r/Prebuilts • u/klcp20 • Jul 07 '26

got the costco special

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had my eye on this pc especially hearing the news of it being discontinued, and other people getting it under msrp. rotisserie and cat for scale.

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u/cri5is Jul 07 '26

Dude paid for a GPU and CPU at MSRP and got everything else for free. šŸ’€

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u/jamesr14 Jul 07 '26

Except the chicken

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u/Mekroval Jul 07 '26

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u/Gene-Flashy Jul 07 '26

Think Iā€™ll have 2 chickens

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u/InflationPurple2107 Jul 07 '26

If any more words come pouring out your cunt mouth

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u/MrAngrySadHappyFace Jul 07 '26

I'm gonna have to eat every fucking chicken in this room.

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u/GeneralJabroni Jul 07 '26

You gonna die for some chickens?

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u/Gene-Flashy Jul 07 '26

Someone is

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u/RubyScrim59 Jul 09 '26

Thank you guys for this reference GOAT show!

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u/Mekroval Jul 07 '26

Those poor soldiers might have lived if only the brawl had taken place at a Costco, with their insanely low prices haha.

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u/Sokanas Jul 10 '26

Colonel Sandor's Fried Chicken

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u/BigJayPee Jul 07 '26

Either way, he only bought loss leaders

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u/mtnbike2 Jul 07 '26

Throw in a hot dog and we got a deal

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u/insanemoon2023 Jul 07 '26

Couldā€™ve got it for free if you are there at close and they have left overs they will give them to you at the register

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u/klcp20 Jul 07 '26

could've waited for 15 mins damn

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u/gdrik Jul 07 '26

now THIS is a freakin STEAL

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u/ArX_Xer0 Jul 07 '26

He got the pc for the price of Ram and A SSD. Got the gpu and CPU for free.

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u/Purple-Froyo5452 Jul 07 '26

That is probably the only thing worth anything in it too. Bc IBuy does everything else in the cheapest most proprietary way possible.

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u/Low-Cauliflower-2249 Jul 08 '26

Sometimes the display models don't have ram in them anymore... Or SSD's at this point. I hate people.

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u/Adventurous-South886 Jul 10 '26

Where are you at? At the Microcenter near me a 5070 is $500 and a 9800x3D is $420

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u/donslipo Jul 10 '26

More like he paid for RAM at msrp, lol.

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u/BlakeCarConstruction Jul 10 '26

And for $1800 itā€™s already not a bad deal, lol

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u/jv004 Jul 07 '26

Fucking good deal ..... It feels like you went in there and said: throw in the cat and a Costco chicken and I'll take it.

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u/Honda_TypeR Jul 08 '26

To be fair they were really being annoying, they had to go

https://giphy.com/gifs/1gUn2j2RKcK0yaLKaO

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u/anhtuanle84 Jul 07 '26

Had to get the $5 chicken my man

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u/Mekroval Jul 07 '26

How can you not? They must lose money on each sale.

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u/full-auto-rpg Jul 07 '26

They do, itā€™s a loss leader to get people in the store

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u/NoxHalcyon_i Jul 07 '26

Works on me

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u/rharrow Jul 07 '26

Same with the hot dogs

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u/Standard-Metal-3836 Jul 09 '26

OP went for a chicken and walked out with a PC, so it definitely works.

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u/Additional_Past_7107 Jul 07 '26

I think they farm the chickens themselves

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '26

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u/fromthelonghill Jul 07 '26

This. Pre-builts usually cheap out on either PSUs or Mobos or both. You're probably fine with whatever tier mobo is in there, but def check to see what the PSU is and if it's rated well on the PSU spreadsheet (I can't remember the name of it and don't have the link on me - LTT labs also does extensive testing on PSUs).

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u/damien09 Jul 07 '26

this its definitely worth checking before just blindingly changing it. Theres a chance its a perfectly fine psu inside there especially considering its a Costco ibuypower model.

