Prebuilt with RTX 2080 for $1600 USD?

[Luscious Bear]

So after watching the first two episodes of the PC Gaming Secret Shopper, I thought I would share this build by CyberPower sold exclusively on the Microsoft Store.

 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/cyberpowerpc-gamer-supreme-liquid-cool-slc3400mst-gaming-desktop/92487b273tjl/gpg1?activetab=pivot:techspecstab

 

CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme Liquid Cool SLC3400MST Gaming Desktop is what it is advertised as and the description says it comes with an i7-8700K, 32GB of 2400MHz DDR4 RAM and an NVIDIA RTX 2080. If you are military or a student then you can actually pick up this build for $1439. I'm strongly considering buying this myself but I am wondering about the rest of the components. Did they extremely cheap out on everything else to throw in the good stuff? I can't find anything online about what components it uses so hopefully someone here knows something!

[emosun]

3 minutes ago, Luscious Bear said:

I can't find anything online about what components it uses

if they were proud of the components they would say what they are

[Streetguru]

6 minutes ago, Luscious Bear said:

 

It depends entirely on your monitor and what else you need the PC for

Their PSU may be crap, and their motherboard low end, also the case has no airflow

If you only have a 1080p 60hz display the PC is overkill

 

An R5 2600 + 1070ti is like $1000 and plenty for 1440p 144hz gaming, and a used 1080ti is a better choice than the 2080 atm.

[Shiv78]

That's actually a decent deal.

 

This is something I threw together quickly. Obviously it's better than the prebuilt, but not by much and it definitely costs a bit more.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$369.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$69.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	MSI - Z390-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$128.49 @ SuperBiiz
Memory	Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory	$96.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$72.00 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$58.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card	$749.99 @ Amazon
Case	Inwin - 303 Black ATX Mid Tower Case	$89.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$59.89 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1716.22
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1696.22
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-11 22:21 EST-0500

 

[Shiv78]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

Their PSU may be crap, and their motherboard low end, also the case has no airflow

Yeah, the mobo probably won't even support OCing on the K CPU 

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, Shiv78 said:

 

Coolermaster's AIOs are built cheaply and not recommended in general.

[Luscious Bear]

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

It depends entirely on your monitor and what else you need the PC for

Their PSU may be crap, and their motherboard low end, also the case has no airflow

If you only have a 1080p 60hz display the PC is overkill

 

An R5 2600 + 1070ti is like $1000 and plenty for 1440p 144hz gaming, and a used 1080ti is a better choice than the 2080 atm.

Currently I have two 4K 60hz monitors that I have been running off my Razerblade with a GTX 1060. I change the resolution to 1080p anytime I want to play games though. I do suspect the motherboard and PSU aren't going to be very good but will that matter if I don't care too much about upgrading in the future?

 

One of the biggest reasons I am considering this specific PC is because I have warranty on my razerblade through the microsoft store and the rep told me at this point they would just have me pick out a new computer instead of attempting to fix my current one. After the military/student discount, the credit I would get more than covers the entirety of this Cyberpower.

[Luscious Bear]

8 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

That's actually a decent deal.

 

This is something I threw together quickly. Obviously it's better than the prebuilt, but not by much and it definitely costs a bit more.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$369.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$69.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	MSI - Z390-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$128.49 @ SuperBiiz
Memory	Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory	$96.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$72.00 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$58.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card	$749.99 @ Amazon
Case	Inwin - 303 Black ATX Mid Tower Case	$89.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$59.89 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1716.22
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1696.22
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-11 22:21 EST-0500

 

Right now my current computer is broken and I have warranty with the Microsoft store and they are going to just replace my Razerblade with a new computer. My store credit would more than cover the Cyberpower and I could probably buy a few better components out of my own pocket if it would help a good amount.

[Streetguru]

12 minutes ago, Luscious Bear said:

 

Then just get the PC or find one for less and keep the extra store credit for something.

Like an R5 1600/2600 + RX 570/580 for $800 ish

[Shiv78]

20 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Coolermaster's AIOs are built cheaply and not recommended in general.

Probably still better than the crap they put into those prebuilts. Lol.

[Streetguru]

Just now, Shiv78 said:

Probably still better than the crap they put into those prebuilts. Lol.

They all pretty much use Aestek coolers which are fine, I'd only question it when they use random unbranded chinese OEM ones.

[Luscious Bear]

8 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Then just get the PC or find one for less and keep the extra store credit for something.

Like an R5 1600/2600 + RX 570/580 for $800 ish

If I get this one, I'm willing to come out of pocket to change out some components for better ones. Would that be worth it?

I am trying to find something that can game at 4k so I can actually use my monitors lol

[Shiv78]

14 minutes ago, Luscious Bear said:

If I get this one, I'm willing to come out of pocket to change out some components for better ones. Would that be worth it?

I am trying to find something that can game at 4k so I can actually use my monitors lol

For 4k this system should be pretty damn good.

[Streetguru]

21 minutes ago, Luscious Bear said:

If I get this one, I'm willing to come out of pocket to change out some components for better ones. Would that be worth it?

I am trying to find something that can game at 4k so I can actually use my monitors lol

There's no real point in upgrading anything in it

It should be fine in any event, though I don't know how you found it on their site, their website seems broken

[Luscious Bear]

25 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

For 4k this system should be pretty damn good.

Haha that's what I'm hoping for!

[Luscious Bear]

11 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

There's no real point in upgrading anything in it

It should be fine in any event, though I don't know how you found it on their site, their website seems broken

Yeah their website is terrible. Under their PC gaming tab, there is not very many options. I noticed all the towers said "gaming desktop" so I just did a search in the site and found a lot more computers.

[Luscious Bear]

I emailed CyberPower directly and they were able to shed a little light on the components inside. The rep said he could not specify more than this as exactly they use what is in stock and that will change on every build.

 

• Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz Processor

• Intel Z370 Chipset Motherboard

• 16GB DDR4 Memory / 2400MHz (8GB x2)

• 480GB Solid State Drive

• 2TB 7200RPM Hard Drive

• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

• 800Watt 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply Unit

• 120mm AIO CPU Liquid Cooler

• White InWin 303 Mid Tower Case

• CYBERPOWERPC RGB Gaming Keyboard and Mouse

[Shiv78]

3 hours ago, Luscious Bear said:

• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

wtf? didn't MS store say RTX 2080???

[Luscious Bear]

4 hours ago, Shiv78 said:

wtf? didn't MS store say RTX 2080???

Oh snap. I didn't even notice that. I'm going to message them back to verify.

[Luscious Bear]

On 12/12/2018 at 6:34 PM, Shiv78 said:

wtf? didn't MS store say RTX 2080???

So cyberpower rep said Microsoft store messed up with listing and this build has an RTX 2070