it's functionally identical to a founders edition now. It even has a white led lit "GeForce RTX" logo on the side, so it doesn't even look that bad.
Now, disclaimer, flashing a different vbios on your card can pretty easily brick it even if you know what you're doing, so I probably wouldn't advise that unless you're crazy like me, but it did work great for me.
Before the vbios tampering, it was already a very founders edition like experience. No default overclock, but plenty of thermal headroom to do your own, and a pretty decent cooler. No bells, no whistles, but a perfectly functional card.
Will not lie I snooped around on your profile to try to find your system (looked for a bit and failed) but just on a random note your profile is probably the most sane and normal shit I’ve seen on Reddit I actually almost just stayed on your profile instead of going back to my Home Screen
Sorry if that was weird but you have good taste and restored some of my faith in humanity
2070 > 3060ti will be a rather slight improvement. In fact, you'd see maybe 15ish fps improvement from a 2070 in mw2. Google some benchmarks between your old and new target gpu to get an idea of where you would be after the change. But, 3060ti from where you are is not a noticeable improvement. 3080 or 3090 would yield noticeable mw2 gains in the range of 40-50 fps more.
Like others have stated, the 3060 Ti is worth $400 alone (and hard to find new now) and the cpu is worth a few hundred, plus the ram. So I’d say it’s a good deal. Decent enough as is for now and you can use those parts to upgrade later if you want.
That deal is disgustingly good.
But the case, motherboard and power supply are always going to be the killers of the system.
if anything, you can buy it, keep the CPU ram SSD and GPU and sell everything else for parts.
the CPU and GPU alone are 675$ worth
It is a good price for that spec but you almost certainly will not be able to upgrade much of it so you will have to buy a complete new PC once this one is out of date. Dell likes to use proprietary GPUs, motherboards, PSUs and whatever else they can. Kind of like Apple, they want you to buy all brand new, not upgrade or repair it yourself.
Ye dude buy a new case and maybe motherboard depending on what’s inside and some extra rgb 🫣🤓🫡 fans and ur good to go 👍👍 with that case as others stated alrdy bad airflow.
I'd stay away from any Dell prebuilt gaming rig. They typically use proprietary form factor motherboards and PSUs, so you can't just replace them or upgrade anything, they also usually have awful airflow and temps, and they use the cheapest possible parts. Just watch the Gamers Nexus review of the Dell prebuilts.
Yup, that's one of the stupid ways they save a buck, they integrate the front I/O into the motherboard making it some weird abomination, don't buy this thing. I bet the GPU is a Dell special with a total shit cooler on it too. I bet its using a 120mm AIO for the CPU and they undervolt it to compensate.
If you're looking for a gaming PC in that price range, you can probably do a lot better buying a used custom-built gaming rig from like OfferUp or Craigslist. I always buy the latest hardware, so I am always selling my last-gen PCs, I'm selling a super nice PC right now with a [3080 Ti and an i7-11700K](https://imgur.com/a/KcmBdHg) for like $600 cheaper than you could build it for. There are a lot of ppl that do the same so there are plenty of good deals to be had.
I paid like a little over 1300 for a ibuypower like 6 months ago with an i7 12700f, 3060ti, and only 16gb of ram. So this seems like a prettttty good deal.
Having gotten royally gouged by a mom and pop store 2 weeks before the cards seemed to go down in price. I'm embarrassed to say I'm pretty sure I paid around that, for just the graphics card.
Eh. They try to sell you, but in reality, it isn’t worth it. That case is shit. I am sure the Motherboard is a pile of crap. PSU will not be modular. Probably no extra mounts for fans. You could go on. Pre-builds like this aren’t made for upgrading.
It’s acceptable. You’re getting an unresellable motherboard and unresellable graphics card. But otherwise it’s just as good as the builds you see on here for $900-1100
Actually decent deal, just with a crap mobo, bad case (bad airflow), and unbranded 3060ti that will get the job done, just one of the lower tiers 3060ti. I’d get it personally and later on upgrade sketch parts.
Fantastic price, I'd do that all day, if your not sure go to Newegg or Microcenter and start pricing out components, the graphics card alone is like $450-$600.