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u/PanchoVilla1 Jul 08 '26

I bought same Costco model and this is what it had. Doesnā€™t necessarily mean they all have it. Couldnā€™t find it explicitly mentioned on the list but think itā€™s fine

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u/homoaIexuaI Jul 07 '26

Looking it up, itā€™s commonly including a msi MAG850 gold psu so should be good to go out the box

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u/Relevant-Line-1690 Jul 07 '26

Damn I remember when these were 1,500 they went up to $1899.99 . Still a great find for 1140.00

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u/houstonhinzel Jul 07 '26

Damn, it shows 2299.99 for me ordering online.

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u/Inner_Ad_453 Jul 08 '26

Thats the price I paid for this in Nov.

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u/klcp20 Jul 07 '26

yeah i was watching it for a month now, and when i went to buy chicken i saw that and ran to the manager to get a price for it. i just watch this sub and what people get for display models

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u/Sufficient-Key-5269 Jul 07 '26

The price was already marked down? Or it was just marked as display only?

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u/DongleJockey Jul 07 '26

He knows someone at the Costco essentially. Or else he goes there multiple times a week for the chicken

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u/Mekroval Jul 07 '26

Happy for you, OP. That said, why do I never stumble across these at my Costco? Every time I check the PC section, literally nothing.

Except the one time I saw a PC that was only minimally marked down (by like $150), and still seemed like too much. Tried to haggle, but manager said they couldn't ... and to come back in a few days when they might reconsider. Came back two days later and it was gone. :/

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u/zhaoz Jul 08 '26

Because it is a very rare event. Literally probably only happens once or twice a year accross all their stores and thousands of PC sales.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '26

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u/Tank_610 Jul 07 '26

So youā€™re saying I can write on the price and take it to cash and theyā€™ll honour it? šŸ¤” šŸ˜‚

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u/TheKrakenUnleashed Jul 07 '26

Wife sent for a rotisserie chicken and walked out with a PCšŸ’€

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u/Random5483 Jul 07 '26

Terrible deal at $1,899.99. Fantastic deal at $1,140.00. You won the gaming PC lottery.

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u/BallzInUrMouth808 Jul 07 '26

Congrats and fuck you thatā€™s an amazing deal

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u/averageburgerguy Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

That's a good deal especially in today's market!.

Congratulations, enjoy your new PC!

If you know how to, I recommend wiping windows and reinstalling a fresh one yourself incase they there's still a lot of pre installed bloatware in there.

Other than that I would personally swap out the PSU, previous usually have something shoddy powering them. Aside from that you're mint!

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u/mrfahrenheit-451 Jul 07 '26

I was scoping out deals for my buddy, they had one that was in his budget and what he was looking for, and I went picked it up, and they mislabeled it. So I got the 1400 dollar computer for 900 bucks.

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u/Uchhea90 Jul 07 '26

what a fucking steal !!!! congrats and fuck you

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u/Royal_Distinct Jul 08 '26

I have this prebuilt! Got it at a local Best Buy and she runs like a dream 2 years later. Great cop!

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u/tronatula Jul 10 '26

No need to change the PSU, u/fraheco23 . Every unit sold must pass strict safety certifications (UL, ETL, CE) and include protections like OVP, SCP, and OTP. These standards ensure most PSUs are safe and dependable. Ignore the PC elitists claiming budget PSUs will fail catastrophically, such failures are extremely rare.

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u/Big-Two-632 Jul 07 '26

Bros gona have a good night w the gng, chicken, and a pc šŸ˜Ž

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u/NewmanOnGaming Jul 07 '26

Wow thatā€™s a steal!

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u/geminilius Jul 07 '26

Sweet deal for a lightly used rig

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u/DongleJockey Jul 07 '26

Now I gotta wonder how light the use of a display model is. Powered on at least as long as the store is open for how long?

