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Have you guys ever thought about reviewing the PowerSpec brand (Microcenter's house brand)? They consistently sell computers at, or below, the cost of DYI builds with the same specs. They're selling a 9900k, 2080, ROG Strix Z390E, 850W gold PSU with cablemod sleeves, 16 Gb Trident Z 3200 RAM, a 500Gb 970 EVO M.2 in a O11 Dynamic with a custom hard line loop using EKWB parts, including that distribution block they made for the O11 for $2500 (on sale pretty much continuously from $3000). Between the parts and the labor involved in installing the loop I simply do not see how they can do this.
Walmart has a habit of driving out competition by dumping on prices, and when every competitor in the area is dead, they jack them back up beyond anything that made them worth shopping at.
It used to be HP's that I would show customers when they asked why my Professional built systems cost a bit more than say Best buy. Now I use your videos Steve on the Walmart crap to prove my point. Not only have I had to fix 4 of these nightmares but also had to explain to the customers just why a trip to a big box store is not the correct method of PC purchasing. Ever!! Not even for office builds. Don't get me wrong if all you do is play on face book or view email, shop online, crap like this will be fine however as you can see if you ever want to upgrade you're going to buying another 2k pc from them. Even with the slots to upgrade that MB and other parts are just way to on the cheap to offer any kinda future use. Great video as always Steve!! P.S. I think the Verge and Walmart should join up and create a new design. Between the 2 of them they might actually get more than 2 things right.
That doesn't seem like a serial number, In fact I would guess that's a lot and line code ie every batch of X is a lot and then you have a line code for the production line in question, and for contracts like that its not abnormal for it to be one production rush and then its gone unless Walmart orders another run.
I got the exact PC in July. #121. Has two sticks of ram, screws were stripped on the cooler, same boot drive issue, and the power button wasn't plugged in out of the box.
And as per usual, they'd leave it going until 1:15 and nobody would notice because everyone skips the ads, until a TH-camr makes yet another video calling Walmart out on their shit. Then again, they could leave in the GN sponsor read and Steve would probably be fine with it. :)
I've spent most of my adult life working in retail. The reason it sat in a warehouse for a year is because Walmart, like most retailers, will see the computer as a single, finished, product that has a limited shelf life. When the software/hardware is out of date enough (how much, honestly, depends solely on its sales numbers, determined by computer programs and/or some eggheads in their sales and marketing divisions), they'll do exactly what they did and slash the prices, to sell the remaining stock before the product "goes bad" and they end up sitting on a bunch of, what they consider, non-sellable product that they lose a bunch of margin on. So, to answer your question: No, they learned nothing on this generation of pre-built PC, because this generation of pre-built PC was built and shipped to warehouses to capitalize on peak season sales, and that's it. They may, _may_ possibly learn from whatever next iteration they may create coming down the pike this peak, but considering Walmart's propensity to cut every single corner known to man to maximize their profit margin, I'd expect their build qualities to remain shitty, while masking those shitty builds with flagship components like GPU and CPU to catch the eye of people who are less informed and tech savvy, such as myself, if I'm to be completely truthful. Basically, pretty much all big-box retailers have no soul and don't care if their product sucks, so long as they sell enough of it for executives to buy their fifth gold-plated yacht. I'm not bitter at all.
I think the fact Walmart will drop a manufacturer’s contract over fractions of a penny and kill the company says enough. I know a guy who sold his company and within 2 years they got a Walmart contract. They had to ONLY work on Walmart’s orders and another company was brought in by Walmart, for literally a quarter of a penny per unit, and killed the business.
they absolutely didn't learned, and when there were a problem, the seller was always in the wrong "somehow" ( I was one for staples) like, when we didn't had computers to sell (gaming ones) for about 3 months, and we got shitted on by the customers, because of the things that happened in the canal. to remind you guys, I had to literally tell them that we couldn't have one, even if we tried to get it as soon as possible, it would take an "un-registered" time, which basically meant they didn't knew shit about the date at which we'd have them, and then people would storm out the door. (i've got no sour-ness toward the employee's) and the boss, since he actually did his job and fired me to get someone better qualified. I just like being completely transparent about the things i've learnt while I worked there.
The Consumerist blog used to have a recurring post named "Raiders of the Lost Wal-Mart" where they took submissions of incredibly out of date products still sitting on the shelves at Walmart that were never going to sell to people who could research them. Like long offline MMorpg games and very old MP3 players.
So little Timmy wants a computer for Christmas. His uninformed parents go to Walmart and get a pc. Little Timmy opens his computer on Christmas Day, plugs this in and it doesn’t works. His parents RMA it and Little Timmy gets a new one that still doesn’t work. Little Timmy is now sad because he can’t play fortnite with his friends. Now you wouldn’t want to be responsible for that would you Walmart?
@@xXx_Oshino_xXx let kids enjoy things, before fortnite it was minecraft, before minecraft it was neopets. there will always be a game to shit on. also, I am not going to make fun of a kid who wins 1 million dollars playing fortnite.
if walmart doesn't care that most of their floor employees have to fall back on food stamps and actively bust unions, I'm fairly sure they wouldn't give a rats arse.
Walmart interviewing for PC builders. *So do you have any experience building PCs?* Yes, I use to work at the Verge and I made a how t- *Oh no way your hired!*
@@Nighterlev 30 out of 425 is about what 8%? that is significant. if 425 is available a year later, regardless of why, then they clearly were not flying off the shelf.
@@axtra9561, i'm pretty sure i wasn't confused about why they were not selling. the fact that they are not is kind of central to my original post. you can talk to the other guy who seems to think they probably were and it was just a fluke that #425 was still around.
