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This PC is on sale for $1499 at Costco. Worth it?

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That's a perfectly reasonable price for those parts under normal circumstances. Under today's crazy batshit pricing circumstances? That's an incredible deal and it's basically a block of solid gold with tempered glass over it. Answer from Callinon on reddit.com

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r/pcmasterrace on Reddit: This PC is on sale for $1499 at Costco. Worth it?

1 month ago - If you're looking for a PC, and live near a Costco, it's a no-brainer to shop there. And no, I am not talking about the kind of No-brainer that Detective Miller was always rambling on about. ... Epic reference. ... Also, you can buy these a month early and walk in on the sale day to get a refund of the difference. ... Was legit at Best Buy today and 32gb of ram was $900 so this is a steal lol.

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r/computers on Reddit: Are these PCs to Prices at Costco any good?

November 27, 2025 -

I am potentially in the market for a new PC, and I saw these at Costco. Are they any good? I think the biggest issues I see with them are RAM and Drive Space but i figured I’d reach out to more knowledgeable people.

the biggest issues I see with them are RAM and Drive Space 32GB of RAM and 2TB of drive space.... how are those issues?

Bunch of haters in here on prebuilt computers, but MSI is one of the premium builders. All of their parts are expensive and they use their in-house parts. They don’t make ram and they don’t make drives so that’s probably where they cheated out, but honestly the graphics card the power supply and the motherboard are expensive options

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r/Costco on Reddit: Opinions on Buying Prebuilt PC From Costco

May 29, 2025 -

I'm interested in upgrading from my 1080, ideally to a 5090 if I can swing it but at least a 5080. I had two main questions, are the ones costco sells online good prices or just retail price for it? And has costco in the past had supply of top of the line cards before or are they probably only gonna stock prebuilts up to 5080 and unlikely getting 5090s?

I’d say that they are more expensive than just building your own but there are deals every once in a while that make them absolutely worth it. If you aren’t in a rush, then wait for a deal. If you want a new computer soonish and can’t wait 3-6 months for a good deal to pop up, then I would build your own.

I’ve been a lifetime self-builder but bought my last rig (MSi, i9, 3080) from Costco because it ended up being the same price as a self-build, without the effort. The good thing about Costco is they usually tack on an additional warranty, something like 2-3 years. That came in handy in my case - about a year in my CPU water pump was failing (loud pump, temperature warning on high use) and I got a next day padded shipping box, and within a few days they had fully replaced the cooler. Tech support was easy, US based (at least when I called), and took like 5 mins. If the price is within ~$100-200 of a self build it’s probably worth it. You can’t beat Costco’s support and warranty for electronics, or really anything they sell, period.

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r/computers on Reddit: Are Costco Gaming Computers Good?

August 23, 2024 -

I'm buying a new desktop gaming computer and my dad is hellbent on getting one from costco because they seem high quality, I don't know much about pcs as I've only used dell laptops so I was wondering if they're high end and can easily run high graphic games, Thanks for any help.

Its windows 11, intel i5, 32gb DDR5 memory, Nvidia geforce rtx4060 8gb, with 2tb of storage, it did have the annoying gamer lights which i would prefer not to have, its from cyber power, and it was 850$

Edit: Its been great so far, I would absolutely reccomend buying them! Cyberpower seems to be great!

If you have an exact model, manufacturer, and price, we can likely make a valid assessment

Costco has GREAT deals on PCs

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r/PcBuild on Reddit: Costco prebuilt, is it worth it?

June 29, 2025 -

New to the pc world, looking for something in the range of 2k-3k (3k pushing it a bit). I was walking through Costco and saw this. Is this a good option for the price?

In the current market its fairly priced to be honest, especially for a prebuilt. The GPU is about $1400 atp. The CPU is $400, say $400 for the MOBO and the PSU, $100 for the RAM and $150 for the SSD. The rest of the stuff like fans, case and supposedly a liquid cooler can fill the gap. Plus you get a mouse and keyboard and windows installed as well as no building hassle.

Also to mention in my city we don’t pay sales tax so it’s that price out the door.

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r/Costco on Reddit: Are Costco pcs actually worth it?