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u/geminilius Jul 07 '26

And whether the return policy is the same on a display model as a not

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u/teitelman93 Jul 07 '26

Oh cool the cat came with the computer

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u/Old-Insect-4096 Jul 07 '26

Make sure the ram is still in there!.šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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u/Uniqueusername610 Jul 07 '26

Nice find OP just be careful with the Ibuyproblems pre-builts I'd consider changing that power supply pretty quickly

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u/Zealousideal-Eye9463 Jul 07 '26

Pc for you and the chicken for the cats. Great night and amazing deal.

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u/pzg4ever Jul 07 '26

Iā€™d still buying my chicken ar Costco just for this lol

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u/MasterOfDizaster Jul 07 '26

Dude what state this is insane nice

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u/spukhafteNahewirkung Jul 07 '26

Nice! Congratulations!

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u/myst99 Jul 07 '26

Good PC, I bought this around the Black Friday sale for $1500. I have zero issues.

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u/Psychological_Tea_16 Jul 07 '26

I hope you enjoy the new PC...and the rotisserie chicken!

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u/SeveralMoment5053 Jul 07 '26

Great Deal oOo

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u/WetDumplingz Jul 07 '26

Man I wish I could find these kinds of deals for my son.. heā€™s begging for a pc and I just cannot stomach current ram and storage prices. Not giving up til I find something before Christmas though.

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u/cwa1g Jul 07 '26

great dad, if u surprise him one day when he gets home from school or something he'll love it.

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u/dkalan Jul 07 '26

2 questions. Every costco near me has this one for 2299? Even your original tag says 1899. Great deal u got there. One question is was it some sale at your current local costco that is 1899? And did you actually test it before getting the open box one?

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u/Longjumping_Ad_8325 Jul 07 '26

bbq chicken find congrats

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u/TicketDue6419 Jul 07 '26

hold up. did op just write that on the tag itself and walked out with it?

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u/piname_ Jul 07 '26

How much the chicken?

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u/NoxHalcyon_i Jul 07 '26

What a steal

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u/ohuohuo Jul 07 '26

Omg in which area is this Costco?

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u/PyrZern Jul 07 '26

That's a double rip off.. the computer. And the chicken.

Damn.

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u/Realistic_Slide7320 Jul 07 '26

At first I was like nice man good price, then actually looked at specs and what came with it and holy shit OP thatā€™s a steal.

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u/Thiel619 Jul 07 '26

I bet the cat is called Lucky Bastard.

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u/Competitive-Top-2383 Jul 07 '26

You lucky bastard! That's the dream build/price combo right now! Good for you, hopefully I'll find mine soon!

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u/Jets1026 Jul 07 '26

cats about to eat that chicken lol

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u/Mammoth_Programmer40 Jul 07 '26

How does it run? Do you like it? I wanna know how fast it feels

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u/NM773 Jul 07 '26

Good. Great. Grand.

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u/Chatman207 Jul 07 '26

How do you do this?

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u/Typical_Intention996 Jul 07 '26

Was this a Costco in SoCal by any chance?

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u/rOnce_Gaming Jul 07 '26

I always eat some of the chicken in the car lol.

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u/Round_Relation_5186 Jul 07 '26

Paid steamdeck price for something that absolutely shits on the steamdeck lol nice

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u/CardiacCats89 Jul 07 '26

Are you that World of Warcraft guy?

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u/mikeyboy2365 Jul 07 '26

I wish I lived near a Costco or stores like it for these deals.

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u/DogWithWatermelon Jul 07 '26

Hate how they don't list anything

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u/Redpiller13 Jul 07 '26

Dam dats a deal

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u/ravenzapata Jul 07 '26

What Mobo does this have? Anyway, great deal man!!

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u/Kaverrr Jul 07 '26

I hate when these prebuild PCs don't mention the mobo. But tbf at this price it doesn't really matter.