@@Magisq Don't forget to make sure your case has anti-static pads for your power supply! If the power supply touches the case it'll fry the whole computer so you have to be sure!
QC in most manufacturing is done intermittently and it's rare that even 1 in 100 gets a full QC check most QC checks are visual and will miss anything that isn't easily seen.
It was most likely a returned system which was messed with by a customer. Setting up the wrong boot drive would require a conscious effort on behalf of Walmart. This would not have happened out of negligence.
(ME) It's just a Walmart PC review video it'll be easy and boring content... (Steve) CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! LORD OF THE RINGS MOVIE BUDGET MODE ACTIVATED! AFTER VIDEO (ME) So after everything, it's still just a Walmart PC?
The intro is priceless! The buildup! The suspense! The wonder - will it work!? The solid answer: Not without tinkering! This truly is the shining and most accurate statement of Walmart - cheap crap that isn't inspected for people that do not know any better.
That's actually pretty easy. All you need to do being a cheapo in selecting the parts for the PC and being very messy with their installation. No mystery there.
How does corporations like Wal-Mart make a killing by overcharging idiot consumers by using child and slave labor whilst using the cheapest creepiest parts?
@@roronoazoro8624 Gaming Laptop? A top end Laptop of the same price can boost while still game pretty well in practice. But Over Powered the name of this gaming pc really Wally, thank god I never return to Walmart. They didn't have swim trunk's in the Upper Peninsula Michigan of Marquette when there're hotel and motel of indoor swimming pool and hot spa just down the road. I wanted the hot spa......so I have to buy gym short with tight undies. You just have to pay more to be saving more cheaply......God I hate it.
I bet they were cheaping out on packing for shipping. "We don't need that more expensive expanding foam pack if we just glue things so they can't shake loose." :/ Idiots.
Dragonbreak I can hear the walmart 'Geek Squad' now. "Your PC won't boot up? Bring it in we'll take a look, it's probably a loose wire". Guy brings in pc. Tech grabs his trusty super glue stick and goes to town. "Ok that should do it!"
what did you expect there to be, explosions and confetti? we're you not satisfied by the lack of Nightcore or vaporwave? we're you expecting dubstep and waiting for the bass to drop?
honestly, this is an insult to the walmart PC. That dude doesn't even know how to build a PC. Sad since my friend learnt it better than he has in no time at all....
1# They glued the USB 3.0 header. 2# The case doesn't indicate that it even has USB 3.0 as none of the inputs are blue. So someone that wouldn't know much about PC's probably wouldn't even realize they had USB 3.0 😂
Alright, I suppose I should give my 2 cents on these gaming PCs since I actually purchased one when they were on that huge sale in late June. I've always been super into the tech/PC community for many years now (mostly just watching videos and reading reviews), and I actually looked into getting a PC since like 2015. Somehow, I kept talking myself into keeping my old laptop (which didn't even have dedicated graphics) for about 5 years until I bought my first PC this summer (2019). I will say that I didn't buy the DTW1, which was around $700 and what you *should never buy* even at that price, but instead I purchased the DTW2 for $900 before tax and received it about a week later. I actually bought it kind of on a whim since I saw the deal, watched only one review of it (by Bitwit Kyle), and decided that I could get around the poor thermals by taking off the front panel. I knew I wouldn't be expecting much out of the PC and I would be in for a few upgrades, but I didn't care since I would get a GTX 1080, an i7-8700 (non-K), and 32 gb of ram for pretty cheap. Let me just say, thank goodness I bought the DTW2 because it had some major changes over the DTW1 which I didn't expect. The DTW2 comes with an *H370* mobo (same bus speed as Z370 & Z390) and a 650w *80+ GOLD* Greatwall PSU (which surprised me when I took out the PSU). Most of the other stuff is similar in quality to the DTW1 (meaning not that amazing), but these two parts saved me around $150 in upgrades. That means that I didn't upgrade them, and I'm still using them currently while typing this. My overall experience with the parts has been pretty great and I surprisingly didn't get most of the issues described in the GN video (e.g: no hot glue on the USB 3.0 header, no USB 3.0 wire in front of the psu, USB type-c is on the mobo i/o and not an expansion, all cables are properly plugged in and ziptied adequately). Booted up perfectly first time and came with no bloatware (but the hdd was still oddly paritioned into 4 parts). For upgrades (which aren't required), I bought a wireless wifi adapter (TP-Link T4E), new PWM RGB case fans (Deepcool RF120M 5 pack), a new case (Thermaltake Level 20 VT), a PWM RGB 200mm fan (upHere P200RGB), and a Deepcool RGB convertor to use the 200mm fan with the mobo's RGB. The cpu cooler and psu have not been upgraded yet, but they're both definitely next on the list (since the case requires the psu to be removed to access the backplate). I'm not using the 2tb hdd currently but it's definitely a very good addition that I'll eventually use. I also have other things planned but I'll either wait for deals or buy they when I need them. Overall, I didn't expect much out of the Walmart PCs, but I'm glad I saw some value in them. The DTW2 purchase has been a really great one for me and it came with little hassle and more value than originally thought. Just because the DTW1 was a terrible PC didn't mean the DTW2 was, and just because it's a prebuilt doesn't mean it's a bad value (esp if you don't wanna come up with a parts list). I would recommend others to buy it if it were at $900 or less, but if you aren't gonna mod or upgrade, just make sure you're okay with loud noise, higher thermals, and more dust than normal. It doesn't really matter tho cuz I just checked and for some reason it's at $1,900 now lol. P.S: I got smart one night and spent a few hours trying to rewire the fan hub on the original PC to match the Lian Li fan hub (shown in the first GN review) and get PWM control. Ended up just having the fans not work anymore and having to buy new ones lmao
I was watching here and wondering that few years from now, channels like The 8-Bit Guy will probably find a storage full of un-open "Over Powered" PC and will make a video about how bad Wallmart was in building PCs... LOL...
