I bought the cheapest "Gaming" pre-built PC from Best Buy
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 มี.ค. 2020
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I bought the cheapest "gaming" branded pre-built from Best Buy to see if it's any good. It's not the worst thing ever, but it's pretty expensive.
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The pre-built I have in this video (US link, only a more expensive version with SSD): www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-nit...
The exact one I have (Canadian link): www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/...
The one that seems like better value: www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpow...
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I know that Linus Tech Tips posted a very similar video earlier this week. The thing is, I have been planning this video for ages. So I do what I want. 😎
savage shit only XD
Wassup Love your vids definitely deserve more subs
@@soorL Hey, Thank you very much! :D
@@DawidDoesTechStuff love your vids makes me happy when you post :)
Almost 100k subs now. Wow
Power supply: is grey
Any tech youtuber: oH bOy iM sO sCArEd iTs gOiNG tO eXpLoDe
I corrected myself didn't I? 😅
Just becuz it's grey it doesn't mean it's bad I have a gray seasonic 500w
Fortron Source (FSP) is a decent brand for power supplies. It is not a "fashion" brand as Corsair, or EVGA but they have often built decent OEM power supplies. If you are buying a prebuilt from a non-boutique company like Acer and you get a FSP PSU, I would count myself lucky.
Gray is gay
RACISM #greylivesmatter
"The wiring seems to be done by a human being with two hands."
One-handed PC enthusiasts: -_-
I only have a left hand so I was like -_-
@@nubbs1311 I love your screen name. Lol
Guys with no hands:
@Raoul Duke how do you game?
How do one handed gamers game. Real question
I'm really glad they a DON'T TOUCH warning on the GPU since my natural inclination was to of course put my finger in a moving fan.
But if it's spinning at a high RPM you probably wont be able to read the warning. 😂
@Jaden Souza AMD phenom ii stock cooler is probably fast enough.
I dont understand that label. Because you cant read it while its spinning, and even if its spinning its not that painful to touch. They sould instead put that spiral thing on it that is on the middle of aeroplane engines. :D
@@tojassargaja2085 Fun Fact: You can spin a plane's engine with the tip of your finger, they light as hell lol
To be fair I saw my gpu was running at 60 Celsius and I decided I wanted to feel how hot 60 Celsius really is. It was hot
“human malware” i’m fucking dying lmfao
Corona virus
When you touched the GPU fan I died laughing. No idea why that got me the way it did, but it did!
Not gonna lie, I laughed way to hard at that one myself. 😅
I touched the gpu fan all the time
Sooo... how come u still alive
Damn I wish I wasn’t depressed and found things funny
Same.
"the current human malware situation"
I'm so fucking done I love it
it’s funny how it says “don’t touch” on the fan itself, so when it’s actually spinning you can’t read it 🤦
Who would touch a pc fan while it’s moving 🤦♀️
@@monkedonk4321 you would be surprised ngl-
@Dawid Does Tech Stuff yes frrr
Where his reply go
@@GoldenSerpentTree I have. It really doesn't hurt most of the time.
The airflow was an April Fool's joke
Haha!! They really dedicated a lot of time to that joke.
@@DawidDoesTechStuff lol
Dawid Does Tech Stuff like the amount of ram “very dedicated”
From the outside the PC looks sleek, From the inside it looks like a 1950 Volkswagen beetle's engine.
Hahaha!! That is exactly what it looks like.
I bought a similar model (an acergx) about 3 years ago. (I’ve upgraded some of the internals)
And yes, I have to agree. It looks gorgeous on the outside, on the inside it looked just awful.
Just like my ex.
1200cc with a blown clutch
My dad has a 72 or 71 I can’t remember and I can confirm this.
Why are like all prebuilts under 1500$ have only 8 gb of ram and have cases with the worst airflow. Like am I crazy here?
also gtx 1650. wtf?
"The wiring is seems to be have done by a human with two hands" LMAO
Moral of the story: Just build your own PC, it’s less harder than people make it to be
Edit: Although most of the replies recommend Microcentre in the US, people from outside North America (like me) might have trouble choosing between a pre-built machine or to build it themselves, so this advise is mainly for them.
Oh for sure, however, I will not rest until I find a good budget pre-built for everyone who is too scared to build their own.