June 5, 2025 -

I was looking at my local furniture mart at pcs but got told I was being scammed. Directed here…

Depends which one you are talking about. You could post the link to a computer you were looking at, so some of us could verify that specific PC is “worth it”. Or, you could tell me the budget you have for a PC and what you want it to be able to do, and I could recommend you one from their selection, or from another retailer if there is a better deal I know of somewhere else.

It's convenient. The price is usually good if you know what you want and can wait for the sales. I bought my last two from Costco - gaming rigs. No complaints. Be careful, their electronics return policy changed.

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r/Costco on Reddit: Is Costco a good place for PCs?

May 16, 2024 -

Thinking about a computer for music production and gaming. Been a console gamer my whole life, was wondering if Costco was a good place for these things

There are definitely a good few PCs I’ve seen there. I haven’t bought one from Costco, but I’ve seen some pretty good tower builds there for sale or on sale.

Generally speaking you will come out on top if you DIY. Self assembly is extremely simple these days and there are guides that tell you exactly what to order and how to plug the things in. Compare these https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/ with any of the prebuilt options Costco might offer before making a decision, and pay special attention to the quality of the power supply, memory, and storage on a pre-built.

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r/PcBuild on Reddit: PC Build at Costco, is it worth it? Any better builds that I could build myself?

June 1, 2024 -

I came across this PC build on the Costco app. This is all the information they gave on it. I am not familiar with PCs at all. Is this a decent price? I am looking to buy a PC, I would be okay with building my own but I can’t select any parts cuz I know nothing lol so I can’t even cross reference with pc parts selector. Let me know your thoughts! If there is a build with similar/better specs for the same/similar price let me know! Thank you for your help.

If you were to build your own PC you would get more performance just by being smarter with the part choices, but this isnt a horrible deal, not amazing but fine

I would be okay with building my own https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nNs8t7 This is $65 more but has far better performance. Why did they choose a 14700F with a 4060? Weird CPU GPU combo for a gaming PC.

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reddit.com › r/costco › anyone have any actual experience buying a high end gaming pc from costco?

r/Costco on Reddit: Anyone have any actual experience buying a high end gaming PC from Costco?

December 27, 2024 -

I'm looking to upgrade my custom built i5/1080 and just wanting to blow it out. I have small kids and a demanding job and don't have the patience to build myself, so my first thought was to go to ibuypower.com or something similar. However for shits and giggles I checked out Costco and they have a $2,600 PC with a 5080, i9, 4 TB SSD, and 64 GB of RAM - like, wut?

What am I missing here? That seems like a STEAL. I know there are no specs on the RAM nor SSD, so it could be lower end on those (as far as RAM module types and SSD read/write speeds). And I know the 5080 isn't proven yet. But still, I could do the 4070 Super TI and pay jus ta little less. Would love any advice!

yep theres no trick here, decent value at costco. especially if you grab one of the PC's on sale. the only thing to keep in mind is that the PSU is a mixed bag. it will be the cheapest bulk part, I just replace it right away (decent psu replacements are under 100bucks).

I got this one last year around this time. Very happy with it and a smoking deal at the time.

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r/Costco on Reddit: Has anyone ever bought a Gaming PC from Costco?

December 14, 2023 -

Hi, I am planning to purchase a $1000 gaming pc listed on costco.com. Was curious to know if anyone had bad experiences with buying gaming pcs from costco?

Thanks

So I swear by Ibuypower.com for whenever i need a gaming PC. You can customize it however you'd like and they will assemble it for you (making sure all components are compatible). This usually costs a couple hundred more than buying all the parts separately and assembling yourself. For me, it's worth it. Interestingly, I saw some ads from Costco teaming up with ibuypower for prebuilt PC's... so if it's one of those and sold through Costco I can definitely indirectly vouch for them.

Bought an MSI Aegis late 2023. Delivered quick. Works great. Use a good UPS product to feed it clean power. I don’t love the multicolored lighted keyboard.

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r/Costco on Reddit: Any purchase a gaming pc from Costco recently? Review?

