[SOLVED] Little question about prebuilt system

[Carlox323]

Hello! Hope everyone is doing great, i have a little question, i know that prebuilt systems are not really something i should look for but i was looking around and find this https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberp...-xt-1tb-hdd-500gb-ssd/6400451.p?skuId=6400451
Do you think this is a good deal? I was looking into building something similar on my own but the prices are really all over the place and easily the same build is going to cost me like 200$ more than this, so i wanna know if this is a good deal and if i should take advantage of it, thank you very much for your responses in advance

 

[tennis2]

Expect the PSU and mobo to be barebones. If they don't list a spec, it means they're not proud of it (that may be a fault of Best Buy's website though, so do your research)

Aside from that, yes, the price appears competitive

 

[Carlox323]

according to the reviews of the post this is the mobo and psu they are using on the build

 

[tennis2]

Seems good enough.

B550AM isn't a TRUE B550 board.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/b550am-gaming-motherboard-features

 

[USAFRet]

Hello! Hope everyone is doing great, i have a little question, i know that prebuilt systems are not really something i should look for but i was looking around and find this https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberp...-xt-1tb-hdd-500gb-ssd/6400451.p?skuId=6400451
Do you think this is a good deal? I was looking into building something similar on my own but the prices are really all over the place and easily the same build is going to cost me like 200$ more than this, so i wanna know if this is a good deal and if i should take advantage of it, thank you very much for your responses in advance

Friends don't let friends buy CyberPowerPC.

$750 is a little bit above my personal buy/build line.
It will be "OK". Just don't expect too much out of it.

 

[Carlox323]

Friends don't let friends buy CyberPowerPC.

$750 is a little bit above my personal buy/build line.
It will be "OK". Just don't expect too much out of it.

should i avoid it then? i was trying to put together a pc with almost the same parts but i dont manage to get anything below the 900$ with the current prices, thats why i was looking around and was considering that prebuild system

 

[tennis2]

Analog, comparison:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory ($51.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial P2 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($54.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($40.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB GAMING MX Video Card ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB311L ARGB MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: Antec Earthwatts Gold Pro 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($108.78 @ Other World Computing)
Total: $954.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-30 21:22 EDT-0400

 

[Carlox323]

ye with current prices building a similar system is over 900$ easily thats why that build catch my eye

 

[tennis2]

I think it's worthwhile. I'm not sure what the whole "friends don't let friends buy Cyberpower" thing is (perhaps USAFRet can elaborate), but you're looking at saving yourself $150+ going this route. That's not nothing.

 

[USAFRet]

I think it's worthwhile. I'm not sure what the whole "friends don't let friends buy Cyberpower" thing is (perhaps USAFRet can elaborate), but you're looking at saving yourself $150+ going this route. That's not nothing.

CyberPowerPC/iBuyPower is known for:

1. Substandard parts where no one pays attention. PSU in particular. "600W, so it must be fine!"
2. Mediocre assembly. We've seen systems here where the DVD drive is simply not connected. Or, the system fails to boot up, right out of the box.
3. Warranty from them is abysmal. 1 year, you pay shipping for the whole thing.

And that ThermalTake PSU is indeed, substandard.
It will work, just don't plan on long life, or introducing new parts to this thing later.