While the entire industry is in disarray, with overstretched production lines and rising costs, there are still good deals to be had. And as far as scores go, it doesn't get a whole lot better than this. 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 pricing crisis.
The greatest PC deal of all time from r/pcmasterrace
On the r/pcmasterrace subreddit, user u/la_mano_la_guitarra found the computer at a local Costco, marked down from its original £3,600 asking price, which comes to ~$4,863 USD — which is what it's actually worth right now. That's because the PC makes no compromises on performance.
Specs-wise, we're looking at an RTX 5090, the best (and most expensive) gaming GPU in the world right now. Nvidia's MSRP is $2,000, but you'll realistically pay around $3,000 for one. The MSI Ventus 3X variant in this prebuilt is currently priced at $2,900 on Newegg. That's paired with the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, also the best gaming CPU in the world, which goes for around $450.
Surrounding those are 64 GB of 6000 MT/s DDR5 memory, priced at least $700 right now, and a 2 TB SSD, priced between $150 and $250 for a well-reviewed model. The power supply, motherboard, case, and cooler are standard for a high-end build, and these parts haven't seen price increases yet, so we won't break them out individually.
Looking at the receipt the OP posted in the comments, the prebuilt appears to be an AWD-IT Evolution 9, but it's actually the "AWD-IT Creator Series Evolv X2" as listed on the system integrator's website. There, if you add the cheapest 2 TB SSD, the cheapest 64 GB RAM kit, and upgrade the default 7800X3D to a 9800X3D — all while leaving out Windows — it still comes to £4,225.95. So, it was already a good deal at Costco's list price.
Putting together an identical rig in PCPartPicker yields a total build cost of $4788.83 right now, so our lucky Brit got this PC for pretty much half off. Going so far as to consider normal prices for RAM and SSD would still make this count as one incredible deal. Costco also includes a two-year warranty with the system, so you have another layer of assurance on top of the robbery you just committed.
As good as this deal was, we saw someone grab a $2,500+ PC for just $600 a few weeks ago, which automatically wins by a factor of the discount ratio. Almost 50% off versus roughly 75% off is a significant difference, and that build still had 64 GB of DDR5 RAM. Regardless, it's clear that if you're at the right place at the right time, and look hard enough, you might just beat all odds.
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