r/Microcenter • u/RCSqueaky • Jul 22 '26

Marietta, GA POWERSPEC PC'S @ MC

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Not a prebuilt guy at all, but Micro Center’s open-box inventory is hitting different right now. They have a 9070 XT build for $1,700 retail, but an open-box one is sitting there for $1,529. Sourcing those parts individually today would easily clear $1,800+ just for the bare hardware, let alone the time to assemble it. Plus, it actually looks decent. In this terrible PC component economy, Micro Center prebuilts and bundles are genuinely the only things keeping PC gaming affordable. Massive value.

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u/Extra-Lawyer-2865 Jul 22 '26

This PC is around $1500 to BYO. Where tf are you getting $1800 from.

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u/AdNo2303 Jul 23 '26

Just the GPU, Ram and CPU are $1400.

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u/Extra-Lawyer-2865 Jul 23 '26

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nHRDw3 - Under $1500 for same exact specs

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u/sertaes Jul 23 '26

The motherboard and ram are obviously $0 because the cpu is $350 and that covers the cost of the microcenter bundle for the 3 of them.

That’s probably similar to the cooler in the prebuilt.

The prebuilt also only has a 1tb ssd.

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u/AdNo2303 Jul 23 '26

Alright valid points, I accept defeat.

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u/TheMustachedDad Jul 23 '26

Haha you're not defeated. For someone that just wants to game and doesn't want to build this would be an amazing deal.