I Bought The Cheapest MicroCenter Gaming PC With A Graphics Card...
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Recently got a power spec psu but the lian li case I put it in was choking the air fan intake and causing it to be very loud. Microcenter customer service called me directly after I left a bad review due to the power spec fan running loud and they replace it with a different brand (more expensive) at no charge. Microcenter is really an awesome place
That’s awesome to hear! Customer service like that goes a long way to making a better user experience.
That's only if you live in Murica. For us poor folks that don't want to get hospital or school shot, we don't get that choice.
@@liviuganea4108 Nice meme.
Impressive little PC really when you compare it to some off the other PC,s you have reviewed.👍
Might have to see if the microcenters near me have any in stock.
Ye it's not much worse then teh pc I built myself for 1100, I have a h670 TUF a 16gb ram rtx 3060 ti and a i5 12400f.
PowerSpec prebuilts are very well priced usually
For sure! It’s so much better than the average prebuilt.
I got it because im on a budget
Back when finding a GPU on the shelf was unheard of, I bought a powerspec instead of building a new machine. Haven't regretted it one bit. Mine has an i7 with an evga 3070. Only thing I have replaced is the ram, that's only because I doubled the amount and couldn't find matching sticks of what came in it.
Same with me, except mine was a Ryzen 7 3700x. Even came with 32gb of RAM. It was the only thing I could find with a 3070 that was under $2,000 that didnt use bottom of the barrel components in the rest of the system. It's much cheaper nowadays, but then I would have had to wait over a year to to get a new PC.
@@ccramit I just got one today so I can play squad and hell let loose I hope it was worth the price.
The thing about having matched sticks of ram is rarely an issue nowadays. As long as they're the same frequency, you're probably fine
@@loganricherson didn't want to look inside the case, which has a glass side panel and see non matching sticks.
@@MicahGreen that's fair
I got a microcenter 5600g prebuilt during the gpu gouging shortage and later put a 6700xt in it. Love it.
Only downside to 5600G was the " pcie 3.0 only" thing . So maximum speed ssd gonna be samsung 970 Evo plus .
But yeah having microcenter in your country is a blessing
@@50H3i1 Yeah it's not great and I could get a cheap pcie4 capable chip to replace it if it really becomes a bottleneck I guess. I just do 1080p gaming tho.
@@steverussell7005 yeah last summer I was facing a choice to build a 5600G pc . Or buy a Series X for the same price so I went with the xbox to wait for AM5 platform
That’s awesome! I’m glad you found a way to get your hands on a new PC.
I bought a prebuilt from Microcenter almost two years ago. The only upgrade I've put into it (besides storage) is swapping the RX 580 with a 3060 Ti. It is an absolute monster of a system that I only spent about $1k USD on. My pride and joy, Microcenter is highkey incredible.
Man you have no idea how jelly people are in other countries. Best Buy has the worst shit ever in Compaq.
OT question, hope you don't mind: you're one of the relatively few people I sub to who mix regular videos and shorts, how are they working out for you? Do you find they have a benefit to the channel as a whole, or do you just enjoy making them and don't worry about whether or not they attract more viewers?
pffftt weird question dude. enjoy the content, stop asking so much
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You should watch his videos. He makes some nice hardware review too.
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Dude you need to watch the spiffing Brit, he has vids on games by the YT algorithm
I’ve used powerspec power supplies in a couple of my builds and a couple I’ve built for people it seems to hold up honestly so far no problems 🎉
Same here. My current one is a 550 watt and I've had it almost a year and I've had no problems at all.
@@jeffclagg nice I usually go for the 650 watts with gold no problems so far with a 3060 and rx 6600 might try a 3070
Same here. Last 2 builds both have PowerSpec power supplies in them.
Thanks for that -
That’s good to hear. I reached out to them asking who the OEM is. Will relay info once I get it. 👍
Was shocked when you said that the card is an RX 6600, I thought it was something larger like a 3080 because of how much it filled the case. It's sometimes quite hard to get a sense of scale from videos.
The intro is glorious !! 😂 The prebuilt is very nice indeed !
Great video.
I guess i am blessed enough to live near a microcenter, 10 minute drive from my place.
Bought all the components last month and built my first ever pc by myself, took me few hours, i followed all the manuals that came with and watched just 1 video when it came to cable clean up for idea.
Good luck in your pc build or pc buying.
