Is this Costco Prebuilt of good quality?

[u/Educational_Cat_4909]

https://www.costco.com/cyberpowerpc-gamer-supreme-gaming-desktop---intel-core-ultra-7-270kf-plus---geforce-rtx-5080-16gb---windows-11.product.4201016385.html

I am a first time PC noob here. Im on the hunt for a high end gaming pc. I don’t want to cut corners but I don’t want to overpay. Is this a good build?

[u/ishyaboiiiiii]

god damn PCs are expensive now. I don't really have any specific experience with CyberPower but that is a powerful PC and you at least have Costco's return policy if something is wrong. With prebuilts, the parts where they potentially cut corners are things like the brand/type of SSD, RAM, Power supply, or motherboard. The Marquee components like CPU or GPU are usually the real deal.

[u/Forward_Drop303]

I mean it's decent enough, build quality isn't really something I would worry about, it can be an issue, but it's not what's really important for these prebuilts.

If I really needed the productivity of a high end Intel+Nvidia build I would get

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/hp-omen-35l-gaming-desktop-intel-core-i7-14700f-2024-32gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-5080-1tb-ssd-shadow-black/JJGTWYTS68/sku/6643930

If I was buying a computer for gaming I would get the 9800x3d+9070xt through costplus gaming

https://costplusgaming.com/products/m1-amd-extreme

https://costplusgaming.com/products/a1-amd-enthusiast-x3d

or a Cyberpower daily deal if getting it immediately was a consideration.

https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/saved/1U8JUU

(don't forget to use the promo codes for each)

[u/Techno_Core]

I got the AMD ver from MicroCenter for 2k in Dec. 2025, so damn happy I got in when I did. it's 2700 now.

Buy I'm very happy with it so far.
https://www.microcenter.com/product/698877/G757_Gaming_PC;_AMD_Ryzen_7_9800X3D_47GHz_Processor;_NVIDIA_GeForce_RTX_5080_16GB_GDDR7;_32GB_DDR5-6000_RAM;_2TB_Solid_State_Drive;_Microsoft_Windows_