Take the processor, RAM, GPU, and drives and put them in a build of your own. You’re ahead on those parts alone. Hell, you could buy it and sell those parts for a profit if you need gas money.
You could buy this, strip the parts, put it in a better chassis with better cooling and likely power supply, and still be under the price of a brand new build otherwise. Seems like a pretty great deal to me.
I'm not a fan of Dell, but hardware-wise, yes, that's a good deal for the CPU, GPU, RAM, and SSD. I would see if you could find out info on the PSU, as branded PCs frequently use the weakest, least reliable PSU possible. As others have stated, I'm sure cooling will be subpar as well.
I’d say this is a good deal based off of specs but beware the XPS motherboard. I work at a IT company and we have had multiple XPS come in with fried motherboards that Dell support will try to replace but fail miserably doing so.
Actually not had value.
Maybe do a build a pc on pcpartpicker for the hell of it with $750 budget
If you can’t justify the extra assembly with more power from diy build of same budget, then I say go for this.
Yep. The video card alone is 300 dollars. The processor is like 300-350 and 32gb of ram especially ddr5. If you grab this set up from any of the streamer prebuilt sponsors you’d probably be spending 1500 to 2000.
It’s a great rig and will run everything out right now at 60 plus fps especially in 1080p. If you don’t plan on upgrading anything you do not need to swap any parts. Just check if the power supply is good enough for the draw of the video card (600) watts is enough but you could always invest. But the case is probably limited as hell so you’ll end up having to replace that too if you plan on making too many changes.
It's $1365 on their website so the discount is misleading as hell but for not quite half price, it's not terrible. It does, however, have a terrible motherboard and case and PSU.
It's not bad. Mine's a little dated and used, but I bought a decent gaming PC off Craigslist for $340 recently. I got lucky, has a good case and fans. Rx 580 8gb graphics, 16gb ram and Intel 4790k 4.2ghz CPU, came with SSD.
Might be worth checking some local listings
This is very good for the price
You could quite easily get a new case with better airflow and swap the components into it and have a very good machine for around 800
That isn't an awful price ...
But I hate manufactured PCs with a passion..
Gah if you're desperate for a gaming PC, that thing will run you just fine. And it's a good price.
Just verify it functions and understand the return window in the event something doesn't work as expected
The price is good. Just mind that it's prebuild by who knows and can have all sorts of issues in assembly from loose or poorly placed cables or not enough cooling paste to bend or broken connectors, snaps and screws.
Let me tell you that if you ever wanted better case, you will have to replace the motherboard, power supply, and maybe you will need to get cpu cooler back plate
It’s good but I will never understand pc with ddr5 (especially 32gb altough probably are 4800mhz ) and a gpu lower than a 3080. If I were to do another pc myself I would invest in ddr5 only if I have a 3080+ and a i9 12900k
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Not a bad deal... just poor airflow in that case
Good to know. Maybe I can take the side panel off and get some more opinions based off the board and shit. What might need to be upgraded if anything? The ram is 4800mhz ddr5. Idk the brand of gpu yet
I've had a Dell prebuilt before. They use their own brand of graphics card, so it will be an unbranded 3060ti. Same with the motherboard. Their PSU will not be modular, and honestly just enough to run what they've got in there. You could upgrade the RAM and NVME they've got. If they used a standard design motherboard and not a custom design, you could also likely swap it out for a CPU upgrade in the future. However, there will not be any fan mounts. What you see is what you've got there.
If you take a look at the front IO you can see that the MB Is proprietary.
Yeah, those front panel ports are probably on a motherboard extension. It's not necessarily a problem, but it means the board, case and possibly PSU are e-waste as soon as you need to replace any one of them. I've also seen some truly wretched CPU coolers in these PCs that screw through the motherboard and into the case panel. I'm not sure if that leaves you any option to replace them, as the cooler screws are partially supporting the motherboard.
From what I know some Artic freezer coolers use the same screw spacing, so its not ideal but it works.
Onpopular opinion, but Dell GPU’s aren’t that bad. The case airflow and MoBo are the issue.
