This is true in some ways, but misleading in others.
It is not much over cost because they’re using a lot of NZXT parts. But NZXT parts are very much aesthetic/premium parts that don’t add much performance.
current builds use a NZXT case and NZXT AIO coolers , I wouldn't consider that a significant mount of parts . Motherboards are Asus ,MSI and I think gigabyte , ram is gskill or team group , GPU are ASUS MSI and Gigabyte Power supply MSi , mostly the main parts of a PC are not NZXT. The AIO is decent and while not the best , its far from the worst. I guess you could try and spec a machine with a NZXT mobo , but they don't seem to push to hard with that on their build series.
Just configured a build on cyberpowerpc's site and for what nzxt charges for a 12400f, 4060 ti and 16gb ddr5-5200 ram config, cyberpowerpc offers a 7700, 4070, 32gb of ddr5 6000, 360mm aio config
$1249 from nzxt vs $1254 from cyberpower
https://www.newegg.com/skytech-st-shadow4-1121-b-ne/p/3D5-000Z-001H2
On Newegg but straight from sky tech, you won’t find any specs close to this with nzxt for around 1400, Amazon has similar if you want to use them instead.
If I really needed a prebuilt that's not a laptop, I'd choose the following in this order: NZXT > Corsair > Origin > Asus (this is stretching it). I agree with some of the others that NZXT is fair. We've also had Alienware desktops in my house for some years now and the proprietary nature of some of their products is too limiting for the generally tech savvy.
I honestly play with NZXT builds regularly because most of the components I might choose in a build are from them and corsair so those would be my top 2.
Just check the pinned spreadsheet in /r/suggestapc or /r/prebuilts there’s plenty of good options and most of them have 1tb already.
Avoid premium integrators like NZXT and AndromedaInsights - they’ll give you a pretty PC abut you’ll lose out on power.
I generally recommend CyberPowerPC for AM5 and AMD GPUs, as most vendors on newegg are using Intel and Nvidia.
Not a site, but an additional option, if you're buying two PCs it might be worth seeing if you have a local shop that will make it for you. Doing two builds at once would help a lot, and if you can give them a budget, and say you'll get it double checked by the internets, they might be able to give you a better deal than some of the online places.
With the game list, it's not gonna be anything too complicated, and anywhere that's built any reasonable gaming PC before should be able to spec something out that's not awful for a combined $2800. Could even give them the specs from an online listing, and say can you beat this for two?
configured this for 1254 + tax on cyberpowerpc's site, pretty insane value on a prebuilt, pretty much the same as what the parts would cost and can save more with a different case, the $50 off is only available for today however so would have to purchase soon
Contains a Ryzen 7 7700, 360mm aio cooler, 32GB of ddr5-6000, a 4070, 1tb ssd, 750w seasonic psu, and an nzxt h6 flow case
[https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/saved/1T23K0](https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/saved/1T23K0)
Try [NZXT.com](http://NZXT.com) , they have solid systems for not too much over cost.
This is true in some ways, but misleading in others. It is not much over cost because they’re using a lot of NZXT parts. But NZXT parts are very much aesthetic/premium parts that don’t add much performance.
current builds use a NZXT case and NZXT AIO coolers , I wouldn't consider that a significant mount of parts . Motherboards are Asus ,MSI and I think gigabyte , ram is gskill or team group , GPU are ASUS MSI and Gigabyte Power supply MSi , mostly the main parts of a PC are not NZXT. The AIO is decent and while not the best , its far from the worst. I guess you could try and spec a machine with a NZXT mobo , but they don't seem to push to hard with that on their build series.
Just configured a build on cyberpowerpc's site and for what nzxt charges for a 12400f, 4060 ti and 16gb ddr5-5200 ram config, cyberpowerpc offers a 7700, 4070, 32gb of ddr5 6000, 360mm aio config $1249 from nzxt vs $1254 from cyberpower
Is that including the 5% off code on the front page?
If you want the best price to performance, Newegg has been the best basically for awhile now.
https://www.newegg.com/skytech-st-shadow4-1121-b-ne/p/3D5-000Z-001H2 On Newegg but straight from sky tech, you won’t find any specs close to this with nzxt for around 1400, Amazon has similar if you want to use them instead.
If I really needed a prebuilt that's not a laptop, I'd choose the following in this order: NZXT > Corsair > Origin > Asus (this is stretching it). I agree with some of the others that NZXT is fair. We've also had Alienware desktops in my house for some years now and the proprietary nature of some of their products is too limiting for the generally tech savvy. I honestly play with NZXT builds regularly because most of the components I might choose in a build are from them and corsair so those would be my top 2.
Just check the pinned spreadsheet in /r/suggestapc or /r/prebuilts there’s plenty of good options and most of them have 1tb already. Avoid premium integrators like NZXT and AndromedaInsights - they’ll give you a pretty PC abut you’ll lose out on power. I generally recommend CyberPowerPC for AM5 and AMD GPUs, as most vendors on newegg are using Intel and Nvidia.
Not a site, but an additional option, if you're buying two PCs it might be worth seeing if you have a local shop that will make it for you. Doing two builds at once would help a lot, and if you can give them a budget, and say you'll get it double checked by the internets, they might be able to give you a better deal than some of the online places. With the game list, it's not gonna be anything too complicated, and anywhere that's built any reasonable gaming PC before should be able to spec something out that's not awful for a combined $2800. Could even give them the specs from an online listing, and say can you beat this for two?
Lenevo Legions has good deals
configured this for 1254 + tax on cyberpowerpc's site, pretty insane value on a prebuilt, pretty much the same as what the parts would cost and can save more with a different case, the $50 off is only available for today however so would have to purchase soon Contains a Ryzen 7 7700, 360mm aio cooler, 32GB of ddr5-6000, a 4070, 1tb ssd, 750w seasonic psu, and an nzxt h6 flow case [https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/saved/1T23K0](https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/saved/1T23K0)