Guga Caldeira I wonder what would happen if someone put them all together to make a room size PC like the old days, one individually is shit but a lot of shit together could be interesting
This is scary - I feel sorry for the folks who have no idea about computers - Awesome video Steve - So Hilarious and informative - shame on you Walmart - DWL
These have been in and out of stock the whole year. They go on and off sale. The 2080 and 8700 for 700 dollars on sale is kind of hard to pass up on a budget.
im guessing its glued like that because of how their employees will handle it ... just like any other box. Nobody cares at wall mart. why should they. Dont buy their crap,
Out of curiosity, I looked up the DTW1 on the Walmart site. "Memory: 16GB Dual-Channel RAM 2440 Mhz" Interesting... I didn't know RAM specifically came in a 2440Mhz variant. Of course, Steve already mentioned this, but the 'interesting' bit is that Walmart still has not amended that error on the web page (assuming anyone even visits it anymore except for a laugh). Reading further, I read some very entertaining reviews, including this gem (of which this is an exerpt): "And to address the concerns of it overheating it does run warmer than most other desktops but some more sensitive components are a good distance away from the heat source." Clearly, Walmart executives/marketing are entirely aware of their target audience, namely the kind of people who have ANFI that the 'more sensitive' components of the system are the very ones creating the raging inferno inside the machine in the first place. This seems typical of corporations like this one, where the overall goal appears to be to make as much money as possible from unsuspecting 'Darwin Award' candidates, whilst the top brass themselves make enough money each to buy several dozen truly high-end systems per annum. You can guarantee that no self-respecting Walmart employee would willingly have one of these systems in their own home/office, because they know full-well how bad it is and always have.
I don't think we need to refer to people who fall for this nonsense as "Darwin award" candidates. Unfortunately for us all Walmarts standing is less shaky than it should be, in the eyes of the average consumer. Your average consumer would fall for this nonsense, but that's because they just don't know better. And we all started somewhere. So don't be an asshole.
@@jamesrussell9124 That wasn't exactly my intention (being an arsehole, that is), but feel free to take a single portion of my comment out of context. :)
As a former associate, I'm honestly surprised you got it intact, let alone in any kind of working condition! I've seen lots of product thrown haphazardly on top of pallets so high that product usually ends up getting CRUSHED when it's placed on top of the steel! Management didn't care if the pallets leaned over like the Tower of Pisa, let alone if anything got damaged. (Yes, I did take the time to fix these mistakes, after taking pictures, because I'll be damned if anyone gets hurt from anything I had to deal with!)
"Call it $40 to be better than this... Although it wouldn't have glass and LED's.. but it would like, work, so that'd be good" LOL my coffee went right up my nose 😂
They may have friends or family who "know about computers" and may ask that friend/family member for recommendations on PCs or mention the Walmart PCs in conversation and those friends or family can advise against the Walmart PCs.
Brent Layton doubt it. Even I was a PC noob and still knew to get something viable for my first ever PC. (i9 9900k, Z390 board donning RAM running stable at 4,000 MHz, + a 2080 ti. lol.) No one who is smart with their money and seriously into gaming will buy this. Little kids 99.9% of the time won’t have this kind of money, so that leaves the ignorant parents to be pretty much the only customer of this product
I have the walmart app installed and every time I go there and open it up.. no lie they have whats called "unmarked clearance" I've seen $20 gopro heros, computer deals (mostly laptops) and even some ROG monitor deals.. worth peeping at the very least. just poting to help fellow walmart tech shoppers.
Nathan Schimmel yeah those are worth a peep too! The shit I’m talking about doesn’t even tell you it’s on sale or clearance. You can only tell by scanning the item (and sometimes it’s only 1 out of 30 boxes).
Walmart sold way more of these than you thought. #1 through #500 are actually golden samples reserved for shipping out to tech reviewers. Imagine the QC on those non-samples.
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So did Wal-Mart fix the problem? Ho Lee fuk that's a lot of smoke 😅😳
OMG that has to be your best intro ever!
That was objectively funny 😙
Have you guys ever thought about reviewing the PowerSpec brand (Microcenter's house brand)? They consistently sell computers at, or below, the cost of DYI builds with the same specs.
They're selling a 9900k, 2080, ROG Strix Z390E, 850W gold PSU with cablemod sleeves, 16 Gb Trident Z 3200 RAM, a 500Gb 970 EVO M.2 in a O11 Dynamic with a custom hard line loop using EKWB parts, including that distribution block they made for the O11 for $2500 (on sale pretty much continuously from $3000).
Between the parts and the labor involved in installing the loop I simply do not see how they can do this.
Intro speaks Epicness btw!
So, GN is the largest purchaser of Walmart computers.
Here for the lulz
All of the editors at GN are now using walmart prebuilts, infact they are so good that even Linus is thinking about getting his team some.
Yeh, the HotSnot on the cable connectors really puts the build over the top.
@@jflow1348 lol
*only
Really up in the cinematography
y u have to be so complicated 8====>
give me a heart plz not that complicated bitch
Walmart is supposed to be providing "everyday low prices" to help the poorer communities they serve, not ripping them off!!!!!