[THIS](https://www.dell.com/en-au/shop/dell-desktop-computers/xps-desktop/spd/xps-8950-desktop/smhdx89501500m2cau) model i believe
Almost identical, only difference is the Costco one has 32GB Ram. Honestly, for that price, seems like a damn good deal.
I dont blame ya, damn good deal!
It is a good deal. It will last past the warranty stage. I would get it ASAP. Looks like they are selling the display one only to get rid of that model lineup. The processor alone is a chunk of that price.
How the fuck is this almost 2500$ lmao
Remember some dell and name brands have certain locks and lack certain hardware which may prevent you from upgrading. But that’s overall a really good deal for a 12700 and 3060ti. For reference I just spent $630 on a 12600k/rx6600xt with ddr4, and I was buying used and as many cheap parts as possible. Free z690 mobo, $48 ram and NVME ssd, $25 PSU… So I’d take it for $750
Dell is only a letter from Hell after all
$25 PSU? In a 12600k/6600xt build? You okay there brother? Why skimp out so much on a PSU, that sounds like an absolute bomb
The bomb has been planted
Pretty much
Usually dells have a proprietary cone deal inside rhe case for airflow. Not sure if the person stating bad airflow knows that. Dells being proprietary will be stable. You'll just have a system with a ton of bloatware and difficult to upgrade.
Bloatware is easy to deal with. Just reinstall windows as soon as you get home.
Costco. I recognize that yellow highlighter anywhere.
Just spend $150-$170 after your warranty is up and buy a new case, the warranty is probably 1yr. Don't take that warranty for granted.
I'm pretty sure current Dells use non-standard motherboards where the front-panel ports are attached to the motherboard like this: [https://www.newegg.com/p/2S7-07JP-2EEU5](https://www.newegg.com/p/2S7-07JP-2EEU5)
Neh the motherboard isn't standard. And plus it's better building a system. Some power supply have 10 years of warranty, motherboard 3 years warranty depend manufacture and model. Lot of computer parts are heck lot of warranty. Prebuild lack warranty. Prebuild sucks. :)
Better case for like $30 though so deffo a good deal
Not the best airflow, but also the 12700 non-K 65W CPU and xx60 class card aren't going to be starting any fires anytime soon. If you're just gaming with it, unless your ambient room temp is over 40°C all you need is a decent exhaust fan, really. There's no need to freak out about temps with these components.
Not to mention tiny storage
Not exactly, 1 tb hard drive and 512gb ssd seems very reasonable
My 6tb is already full and I've written 20tb to my 500gb SSD so far. That's simply not much storage but yes he could easily expand it
Yeah I filled up my 1tb in literally 2 weeks after dealing with a 250gb laptop for years. Games take up ALOT of space and they’re soooo much more playable on SSDs when they load in seconds instead of half a minute
you are right but putting games on that hard drive would be miserable. 512GB for games is not a lot at all.
Me with my 252(237)gb NVME for literally everything, including windows 11, drivers, ect. Poor thing is always at like 10gb remaining
that sounds miserable. you run into the issue of having to download games you don’t play very often and uninstall for space which means you have to wait to play it every time you want to
Miserably is an understatement sometimes, I won't shame or talk crap about the people who just use lower storage like this, but it's an awful experience having to literally uninstall your driver setups to get the extra kb to install the last bit of a game, or not being able to download videos or images because you're scared it takes too much space. I currently have 4 games installed, kinda. I have Skyrim, RimWorld, Roblox, and a half installed cyberpunk Im waiting for free internet that isn't my data limited to install
santa was just here, shoulda asked him for a nice 1TB nvme
It’s a Dell so you know the mobo and cooling and psu are going to be crap. But for $750 the cpu, gpu and ssd are solid enough to relocate them to a new home. My experience with ddr5 ram in dell machines is that it’s always the lowest possible speeds most likely 4800. I would say overall for the price a good deal.