@@DawidDoesTechStuff microcenter builds are actually really good!
Some, are even a better deal than building it yourself!
@@GoldSmithTutorials Yeah, it is actually more expensive more me to buy part individually from Amazon/Aliexpress/Taobao in Hong Kong, comparing with buying from local system integrator.
Bit hard to find one that allow you to upgrade to actually useful psu, however,
@@DawidDoesTechStuff thanks I am really looking for such a video where I wanna spend about 1120 U.S.D on a pre-built PC but Idk who to trust and what to buy
@@DawidDoesTechStuff Try Facebook marketplace...or Ebay??
The venting slits on the front are such a slap in the face when there's a solid steel panel behind them haha, Acer really doesn't give a shit
It makes me think about those fake hood scoops on cars that aren't functional..lol
7:11 "swag for the fortnite" 😂😂 your effort is appreciated attempting to appeal to most if not all audiences
I feel like this PC could've been built for only 500 dollars and you'd get the same results. Hell maybe even better ones if you get 16 gigs of RAM
I have an HP platform one with 16 G ram, similar processor (also i5) Gtx 1050ti, and 2.25 TB hard storage, made for $375.00 Yeaaaaah...
@@RyanMinardovic wait what wow
@@liamsandoval9620 also i5 could mean anything. Hp i5 PCs have existed since first gen.
@@RyanMinardovic i got a gtx 970 and i7-3930k (3.8ghz max) with 16gb of ram and got a 1000 wat corsair psu and watercooled my cpu for just 500$ i even got a good ssd but my case is a very old corsair case but has hella airflow. Prebuilts suck a fuckton for 500$ u wont get shit
@@beentweaking lol you got scammed
0:50 No way a Solar-Powered-GPS-Card!? that's such a smart feature! you know?
... Because, is not like I'll just leave it *stored* the whole time inside the wallet inside my pocket.
I can *definitely* take it out to charge and 100% not forget to put it back
Haha!! Fair enough. Although it does seem to last REALLY long without needing a charge.
You never take your wallet out? You never leave it on a nightstand? Kitchen table?
That said, just using a Tile makes a lot more sense and those batteries last forever.
@@porovaara If its inside your wallet which is where most people will put it then putting it on a nightstand or anything else wont do anything. You would have to physically take it out if the card slot and most are afraid of forgetting to toss it back into the wallet especially while in a rush
"Human malware" lmao Steve would be proud
Edit: love your vids btw, definitely underrated. Keep it up!
Thank you. 😃
I know I shouldn't...but this line made me laugh pretty hard. Thanks for the smile.
@@Aephidd Grey is a scary ass colour. 😂
It’s somehow better then my gaming laptop
Laptops are so overpriced. I paid $400 for a laptop i wanted to game on but it took 5 minutes to open google and okays roblox at 20 fps 💀
@@callsigndagger7016 i have a decent one tho
@@callsigndagger7016 I paid 1600 and it was on sale and it can’t even play a few “beefy” games on roblox without having to be on lowest graphics and still plays at around 30fps and lags
@@prototype0237 rip
Roblox isn’t very well optimised
I've been watching so many computer builds lately I decided to upgrade my best buy pre built pc. I did a small upgrade and it was extremely worth it. I ended up recording and decided to upload the experience. Thanks for the awesome content and the inspiration Dawid.
Hmm. Single channel RAM. No SSD. Potentially bad airflow (I see you side panel intake). Poor rear IO.
I'm really not digging this configuration. The individual components aren't terrible, but they've somehow assembled them into something lesser than the sum of it's parts.
oeeww
I feel if they just went a little bit extra with one of these things it'd be more forgiveable. Like you wouldn't complain about single channel ram if they included an ssd, or no SSD if they had 16gb of dual channel ram. I think it's lame that behind the EPIC GAMER RIG looking exterior is a boring office PC case as well.
@@patroyonastick i wish prebuilts could be recommended.. but they go cheap on everything. sucks ):
I bought the same pc w different specs about 4 years ago.
I upgraded to 16gb of ram, and an ssd
That is why it always comes out better to build it yourself for a cheaper price.
1:45 Giggity.