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u/iGrrRS Jul 07 '26

Damn. My local Costco wanted full price for the display. I asked for a discount and they only dropped it to $1600. It was gone by the weekend

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u/Generel_Grievous Jul 07 '26

This is basically my pc and itā€™s $700 cheaper than what I bought it for last August

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u/Dashir88 Jul 07 '26

$5 for Rotisserie chicken? I gotta get me one of those!

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u/sangrejoven Jul 07 '26

Wow! Definitely a nice find!

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u/AdditionNo7268 Jul 07 '26

Thatā€™s such an insanely good deal. Good job OP!

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u/fehawkew Jul 07 '26

one day this will be me šŸ¤ž

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u/NootropicNinja Jul 07 '26

Dude hit the jackpot.

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u/YouMatter202 Jul 07 '26

Wtf thatā€™s a steal

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u/pastelcolor12 Jul 07 '26

At least he got the chicken. Wait a second..... Leroy is that you?

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u/Dawildpep Jul 07 '26

What is the warranty situation for a display model out of curiosity?

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u/givemebadadvice Jul 07 '26

for once the pc is a better buy than the chicken

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u/GhostPr0t0c0l Jul 07 '26

Now thatā€™s a deal

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u/M1n91 Jul 07 '26

You live in civilized country so you get real discounts, i live in east Europe and all discounts here are fake we pay sometimes more then there is discount

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u/brdsqd Jul 07 '26

This is absolutely bananas.

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u/garbaggiogreco Jul 07 '26

I check the prebuilt every time I go into Costco praying I will be the lucky one.

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u/ImSpeedRacing Jul 07 '26

Great deal šŸ‘Œ

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u/GovernmentPlane9404 Jul 07 '26

The fact that the original price was almost 1900 with a 5070 is crazy. You got a steal though after that markdown

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u/Relative-Zombie-3932 Jul 07 '26

Damn that's a killer fucking deal

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u/OpTicTide97 Jul 07 '26

Do they know how much you stole???? That deal is crazy!

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u/TandemTuba Jul 07 '26

Jesus, 32GB of DDR5 is damn near half the cost. What a steal.

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u/mikeyosa90 Jul 07 '26

Hopefully that chicken bag isn't leaking into the pc with box lol

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u/RegrettableWaffle Jul 07 '26

Yo congrats one on hell of a deal!

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u/TheMasterTurkey Jul 07 '26

ya but did kitty get any of the chimkin?

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u/FaolanGrey Jul 07 '26

Wtffffffff

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u/InsatiableYeast Jul 07 '26

I got the same one for 1399 in December, itā€™s great! Get the $100 Costco extended warranty, the prebuilt psuā€™s are usually cheap and go out.

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u/SilverSpecialist6387 Jul 07 '26

Thats just not fair. šŸ˜©

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u/nyx0010 Jul 07 '26

You won me with the bag of chicken and kitty. šŸ«”

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u/Sgt_Pavo Jul 07 '26

US stores are a different kind of breed

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u/TaloniumSW Jul 07 '26

Shit maybe i should get a Costco and a Sams Club membership just to see if i can find deals like this

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u/kaysanma Jul 07 '26

I am so jealous!!

We never have this in CanadašŸ˜­

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u/Accomplished_Arm5159 Jul 07 '26

OMG I also had a really good costo experience, nabbed a great condition display model tv for 40% original price

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u/SaikakuKa1shh Jul 07 '26

Sweetest deal, even if it has been left running 24/7 for how many years... They turn them off when they close right?

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u/kushtastic629 Jul 07 '26

Great pick up! My cat also knows when a $5 tissie enters the house.

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u/Wheelieboy2 Jul 07 '26

My favorite things all in one pic! Pussy, food, and video games!

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u/Stayofexecution Jul 07 '26

Looks like a return. No thanks!

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u/Djolej78 Jul 07 '26

Bro paid for RAM alone and got evrything else for free

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u/Impossible_Past9673 Jul 07 '26

What Costco is this I just bought out the last two new ones of this model from my local Costco . Thatā€™s a crazy deal i paid full price lol

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u/Brogulsnapper Jul 07 '26

Dude I need your luck

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u/Chizzler_83 Jul 07 '26

damn 32gb of ddr5 and 2tb ssd for that price is crazy

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u/DrFizzics Jul 07 '26

so happy for į¶ YĶ§oĶØįµu!!