Dawid dissapoints once again. I've been throwing keyboards and mice into the ocean for hours and all I have is a Dell branded aqueduct. I was looking forward to the visit 😕
There has been so much punishing that I’ve had to do, that it’s been really hard to keep up. Sorry to keep you waiting. 😞
@@DawidDoesTechStuff All good, I appreciate the update. Let me know next time you come to Texas and I'll try to meet you at the Dellqueduct
A tip for some people who maybe dont want to spend 20-30 dollars for a new cooler.
Undervolt your cpu, try a offset in the bios between minus 0,075V-0,125V or minus 75mv-125mv that should give you 10-20% less power consumption, that means less heat, with the same performance.
This!
I always tell people to do this on their GPUs and CPUs. It not only drops power draw and temperatures, it expands the lifespan of your parts and shouldn't be overlooked!
@@BrandanFischer I agree, in my opinion it makes much more sense than overclocking, because there isn´t much headroom these days.
@@Eireeth Right. Performance increases are negligible the more we progress. I always make sure to undervolt to bring my temps down substantially
No need to, temps are fine out of the box.
@@Spankmepink It's more than about temps, it's about efficiency and prolonging the lifespan of your CPU.
My friend and I picked out a Powerspec PC for his younger brother last year after his GTX 970 exploded, it's pretty good. He had to get the AIO replaced after a few weeks (can't remember why) but they replaced it with a higher end one, and for some reason replaced his CPU for 'heat damage'.
They even gave him back the old CPU so my friend used that for a new build. Microcenter's in-store service is great, wish more people had access.
exploded?
@@raghavagnihotri21 Yeah, some mosfets or something literally exploded lol.
probably sound. Most people just grab an AIO for yes the better performance, but noticeably quieter operation.
I'm driving distance from two Microcenters and have been building systems for myself and friends since 2016. I've used PowerSpec PSUs in everything from entry-level to overclocked high-end and everything in between. I've never had an issue out of any of them and the first 650w bronze unit I got back in 2016 is still kicking in an R5 2600X/1050ti unit I gave to one of my friends. From my experience they are pretty well built.
Literally just picked this up this week for a coworker's work station! For the price it is crazy
as someone who lives 45 mins from a micro center its one of my absolute favorite stores. ive never bought a prebuilt as i enjoy the build process but i recommend their prebuilts to all my friends, good builds for a good price and no worries about terrible shipping.
About a year ago i purchased a powerspec G900 from microcenter. No regrets at all! I've upgraded it since then. Good video new sub
I have that powerspec psu in my current build. It’s great and not even that sketchy, for being $40 at micro center
They seem to be good even though Ive never heard of the brand,EVGA and other companies get lower star reviews on there lower power'd power supplies but powerspec seems to get almost 5 stars (out of 5) on basically all of them.lower power to higher power, which is really good.Its actually the first brand Ive seen to get almost perfect reviews on all tiers of power supplies
I noticed that it outputs the full 650W on the 12V alone which is usually the difference between cheap exploding PSUs and main brand ones. I would not be surprised if MC are using the same firm as brands like Corsair use to supply them just with different stickers and no glossy modular stuff to increase prices. If you trim out the non essential you can build good stuff at decent prices without compromising basic function and engineering.
@@darthwiizius well multiple rails are usually used on 1000+ watt power supplies from big brands and are very expensive.Multiple 12v rails give the psu stability
I'm blessed with living between two Microcenters (Rockville, MD and Fairfax, VA locations) and I almost went with a Powerspec for my pre-build PC, but instead I went with CLX who had more custom options.
Though I did but all of my parts for my other build from Microcenter. It's my happy place lol
I love how the only thing anyone had to do to beat every major oem pc builder was build a regular pc with standard ass components…
Lmao they don’t cheap out too much in certain components so they don’t make that much money.
Almost as if beating Thanos only required the Avengers to give him a smartphone with Plague Inc installed
I'm in Chicago and I recommended those a ton to people when the whole "work from home OMG I want/need a new PC" thing hit during the pandemic, one of the few prebuilts I'd recommend and they were actually sold out for a while which I don't think I've seen before. It's nice having Microcenter close for when I need something same day.
I actually got this from the chicago microcenter, there seems to be plenty of em now
My local micro center is my favorite place to hang out. I'm pleased to see they did so well here, and I'm not surprised tbh.
I got a PowerSpec G707 about a year and a half ago from Micro Center for $1600. It came with a Ryzen 7 3700X, NVIDIA RTX3070, ASRock X570 Pro 4 Motherboard, 32 GB DDR4 RAM, 1 TB NVME drive, Cooler Master Liquid CPU cooler, a 750W power supply, and in a Lian Li case where the power supply is at the bottom and the fans for the liquid cooler are mounted to the top.