I had the original Acer ASPIRE GX-785-EB13 and it was a nice prebuilt. 2 TB Hard drive, 500W power supply, Zotac GTX 1050, i7-7700 and 12 GB of DDR4 @2400 speed. It was a pre built that served me for a long time and I’m glad to say I sold it recently and bought my self 32 gb of ram and a 850 W power supply for my new 3080 Build.
2:05 ayyy, that’s my local Best Buy!
Lmao me too!!!
5:33 Dawid Does Touch Stuff
The case looks cool, I'm sure that front panel can come off long enough to dremmil a few holes to make that front red vent functional.
Your video is cool and with good content and the correct amount of "funny", but maaan, that music in between, is the gold ! Maybe the best part of all ! Congrats 👏👏👏
1:33 Lol "Human Malware Situation"
I love this guys videos
D'UH Dawid the "DONT TOUCH" is for people to read when its spinning and so you "DONT TOUCH" it. God
Haha!! Ooooh What was I thinking. 😂
Laugh it up but it stuck my pinky finger in a spinning rear 120mm exhaust last week, smarted for the rest of the day
I like sticking my fingers in fans it’s a fun time
I test all dangerous spinning objects out with the tip of my...
how are you gonna read that while it’s spinning
3:30 haha lol I nearly spat my drink out laughing at that line
This case makes me think of those stick on hood/bonnet scoops you can get from auto parts stores. My personal favorite is when people apply 4X4 and/or turbo badges on something that is obviously not. But hey, it looks really cool right?
1:35 “human malware”
Very well put, *very well put*
6:50
Reminds me of the Would You Rather website/app.
I bought the one he said seems like a better option at the end - the CyberPower with a Ryzen 5 3600. Very good so far, even (surprisingly) has a decent power supply. $600 on sale
Edit - $600 was the black Friday price. Now it's $750 from Best Buy. Still worth it.
Hey I am thinking of picking one up, this would be my first gaming PC. The main question for me is would this run the Total war franchise well?
th-cam.com/video/a3S1BtciISw/w-d-xo.html This video is the same graphics card but with a generation older ryzen (ryzen 5 2600) I'd expect probably 20-30% better performance than this because of the increase in CPU power. For Total War - Warhammer it seems to be getting 50-60 fps on high settings, so I'd expect even more than that with this system.
Erik Riefe hey man can you tell me how much fps u get on csgo please im thinking about buying the better option he put at the end of vid
Is it still working?
Lower end systems are usually left over from when they were high end systems or assembled from parts that were purchased when they were new and not sold at the time. This means that although the parts are somewhat dated or even obsolete, they actually cost the builders or vendors real money. So they can't discount the "lower powered" machines as much as someone would think. So yes, you can buy a computer that's been in someone's inventory for a year for less than it cost new, but not for less than it cost to build as no one wants to lose money on any product.
Things get complicated when new products are an order of magnitude better than the last generation and the same price, so despite the discounts, you get on an "older type" new computer, you actually get a lot less bang for your buck. There may be savings to be had once a computer is totally obsolete and someone is trying to just clear warehouse space... but who would actually buy a 486 DX 33 system for anything today?
I love watching these videos about the cheapest prebuilts because I love to see how these guys talk about how bad a 500 dollar PC is, even though in my currency it's like 8 thousand, and that's expensive
When he gets sponsored by a wallet company but I can’t get one or I won’t use one because I don’t have money in the first place
3:06 I never asked to be called out so specifically.
Hey Dawid! A red USB port means it's either USB 3.1 Gen 2, or USB 3.2. These can also be orange. The color ties to the rating, and red USB ports will transfer data at 20Gbps or more. Blue would be 3.0, and teal ones are 3.1. USB 2.0 ports will always be black. Lenovo also uses (or used to use) a yellow usb port on some of their laptops, and that was close to the red, but it allowed continuous power draw, for charging other devices when the laptop itself wasn't on.
If you're in Canada, canadacomputers has a service where you pick out the parts you want in a system and they'll charge you a $100-ish build fee to put it together. Pretty reasonable price, and you won't have to worry about cutting corners with PSUs and the like. It's a pretty reasonable option if you don't want to build a PC yourself.
