Building a gaming PC at… WALMART?

[ColinLTT]

When you don’t have a Microcenter, why not look to Walmart? We’re going to build a gaming PC from the store that claims to have it all

 

 

Check out the SSD Tier list:

 

 

Buy ASUS ROG Strix B450-F Gaming II
On Walmart.com (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/jLx5vU

 

Buy AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU
On Walmart.com (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/oZGK

 

Buy CORSAIR Vengeance LPX DDR4 RAM 2x8GB
On Walmart.com (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/bBZ5vP

 

Buy Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT GPU
On Walmart.com (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/Zc96

 

Buy EVGA 750W PSU
On Walmart.com (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/GQAfL

 

Buy Novashion Computer Case
On Walmart.com (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/ApvX

 

Buy Aigo DR12 Pro RGB LED PC Case Fans
On Walmart.com (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/pWCp

 

Buy darkFlash AIO CPU Cooler
On Walmart.com (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/TLmCcH

 

Buy KingSpec 256GB M.2 SSD:
On Walmart.com (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/cTCHyEk

 

Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.

 

Walmart's cheap Ryzen laptop video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hMdQAjy43A

[JOOT49]

Honestly, if i found a good GPU from Walmart. I would scoop it up. The other parts arent that bad.

[Momentrider88]

If I were too poor to build one with components I wanted I would borrow a pre-built laptop or if need be desktop from family and if that was not an option I would just go without a computer. I would rather do that then throw my money away on Wal-Mart electronic components. I guess if you were in a bind and needed internet access for online school or something.....no....I would buy a chrome book. Yeah there's just no reason for me to buy from Wal-Mart. I once was an idiot and bought an $80 paper shredder from them. Out of the box it did not work. I vowed after that to never buy anything electronically from them again.

[VEXICUS]

IIRC, PNY used TLC NAND in CS2130. Unlike what Linus said in the video.

[Spotty]

8 minutes ago, Momentrider88 said:

If I were too poor to build one with components I wanted I would borrow a pre-built laptop or if need be desktop from family and if that was not an option I would just go without a computer. I would rather do that then throw my money away on Wal-Mart electronic components. I guess if you were in a bind and needed internet access for online school or something.....no....I would buy a chrome book. Yeah there's just no reason for me to buy from Wal-Mart. I once was an idiot and bought an $80 paper shredder from them. Out of the box it did not work. I vowed after that to never buy anything electronically from them again.

I can understand if you had a bad experience why you wouldn't want to shop there again, but it doesn't really make sense in this scenario. If you're buying parts to build your own PC the parts are going to be the same as what you get from other retailers. They're not Walmart exclusive brands that might be inferior to other products. They're not selling Walmart brand CPUs. A sapphire RX5700xt bought from Walmart is still going to perform the same as a sapphire RX5700xt bought from Newegg or Amazon. 

 

Given the shortages on things such as graphics cards at the moment you may as well buy from wherever you can get them.

[Middcore]

Why are we humoring them calling this case "Leapatek" or whatever when there is an Enermax logo on the front plain as day?

[Radium_Angel]

So the mobo is MSRP at ~130$, and you bought it at ~205$ and thought that wasn't a bad deal?

And the affiliate link leads to a walmart link for 170$.

 

Hmmm....

 

[purefr3akshow]

can someone send me the direction for the tier list of the ram?

 

[Middcore]

2 hours ago, purefr3akshow said:

can someone send me the direction for the tier list of the ram?

 

 

I don't think one exists. Linus mentioned a tier list for SSD's in this video. 

[Levy_Wilson]

I did this challenge back in 2018/2019. Managed to get it under $600.

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/jcr6Mp

[Levy_Wilson]

On 3/20/2021 at 5:52 PM, Radium_Angel said:

So the mobo is MSRP at ~130$, and you bought it at ~205$ and thought that wasn't a bad deal?

And the affiliate link leads to a walmart link for 170$.

 

Hmmm....

 

The problem with buying from Walmart is that they don't go all out with their PC component stock. They have always bought limited quantity and then they can take a few months to get another shipment. It's really annoying since they are one of the few online retailers that will price match their competitors, like Amazon and Newegg. The catch is that they have to be sold and shipped by Walmart, no third party resellers. In a more healthy market, they probably could have gotten this PC built for way less. Their stock tends to be EVGA, Corsair, MSI, Fractal Design, and Sapphire products.