I think their PSUs come from a company called sirfa, who I believe makes fractals PSUs.
9:01 Use of the word "quietens". Much appreciated.
This is legitimately one of the fewer videos Dawid has said kind words to a brand 🤯
I actually have this case. This is the Lian Li Lancool 170M, and it's not even in the Lian Li website... Its actually a pretty good decent case. It can fit a 240mm AIO but there will be some compromises with the top bay itself. Also there is some decent cable management in the back, but all in all, it's great for any budget to Midrange build.
The price on this case can fluctuate between the $54-$59 mark, but you can easily get them as Open Boxes. To my knowledge there is one person in the YT PC community who bought the case itself and did a build on it. It's actually interesting and he does a really good job of describing how the build process is.
I was told by a Microcenter employee that their power supplies are made in the same factory as Evga psus!! But I also then had 1 of 3 650w powerspec psu's go bad and take a gpu with it in under a year!!!! But they do honor the warranty and actually replaced both!!!! I love Microcenter!!!!!
I live 15 minutes away from a MicroCenter and I do agree they have a solid option for prebuilt systems. Back in 2008 I got their cheapest option which was around $250 for the whole system, and it came with a Pentium D 3.0GHz - 4GB RAM - 160GB HDD and I tossed in an 8800GT, and it was an OK gaming PC for a few years (it was the guest PC) and back then it played COD 4 perfectly fine and somehow was able to play Crysis with a Vista OS install. Not sure how but it did. I've also had friends buy prebuilts from there and they didn't have any complaints and a full upgrade path since they don't use any proprietary parts.
That case is Lian Li 170m. They use the very same components that they sell in the stores to build those rigs. I bought one in 2016 (I can’t remember the model # but it has a i5-6600K with a GTX1070, 16GB of RAM clocked at 3000MHz and a 480GB SSD as the boot drive).
I bought a micro center PC in August and have been happy since.
Nice video as always! I have 3 friends that have PowerSpec PC's and they love them! Glad we are only 15-20 minutes away from one.
For anyone asking:
The OEM for those PowerSpec PSUs is Sirfa.
The case is the Lian Li LANCOOL 170M.
When you see Black or White in your USB Port, it is 2.x max. 3 and up has a Whole Rainbow of colors depending on power delivery capacity mostly. One color shows it is power delivery only, for example.
As a Croatian I would highly appreciate if my country remained nuke free, we got no oil.
But you have a beautiful coastline and nice weather.
in october 2021 I needed a new PC. could not get any parts to build my own so first time in like 20 years went pre-built with a powerspec. Ryzen 5600X, asus 3060, 16db dual channel ram (though only 2600 speed) and 512 nvme drive for $1100 us. Same case as this one. I am happy with it.
Nice Pre build from Micro Center! Add a rear exhaust fan and ready for the hot summer gaming! Thanks for the video Dawid!
My last two PCs came from Micro Center. First was a custom build, and now I have one of the PowerSpecs. Very happy with them. Looks like the same case too; I can confirm that the CPU cooler they put in the system is only separated from the glass door by the width of a human hair.
damn thats like my dream yt and stream pc would do that all to well lol. good vid as always and this one isnt nearly as close to death as the pre-builts usually are. very nice find
IIRC power spec PSUs are manufactured by seasonic. Seasonic generally make good power supplies.
i will say. eset is pretty good. doesnt bog down your system like other AV's out there. you can set it to not run automatic scans, not show any notifications, you can even just shut it down if you really wanted to. its not forcing you through a thousands of popups making the "yes! uninstall it ffs!" less noticeable each time. just simple, you want to uninstall it? go ahead. the popup of asking you if you want to remove it is a nice touch too. one of the better AV's out there really.
Afaik the PowerSpec PSU's OEM is High Power, also provides PSUs for Cheiftec case manufacturer
The chassis they use for their PowerSpec computers is the Lian Li 205M in this case or the 205 (larger version). It is the pre-cursor to the 215 Mesh and it is definitely one of my favorite budget chassis designs of recent years. The exact version that is used in this prebuilt is exclusive to Microcenter I believe.
the b660 motherboard really surprised me at that price point
Powerspec PSUs are made by High Power, they do a lot of PSUs that get rebranded. Not great, but not bad either. Pretty much on par with most OEM PSUs, except with normal cables. And Microcenter tends to go for larger PSUs and go with stock amd/intel Downdraft CPU coolers or AIOs.
That case is a lian li 170m, an absolutely wonderful compact matx case
By FARRRR my favorite tech youtuber im so happy i found this channel
I bought a Bundle from miro center, Tomahawk, and Ryzen 7 5700 workes great!