$100!? This is what happens when people are scared to do something easier than build legos
Grey : powersupply oh shit its going to explode
Rgb : rgb means more power
"Swag for the Fortnite", yes I feel very apealed xD
Bro this video is actually hilarious hahah as always so entertaining!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :D
You’re my new favorite channel on here! You’re hilarious!
"The wiring seems to have been done by a human being with 2 hands" lmao
Dang $700 and it only comes with a 1650?! Even if you go the prebuilt route, HP had a similar priced one with a 9400f and 1660Ti at Walmart of all places!
www.walmart.com/ip/HP-Pavilion-Gaming-Desktop-Tower-Intel-Core-i5-9400F-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1660Ti-8GB-RAM-256GB-SSD-690-0073w/902037635
great video man, all the info i wanted, too bad about the missing SSD and only 8gb ram but yeah was wondering how it would run all those games , thnx
My friend got a Cyberpower PC from Best Buy that's $600USD (He got it for $511 around black friday) and it has proper fans and vents, AMD Ryzen 3 2300X, Radeon RX 570 4GB, a 240GB SSD, a 1TB HDD, 8GB of slow 2666MHz RAM, and Full RGB in preset patterns. I have no idea what the MOBO, CPU cooler or PSU are though, but it seems to run fine for the price. I don't know if there are any cheaper ones out there that are better or worse.
Swag
50 year old men: ah I get it
Kids of 2020: wtf dat mean
Ah I got highlighted thx
That was a weird looking shroud...lol
yeah just google meaning of Shroud 🙂 not who's shroud
@@hero9610 you mean the death shroud Jesus wore to that ball?
Bought this system from MicroCenter in the Boston area. My specs are a somewhat different: 1TB Sata with Intel Optane 16gb; i7 8700 CPU; and Radeon RX 580 Graphics. Most of the other specs are the same. In the process of removing the bloatware (for now most of the apps are all turned off). I did upgrade the ram to 16gb and installed a $10 case to for outflow. At some point I may add an SSD but with the Intel Optane this computer boots up almost as quickly as my laptops with SSDs. I'm not a game and bought this computer to eventually run my Software Defined Radios and associated software. Currently I'm running them on a 5 year old HP dekstop (which is absolutely fine but I wanted something newer). So far I'm fairly happy with it. Paid $599 USD.
I recommended a best buy prebuilt to my buddy during holiday sales. It was discounted to 600 USD from its normal price point. The system has a ryzen 5 3600 and an RX 580 16gb 3200mhz ram and bronze rated psu. Mostly black interior, even cables were all black
We have an all acer gaming setup
The Logitech mousepad in the bg:
Love the faux air flow.
Its like the fake exhausts on cars. Nasty stuff. 😂
I think thats cool that you go to the seattle side for some videos. Love from eastern washington
I was considering buying this earlier this year, but I ultimately decided not to when the RTX 3000 series was announced, because suddenly building my own really good PC without winning the lottery seemed plausible. And now I'm happy I decided against this one, since I was one of the lucky few who actually managed to get an RTX 3070
“just listen to that letter sound” my brain: “W A L L E T”
“It could get hot if you live in a hotter country...”
...lives in Nunavut
In Canada, last I checked, you could actually shop at physical Best Buys. At least certain ones.
I bought a ibuypower gaming PC off the shelf at BestBuy for $899. It came with a 250GB M.2 and a Samsung 250GB SSD and a 1tb HDD. i5+ 8th Gen. 16GBs DDR4 3600 ram. GeForce GTX 1660 graphics card. All in a cool RGB tempered glass case. I saved $400. I had to tweak the Bios, added my 2TB HDD from my 5 year old PC, and do better cable management. If I was to buy all the parts and build it myself would have cost $1,100. I got a great deal and had to do vary little to make it my way.
Those bad stutters in fortnite are down to the servers, they have been having major issues with the server load since Corona kicked in.
Oh okay. That is a good point. 😊 In EFT it definitely made a difference adding extra RAM.
@@DawidDoesTechStuff My Best Buy Acer Aspire pc has 12 GB of ram but I often wonder if it could use more. If you want I could show you which one it is (though it's not available on their store anymore)
@@Sirdeathvids yes, more is better. i have 12 gb but in reality only 9gb usable if u check your system.
