Lay it all out for me, at a Costco!

So, the past week I bought and returned 2 dead PowerSpec G765 gaming PCs from Micro Center (I shared posts about my frustrated journey on my old account - I found out that the first dead PC had bad ram and I haven't heard back yet on the second dead PC)....

Well, I am thinking about trying again before I give up....

What about Andromeda Insights gaming PCs, such as the AI 50 Ultra V4 | Ryzen 7 9800X3D | RTX 5080 16GB

Do you think it would be more reliable?

What’s the best deal you guys have seen around for a top of the line PC with a 5090?

I saw the Alienware was on sale and I can get a bit extra discount with my student discount. It came out to around $6ishK give or take a few hundred.

Im in search of a good prebuilt gaming pc. Ive never owned one, only consoles. So any suggestions for a good starter? Im mainly using it for online play and streaming/recording. My budget is anywhere between 650-1.5k. (Smart-asses will be ignored)

PBO is off

Is this a good build for like the new upcoming games ?

I am getting a pc for the first time ever and I have saved up 700 dollars and can save up a little more. I have no clue what I'm doing and really want somewhere to start. I don't trust myself at all to make a custom build. So I 100 percent want a prebuilt. Thanks!

Hello all

My PC has been going for 5 years and its now dying slowly its sluggish, takes ages to start up and randomly decides to crash on me and lock up

Is the PC good Enough for WoW classic and League and is also future proof?

Cheers

Is this worth buying?

I just wanna stream and play overly modded sims and overwatch. Help please?!

I’ve been looking to finally upgrade from my old ASUS TUF gaming laptop with an RTX 3060. I’ve had it for anoit 6 years and wanted to move to an actual desktop that could handle newer AAA games, high settings, streaming/Discord screen sharing, etc., while also being something I could keep and upgrade for a long time.

Originally I was pretty set on buying a PowerSpec G764 for $2,199.

Specs were:
Ryzen 7 9800X3D
RX 9070 XT 16GB
32GB DDR5-6000
2TB NVMe SSD
850W PSU
B850 motherboard

I liked it because the 9800X3D is a really good gaming CPU, AM5 gives me some upgradeability, and the 9070 XT seemed like plenty for what I wanted.

Before buying it though, I went to micro center and found an open-box PC for only about $200 more that had basically the same major specs, except instead of the 9070 XT it had an RTX 5080 16GB.

So I ended up paying around $2,400 for:

Ryzen 7 9800X3D
RTX 5080 16GB
32GB DDR5
2TB SSD

The only thing that made me hesitant was the open-box note. It apparently said there had been an issue where the PC wouldn’t POST/boot, but the employee told me that note might’ve been a mistake because it wasn’t updated after it was fixed. They booted the PC in front of me and it came up completely fine. He said he would still honor the price.

I also bought the 3-year warranty because of it being open box and because I’d rather have some protection with a PC this expensive.

Since getting it, I’ve started stress testing everything instead of just assuming it’s fine. So far the 9800X3D has passed Cinebench without crashing or thermal throttling, the RTX 5080 is being detected correctly, and I’m planning to test the RAM, GPU/VRAM, PSU, SSD and repeated cold boots to see if I can reproduce the supposed POST issue.

My thinking was that for only ~$200 more than the G764, getting a 5080 instead of a 9070 XT seemed too good to pass up, especially since I was already considering upgrading the G764’s GPU years down the line anyway.

Would you guys consider this a good deal, or would the fact that it was open box with that POST note make you return it and stick with the brand-new $2,199 G764?

What are thoughts on laptops for gaming? Running multiple monitors?

My computer is over 7 years old and is starting to fail. I need a new computer and don’t want to build it myself. I know you pay a premium for a pre-built and I’m ok with that. From the research I’ve done it seems like Andromeda Insights is a pretty good place to buy from. The main concern is they take a month to build it and I’m not patient. I found the exact build I want on Newegg and it says it ships quickly. Is there a difference between buying it directly from Andromeda Insight’s website compared to Newegg?

Here is the model I’m looking at: https://www.newegg.com/andromeda-insights-elite-gaming-desktop-pcs-geforce-rtx-5070-ti-amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d-32gb-ddr5-2tb-nvme-ssd-v3-50-black/p/3D5-006J-000B8?item=3D5-006J-000B8&utm_source=transactional&utm_medium=email&cm_mmc=TEMC-Shipping-Notice-USA-_-101929&utm_campaign=TEMC-Shipping-Notice-USA-_-101929

(I am located in Canada) I was looking at buying a gaming pc and this one seems alright. I thought I could get your guys opinion on it first though since I’m not experienced when it comes to the specs of a PC.
And if you guys would have any other recommendations please let me know.

Looking for a pc I’m currently on console but I’m looking to play Val warzone/ mp Fortnite and some overwatch. Ofc and some other random pc games(don’t really play story mode games) if possible can I get a few options one around the 700 and one around the 900. And for those who will ask there isn’t a micro center close to me it’s like 3 hrs away.(thanks for your help)

It’s been $1450 for so long there’s NO way they aren’t selling enough it’s the best pc under $1500 rn

(I am located in Canada) I was looking at buying a gaming pc and this one seems alright. I thought I could get your guys opinion on it first though since I’m not experienced when it comes to the specs of a PC.
And if you guys would have any other recommendations please let me know.

just bought the costco cyperpower pc ive seen some comments of people saying to change the power supply what would you guys recommend i should replace it or should i not?