A quick search suggests High Power is the current OEM for those Power Supplies.. Well known company overall.. Before that it was Sirtech but I never heard of them before..
It's a real good thing they made that hole into the backplate of the Motherboard CPU Position - Easy to fit a Water Cooler as well. I have to always remove my Motherboard to change the Cooler - It's a old CM Stacker 830 I am still using, and I love the Tower, just that it has no Hole in the MB Mounting Plate. The Thinness and Size of this MC Tower however is really bad for a Gaming PC. Also the bad tiny front airflow will make the 3 fittet radiators in the front like a vacuum cleaner and will suck all the dust it can get. Not a system I would put under the table.
" used Hot Sloppy Seconds Air"
Damn, ive never heard someone use that phrase.
cant unhear it now
i got a powerspec G163 back in 2020 when they were still selling it online and i love the thing...when it works. granted its my fault for not just using my warranty, but i seem to have gotten some really unfortunate luck and had both a faulty CPU *and* GPU that would force my system to randomly reboot while playing games despite the system not running dangerously hot or anything. ended up replacing both + the PSU and now it *mostly* runs like a dream. kinda jealous of the one in your video, though. i paid just as much for my system as you did back in 2020 and only got a 500gb nvme drive and an RX 580 (which is still a nice card for sure, but mine was a loud power hungry beast.)
Also, I will say that I bought the system because i was intimidated by PC building. but after my experiences with having to replace the faulty parts, i at least gained some knowledge and now feel a little more confident about building my own PC someday.
PowerSpec is legit. I've owned two, both purchased as open-box items for prices that were significantly cheaper than the cost of the individual components, even including a Pro copy of Windows. In my most recent model, the motherboard died, and the store promptly replaced it with an upgraded model under warranty.
One thing you didn't comment on, when you were complaining about the PSU sucking air out of the case --- it doubles as the exhaust fan. Two intake fans on the front, with the PSU acting as exhaust, apparently. Which could be a lot worse; the over-pressure just shoves air out the back vent holes.
And that is his issue, the PSU having to serve double duty. That and not having access to cooler fresh air to cool itself
Wish they would buy some of the old Frys centers in areas they dont have a Market yet.
I can't remember how much time has passed since I've seen such a nice pre-built on this channel. Really surprising =).
I absolutely love Micro Center, they have the best bundle deals for CPU/MB/RAM on the planet.
off topic, but you could easily be my most entertaining pc youtube type guy that I watch. Please keep up the good work sir.
I've had a power spec gold power supply that's like, 6 years old in 2 pcs. Runs fine.
microcenter has saved my ass, i don't know how many times. having one in my area is a godsend. can't recommend them enough.
Really cool system for such a price. I guess it will be able to do 1440p/high. Micro center looks like a really good shop, too bad we don't have it in Europe.
P.S. Dawid you can include a frametime graph in RTSS as well. It would be useful to judge gaming smoothness. Thanks a lot for the great content!!
i actually really like the look of that case, its pretty compact for a modest build sadly i can only find its bigger brother im assuming which is the lancool 205
I love Micro Center. Theres one by my house that sold GPU's in-store only, one per person only, and at normal retail prices during the entire shortage.
Micro Center is the go to for anything PC related for sure.
The power suppply, I was actually able to find documentation on the PS 650gFM. It appears to be a standard contract built device by a few manufacturers over it's lifetime. Great wall appeared to be one of them, Sirfa being another. I also found the modular SFX version to be made by seasonic, means they're using pretty reputable suppliers at least from the suppliers I could actually find. I'd probably trust it, seems like that particular device they did a good job sourcing. Of course being an in house brand like I said on the first one they definitely have used multiple suppliers over the course of it's lifetime. Oh and I will mention the 'lowest' supplier they use is thermaltake for a 450w power supply a few years back that I could find!
I got the powerspec G366 from microcenter as an open box deal. I paid 900$ for a 12600KF and a 3070ti.
I bought the same pc, First one had problems on startup and had to send it back, second one ran fine for a week and decided to black screen and die. Maybe I just got a bad bunch but that experience was annoying to no end.
Quite capable system but i am surprised that you did not put any exhaust-fans to the back of the case. Should help with the temperatures some.
gratz on 500k, I only subbed on Monday and you had 495k!
I am using that same exact PSU in like 3 production remote servers without issue sooooo.....I think your good.
I’ve been waiting a long time for you to review a Powerspec prebuilt. I bought a Powerspec G464 and it’s a beast for the price.