0:15 Comedy Central deserves more subs😂😂
"A long list of terrible rubbish" lol :) This vid was funny.
8:15 wait... Did he just SHOOT at a CHICKEN?
PETA wants to know your location
I'd really to see a video where you put in a 120gb ssd, show how you copy the windows key over. Just add another crappy 8gb stick of cheap RAM and please oh please, if possible, add a darn exhaust fan. Upgrade on a budget!
All you need is the key for windows from the key finder thing in hirens boot CD and reinstall the os on a new drive use the same key and it should detect that the PC is OEM and made by acer and it will activate.
I had to do that to reinstall Windows 7 on my laptop, the hardware has been changed from it's original configuration that's on my service tag ( RAM has been upgraded from 4GB ddr3 1066MHz to 8GB ddr3 1333MHz and the HDD was replaced with a WD black 7200RPM 500GB 32MB cache) but i used a 16GB SD card with a genuine windows 7 pro sp1 x64 iso (from Microsoft) put on it by rufus 3.9 portable, pulled out the CD/DVD RW drive (windows didn't like it so i had to remove it only during setup) and used my product key from the sticker under my battery and windows 7 reinstalled, then i updated it installed some drivers and reactivated windows so it isn't hard to do and i got a extra product key from it because my laptop came with windows 7 pro x86 preinstalled but was changed to windows 7 pro sp1 x64 before i got it so it had a new product key for that and the one i used was the original one for win 7 x86 which worked fine with windows 7 pro sp1 x64.
@@nathanmead140 I rebuilt 26 computers for resale in the last year. I can find and reuse Windows. My suggestion was for someone else. It's a prebuilt, do they still come with CDs? Did they stick the OEM license sticker on there? I don't know I was making a suggestion on how to help others
Similar to nail fungus, I wasn't excited when I first discovered you. Unlike the fungus, I've come to really enjoy you after growing on me.
disgusting
I just built a gaming pc with a ryzen 5 3600 with a gtx 1660 super for about $760 USD (with tax) and I did not get cheap off branded parts either. (Except for some case fans). With 16gb of ram at 3200 mhz cl16, Corsair CX550M PSU(semi modular), ASrock B450Matx Pro4 mobo, and with a 512GB SATA SSD. My system for about the same amount out-strides this one by far in price to performance. In short build your own you can get much more for your money.
"You're probably best off reinstalling Windows."
It's what we do at the company I work at, old windows install, drivers, too much bloatware.
A reinstall just saves you from issues down the road.
Out of context but Rip to the people that bought a $1000 prebuilt from Amazon
Why do you say that?
They should at least ad a SDD for the system and 2 sticks of ram, even if It was only 8GB
Vinicius Lisboa mines came with a 500 ssd and 12 gb of ram
I have the same CPU with SSD and more ram for the same price 🤔
@0:19 I love the fact how he acknowledges the fact for w bad joke
These videos are great and that wallet was sweet. Just got the parliament merlot red w/tracker for $85, it was $44 off with the code stay-home and the bundle discount. I used your affiliate link, count it!
Oh my god 700USD for this absolute trash of a PC it's a crime!
My pc is like 700$ and yea
It runs for example battlefield 1 at ultra settings 60fps+
Prebuilts are just fkn bad
@@sebyg0466 my prebuilt for 500 is a 1.2 TB hdd+ssd with gtx1650 and 8gb ram runs at 267 fps in league and at 180 in rainbow so ehh depends who u get it from dude
@@YouAreJaded is it a cyberpowerpc
@@95bloc97 nope I bought it from Ebay I can show screenshots if ud like
@@YouAreJaded sure. I was just wondering what kind it was since I see them at best buy all the time
"lisssen toh ta lether sooound"
You gots to lisssen
Could you do a video on the best pre builds at a decent price at best buy or maybe other stores in other videos?
"Human malware situation" has me on the floor xdxdxdxd
Ngl that's a dope ass wallet
I thought this was an April Fools joke...