November 20, 2023 - Costco's return and warranty stuff is quite good so I felt pretty "secure" with what I'd bought. Idk how hard other places would try to bust your balls on any damage claims or warranty stuff, if it came about. ... TBH best buy usually has better deals than Costco but as always YMMV for pre built.

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Costco Gaming PC worth it? : r/computers

January 5, 2025 - This is my first time buying a gaming PC and I’m walking back and forth through Costco with it for an hour trying to justify spending $1399.

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r/pcmasterrace on Reddit: Are the prebuilt pc from bestbuy or Costco any good.

July 1, 2025 -

I built my pc back in 2017 and then got a prebuilt laptop for a birthday gift.

I’m looking to do an upgrade and I saw this one at Costco with an rtx 5060 for 1100. I also saw for 1399 with a 5060 and better cpu at bestbuy.

Do you guys know if these are any good?

5060 8 is ass. Avoid at all costs.

No good reason to pay over $1000 for a 5060 machine. The intel ultra chips are also very poor price/performance for gaming. Here's a 5060 prebuilt for $900. You could do substantially better for $1100-1200 by building it yourself.

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r/Prebuilts on Reddit: Y’all talked me into the Costco deal

December 27, 2024 -

Just swung my local Costco and picked up the 2k deal everyone has been raving about. Now that I’ve got it what are the first few things I should do after setting it up to having it running its best. It say I’m excited would be an understatement. Thanks everyone

Congrats brother. It’s a beast, love mine. First things first go to windows update and get all the drivers and everything good to go. Then go into the bios and enable XMP profile 1. This will unlock the full RAM speed and is a must do. Other than that it’s pretty much good to go

be sure to reinstall windows so theres zero preinstalled bloatware, make the machines urs

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r/Prebuilts on Reddit: Costco Gaming PC

October 11, 2025 -

MSI Aegis ZS2 Gaming Desktop – AMD Ryzen 9 9900X – GeForce RTX 5070 – 2TB SSD – Windows 11 Home Item 1942027

Vs

MSI Aegis ZS2 Gaming Desktop – AMD Ryzen 7 9700X - GeForce RTX 5070 Ti – 2TB – Windows 11 Item 1941122

I'm behind in tech and too impatient to build (soon to be in my 60s era Unreal Tournament Gamer)

Need education why one cost more and which is better gaming experience vs occasionally doing CapCut vacation videos.

Happy Gaming

Ts not really a good deal unless you’re thinking about returning it in a year for an upgrade

Overpriced. I got my 5070ti and 9700x build for 1800$ you can find something better.

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r/Prebuilts on Reddit: Are any Costco PCs worth it?

July 11, 2025 -

I frequently shop at Costco and I was thinking about getting a PC for myself and my son. It would be for general use and also gaming. He plays a variety of games from Total War to battlefield/fortnite. The PC we have now is very very old and runs on minimum settings. Is there anything Costco offers that would be worth it? Not sure where to even start.

Looking for any range of 1300 to 2500

Its highly dependent on the model and price. Some are worth it, especially since Costco has a very generous return policy.

I'm considering a 5070 TI / 9800x3d for a good price, considering building one myself. Not sure if there will be any labor day sales, Costco really needs that combo at $1800 and then I'd likely definitely buy (not sure about $1900, supposedly Nvidia will be dropping GPU prices from some articles so I guess that'll be feasible in the coming months). The prebuilt Reddit vendors are at good prices already just they are newer companies and longer build times, they may lower prices when the others do. I know that for some people there is more peace of mind going with the bigger companies, though I think they're all comparable/fine.

reddit.com › r/costco › what's the best laptop i can get at costco for $500 or less right now?

r/Costco on Reddit: What's the best laptop I can get at CostCo for $500 or less right now?

August 10, 2025 -

For context: tomorrow I'm going to be helping an elderly neighbor of mine pick out a new laptop, since his old one recently bit the dust. All he wants is one that can browse the internet 'n' do basic spreadsheet stuff quickly enough, withstand some international flights, "run the new Windows, whenever it comes out", and generally — per his words — "outlive" him. And since he's likely only got a few years left (at best), as he's been dealing with cancer 'n' a bunch of other issues: speed 'n' sturdiness definitely take priority.

