MasterMace
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Walmarts website shows a Gigabyte H370M DS3H motherboard installed. It appears to have a Coolermaster Hyper 212. No word on the firecracker- I mean power supply installed yet.
Walmart launches its own 'Overpowered' gaming PC line-up
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Over-hyped more like. For a modern gaming rig those are average specs at best.
A good-spec gaming rig today can easily eclipse $10k, and that's without monitors, with the most expensive items like:
That's already over $7k, without all the less expensive (presumably) parts.
- CPU: i9-9980XE
- RAM: 64GB DDR4 (fast one)
- Storage: 2 x 1TB M2. Samsung 970 PRO
- Video: 2 x RTX 2080 Ti
Not good enough?Then buy this $36.4k monstrosity.
ya but thats overkill. 64gb RAM & who the hell does SLI anymore? thats long dead!
Oh so Fallout 4 only in that site, good thing it can run a 3 year old game at 144 fps 4k...great example and great attitude.
Avro Arrow
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I took a glance on their site at these things and I'm not the least bit impressed or surprised. They probably got the i7-8700s for cheap from Intel because no real gamer would be interested in a non-K i7 SKU. This also shows just how desperate Intel has become in the face of AMD's Ryzen onslaught. That they would cheapen their brand by letting WAL-F*CKING-MART self-brand machines with i7s in them is shocking to me.
What's really troubling about these machines isn't what they say is in them, but what they DON'T say is in them. Everyone who knows anything about gaming PCs knows that one of the single most important components is the PSU. I've been building PCs since 1988 and I have two PSUs in my employ and both are 1000W 80plus Gold-Certified. My main is an EVGA 1000 G2 Supernova and my backup is an OCZ Z-Series most likely made by PC Power and Cooling. The OCZ got a bit long in the tooth and so I replaced it with the EVGA because there was a great sale on it. The OCZ still works fine and I keep it in reserve because if my EVGA fails (fat chance of that happening), I don't want to lose my PC for the time it takes to RMA the PSU and I don't trust cheap PSUs.
There is no information on the maker of the PSU, its wattage or any information about an 80plus certification. That is very troubling to me and should be to ANYONE lazy enough to buy a brand-in-a-box PC instead of building their own with components that they know are quality. I wouldn't touch this PC and I don't think that anyone else in their right mind should either.
What's really troubling about these machines isn't what they say is in them, but what they DON'T say is in them. Everyone who knows anything about gaming PCs knows that one of the single most important components is the PSU. I've been building PCs since 1988 and I have two PSUs in my employ and both are 1000W 80plus Gold-Certified. My main is an EVGA 1000 G2 Supernova and my backup is an OCZ Z-Series most likely made by PC Power and Cooling. The OCZ got a bit long in the tooth and so I replaced it with the EVGA because there was a great sale on it. The OCZ still works fine and I keep it in reserve because if my EVGA fails (fat chance of that happening), I don't want to lose my PC for the time it takes to RMA the PSU and I don't trust cheap PSUs.
There is no information on the maker of the PSU, its wattage or any information about an 80plus certification. That is very troubling to me and should be to ANYONE lazy enough to buy a brand-in-a-box PC instead of building their own with components that they know are quality. I wouldn't touch this PC and I don't think that anyone else in their right mind should either.
Avro Arrow
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Over-hyped more like. For a modern gaming rig those are average specs at best.
A good-spec gaming rig today can easily eclipse $10k, and that's without monitors, with the most expensive items like:
That's already over $7k, without all the less expensive (presumably) parts.
- CPU: i9-9980XE
- RAM: 64GB DDR4 (fast one)
- Storage: 2 x 1TB M2. Samsung 970 PRO
- Video: 2 x RTX 2080 Ti
Not good enough?
What did you do, just go and find the most expensive stuff on newegg? Only a complete goof would spend the money for an i9-9980XE EIGHTEEN-CORE CPU for a gaming computer! There are very few (if any) tasks that the i9-9980XE is even WORTH buying for over Threadripper and gaming sure as hell isn't one of them.
Does anyone else here think that the i9-9980XE is a good choice for a gaming computer? I personally don't like Intel as a corporation but I would never deny the gaming ability of the i7 series. The i9 would do no better (in fact, it would probably be worse) regardless of the extra money spent. Furthermore, you would get no better gaming performance out of two RTX 2080 Ti cards in SLI than you would from two GTX 1080 Ti cards unless you wanted to play ray-tracing demos.
I'm guessing that you're being sarcastic and if you are, good on ya, ya got me good. Thanks for the laugh, it's always appreciated.
dirtyferret
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Actually I do run my department making your "stand by post" wrong. I think you are used it by now.
I agree. But, that is because they are a hodgepodge of tech built over the last 40+ years. Walmart obviously realizes that and is why Walmart a few months ago announced they are making a move to Azure and working with Microsoft to upgrade their systems infrastructures at every level.
And haven't you heard, flip phones are coming back in style. 2004 is back!
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