I actually forgot it was April 1st today. 😂
So did I, and it's my birthday! (Applies to both comments) 🎁🇦🇺😎
@@DawidDoesTechStuff yeah
Rod K I must have Alzheimer’s bcos I don’t remember anyone fucking asking
i bought my first gaming pc last week, did a ton of research and in the end purchased a 2017 asus strix GL702VSK for $550 usd. Has the top specs of that year and still runs all current games at ultra settings getting well over 100 fps. it has the Intel Core i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz with 12 GB of RAM DDR4 2400 with the GTX 1070 with 8Gb of DDR5 video memory. I've been playing WarZone on ultra settings on the smooth 120Hz panel this laptop comes with and cannot complain. Im still waiting for my addiional 8 gb RAM in the mail for a total of 16 gb and going to upgrade to an SSD soon. This thing is a beast even compared to this prebuilt PC from bestbuy that costs more than what i paid and most current pcs as well.
They told me at my local best buy no one had bought this for over 4 months and that one person who bought it returned in two days
I basically seen this get posted it was weird
That is very convenient, thanks for dropping by. :D
@@DawidDoesTechStuff no problem I enjoy your videos, you got your own thing going on compared to everyone else
I mean yes it works, but for $700? Best Buy? I mean I have 16GB of RAM in my $400 pc, come on.
im on a similar PC right now. acer gx-785-ur1b. im extremely happy with it being that i bought it off someone on letgo for $475
Not gonna lie the acer N50 was my first gaming pc. It had an 8th gen i5 and a 6gb 1060 12gb 2333 ram. I had it about 6 months and learned how to build my own out of curiosity.
My friend bought this pc yesturday and I said he got ripped off
If you buy a prebuilt you're getting ripped lol.
@@robertemerson1087 it really depends on the company and where your buying it from he just got a shitty prebuilt.
My life is simple. I see DavidDoesTechStuffVideo, i click it.
Awww, you flatter me. :D
Da weed
as for the Bloatware reads Care Center, and Care center Service, LoL Ooookeeey 7:19
That joke at the beginning is why I subscribed. Good day sir
why was quagmire in the corner at 1:43
**1:46
and idk actually 😂
nice one
If something is censored it had to be genitals. 😁
Me laughing when my laptop cost more than this
I just built an I3 10100 RX580 8GB PC for 450$ with monitor included and it is better than this and costs around 40-ish% less. So this PC doesn’t quite set the bar all too high for what it is supposed to be. Which is a mid range PC but it seems like a low end pc on a mid range budget.
this guy makes the best roasts so cleanly
This is the first sponser that is actually useful and makes sense
Pre-built shaming, one of my favourite hobbies...
Haha!! It's a good time. 😁
I got a prebuild from best buy in 2016 it was an ibuypower and the only thing that remains on it today from is the motherboard, cpu and psu I upgraded the rest. it is a well built system and still playing the latest games.
Do you have a video on a computer set up just for streaming console gaming? How much would a computer run for that? Looking for something I can upgrade down the road if I plan on pc gaming
Out of all the cheap but very nice cases out there how did they end up with this?!? Those cases line up for the most part and actually have fans and air flow.
That pc you showed at 10:53 would of been 100x better for the money I’m assuming the value was shown in US, so in Canadian it would of costed about 50 - 100 dollars more. But when ur already spending 700 dollars just 50 dollars more for the gap in performance between those two computers is incomparable. I hope you found that computer after you bought the acer one.
Fuuuun fact: I’ve been using this same pc for around a year now, I can confidently say I love it, that might just be it’s because practically my first pc but shh. Honestly I like it, it runs vr ok and I’ve really only had a few problems with it
can it run grand theft auto 5?
@@warmly323 LMAO are u fckin kidding me? Did you see those titles? Gta 5? Really? And that too what a question, can it run?
Rise eh I haven’t tried gta 5 yet
I bought this same PC, same price, and it has not gave me any issues. Of course, spending more money would give me a “better” playing experience, but it’s working well for me.
CyberPowerPC is one of the best pre-built companies there is imo. I got a PC from them, and it isn't the best, but it is definitely the best value for your money. Came with an SSD, hardrive, 16 GB ram, and everything else you would want for a $950 (US) PC. Again, it is still not better than building yourself, but at the time I didn't have the option, so it was the best I could do. I even priced out the parts and from what I could tell I was only being charged a little for setup.
I know I'm a little late currently but Ekster wallets really are nice, I bought mine about 2 months ago and have had no regrets in buying it