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Love the STALKER theme at the beginning!!!
I got one of these open box for $850 USD total and it gave me an hour of pain when I first turned it on (GPU had driver issues) but got it working, honestly 100% worth it
I didn't really think about my game hoarding problem until you said it in that ad...(yes...I listened to an ad...I'm a nerd). I have 4 drives in my PC..two of them are 1.5 TB HDs...1 is a 500G SSD and 1 is an 250g NVMe boot drive...so 3.75 TB...and I am tettering on the edge! Help me!
Nice vid, Dawid I need a music video from you! I always knew u had chops but the ending here confirms it
This prebuild was so good i cried
Its honestly shocking seeing how much love and care went into the build itself. Its clean, nicely planned, case space used exceptionally well. Compare that to $5000 Aurora R13 that Steve from GN had to dip his hands into, and you start wondering what the actual hell is happening when Dell or other "Big" pre-build companies think when designing their next big thing.
I bought that Lenovo legion tower that come with single channel ram all over YT and it came with 16gb of dual channel.
Stuff has been much better at Micro Center the last month or so. I bought an 11700k and a TUF 3070 for $850 and slapped them in a cheap case with other parts I got on sale.
Now I has a beast PC for a touch under $1400. Until I got a 3080ti FE for $1000 2 days ago. But it's still under $2K.
6:15 has to be one of the smartest analogies for PC performance I've heard.
I have something similar to this as my not Main PC I5 12400, B660 ITX MB, 32 GB RAM, RX 6600 XT Hellhound, all of that in an used NZXT H1. Without the 🔥pcie express raiser. The biggest thing for me is the power to performance ratio.
Thanks for the great review. I have been looking at getting into PC Gaming and I am interested in either the NZXT Foundation, Starter Pro BLD Kit, PowerSpec G167 or G230.
Sloppy seconds air got me dying! Dawid metaphors are the best.
I live in NYC and I have access to one microcenter close to me, and the other one in another borough, and tbh, micro center is basically the gigachad version of best buy. If best buy coulda lived up to that name.
Looks like the motherboard was limited to TDP specs based on the fact that it did not even reach 4Ghz in MSI Afterburner. That's why the stock cooler did an ok job, if you unlock the power limit the cpu should boost to 4.3-4.4 GHz and the temps should start rising and a cooler replacement becomes more essential.
Power Supply at the top is find Dawid it is the OG ATX layout
I'm lucky enough to live just up the highway from a Microcenter in Minnesota
ngl it was pretty cool to see microcenter placing the psu on top since it kinda reminds me of the older pc cases where u would just have the psu on top and like a million drive bays lol. not saying the newer case designs are bad but yk just getting kinda nostalgic.
No proprietary parts and dual channel RAM already makes it better than a vast majority of pre-builts out in the wild lol
It is really nice prebuit indeed. I wouldn't be so upset about intel box cooler - it is perfectly fine here, even has a bit of room for lowering rpms (especially for GPU-heavy games). Of course for CPU-heavy workloads in long tasks (rendering, builds, etc.) it is better to use something else, but for gaming PC it is absolutely fine. And 1TB NVMe is really surprising for this price. MoBo with AC WiFi onboard is really cool even for more expensive pre-builts
Dawid, greetings from a fan from the mentioned Croatia :)
The new ones have mesh front panels. They listened to everyones complaints.
I told some of the Micro Center employees a few years ago that "All that's holding back the sales of your PowerSpec pre-builts is your crap cases, stock cooler usage and using their unreliable PowerSpec power supplies"...looks like they never took the advice :/
Gold rated and by specs looks to be decently modern DC-DC PSU. Even if not tested, I think this can be trusted.
Agree that top mount is not ideal, though this CPU doesn't dissipate THAT much heat so it shouldn't tax it too much. Though yeah, stock cooler in my experience is LOUD under load, even on i3 12100F.
I have a PowerSpec PSU that has been going strong for ~3 years. Either 800 or 850W, only running an RX 5700 and Ryzen 7 5800x in it, but the 5700 is overclocked pretty hard and pulling around 230W peak. Haven't had any issues yet.
I sure wish we had a Micro Center over here in Michigan. I'd much rather buy quality from my local guy I can see and talk to. My choices are pay twice that online and know what you get, or the Craigslist 🔪 battles.
For about 700 more I picked up a powerspec that has an i7 13700kf and a 3070ti graphics card and it's water cooled. I also got an LG 32" monitor. Both were open box, but it's a solid gaming rig for a reasonable price tag
7:22 ah yes, 7 months old driver, very up to date