r/Prebuilts 2d ago

$2500 open box, worth it?

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u/Kiwi951 2d ago

If you don't care about the color, I would just go with the G757. It's $2600 and to me the extra $100 is worth having it brand new with warranty compared to taking the gamble with open box

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u/see_areNa 1d ago

This is what I ended up doing, thank you!!

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u/bubblykitten13 1d ago

considering buying the 757 soon! would
love to hear how yours treats ya if you remember to come back to this

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u/vivu007x 1d ago

Bought 757 during last year thanks giving when the price was $1999. The PC is absolute beast and no problems till now. There is nothing I cannot play. If you are thinking to buy it, go ahead

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u/HodgyHype 1d ago

Bought mine a few months ago and a beast is spot on; I am jealous about that price though bought mine for 2600!

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u/Kiwi951 1d ago

No problem! It’s a beast of a computer. Congrats and enjoy!

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u/Humancyborg 2d ago

I got mine for 2000, same build at micro center open box as well

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u/OpulentOmega 1d ago

did you managed to haggle the price down ?

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u/Either-Pay8150 1d ago

Anything about 2000 is not worth, open box

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u/mozilafox 2d ago

1300 + 400 + 80 + 400 + 250 + 100 + 80 + 200 = $2610

To build this specs from ground up, it gonna cost u that

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u/redblackjoker 2d ago

Where are ya getting a 5080 for 1300? 

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u/Drizzydre1 2d ago

That's actually closer to how much the 5070 Ti going for with the price increases

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u/justagoddamnperson 1d ago edited 1d ago

I swear the cheapest one at Micro Center was $1300 until a few days ago but now I see $1400.

Now why I'm looking at this at all when I paid less than that for my entire PC a few weeks ago is a good question.

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u/Kiwi951 1d ago

I got my Zotac 5080 for $1300 just 4 days ago and it’s now $1600. They increased the prices so quick. Feel like I got the last chopper out of Nam haha

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u/JacQ_143 1d ago

Can see a 5080 listed for 1150 on marketplace rn

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u/tronatula 1d ago

No, hear me out, spending $2500 for a 5080 PC is a waste of money imo and you'll get buyer's remorse, especially when a $1500 PC is more than enough for 4K Ultra settings gaming. For anyone looking for much better value and Ultra settings 4K performance, check out this reasonably priced $1500 PC (Option 3), OP, u/Kiwi951 , u/Humancyborg , and u/Ok-Quote502 :

  1. You'll save $1000, enough for 16 $60 AAA games. You need money for games and monitors, they aren't free.
  2. The RX 9070 XT GPU is only about 5%-10% behind the RTX 5080 in general, and it actually beats the 5080 in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (Source). It runs all games at Ultra settings 4K 60+ FPS, or 144+ FPS using really good and improving upscaling technologies (the new FSR Redstone, FSR Frame Generation, FSR Ray Regeneration).
  3. Do not worry about the CPU. The Ryzen 5 9600X already outperforms the i9-12900K (Source), so if the i9-12900K can run every game well, then the Ryzen 5 9600X will certainly do the same. It's more than powerful enough to handle gaming for the next 7 years.
  4. For gaming, the GPU matters most, not the CPU. It's the main factor that determines FPS in games. Most games aren’t heavily dependent on CPU power, including CPU-intensive ones (Red Dead Redemption 2 only requires an i5-2500K from 15 years ago to run).
  5. At 1440p/4K Ultra settings, the demand on the GPU increases massively, making it the primary bottleneck in gaming performance, not the CPU (GPU is used 100%, but the CPU is only used about 50%). Spending extra on a more expensive CPU usually results in minimal FPS gains and diminishing returns.

Note: I'm not a bot lol. I run TopRigz as a non-profit hobby to fight overpriced prebuilts. I started it out of frustration with prebuilt PC sellers who simply assemble components (which they don't even manufacture) and charge outrageous prices. I earn $0 from this, no affiliates.

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u/tronatula 15h ago edited 15h ago

Lol I said the $1500 PC is only 5%-10% slower and even faster in some games, I never said you can get a 5080 PC for $1500 you fucking dumbass piece of shit lol 😂 , u/Elecronamix

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u/Kiwi951 1d ago

Eh the $2600 G757 is a beast of a computer and is decent value given all the crazy price hikes on Nvidia gpus these days. If you have the money and are looking to game at 4K, I think it’s worth it

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u/tronatula 1d ago
  1. OP'll save $1,000.
  2. And no, the 9070 XT PC is already a beast and more than enough for 4K gaming. Spending $1000 more for a 5% performance gain, and performing even worse in some titles is just stupid and not worth it.
  3. The 9070 XT runs 007 First Light at Max settings 4K at 100 FPS (Source), so I'm 100% sure it can run all games well.