Also: even if there's better deals elsewhere, we're gonna be buying whatever y’all’s top recommendation is at CostCo — as it's just about the only store he's willing to shop at. I won't elaborate too much, but yeah — he's deeply loyal to this company.

Any help with this would be much appreciated!

This is not bad: https://www.costco.com/dell-inspiron-156-touchscreen-laptop---amd-ryzen-7-7730u----fhd-1920-x-1080----windows-11.product.4000262474.html

Anything from Dell, HP, or Lenovo with at least 512GB SSD and 16GB RAM.

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r/buildapcsales on Reddit: [Prebuilt] Costco members- CYBERPOWERPC Desktop Ultra 9 285K, 64GB DDR5, RTX 5080, 4TB SSD - $2499 ($500 off from $2999)

1 month ago - So the CPU were installed but Costco pulled the GPU's out. Smart thinking ... [Newegg] GIGABYTE AORUS SUPREME 5 Gaming PC: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RTX 5080, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB SSD, Liquid Cooler - for $2,499.99 (32% off + $200 rebate card)

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Lucky Brit scores flagship PC worth almost $5,000 for just ~$2,400 at Costco, even comes armed with $700 worth of DDR5 memory — Marked-down build also has an RTX 5090 and Ryzen 7 9800X3D | Tom's Hardware

1 week ago - A fortunate Redditor in the UK managed to snag a high-end prebuilt PC for just £1,800, or $2,431.36 USD, calling it the "greatest deal of all time." The rig even came with 64GB of DDR5 memory, which is currently priced at $700 due to the ongoing ...

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r/computers on Reddit: Is this Prebuilt Costco PC worth it?

June 25, 2024 -

is this any good?

Cost: 1,649.99 CAD (1,149.51 USD) BEFORE TAX

Item: 3111798 (on costco.ca)

Model: Aegis R 13NUD-897CA

Spec Summary:

- MSI Aegis R 13NU Gaming Desktop

- Intel Core i7-13700F - 32GB RAM

- 1TB SSD, 2TB HDD

- 16GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060Ti

Specs Detailed:
Processor and Memory:

13th generation Intel® Core™ i7-13700F processor
32 GB DDR5

Drives:

1 TB SSD
2TB HDD
No optical drive

Display and Video Graphics:

Monitor NOT included
16 GB NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 4060Ti graphics

Communications:

Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth® 5.3

Ports:

2 × USB-C
4 × USB 3.2
4 × USB 2.0
3 × DisplayPort
1 × HDMI 2.1
1 × LAN
1 × Mic-in
1 × Headphone-out

Operating System:

Microsoft® Windows® 11 Home

Other:

- 2 year warranty

https://www.costco.ca/msi-aegis-r-13nu-gaming-desktop%2c-intel-core-i7-13700f---32gb-ram%2c-1tb-ssd%2c-2tb-hdd%2c-16gb-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4060ti.product.4000320384.html

Typically you get better deals by building your own PC as prebuilts have hundreds in profit for the retailer and builder. My rule of thumb for gaming PCs is to allocate half the budget to the graphics card, a 4070 Super slots in perfectly here which has vastly better gaming performance then a 4060 series, and a 5070 will replace it this month with better still performance. Intel's 13 CPU series have suffered from major issues which can make them rust and also destroy them. This example here uses a 12 series CPU which has been known to be problem free. The prices here are Canadian dollars. PCPartPicker Part List Type | Item | Price | CPU | Intel Core i7-12700KF 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor | $268.95 @ shopRBC | CPU Cooler | Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler | $54.90 @ Amazon Canada | Motherboard | ASRock H670M Pro RS Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard | $135.66 @ Amazon Canada | Memory | TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory | $64.99 @ Canada Computers | Storage | Patriot P400 Lite 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive | $129.99 @ Amazon Canada | Video Card | PNY VERTO OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card | $818.98 @ Best Buy Canada | Case | Antec AX61 ELITE ATX Mid Tower Case | $68.99 @ PC-Canada | Power Supply | MSI MAG A750BN PCIE5 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply | $89.99 @ Newegg Canada | Total | $1632.45