Walmart has a habit of driving out competition by dumping on prices, and when every competitor in the area is dead, they jack them back up beyond anything that made them worth shopping at.
That's all they do tho
lmao "Walmart trips over itself drops the system".. after working there 5 years I'd say that's pretty accurate
It used to be HP's that I would show customers when they asked why my Professional built systems cost a bit more than say Best buy. Now I use your videos Steve on the Walmart crap to prove my point. Not only have I had to fix 4 of these nightmares but also had to explain to the customers just why a trip to a big box store is not the correct method of PC purchasing. Ever!! Not even for office builds. Don't get me wrong if all you do is play on face book or view email, shop online, crap like this will be fine however as you can see if you ever want to upgrade you're going to buying another 2k pc from them. Even with the slots to upgrade that MB and other parts are just way to on the cheap to offer any kinda future use. Great video as always Steve!!
P.S. I think the Verge and Walmart should join up and create a new design. Between the 2 of them they might actually get more than 2 things right.
You got me right in the feels that 400 people actually bought this in the last year.
Holy hell, I just realized your logo was a G and an N
that intro was legendary
The 1st minute of the video scared me more than the whole IT movies combined.
Walmart has 2.2 million employees world wide, 1.5 in the US, but good luck getting someone on the phone.
That doesn't seem like a serial number, In fact I would guess that's a lot and line code ie every batch of X is a lot and then you have a line code for the production line in question, and for contracts like that its not abnormal for it to be one production rush and then its gone unless Walmart orders another run.
I got the exact PC in July. #121. Has two sticks of ram, screws were stripped on the cooler, same boot drive issue, and the power button wasn't plugged in out of the box.
walmart could give a student 5 dollars to check every computer but no eg 5 bucks for every piece that gets through
plot twist the smoke was the pc trying to run anything but roblox
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They sent the correct pc this time, so technically that's an Improvement.
You nailed it lol!
I was actually surprised walmart screwed up badly the first order. Dude that's clearly fraud.
Imagine how many layman people got defrauded by walmart sending a lower specced pc.
@@rnegoro1 It has nothing to do with fraud. It has everything to do with incompetence.
^PC not pc
Walmart is now thinking lets cut from 0:40 to 1:12 and use as promotional video.
And as per usual, they'd leave it going until 1:15 and nobody would notice because everyone skips the ads, until a TH-camr makes yet another video calling Walmart out on their shit.
Then again, they could leave in the GN sponsor read and Steve would probably be fine with it. :)
@@cvdvds
Ha ha that would be epic Walmart logo together with Gamers Nexsus logo.
Thank you for pin up Steve
@SkilledRebuilds GN would make SOOOOO much money if they used their video for superbowl though.
@@Fr33styler r/woosh kid
@@alajibril when did your learn "r/woosh" *kid* ?
The guy from the Verge build guide builds Walmart's gaming PCs.
LOL
With his live strong bracelet
The Verge headline: Something racist something ist gaming culture bad something something
@@diatomsaus Beat me to it.
They're not that bad
That opening scene had me laughing out loud. Absolutely perfect.
😂😂 ikr
Steve channeling his inner Samuel L. Jackson.
Dude same. I died laughing
Predictable but entertaining.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That epic "fog" behind the case killed me!
Too much power in there!
Did you guys get out a fire extinguisher??
I'm pretty sure it was his LN2! I was laughing so hard!
@@maseffect6713 Probably!
That had me going too like what the hell did they do.
Those computers are endorsed by the Verge.
Walmart could not get Jon Ivy to design it so they hired The Verge instead. 😎
Naw walmart at least is duel channel and do4snt use a brick
I doubt it, the Verge PC actually did post.
More like they've been molested by the verge while Walmart watched in the corner
I think you mean...BUILT by the Verge
As a child of the 80's the use of liquid nitrogen indicates to me that something clearly just arrived either from the future or space.
You can use dry ice too!
Turns out it was from the past, and Walmart!
How about both
LN... to me reminds me of homemade icecream.
No hardware actually uses liquid nitrogen, not even super computers. It's just used very briefly by overclockers.
I've spent most of my adult life working in retail. The reason it sat in a warehouse for a year is because Walmart, like most retailers, will see the computer as a single, finished, product that has a limited shelf life. When the software/hardware is out of date enough (how much, honestly, depends solely on its sales numbers, determined by computer programs and/or some eggheads in their sales and marketing divisions), they'll do exactly what they did and slash the prices, to sell the remaining stock before the product "goes bad" and they end up sitting on a bunch of, what they consider, non-sellable product that they lose a bunch of margin on.
So, to answer your question: No, they learned nothing on this generation of pre-built PC, because this generation of pre-built PC was built and shipped to warehouses to capitalize on peak season sales, and that's it. They may, _may_ possibly learn from whatever next iteration they may create coming down the pike this peak, but considering Walmart's propensity to cut every single corner known to man to maximize their profit margin, I'd expect their build qualities to remain shitty, while masking those shitty builds with flagship components like GPU and CPU to catch the eye of people who are less informed and tech savvy, such as myself, if I'm to be completely truthful.
Basically, pretty much all big-box retailers have no soul and don't care if their product sucks, so long as they sell enough of it for executives to buy their fifth gold-plated yacht. I'm not bitter at all.