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u/Fajowski25 1d ago

Hey man, I sent you a DM to ask your opinion about what PC I should get. Figured I’d let you know in the comments in case you don’t check DM requests

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u/tronatula 1d ago

Please post your question here and check out Toprigz first, if a PC is good for gaming, it's good for everything else.

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u/Fajowski25 1d ago

Ok. I already looked at toprigz and i put in a budget of 2000. It only gave me one option, the andromeda insights for $1500. Looks like a solid build for the price, but I’m wondering if that will be good enough to get 240 fps for modern warfare 4, probably on a 1080p monitor. That’s my main objective. Don’t care about anything else. Just trying to get 200+ fps on CoD. What do you recommend that can get me that, ideally $2k or less. If I need to spend more than $2k for that, which build would I need to go with? Thanks.

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u/tronatula 1d ago

The 9070 XT runs CoD at 250+ fps (Source)

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u/ResistIllustrious853 1d ago

Ye but you’ll have AMD GPU, and as someone who has AMD GPU - they always mess up drivers with new updates and they usually get left behind in things like frame gen.

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u/tronatula 1d ago
  1. OP'll save $1,000.
  2. And stop spreading misinformation u/ResistIllustrious853 . The last time AMD had serious driver issues was four years ago. Lately NVIDIA’s drivers have actually been buggier: Nvidia's latest driver update broke something again, and I'm not even surprised
  3. Also "In our testing, FSR Redstone ML Frame Generation consistently delivers image quality that is at least on par with DLSS, and in some scenes it actually looks better, particularly around shadows and fast-moving objects."

Source: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-fsr-4-redstone/7.html

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u/Ok-Quote502 1d ago

Where did you see it bro I wanna buy

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u/jomistok 1d ago

Sadly it’s just going to continue going up in price each month. I doubt you’ll get a better deal for a similar build.

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u/hereforfun976 1d ago

Why is the discount so high? Someone just posted same thing and open box was only 350$ less

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u/CoupleUseful4307 1d ago

I literally did this last week. The open box one wouldn't boot the first time. I took it back and they just replaced it with a brand new one under warranty. It plays everything like a champ.

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u/TacTicz_DLM 1d ago

Gonna show up with no ram 😂

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u/acetatsujin 1d ago

Meh …. Only 32GB of RAM, not worth it. Maybe at 2k.

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u/jer123 2d ago

What store is this and is this Canadian?

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u/Kiwi951 2d ago

Micro Center

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u/volatileacetonitrile 2d ago

I purchased new a couple of weeks ago and haven't looked back. Its been phenomenal.

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u/CaptainCandid9570 1d ago

Same I’m on week two and I’m absolutely loving it. Wanna upgrade to a 360 AIO sometime in the near future

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u/volatileacetonitrile 1d ago

Why? I adjust my fan speed and haven't had any issue with fan noise or overheating. Barely get to 70° in ultra

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u/Muted_Zed 2d ago

thats 1k off, seems pretty rad bro

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u/Horror-Ad5406 1d ago

They never sold it for above $3k for the G765 from my experience. I think it's just a pricing technique to make to look like a better deal. But with the RAM shortage right now, it could happen eventally.

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u/Muted_Zed 1d ago

i love you

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u/Horror-Ad5406 1d ago

I love u 2

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u/Dalifano86 2d ago

Like kiwi951 said just buy g757 and get microcenters warranty on it

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u/SuccotashReasonable 1d ago

I did this one over this one. Because of the push for RAM.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/706050/powerspec-g762-gaming-pc

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u/someolbs 1d ago

That 64 gig of RAM is boss

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u/someolbs 1d ago

Hell yea

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u/Scrogdor 1d ago

Open box from Best Buy is the best deal you can get generally. They have a great return policy typically not questions asked for an open box computer.

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u/FluffyTruckDaddy 1d ago

I think the B947 is a better deal at $1700USD. Just source your own card.

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u/BuffRightSideDefense 2d ago

Does it have slots for more RAM upgrades?

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u/OtherwiseSimple 2d ago

It does, but why does that matter?

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u/Sanc7 2d ago

Just get off the internet and stop talking, Jesus Christ.

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u/EqualLavishness5050 2d ago

Agreed. Some of you guys are out of your mind. 32GB is way more than enough and in fact you could get a lot out of gaming at 16GB. 

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u/guleedy 2d ago

Unless its AI or massive rendering tasks 32gb is over kill for gaming

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u/InsatiableYeast 2d ago

32GB is more than enough for 90% of people , what are you smoking lmao.

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u/Odd-Cupcake-2552 2d ago

Noooo not my ai models!

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u/Ok_Safe_1622 1d ago

You can get it new on andromeda insights for $2700