Shockingly cheap PC deals

[cyberg_gamer1]

Recently was looking for a new computer that I could possibly build or get pre-built. I ran into a extremely good deal on a few retail websites. It's a 1660 ti and i5 9400f pre-built for only $500. I ended up buying it, and it's amazing. I'm just posting this in case anyone else is looking for a good deal. Also, why is this so cheap? I put all of the cheapest options into pcpartpicker and it was $621. Since it was a pre-built that should add at least $100. That means it's about $200 dollars cheaper than it should be. People were also saying on Reddit that Walmart was selling them for $250 about a month ago, so the price seems to be going up. Anyway here's the links:

 

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=HP+Pavilion+Gaming+Desktop+NVIDIA+GeForce+Intel+I5-9400f+1660+ti&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=HP+Pavilion+Gaming+Desktop+NVIDIA+GeForce+Intel+I5-9400f

 

 

[SpikeSpiegel]

6 minutes ago, cyberg_gamer1 said:

Recently was looking for a new computer that I could possibly build or get pre-built. I ran into a extremely good deal on a few retail websites. It's a 1660 ti and i5 9400f pre-built for only $500. I ended up buying it, and it's amazing. I'm just posting this in case anyone else is looking for a good deal. Also, why is this so cheap? I put all of the cheapest options into pcpartpicker and it was $621. Since it was a pre-built that should add at least $100. That means it's about $200 dollars cheaper than it should be. People were also saying on Reddit that Walmart was selling them for $250 about a month ago, so the price seems to be going up. Anyway here's the links:

 

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=HP+Pavilion+Gaming+Desktop+NVIDIA+GeForce+Intel+I5-9400f+1660+ti&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=HP+Pavilion+Gaming+Desktop+NVIDIA+GeForce+Intel+I5-9400f

 

 

Pre-build systems have limited amounts of upgrade-ability options compared to a custom build.   Plus those HP cases tend to not have enough room for cable management and storage drive bays.  Also they use motherboards that are limited how many drives you can install if you need more than 2 or more drives.  

[jake9000]

This model is on clearance mode for a new model replacing it in Q1 2020. The price controllers don't really care about the individual components, just some unit they bought too much of and need to get rid of to make way for new stock. 

[LogicalDrm]

Looks about correct price tbh. New price is probably $500-700. Locked CPU, propiatery case, PSU and mobo, only 8gb of RAM, rather small SSD and no HDD, lower midrange GPU. The first hit on eBay search has no warranty and box damage. Both of those are factors. Box damage yells that it might have other issues. No warranty easily takes off $50-100 from any pricing.

[oeci]

I cannot see anything "extremely good" about this offer. The Ram only runs in single channel mode and only at 2666 MHZ which is slow for DDR4 (plus I bet there are only two slots). What's more the graphics card is very basic and the case is proprietary meaning many retail components probably wont fit (e.g. mainboards). And the CPU... well it's a CPU, nothing more to say about that. All in all this is a cheap build that I'd not recommend. It would be advisable to spend 100 or 200 bucks more and build a PC using retail components that are actually upgradable or buy a pre-built system from a manufacturer that uses retail components for its builds.

[Tristerin]

Could you take the sidepanel off and post a pic of the inside?

[Giganthrax]

No-name RAM, SSD, and PSU? No wonder it's so cheap. 

[LogicalDrm]

21 hours ago, Giganthrax said:

No-name RAM, SSD, and PSU? No wonder it's so cheap. 

*sight* Its OEM PC so the parts will be OEM as well. There's 0 need for company like HP to pay other companies ransom to get their "high quality" branded stuff inside. It all comes from same factory most likely anyway.

[cyberg_gamer1]

On 1/2/2020 at 7:03 AM, LogicalDrm said:

Looks about correct price tbh. New price is probably $500-700. Locked CPU, propiatery case, PSU and mobo, only 8gb of RAM, rather small SSD and no HDD, lower midrange GPU. The first hit on eBay search has no warranty and box damage. Both of those are factors. Box damage yells that it might have other issues. No warranty easily takes off $50-100 from any pricing.

I got warranty on $500 from walmart

[Roswell]

That's a pretty good deal, the processor and GPU alone would run you around 400 individually. No way anyone could find a case, mobo, RAM, PSU, SSD and a genuine copy of Windows with the remaining 100 bucks.

 

Don't listen to people hating on your purchase decision, you got a great deal for the money.

 

 

[Roswell]

On 1/2/2020 at 6:13 PM, oeci said:

I cannot see anything "extremely good" about this offer. The Ram only runs in single channel mode and only at 2666 MHZ which is slow for DDR4 (plus I bet there are only two slots). What's more the graphics card is very basic and the case is proprietary meaning many retail components probably wont fit (e.g. mainboards). And the CPU... well it's a CPU, nothing more to say about that. All in all this is a cheap build that I'd not recommend. It would be advisable to spend 100 or 200 bucks more and build a PC using retail components that are actually upgradable or buy a pre-built system from a manufacturer that uses retail components for its builds.

The processor and GPU alone cost 400 bucks.

 

Go ahead and link me a case, motherboard, PSU, 8GB of RAM, 256GB SSD and a genuine copy of Windows for less than $100. I'm sure it will be easy since he got such a bad deal, right?!

[cyberg_gamer1]

On 1/2/2020 at 5:37 PM, Giganthrax said:

No-name RAM, SSD, and PSU? No wonder it's so cheap. 

Samsung ram, psu is an hp

On 1/3/2020 at 2:53 PM, LogicalDrm said:

*sight* Its OEM PC so the parts will be OEM as well. There's 0 need for company like HP to pay other companies ransom to get their "high quality" branded stuff inside. It all comes from same factory most likely anyway.

I know that but shouldn't they still sell them for the most they possibly could?

On 1/2/2020 at 5:28 PM, Tristerin said:

Could you take the sidepanel off and post a pic of the inside?

Here's pictures of everything:

https://imgur.com/a/OSpKONg

[Tristerin]

The only real downside is the proprietary mobo and likely case.  Sounds like its a great deal if it meets your needs!  IMHO you should look into replacing the stock intel cooler - they really really cheap out on those and if your case has airflow issues you wont have a good time once it starts collecting dust.

[Founders]

3 hours ago, Tristerin said:

IMHO you should look into replacing the stock intel cooler

Absolutely! The reference coolers (with pre-applied thermal paste) from Intel are a joke. OP, even if you get a decent cooler and good thermal paste it would be miles ahead of Intel's cooling solution. 

[oeci]

 

On 1/7/2020 at 11:14 PM, Vitamanic said:

The processor and GPU alone cost 400 bucks.

 

Go ahead and link me a case, motherboard, PSU, 8GB of RAM, 256GB SSD and a genuine copy of Windows for less than $100. I'm sure it will be easy since he got such a bad deal, right?!

I don't need to. I never claimed being able to match that price, I explicitly mentioned that I would invest 100 - 200 $ more to get a PC with retail components. But even if I cannot match that price it does not mean that the offered PC is a good deal. To me such a system with all its shortcomings would simply not be worth the 500 bucks. I'd wait a few months, save some bucks and buy something decent.