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We’ve looked at some VERY disappointing Computers from Walmart. But maybe we should have skipped the Pre-Builts and bought individual parts to build a NEW GAMING PC. Yes that’s right, you can buy all kinds of PC components from your local Walmart (for now). But let's be real, should you? To find out, we spent one thousand dollars for all the parts (like a CPU, GPU, RAM) we need to build a complete gaming rig for under $1000.
Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1604499-i-bought-a-pc-from-walmart%E2%80%A6-again/
Check out the parts from Walmart:
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G CPU: https://geni.us/KR5XTh
Kingston FURY Breast 6000MTs CL36 2x16GB DDR5 RAM: https://geni.us/eXM71s
MSI PRO B650-S WiFi Motherboard: https://geni.us/r9qALf
MSI MAG A650GL 650W 80+ Gold PSU: https://geni.us/Z8pGY
Thermaltake S200 Plus TG ATX Case: https://geni.us/qDBm8
Western Digital WD_Black SN770 1TB M/2 NVMe SSD: https://geni.us/tgXJHwe
Acer Predator BiFrost Intel Arc A750 Graphics Card: https://geni.us/VIX5iD
Check out the parts from Newegg:
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X CPU: https://geni.us/Hzv7wU
Corsair VENGEANCE 6400MTs CL36 2x16GB DDR5 RAM: https://geni.us/7dtD
Gigabyte B650M WiFi Motherboard: https://geni.us/N94l
ASRock Challenger CL-650G 650W 80+ Gold PSU: https://geni.us/7CPIfA
Western Digital WD_Black SN770 1TB M/2 NVMe SSD: https://geni.us/Oz11A
XFX SPEEDSTER QICK319 Radeon RX 6750XT Graphics Card: https://geni.us/nSlQxkL
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0:00 Walmart Sucks
1:14 The Walmart Website Sucks
2:06 Our Parts Selection and the Build
5:50 Better Prices for our Parts
7:21 Meet the Newegg PC
7:50 Gaming with Both PCs
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We’ve looked at some VERY disappointing Computers from Walmart. But maybe we should have skipped the Pre-Builts and bought individual parts to build a NEW GAMING PC. Yes that’s right, you can buy all kinds of PC components from your local Walmart (for now). But let's be real, should you? To find out, we spent one thousand dollars for all the parts (like a CPU, GPU, RAM) we need to build a complete gaming rig for under $1000.
Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1604499-i-bought-a-pc-from-walmart%E2%80%A6-again/
Check out the parts from Walmart:
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G CPU: https://geni.us/KR5XTh
Kingston FURY Breast 6000MTs CL36 2x16GB DDR5 RAM: https://geni.us/eXM71s
MSI PRO B650-S WiFi Motherboard: https://geni.us/r9qALf
MSI MAG A650GL 650W 80+ Gold PSU: https://geni.us/Z8pGY
Thermaltake S200 Plus TG ATX Case: https://geni.us/qDBm8
Western Digital WD_Black SN770 1TB M/2 NVMe SSD: https://geni.us/tgXJHwe
Acer Predator BiFrost Intel Arc A750 Graphics Card: https://geni.us/VIX5iD
Check out the parts from Newegg:
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X CPU: https://geni.us/Hzv7wU
Corsair VENGEANCE 6400MTs CL36 2x16GB DDR5 RAM: https://geni.us/7dtD
Gigabyte B650M WiFi Motherboard: https://geni.us/N94l
ASRock Challenger CL-650G 650W 80+ Gold PSU: https://geni.us/7CPIfA
Western Digital WD_Black SN770 1TB M/2 NVMe SSD: https://geni.us/Oz11A
XFX SPEEDSTER QICK319 Radeon RX 6750XT Graphics Card: https://geni.us/nSlQxkL
Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.
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► GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON FLOATPLANE: https://lmg.gg/lttfloatplane
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Walmart Sucks
1:14 The Walmart Website Sucks
2:06 Our Parts Selection and the Build
5:50 Better Prices for our Parts
7:21 Meet the Newegg PC
7:50 Gaming with Both PCs
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00:00We have looked at some very disappointing computers from Walmart.
00:03But then again, what do you expect from a company that's been controversial for decades?
00:08Of course, at an $800 billion valuation, someone must like shopping there.
00:13So maybe, maybe the problem is us.
00:16Maybe it's time to try again, but with a more positive attitude.
00:20While their pre-builts never recovered from that disastrous launch,
00:24you can still buy all kinds of PC components from the local Walmart.
00:28The only question is, should you?
00:31Right? Sorry, sorry.
00:33I've got an open mind and an open wallet.