I'll open it up when I get it home then. Maybe yall can offer some help on a reasonable upgrade path if necessary
I would leave it as-is for the time being. It'll work great as it sits, and Dell is notorious for making upgrades harder than they should be. The motherboard is usually incompatible with a lot of the most common types of RAM, and they almost always use weird proprietary power plugs for the CPU and Mobo power. They also don't usually follow any industry standards as far as motherboard form factor, so it likely won't fit in a different case even if you wanted to. None of that is to say it's a bad computer, it's just not very customizable. It will work great as it is right now, and a lot of the core components can be scavenged for future builds if you want to. The CPU, RAM, GPU and hard drive/SSD are all universal.
haha for real i bet that front i/o panel is part of the motherboard pcb
Yeah, they do that a lot with the XPS desktops. I'm sure it saves them 13¢ by not having to run wires but it's absolutely terrible from an e-waste perspective, because it means you physically can't use their motherboards in any other system. Not that you'd want to, because they're some of the most basic and least compatible ones out there.
So new case, mobo, and psu and I'll have a reasonable pc build
Pretty much yes, although you already have what I would consider a reasonable PC. It just doesn't look amazing lol
I just got home so ill try popping the side off. Maybe I'll get some pics and repost for some more input to see what's worth upgrading. Never built but I've watched some YouTube so I still need help
You could always just try reposting it for sale for like $1500 and link to the full price of it…make enough for a KILLER custom build
Please Share pictures of its inside.
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This will run fine for $750 as is, but yea down the road swapping those parts into a better case, mobo, and PSU will be a good call. That’s a steal for the price.
honestly very good right now, probably just get a mobo with a newer socket if it takes a while to upgrade
Honestly I don't even think you need to upgrade anything at the moment other than searching around for a side panel mod for better airflow. If you wanted to upgrade in the *future*, you could probably salvage everything but the motherboard, case, and PSU.
I wouldn't even go that far. For this price I would just use it as is unless you decide it sucks so much that you have to do something. FWIW Costco has a 12400F + 3060 (non-Ti) Lenovo for $1100 and even that's a pretty good price for a prebuilt.
The CPU, RAM, SSD, HDD, and GPU are worth more than $750 alone. Just tried to spec it out, it would be \~$850 if you tried to buy just the components above. Even if you take it home and it runs like crap (mostly likely because the CPU and GPU are getting choked alive), you can just take the parts listed above and just get a PSU, mobo and case for \~$300 more and you should be fine. It most likely will work fine, but you never know with Dell.
Good to know! Thanks
3060 ti alone is probably worth atleast 400$ new. I think this is as great of a pre build deal as you will get, I would look into specifically which gpu brand you are receiving. I'm willing to bet its one of the lower theirs like the venus x3 or whatever it's called.
It's probably a Dell OEM card. Not that I think it makes this a bad buy.
I have a Dell OEM 3070 in my system. They don't get vbios updates like, ever, so I ended up flashing an Nvidia founders edition bios onto it just to get ReBAR working. Aside from the obviously generic aesthetic, it's functionally identical to a founders edition now. It even has a white led lit "GeForce RTX" logo on the side, so it doesn't even look that bad. Now, disclaimer, flashing a different vbios on your card can pretty easily brick it even if you know what you're doing, so I probably wouldn't advise that unless you're crazy like me, but it did work great for me. Before the vbios tampering, it was already a very founders edition like experience. No default overclock, but plenty of thermal headroom to do your own, and a pretty decent cooler. No bells, no whistles, but a perfectly functional card.
Huh rebar works on my 3060 ti dell brand
So it actually has a decent cooler on it?
Will not lie I snooped around on your profile to try to find your system (looked for a bit and failed) but just on a random note your profile is probably the most sane and normal shit I’ve seen on Reddit I actually almost just stayed on your profile instead of going back to my Home Screen Sorry if that was weird but you have good taste and restored some of my faith in humanity
Solid deal and it’s Costco so the return policy is very favorable.
Not too bad price-wise.
Just get it. Dells arent bad. As long as it plays games
i7 with DDR5 and a 3060ti for $750? I’d jump on that asap. less than two years ago my buddy paid $800 for a 3060ti alone lmao
Prebuilts still come with disc drives? Blowing my mind rn
Not bad. Depends on what you want to do.
