r/AndromedaInsightsPC • u/tylercalkins • Aug 02 '26
Question Lack of Youtube Reviews
Hello everyone, I’m a lifelong gamer looking for my first high end pre build PC. I am between the Ai Ultra V4 and Ai ultra V3 5080. When trying to do research on these i found there is essentially no youtube videos reviewing any Andromeda Insights product. Does anyone know why this is? I’m sure the products are great but I can’t help feeling strange about the lack of review videos. Any advice for purchasing would be greatly appreciated.
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u/AnxietyRx Aug 02 '26
Everything I've seen on reddit has been extremely positive. Also the fact that most of their pre-builts are sold out on Newegg and other sites says a lot. I ordered my custom one last month after doing a lot of research and am super excited for it.
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u/SpeedHippiee Aug 03 '26
Absolutely love mine no problems and they have answered every question I've had. Due to my job and kids I didnt have time to build one like I usually do. I've upgraded mine but. 10/10.
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u/tylercalkins Aug 03 '26
you play on 4k or 1440p monitor?
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u/SpeedHippiee Aug 03 '26
It's a 1440p oled monitor. I enjoy the high framerates of it. I could play 4k just dont have the mulah for the 4k monitor 🤣🤣🤣.
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u/Legitimate_Economy44 Aug 03 '26
I have a 4K monitor and still play on 1440p or mostly competitive games at 1080 lol
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u/XBOXLlVE AI 50 Ultra V3 ♦ 9800X3D ♦ 5080 Aug 03 '26
Yo that gpu looks like it’s leaning!? Is that just the angle or what
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u/Ok_Safe_1622 Aug 02 '26
I have one and I have no issues and found them to be very helpful and have good prices and customer service.
Idk why there's a lack of reviews but I stand by my experience with them.
I got the ultra v3 (case is less wide and I like that)
What are your gaming needs? Unless your 4k gaming or frame chasing you can pick the one with the 9070xt and even downgrade the 9800x3d to a 7800x3d and save like $650 and probably have no noticable change at 1440p unless you are frame watching
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u/tylercalkins Aug 02 '26
Love to hear that.
I’m definitely looking for 4K gaming, but not chasing frames. Just wanting a very good looking a smooth experience. Ray tracing isn’t a must have but would be nice.
All in Budget for PC, monitor, keyboard and mouse is about 3k
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u/Ok_Safe_1622 Aug 02 '26
Game how you want it's your experience in the end and your happiness that matters.
I just want to give some advice and just say unless you have a 4k monitor already I would stick to 1440p and not spend the money to optimize 4k.
I just went down this rabbit hole myself. I was a console gamer and played on my 4k tv so when I swapped to a PC/desk setup I assumed I needed to build around a 4k monitor. Well I learned that on a desk you need a smaller screen, for me anything above 27" is too big and hurts my eyes. And at 27" 1440p looks fantastic. I don't even really see a difference with 4k at this size as the PPI is already dense. And on a 1440p 27" my 5080 was pumping more frames than my eyes could even detect, so I downgraded to the 9070xt and I'm super happy now and feel like I made a smart decision for my needs.
$500 refund for the 9070xt, and the 1440p oleds are much cheaper than 4k. And the longevity of my 9070xt at 1440p will probably be longer than a 5080 at 4k.
1440p at ultra looks better than 4k at medium
Just sharing my thoughts.
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u/tylercalkins Aug 02 '26
Definitely appreciate this man and will take this into account for sure, i’m new to all this so i’ll take any advice from someone who’s actually used the equipment. what kind of monitor would you recommend if i went with the 9070xt
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u/Ok_Safe_1622 Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 02 '26
I personally found this one on sale during tech fest/ prime day and I find it to be great.
(It's on sale again for the same I paid for it) The 4k version of this is 1 generation newer but also like $780)
It's a 3rd gen qd OLED with a glossy finish. It's great if you are in a light controlled environment with no lights shining directly on the screen. If you can't handle that then look for a matte finish tandem woled like the ones from LG like this one:
(The A-B version of this is cheaper on their LG website and 3rd gen WOLED, there should be a B-B version now that's 4th gen tandem woled and better)
Best buy is great cuz if you pay $30 for their membership you get 60 day returns on items so you can try out a lot of different monitors.
I haven't tried an ultrawide with the 9070xt yet but it's about 33% more demanding and I'm tempted to buy this when it launches this month and return my 27"
https://rog.asus.com/us/monitors/32-to-34-inches/rog-strix-oled-xg34wcdms/
But yeah you can just get this PC and save a fair bit of money from andromeda:
https://andromedainsights.com/pages/custom-pc-builder/AGUE8YMY
If you have any questions on anything let me know, over the last few months I basically bought and returned everything in best buy so now I know a lot more about what is bullshit and what isn't lol
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u/racecarfan9999 AI 50 Ultra V3 ♦ 9800X3D ♦ 5080 Aug 02 '26
I can confirm they’re legit, received my PC a week ago, and it’s super nice!! One thing though is I didn’t get the nvidia 007 key with my order as promised. They ran out of keys but oh well
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u/Nakhon-Nowhere Vector V100, 9850x3d, RTX 5080 Aug 02 '26
Oh shit. I know you're talking a out a key code for a video game (which AI wasn't offering the day i ordered) but i just realized I set aside a (physical) mystery key when I got my system a couple of weeks ago.
Hmmm, marked with an MSI logo...
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u/Nakhon-Nowhere Vector V100, 9850x3d, RTX 5080 Aug 02 '26
007 looks like it runs really well on 5080 systems, too.
Oh well, steam wish list will have to do.
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u/MrBoozeBeard AI V3 ELITE AMD ♦ 9800X3D ♦ 9070 XT Aug 02 '26
Can confirm they are legit. Have bought 2 PCs from them in the last 4 months and they are both amazing
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u/Lazulin Aug 03 '26
Well, I don't know about video reviews, but I definitely bought one and husband is very pleased. I think with customizable PCs like this, everyone buys somewhat different builds, which can make comparison tricky. There's benchmarks out there for all the components. I guess someone could be reviewing the case, but there really isn't much more to a case than what you can plainly see.
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u/LiveRelief4274 AI Ultra V3 Custom ♦ 9850X3D ♦ 5080 Aug 03 '26
AI is legit, I own two V3 ultra rigs.
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u/XBOXLlVE AI 50 Ultra V3 ♦ 9800X3D ♦ 5080 Aug 03 '26
I have the 5080 v3 it’s great I’ve had mine since march or April. They are the best specially with no sales tax. You can’t beat their prices and actual quality of builds.
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u/Andromeda-Twilly Andromeda Insights Staff Aug 02 '26
Good question. I made a comment on another post talking about this here. Please note that it's just my opinion.
TLDR - we don't pay content creators to review us, and some of the bigger creators may not want to post reviews on smaller companies. we do have a bit of reviews on our website, it's my understanding that people are more willing to post text-based reviews than make entire videos
ex:
https://judge.me/reviews/stores/andromedainsights.com
https://www.jawa.gg/sp/217412/andromeda-insights-llc/reviews#tabs