I think the fact Walmart will drop a manufacturer’s contract over fractions of a penny and kill the company says enough. I know a guy who sold his company and within 2 years they got a Walmart contract. They had to ONLY work on Walmart’s orders and another company was brought in by Walmart, for literally a quarter of a penny per unit, and killed the business.
they absolutely didn't learned, and when there were a problem, the seller was always in the wrong "somehow" ( I was one for staples) like, when we didn't had computers to sell (gaming ones) for about 3 months, and we got shitted on by the customers, because of the things that happened in the canal. to remind you guys, I had to literally tell them that we couldn't have one, even if we tried to get it as soon as possible, it would take an "un-registered" time, which basically meant they didn't knew shit about the date at which we'd have them, and then people would storm out the door. (i've got no sour-ness toward the employee's) and the boss, since he actually did his job and fired me to get someone better qualified. I just like being completely transparent about the things i've learnt while I worked there.
The Consumerist blog used to have a recurring post named "Raiders of the Lost Wal-Mart" where they took submissions of incredibly out of date products still sitting on the shelves at Walmart that were never going to sell to people who could research them. Like long offline MMorpg games and very old MP3 players.
That intro was so good
10/10 intro
Dammit my comment was late
So little Timmy wants a computer for Christmas. His uninformed parents go to Walmart and get a pc. Little Timmy opens his computer on Christmas Day, plugs this in and it doesn’t works. His parents RMA it and Little Timmy gets a new one that still doesn’t work. Little Timmy is now sad because he can’t play fortnite with his friends.
Now you wouldn’t want to be responsible for that would you Walmart?
Any action must be taken to keep kids from playing.... Fortnite.
@@xXx_Oshino_xXx The point of fortnite is to keep kids away from other games.
@@xXx_Oshino_xXx let kids enjoy things, before fortnite it was minecraft, before minecraft it was neopets. there will always be a game to shit on. also, I am not going to make fun of a kid who wins 1 million dollars playing fortnite.
You forgot the "Muthafunk!" coming out of Little Timmy's room.
if walmart doesn't care that most of their floor employees have to fall back on food stamps and actively bust unions, I'm fairly sure they wouldn't give a rats arse.
Walmart interviewing for PC builders.
*So do you have any experience building PCs?*
Yes, I use to work at the Verge and I made a how t-
*Oh no way your hired!*
*you're
ShroudedWolf51 Shut up no one cares
@@Clavinohou I care
@@Lexaine Well, anyone with some learning could figure out the spelling error and just correct it int heir heads, no need to point it out.
I agree with you
I guess what we've always said that "anyone can build a computer" isnt quite true, The ONE group that cant build a computer; Walmart.
You forget a critical video production company
He was just on The Verge of saying that.
They got the best system integrator that bid the lowest price.
Great cinematic intro.
But I was expecting explosions :c
I was expecting a BSOD, but a "no boot device found" error works too. :D
This is jesus, not micheal bay
Lightning! Lightning! Lightning!
if you watch garand thumb you will get them.
#425? that means a significant percentage of all machines sold went to youtube tech channels.
Aww...damn.
@@Nighterlev 30 out of 425 is about what 8%? that is significant. if 425 is available a year later, regardless of why, then they clearly were not flying off the shelf.
@@RoamGaming they arent flying off the shelfves cause they are 1.4k
@@axtra9561, i'm pretty sure i wasn't confused about why they were not selling. the fact that they are not is kind of central to my original post. you can talk to the other guy who seems to think they probably were and it was just a fluke that #425 was still around.
@@Nighterlev again: i agree. i never said i otherwise.
I was hoping for a blue screen. But the black boot screen was just as good 😂
IT posts... ship it.
lol same, that start was just epic, and it was just screaming for it to end in a BSOD. I loled when I saw the error.
Yeah, but it´s over powered, I mean, it´s in the front of the case! So it must be good right? Right!?
over*priced
Overrated
WalMart must've hired The Verge and Stephon to build their computers! LMAO
WalMart's builders really screw with confidence.
@@brykit1972 Confidence had better find a walk-in clinic PDQ!
With their live strong bracelet
Incorrect because thermal paste application was decent for these computers. not a gingerbread man with icing on it
@@hyperion808gaming7 lmfao
I have no idea why but going into this video I'm like nervous/anxious lol.
Edit* the intro! 😆😆👏👏
Yeah that intro is pretty epic🤣👌
Walmart PC's, assembled by the verge 😁
Matthew Rath with an anti static working surface
#imao XD,
@@Magisq Don't forget to make sure your case has anti-static pads for your power supply! If the power supply touches the case it'll fry the whole computer so you have to be sure!
The_Storyteller_14 it will short circuit the parts noob
@@Magisq Literally said the same things, but yours was more specific, but whatever.
I love the $30 case with a glass panel stuck to the front and RGB fans installed behind it. So classy.
Wal-Mart is based in Arkansas they thought it was Urban.
or rather.. So glassy. lol
I literally LOL'd with the boot screen error after all that build up.
dont say lold please i beg you
When people use lol in real life
@@jordanranstead3016 i bet this guy is the kind of person to say "hash tag pwned" and dab
WOW, not even the simple "does it start up properly" check done by their QC, that's something.
QC in most manufacturing is done intermittently and it's rare that even 1 in 100 gets a full QC check most QC checks are visual and will miss anything that isn't easily seen.
I bet they aren't paid enough to do a good job
@@bdhale34 QC where I work, making servers, is done VIGOROUSLY for EVERY system.
@@jeffreywarf For servers I bet it is. You can't just send out a janked up server to a buissness.
It was most likely a returned system which was messed with by a customer. Setting up the wrong boot drive would require a conscious effort on behalf of Walmart. This would not have happened out of negligence.
(ME) It's just a Walmart PC review video it'll be easy and boring content...
(Steve) CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! LORD OF THE RINGS MOVIE BUDGET MODE ACTIVATED!