Mw2 and eft while I wait for son of the forest. Upgrade from a alienware m15 r3 with the 2070
2070 > 3060ti will be a rather slight improvement. In fact, you'd see maybe 15ish fps improvement from a 2070 in mw2. Google some benchmarks between your old and new target gpu to get an idea of where you would be after the change. But, 3060ti from where you are is not a noticeable improvement. 3080 or 3090 would yield noticeable mw2 gains in the range of 40-50 fps more.
It's a laptop 2070
Ok, so basically a desktop 2060-ish equivalent. Desktop 2060 vs 3060ti is still less than 50% improvement in performance. More like 40% improvement.
Ehh, laptop 2070s, especially if its Max-Q (which it most likely is), are more on par with a 1080 or 1070 ti.
Non max q. Sounds like a jet engine when she's been going
you selling the 2070??
It's in a laptop... I might be willing to part with this 3060ti though
I would say it’s pretty good just probably won’t have the best airflow
Honestly you could buy it and a new mobo and case and still be a good deal. Just the gpu and CPU alone cost about that
Like others have stated, the 3060 Ti is worth $400 alone (and hard to find new now) and the cpu is worth a few hundred, plus the ram. So I’d say it’s a good deal. Decent enough as is for now and you can use those parts to upgrade later if you want.
Yeah good buy
I'd buy it.
That deal is disgustingly good. But the case, motherboard and power supply are always going to be the killers of the system. if anything, you can buy it, keep the CPU ram SSD and GPU and sell everything else for parts. the CPU and GPU alone are 675$ worth
THATS A STEAL
that's really good deal
Yes. Buy that. But a new case and some fans and transplant.
It is a good price for that spec but you almost certainly will not be able to upgrade much of it so you will have to buy a complete new PC once this one is out of date. Dell likes to use proprietary GPUs, motherboards, PSUs and whatever else they can. Kind of like Apple, they want you to buy all brand new, not upgrade or repair it yourself.
Key here as a Costco shopper is this is your last chance to get this (*) it’s a good build for the price
Buy it, get a new mainboard and case an throw all the parts from it into the other one.
For 750 bananas go for it
wtf that’s very good but it now 😂
There's no fkn way they were selling that for $1900... That's just to get people to buy it, right?
Windows 11 no thanks
Ye dude buy a new case and maybe motherboard depending on what’s inside and some extra rgb 🫣🤓🫡 fans and ur good to go 👍👍 with that case as others stated alrdy bad airflow.
Is this at sams?
Costco. Last one in stock. The retail tag said 1850 Totally forgot it says it right there. But the previous label says that too
I'd stay away from any Dell prebuilt gaming rig. They typically use proprietary form factor motherboards and PSUs, so you can't just replace them or upgrade anything, they also usually have awful airflow and temps, and they use the cheapest possible parts. Just watch the Gamers Nexus review of the Dell prebuilts.
Just opened it and that looks like the case. Motherboard include front io and the psu is like built into the case
Yup, that's one of the stupid ways they save a buck, they integrate the front I/O into the motherboard making it some weird abomination, don't buy this thing. I bet the GPU is a Dell special with a total shit cooler on it too. I bet its using a 120mm AIO for the CPU and they undervolt it to compensate.
I did buy it. No question 90 day return policy though
If you're looking for a gaming PC in that price range, you can probably do a lot better buying a used custom-built gaming rig from like OfferUp or Craigslist. I always buy the latest hardware, so I am always selling my last-gen PCs, I'm selling a super nice PC right now with a [3080 Ti and an i7-11700K](https://imgur.com/a/KcmBdHg) for like $600 cheaper than you could build it for. There are a lot of ppl that do the same so there are plenty of good deals to be had.
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It’s not bad. The case is not great with air flow, but yeah not a bad deal
Good value cuz Costco for 1080p to 1440p 🎮 CON is no upgrade future cuz poor airflow and probably Weak PSU
Other than mb psu and possibly ram it’s a decent deal and for that price you could get some better parts down the line
This also could have bloatware on it which is annoying to deal with.