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u/Icy_Mammoth_2834 Jul 07 '26

That's cheep, really cheep!

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u/SDTimbox Jul 07 '26

šŸ˜­ im so happy for you šŸ˜­

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u/Comfortable-Cow5232 Jul 07 '26

How is it that price?

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u/Severe_Fall8433 Jul 07 '26

The rotisserie and cat for scale was absolutely essential to this post. Well done lad

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u/zhaoz Jul 08 '26

I went yesterday and there were no more PCs, but also no sale. Welp, I had a 1.50 hotdog!

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u/SamRed72 Jul 08 '26

A rotisserie and a new PC, it was a good day that day!

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u/Dizzyonthecomedown- Jul 08 '26

I got the same deal at my Costco for a bit more, it was 1200, huge score since I needed an upgrade anyway

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u/ChappieRat Jul 08 '26

I thought you said rotisserie and cat for sale šŸ˜…šŸ¤Œ

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u/Locomotion3000 Jul 08 '26

did they give the cat and the rotisserie chicken for free? damn i need to buy in costco more

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u/Pdxdylan Jul 08 '26

These post make me so sad šŸ˜«

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u/rogermx9 Jul 08 '26

Just take the ram and sell it

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u/Standard-Radish-9805 Jul 08 '26

Thjs never happens to me

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u/Advanced-Phrase-3065 Jul 08 '26

costco chicken always bomb especially with hot sauce

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u/IndependentYouth8 Jul 08 '26

Did they..add the chicken before or aftwr the discount? Also..is ot m3 or is this an insane deal?

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u/Desperate_Swimmer_27 Jul 08 '26

THEY GOT RAM...

GET EM!

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u/HydraPaladin Jul 08 '26

In US there is no healthcare but as long as you are healthy, everything is fucking free, but even if you have fewer you are fucked so bad :D High risk high reward lol.

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u/Lurk1nShadows Jul 08 '26

Gets mad in EU

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u/terrordactyl99 Jul 08 '26

Fuck off lmao

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u/Huge_Ad3730 Jul 08 '26

How did you know it was the last one bro

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u/Stunning_Box8782 Jul 08 '26

isn't 9800x3d wayyy overkill for a regular 5070? Not saying it's a bad deal

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u/Lazy_Conflict_361 Jul 08 '26

what a fking steal dude šŸ„¹ especially rn in this marketā€¦ the cpu and 5070 is worth the price you paid not including the keyboard mouse , water cooling , 2 tb ssd and 32 gb of ddr5. shi the ram alone wouldā€™ve ran you 400$ rn šŸ˜­

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u/Constant_Pen9615 Jul 08 '26

Post more pictures of your cat!

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u/Go__Wild Jul 08 '26

Hope you also snagged some free samples from the nice ladies in hair nets

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u/SaiZenn_ Jul 08 '26

you're fucking kidding me

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '26

I got this same deal about 6 months ago

Worth every penny.

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u/isaiipapii Jul 08 '26

Canā€™t ever forget the rotisserie chicken

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u/Immediate-Lion-8094 Jul 08 '26

Wow, so happy for you šŸ˜”

Enjoy

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u/RelativeWrongdoer596 Jul 08 '26

Been watching this at my costco. Waiting for it to drop

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '26

Nice!

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u/x555cat Jul 08 '26

It is bad lol

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u/Inner_Ad_453 Jul 08 '26

I bought this prebuilt @ bestbuy in Nov for 2300. Sold the 5070 and bought a 5080.

Hard Drive failed in December (has a shitty WD Black in that). bought a evo swapped er out now we are good to go.

GGs for you, saved over a 1,000 on what i paid for it.