AFTER VIDEO
(ME) So after everything, it's still just a Walmart PC?
DTW-
Don't
Trust
Walmart
The intro is priceless! The buildup! The suspense! The wonder - will it work!? The solid answer: Not without tinkering!
This truly is the shining and most accurate statement of Walmart - cheap crap that isn't inspected for people that do not know any better.
"Lets see if they glued the videocard into the PCI Express slot" lmao XD
^video card not videocard
@@CalintzJerevinan546 stfu
#hahahaha my stomack will going to explod lol
@@Lapocabo stomack isn't a word you fucking idiot. And it's explode not explod you fucking dumb ass. You seriously need to learn proper English pal.
@@CalintzJerevinan546 Donald, you're fired.
How do you make a PC that's worse than a gaming laptop at the same price :o
That's actually pretty easy. All you need to do being a cheapo in selecting the parts for the PC and being very messy with their installation. No mystery there.
gaming laptops are waay better than this trash
How does corporations like Wal-Mart make a killing by overcharging idiot consumers by using child and slave labor whilst using the cheapest creepiest parts?
by marking up everything on the pricetag.
@@roronoazoro8624 Gaming Laptop? A top end Laptop of the same price can boost while still game pretty well in practice. But Over Powered the name of this gaming pc really Wally, thank god I never return to Walmart.
They didn't have swim trunk's in the Upper Peninsula Michigan of Marquette when there're hotel and motel of indoor swimming pool and hot spa just down the road. I wanted the hot spa......so I have to buy gym short with tight undies. You just have to pay more to be saving more cheaply......God I hate it.
Mama always said, "Life is like a Wal-Mart pre-built. You never know what you're gonna get."
Ok... Sorry, but who the fu*k thought using glue on a USB 3 header was a good idea?!
Dragonbreak they probably super glued the CPU to the mobo as well... lol
I bet they were cheaping out on packing for shipping. "We don't need that more expensive expanding foam pack if we just glue things so they can't shake loose." :/ Idiots.
@@snapper8283 On that note, wonder what kind of thermal paste they used!? ROFL
@@snapper8283 I wouldn't be much surprised if they even glued the fans...
Dragonbreak I can hear the walmart 'Geek Squad' now. "Your PC won't boot up? Bring it in we'll take a look, it's probably a loose wire". Guy brings in pc. Tech grabs his trusty super glue stick and goes to town. "Ok that should do it!"
After you got roasted at Linus' roast about your videos being boring, that intro is 100% not boring.
@VinAr Run they are friends lol
LINUS IS TOO BORING I DONT LIKE THE WAY HE SPEAKS
I'd take a boring video that has useful info than an entertainment useless video.
It was joke, to be honest. Mostly.
Okay that intro was just priceless LOL. Guess you can say it was....OVERPOWERED!
BOOOO!!! Puns suck!
Its over 9000
Now still OVERPRICED :D
That is the saddest looking inside of a case I've ever seen
It’s depressing
@Don Johnson ™️
Made in China (the cheap part of china)
Buying a Gaming PC from Walmart Is like Buying a Gucci T-Shirt at the dollar store.
Not really, the price of this shit is more expensive than other gaming Pc's that are much better. A dollar store gucci shirt is at least a dollar.
@@hankhill7494 yeah
@@chickenoodle3397 depressingly true. Especially with nvidias 30 series announced
Best anticlimactic intro award 2019!
I know right?
what did you expect there to be, explosions and confetti? we're you not satisfied by the lack of Nightcore or vaporwave? we're you expecting dubstep and waiting for the bass to drop?
No... just a refund.
When my $430 refurbished Micomp gaming PC from eBay boots but Wal-Mart's fancy gaming PC doesn't, there's something wrong here.
Did Walmart hire the guy from The Verge to build these systems?
They wanted to but they couldn't afford that much thermal compound.
@@wesw9586 And they had not enough brackets...
#LiveStrong
The GPU sag metal shield is a very nice touch tho. ofc the rest is garbage, but that one is a nice idea :D
Not gonna lie... they had us in the first half.
OMG He suggested a DELL instead of Walmart, well ok then.
For the money those Dell 5675's aren't half bad.
No he suggested *Adele*
dell is fucking better than this.
"Walmart... Walmart never changes."
Sees RGB Fans choked up behind a closed glass panel - Oh no no no *wheezing*
What's the point of the fans if they can't even push out hot air
*HIS HEAD LOOK LIKE A STIRLOIN STEAK*
Me: What if this thing doesn't boot?
*2 seconds later*
Steve: MOTHERFUBefore that...
Those nice vapor effects made me think How nice would it be if gn retried the visualizing of airflow thing.
Did you make sure Walmart didn't know who they were shipping to?
If Walmart did know who they were shipping to and they still shipped that hot mess, that would be worse.
Walmart assembled that PC after watching Verge's build guide. 🤣🤣
Abhishek Sharma Can you imagine what the inside of a computer would look like if Stefan Etienne had access to a hot glue gun?
@@wargamingrefugee9065 glue with confidence!
honestly, this is an insult to the walmart PC. That dude doesn't even know how to build a PC. Sad since my friend learnt it better than he has in no time at all....
"The Verge seal of aproval" inside.
In hologram sticker limited edition signed by Stefan Ettiene
😂😭
Donald J. Trump You forgot what a stage 5 hurricane is.
@@WorldJustice5 Category 5 hurricane not stage 5 you fucking idiot. You seriously need to get your brain checked.
Donald J. Trump Ah. Well the education system is broken.