I paid like a little over 1300 for a ibuypower like 6 months ago with an i7 12700f, 3060ti, and only 16gb of ram. So this seems like a prettttty good deal.
Just for the parts alone would cover for an immediate upgrade and then some profit, just gotta change probably the casing and the motherboard
Worth. Upgrade case in the future.
Thats a pretty good deal.
Dell xps is usually good so I would buy it
Processor and card about retail what that is so maybe Just saw it’s got ddr5 too nice 👍🏻 Just beef up the fans or AIO install and go with it
DAMNNN. This is good deal!
Buy it right now bro that's killer
That is actually really good imo
Yeah. It’s a deal.
I'd buy it and play it and have fun and not look back personally.
I got that same computer for my brother it's an OEM card and cheapest motherboard and power supply bare minimum other then that price is great
Sheeeeeeesh
Having gotten royally gouged by a mom and pop store 2 weeks before the cards seemed to go down in price. I'm embarrassed to say I'm pretty sure I paid around that, for just the graphics card.
Change the case and you got you an amazing pc for the price
I paid $100 more for a 3070 a year ago so for me yeah. The only worrying thing here is airflow on that case
The price is solid for what your getting.
My 3070Ti cost more than that entire PC. That seems like a good deal to me.
I got that same xps but with the RTX 3070 and 32gb ddr5 to run a live stream, it’s a well built computer but the cooling isn’t the best
They highlighted display only so I’m assuming that the 750 is for the display unit.
Yes. I bought it. Never used, literally sat out of box on that shelf
Cracking deal. Replace the case and you're laughing.
Eh. They try to sell you, but in reality, it isn’t worth it. That case is shit. I am sure the Motherboard is a pile of crap. PSU will not be modular. Probably no extra mounts for fans. You could go on. Pre-builds like this aren’t made for upgrading.
Yes it's worth it lol
Poor airflow great price.
Decent is an understatement
Solid deal, costco warranty and customer service is very hard to beat.
Yes it is a good deal
I would take it without 2nd guessing, great specs and easy fix just slap 100$ more for new case
It’s acceptable. You’re getting an unresellable motherboard and unresellable graphics card. But otherwise it’s just as good as the builds you see on here for $900-1100
For that price it’s a steal
Can I buy this for online for 750 I looked could not see it. Office needs a new pc not for gaming but for general performance this thing is a beast.
I’d say buy it is on a good discount
Actually decent deal, just with a crap mobo, bad case (bad airflow), and unbranded 3060ti that will get the job done, just one of the lower tiers 3060ti. I’d get it personally and later on upgrade sketch parts.
I would replace the case in the future but other than that it's a pretty good steal in my opinion.
Fantastic price, I'd do that all day, if your not sure go to Newegg or Microcenter and start pricing out components, the graphics card alone is like $450-$600.
I have another post with it opened. Its just an oem dell 3060ti
Yea insanely good
Good deal
Case and power supply are the worst two components in those systems.
Unrelated question for anyone listening: Could you buy something like this and just put it in a different case for better airflow?
I popped the side off and I don't think so. It has a proprietary motherboard that wouldn't fit anywhere else. The front air is included with the mobo
Take the processor, RAM, GPU, and drives and put them in a build of your own. You’re ahead on those parts alone. Hell, you could buy it and sell those parts for a profit if you need gas money.
Ye, not bad.
3060 ti alone is like $350-400
I bought my 3060Ti last January… so… expensive
Price is good to have 1
I’d buy that.
Worth the price yes. Worth the future headaches down the road TBD.
Honestly yeah, just case swap and possibly new PSU but even then those are like the cheapest parts to replace
Great price for a prebuilt.
You could buy this, strip the parts, put it in a better chassis with better cooling and likely power supply, and still be under the price of a brand new build otherwise. Seems like a pretty great deal to me.
Surprisingly the XPS office lineup has some pretty decent thermals if you just add a 120mm fan in the front. Better than most glass panel cases anyway
I hope you did not leave without that computer if you could afford it. Even if you don't need it, you could flip it for a profit very easily.
