When you usually go to Costco, many people may not pay much attention to the technology products area, but if you happen to have the idea of setting up a computer, you can pay more attention next time. Recently, a foreign netizen was very lucky. During his weekly shopping, he accidentally saw the last iBUYPOWER gaming console display machine. The price was reduced from the original $1,899.99 to $1,140. This console is equipped with AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, NVIDIA The GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card is also equipped with 32GB DDR5 memory and 2TB SSD. It can be purchased for less than NT$40,000, which is really a good deal.
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Costco display unit on clearance! Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RTX 5070 gaming consoles are only $1,140 before tax
According to foreign media Wccftech, a klcp20 netizen recently shared on the Reddit forum how he bought a display machine at Costco a few weeks ago. From the store price tag he uploaded, it can be seen that the original price of this iBUYPOWER Element e-sports console is US$1,899.99. It also specifically says “LAST ONE Display Only” next to it, which means that it is the last one on site and only the display machine is left. The demo machine is priced at US$1,140, a difference of US$759.99 between the two, so I took it away for only about 40% off the original price:
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In terms of specifications, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor equipped with this machine adopts an 8-core, 16-thread design and provides a total of 96MB L3 cache through 3D V-Cache technology. The graphics card is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070, equipped with 12GB GDDR7 display memory, which is very suitable for playing 1440p games. The total price of these two pieces of hardware alone is almost 40,000, plus 32GB DDR5 and 2TB SSD, it is more than that, and it is much more.
It is worth noting that the subtotal on the receipt is $1,144.99, and the additional $4.99 is Costco’s signature rotisserie chicken. After local sales tax, the netizen’s total expenditure is approximately $1,220:
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According to estimates by foreign media Wccftech, based on the foreign component market at the time, if you purchase Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RTX 5070, 32GB DDR5, 2TB SSD, B650 motherboard, water cooling radiator, 750W gold power supply, chassis and Windows license, the total cost may exceed US$2,000. If that’s the case, even buying it at the original price of $1,899.99 is actually quite a bargain.
snagged a costco display unit couple of weeks ago
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In fact, it’s not just this netizen,As early as April this year, other netizens shared that they found the same series of display machines at Costco., bought it for $1,100, which is equivalent to $40 cheaper a few months ago. More importantly, the machine he bought was not a demonstration machine:
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So, next time you go to Costco, in addition to buying daily necessities, you can also stop by the 3C area to see if there are any cheap computers you can buy.
Source: KOCPC Chinese