The beginning of this video was epic. I spilt my tea laughing when Steve said Mother and then It cut. Loved it guys. Keep up your amazing work
1# They glued the USB 3.0 header. 2# The case doesn't indicate that it even has USB 3.0 as none of the inputs are blue. So someone that wouldn't know much about PC's probably wouldn't even realize they had USB 3.0 😂
The ports on the top of the case are not USB 3. The usb 3 header on the motherboard goes to the usb c pcie expansion card.
OMG the intro...Wahahaha. Had such a Mass Effect 2 vibe to it.
Then ended like mass effect 3
8 months old comment but... It's Deus Ex HR not Mass Effect
I was thinking they improved then boom wallmart trash, good thing im in Australia... what is a wallmart XD
Alright, I suppose I should give my 2 cents on these gaming PCs since I actually purchased one when they were on that huge sale in late June. I've always been super into the tech/PC community for many years now (mostly just watching videos and reading reviews), and I actually looked into getting a PC since like 2015. Somehow, I kept talking myself into keeping my old laptop (which didn't even have dedicated graphics) for about 5 years until I bought my first PC this summer (2019). I will say that I didn't buy the DTW1, which was around $700 and what you *should never buy* even at that price, but instead I purchased the DTW2 for $900 before tax and received it about a week later. I actually bought it kind of on a whim since I saw the deal, watched only one review of it (by Bitwit Kyle), and decided that I could get around the poor thermals by taking off the front panel. I knew I wouldn't be expecting much out of the PC and I would be in for a few upgrades, but I didn't care since I would get a GTX 1080, an i7-8700 (non-K), and 32 gb of ram for pretty cheap.
Let me just say, thank goodness I bought the DTW2 because it had some major changes over the DTW1 which I didn't expect. The DTW2 comes with an *H370* mobo (same bus speed as Z370 & Z390) and a 650w *80+ GOLD* Greatwall PSU (which surprised me when I took out the PSU). Most of the other stuff is similar in quality to the DTW1 (meaning not that amazing), but these two parts saved me around $150 in upgrades. That means that I didn't upgrade them, and I'm still using them currently while typing this. My overall experience with the parts has been pretty great and I surprisingly didn't get most of the issues described in the GN video (e.g: no hot glue on the USB 3.0 header, no USB 3.0 wire in front of the psu, USB type-c is on the mobo i/o and not an expansion, all cables are properly plugged in and ziptied adequately). Booted up perfectly first time and came with no bloatware (but the hdd was still oddly paritioned into 4 parts).
For upgrades (which aren't required), I bought a wireless wifi adapter (TP-Link T4E), new PWM RGB case fans (Deepcool RF120M 5 pack), a new case (Thermaltake Level 20 VT), a PWM RGB 200mm fan (upHere P200RGB), and a Deepcool RGB convertor to use the 200mm fan with the mobo's RGB. The cpu cooler and psu have not been upgraded yet, but they're both definitely next on the list (since the case requires the psu to be removed to access the backplate). I'm not using the 2tb hdd currently but it's definitely a very good addition that I'll eventually use. I also have other things planned but I'll either wait for deals or buy they when I need them.
Overall, I didn't expect much out of the Walmart PCs, but I'm glad I saw some value in them. The DTW2 purchase has been a really great one for me and it came with little hassle and more value than originally thought. Just because the DTW1 was a terrible PC didn't mean the DTW2 was, and just because it's a prebuilt doesn't mean it's a bad value (esp if you don't wanna come up with a parts list). I would recommend others to buy it if it were at $900 or less, but if you aren't gonna mod or upgrade, just make sure you're okay with loud noise, higher thermals, and more dust than normal. It doesn't really matter tho cuz I just checked and for some reason it's at $1,900 now lol.
P.S: I got smart one night and spent a few hours trying to rewire the fan hub on the original PC to match the Lian Li fan hub (shown in the first GN review) and get PWM control. Ended up just having the fans not work anymore and having to buy new ones lmao
I was watching here and wondering that few years from now, channels like The 8-Bit Guy will probably find a storage full of un-open "Over Powered" PC and will make a video about how bad Wallmart was in building PCs... LOL...
Guga Caldeira I wonder what would happen if someone put them all together to make a room size PC like the old days, one individually is shit but a lot of shit together could be interesting
I wonder if Steve will glue back the usb cable before returning it.
or switch the bios back to trying to boot on the wrong drive. Since that's what he's returning it for haha.
"It's not a fair comparison."
Aww.
"Lets do some comparison though"
Yay.
"Some things don't change"
The disappointment in the tone of your voice is so obvious haha
This is scary - I feel sorry for the folks who have no idea about computers - Awesome video Steve - So Hilarious and informative - shame on you Walmart - DWL
WalMart has the funds to be number one but I guess they keep following that Chinese model.
These have been in and out of stock the whole year. They go on and off sale. The 2080 and 8700 for 700 dollars on sale is kind of hard to pass up on a budget.
Massive Corporations = Mediocrity for everyone, but the profit takers at the top.
Consumers: Stop super gluing the plugs into the sockets
Wal-Mart: No, no we don't think we will
im guessing its glued like that because of how their employees will handle it ... just like any other box. Nobody cares at wall mart. why should they. Dont buy their crap,
My friend got higher 1080p Medium stats on tomb raider, with a fx8350 and 1600mhz ddr3 ram... with a rx 470
Out of curiosity, what was its power draw?
That's exactly what I was running except with a r9 290x lol. Definitely a huge bottleneck.
Still my favorite machine!
Same on my PC but with the rx480. I can confirm this testimony.
We do not speak of this!
Out of curiosity, I looked up the DTW1 on the Walmart site.