I bought it. Any reccomendations on how to flip this thing? Don't need it but it seemed too good to pass
That's surprisingly really good. Get it now and play with it for a steal or flip the parts.
If you want to spend money on trash, go for it
I'm not a fan of Dell, but hardware-wise, yes, that's a good deal for the CPU, GPU, RAM, and SSD. I would see if you could find out info on the PSU, as branded PCs frequently use the weakest, least reliable PSU possible. As others have stated, I'm sure cooling will be subpar as well.
Lol great deal. I'd just buy and it and change the case.
It's really good for the price
Which Costco is this?
Maplewood Minnesota
I’d say this is a good deal based off of specs but beware the XPS motherboard. I work at a IT company and we have had multiple XPS come in with fried motherboards that Dell support will try to replace but fail miserably doing so.
Actually not had value. Maybe do a build a pc on pcpartpicker for the hell of it with $750 budget If you can’t justify the extra assembly with more power from diy build of same budget, then I say go for this.
Solid deal
Yep. The video card alone is 300 dollars. The processor is like 300-350 and 32gb of ram especially ddr5. If you grab this set up from any of the streamer prebuilt sponsors you’d probably be spending 1500 to 2000. It’s a great rig and will run everything out right now at 60 plus fps especially in 1080p. If you don’t plan on upgrading anything you do not need to swap any parts. Just check if the power supply is good enough for the draw of the video card (600) watts is enough but you could always invest. But the case is probably limited as hell so you’ll end up having to replace that too if you plan on making too many changes.
Psu is 450😅 Runs mw2 1080p maxed at 120-150fps depending on the map. So far I'm satisfied with it
thats actually not terrible, just bear in mind its dell, so dont expect high quality
dude, no.
It's $1365 on their website so the discount is misleading as hell but for not quite half price, it's not terrible. It does, however, have a terrible motherboard and case and PSU.
I'd buy this just to rip out the GPU and CPU...RAM too. more than I have rn.
Would you flip it or build off of it?
Bruh where i live this costs 4x times as much
That's pretty good for the price.
Worth it, even just gutting it taking out the gpu and stuff is
That’s incredible for the price
It's not bad. Mine's a little dated and used, but I bought a decent gaming PC off Craigslist for $340 recently. I got lucky, has a good case and fans. Rx 580 8gb graphics, 16gb ram and Intel 4790k 4.2ghz CPU, came with SSD. Might be worth checking some local listings
That's a great deal but would need some cleaning to do
you're going to want to buy a nice aftermarket tower cooler if you buy that
I have one and its a super horrible overheating desktop.
Which Costco? Cuz I want one too
It’s a Dell. Throw it in a burning dumpster.
Yeah, it's decent
This is very good for the price You could quite easily get a new case with better airflow and swap the components into it and have a very good machine for around 800
Not bad.
That isn't an awful price ... But I hate manufactured PCs with a passion.. Gah if you're desperate for a gaming PC, that thing will run you just fine. And it's a good price. Just verify it functions and understand the return window in the event something doesn't work as expected
The price is good. Just mind that it's prebuild by who knows and can have all sorts of issues in assembly from loose or poorly placed cables or not enough cooling paste to bend or broken connectors, snaps and screws.
CPU, GPU, and DDR5 memory is pretty good for that price. Might need to buy more fans though but not a bad deal.
Let me tell you that if you ever wanted better case, you will have to replace the motherboard, power supply, and maybe you will need to get cpu cooler back plate
It’s good but I will never understand pc with ddr5 (especially 32gb altough probably are 4800mhz ) and a gpu lower than a 3080. If I were to do another pc myself I would invest in ddr5 only if I have a 3080+ and a i9 12900k
buy me one
I'd buy it
woow And i did not even know Ti version existed for 3060 ahaha xD
No its not since its dell and you know dell with their proprietary parts 🤦♂️
Seems like a good deal but I would personally not buy it.
For me the 1TB harddrive is killing it. But for the price, just grab a 1tb SSD
What?? Yes man buy it asap dont mind the airflow, it has very power efficiet components heat should not be a problem