"Memory: 16GB Dual-Channel RAM 2440 Mhz"
Interesting... I didn't know RAM specifically came in a 2440Mhz variant. Of course, Steve already mentioned this, but the 'interesting' bit is that Walmart still has not amended that error on the web page (assuming anyone even visits it anymore except for a laugh).
Reading further, I read some very entertaining reviews, including this gem (of which this is an exerpt):
"And to address the concerns of it overheating it does run warmer than most other desktops but some more sensitive components are a good distance away from the heat source."
Clearly, Walmart executives/marketing are entirely aware of their target audience, namely the kind of people who have ANFI that the 'more sensitive' components of the system are the very ones creating the raging inferno inside the machine in the first place. This seems typical of corporations like this one, where the overall goal appears to be to make as much money as possible from unsuspecting 'Darwin Award' candidates, whilst the top brass themselves make enough money each to buy several dozen truly high-end systems per annum. You can guarantee that no self-respecting Walmart employee would willingly have one of these systems in their own home/office, because they know full-well how bad it is and always have.
STILL the same. 2440
I don't think we need to refer to people who fall for this nonsense as "Darwin award" candidates. Unfortunately for us all Walmarts standing is less shaky than it should be, in the eyes of the average consumer. Your average consumer would fall for this nonsense, but that's because they just don't know better. And we all started somewhere. So don't be an asshole.
@@jamesrussell9124 That wasn't exactly my intention (being an arsehole, that is), but feel free to take a single portion of my comment out of context. :)
2440 mhz does not exist wat
It's probably RMA'd repeatedly, with no QC each time it goes out or comes back.
Minimally paid worker doesn't care, his manager has other things to do and company management is concerned by profit.
As a former associate, I'm honestly surprised you got it intact, let alone in any kind of working condition! I've seen lots of product thrown haphazardly on top of pallets so high that product usually ends up getting CRUSHED when it's placed on top of the steel! Management didn't care if the pallets leaned over like the Tower of Pisa, let alone if anything got damaged. (Yes, I did take the time to fix these mistakes, after taking pictures, because I'll be damned if anyone gets hurt from anything I had to deal with!)
That opening was like watching a Garand Thumb video. I was just waiting for flannel daddy to pop up and start saying "if youve ever"
Flannel daddy is life. I want to grow up and be just like him and Grandpa Haley
youve isn't a word you fucking idiot.
"Call it $40 to be better than this... Although it wouldn't have glass and LED's.. but it would like, work, so that'd be good"
LOL my coffee went right up my nose 😂
Is this a Kyle cameo vaping in the background? lmao
Jesus this build was a shitshow, I've been laughing the whole time.
Looking back on this: Id actually love a gpu mount like that integrated into a case lol. Assuming it could be adjusted based on gpu.
That cinematic opening rivals even the best marvel movies... wow im in awe
minimum viable product( that's EXACTLY what walmart does!!) and in this case it doesnt even do that effectively.
Even ikea would have done better
Walmart - Where gamers go to die
Or where they buy clothes when the GN merch store is sold out.
Wait it’s been a year???!!!
Is the music from deus ex? I can't exctly place it
Anthem lol its fitting
Unfortunately the potential buyer of these machines will never see a GN review.
They may have friends or family who "know about computers" and may ask that friend/family member for recommendations on PCs or mention the Walmart PCs in conversation and those friends or family can advise against the Walmart PCs.
Yeh then they can completely ignore their "tech friend's" recommendation and buy one anyway.
Brent Layton is right ^^^^^^^^
Brent Layton doubt it. Even I was a PC noob and still knew to get something viable for my first ever PC. (i9 9900k, Z390 board donning RAM running stable at 4,000 MHz, + a 2080 ti. lol.) No one who is smart with their money and seriously into gaming will buy this. Little kids 99.9% of the time won’t have this kind of money, so that leaves the ignorant parents to be pretty much the only customer of this product
The ONE job this pc had to do was turn on in the first place, not even that works in the basic level LOL
Wow, the sequence with the smoke and lights is remarkably well done! 😃
Thank you! Andrew did great work on this one.
0:56 - OH MY GOD, RGB LED GUYS, ITS... ITS JUST... GORGEOUS!!!!
I think you guys might be watching to much LTT, that intro was cinematic AF.
I actually really like the GPU retention idea! Going to tap a couple of holes in my cases and 3d print brackets for mine!
I have the walmart app installed and every time I go there and open it up.. no lie they have whats called "unmarked clearance" I've seen $20 gopro heros, computer deals (mostly laptops) and even some ROG monitor deals.. worth peeping at the very least. just poting to help fellow walmart tech shoppers.
My local Walmart has shelves of open box super clearance, usually 75%, those GoPro mounts, and half a dozen copies of Rock Band for Xbox 360 and PS2.
Nathan Schimmel yeah those are worth a peep too! The shit I’m talking about doesn’t even tell you it’s on sale or clearance. You can only tell by scanning the item (and sometimes it’s only 1 out of 30 boxes).
Walmart sold way more of these than you thought. #1 through #500 are actually golden samples reserved for shipping out to tech reviewers. Imagine the QC on those non-samples.
How do they know which orders come from tech reviewers?
That intro is pure gold! The smoke scene was hilarious! Thank you Walmart, for making such shitty pcs, so we can see videos like this.
It's a shame they had to RMA it, but it wouldn't turn on. Oh well 🤣
It's $699 atm on walmart - and that $200 makes a pretty big difference!
Still probably not worth it based on current market pricing of the usable parts, unless you were dead set on the exact spec of old parts here.