00:36We spent $1,000 for a custom gaming PC.
00:40And let me tell you, I did not expect this kind of experience from Walmart.
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01:13Right out of the gate, our first challenge was battling a Walmart.com website
01:17that was clearly not designed with PC configuration in mind.
01:21Filters don't work, parts are sorted incorrectly,
01:25and the same marketplace and sh**ification that has taken over the rest of online retail
01:30is on full display here.
01:32Okay, let's manually search AMD, limit to sold by Walmart, and then sort by price.
01:39Okay, that's a little less terrible.
01:42We've got a Ryzen 5 7600 for under $200, but wait, what's this?
01:47Sold by Newegg?
01:49Okay, how about the 7600X?
01:51Who is Platinum Micro?
01:53That's a little weird. CPUs are kind of core components,
01:57and like, none of these are being sold by Big Blue themselves.
02:01So if we want a, like, actually from Walmart CPU, we're basically stuck with this.
02:08The AMD Ryzen 8600G for $190.
02:12Not a terrible CPU.
02:14It's currently one of the cheapest entry points into the AM5 platform
02:17with six Zen 4 cores that turbo to up to 5 gigahertz,
02:21but it's also not the one that we would recommend for a number of reasons.
02:26On the plus side, at least the pricing is about in line with Newegg at the time of filming.
02:31Can't say the same for the RAM though.
02:33I mean, this Kingston Fury Beast kit should provide solid performance for many years to come.
02:38It just sucks that I had to buy 32 gigs of it.
02:42I know we are getting to the point where we might need more than that someday,
02:46but 16 gigs is still enough for most games right now,
02:50and having zero 16 gig DDR5 kits available when you're on a limited budget?
02:55That sucks, Walmart.
02:56What sucks less is our motherboard.
02:58The MSI Pro B650S Wi-Fi, for better or for worse, is a bog-standard B650 board.
03:05It's got decent expansion and connectivity, and most importantly, support for our AM5 CPU.
03:11Fun fact, by the way, while Walmart stocks DDR4 memory and AM4 CPUs,
03:16they don't have any older AM4 motherboards.
03:19And then, for current-gen, this is the cheapest one that they sell.
03:24I guess they rolled back their product selection.
03:27Badoom-tsh!
03:30With that said, this is coming together not too bad so far,
03:33but it won't fire up without a power supply.
03:36We settled on the MSI Mag A650GL 80 Plus Gold for 86 bucks,
03:42which, honestly, doesn't seem that bad for the price,
03:45especially considering that MSI has made some pretty decent power supplies in the past,
03:49and this one is fully modular.
03:52It's even a little smaller than a regular ATX power supply,
03:54which gives us extra room to plug in our cables once we've installed it in our case,
03:58the Thermaltake S200 Plus TG,
04:01which, speaking of, oh, look, another part that looks like we prompted an AI with generic gaming computer.
04:09There's really nothing to complain about on first glance.
04:12It's a mid-sized tower with support for our ATX board and a tempered glass side panel,
04:17but I usually find a thing or two not to like when I build my PCs,
04:21so let's see if this thing holds up to closer scrutiny.
04:25Starting with cable management, it's bare bones, but it does exist.
04:29All the corners for your cables are rounded,
04:31and there's a nice little channel here where you can put all the cables for your front panel connectors,
04:34and they're included for RGB fans.
04:37It's a nice bonus at this price point.
04:39I am not, speaking of fans, a fan of these little foam dots that hold up the power supply.
04:46They immediately got knocked off, but not a lot of extra room for the motherboard up here,
04:52but we got all we need.
04:54Definitely a little bit of inexpensive case tolerance syndrome,
04:57but once it's on there, I don't think that's going anywhere.
05:00Wow, not a lot of room for these bottom connectors here.
05:04It's got a hard drive mount and two 2.5-inch SSD mounts.
05:07It doesn't look amazing from this side, but, hey, from this side, not bad.
05:12How much did we pay for this guy?
05:13We paid $83.
05:15Um, okay.
05:16That's not that cheap.
05:18Nor is our 1-terabyte SSD.
05:20Oh, cool.
05:23We got a Western Digital SN770 for $85,
05:26which, man, it's not like this or any of the selections we've looked at are horrible,
05:33but we've been burning $5, $10, $20 every time we throw something into the cart.
05:40Yeah, it's death by a thousand cuts.
05:42All in all, we've wasted about $80 total so far versus building the exact same computer
05:47with the cheapest prices I could find on the web.
05:49And making matters worse, that ignores the optimizations we can make
05:53if we have better parts to choose from.
05:55But I have a surprise for you.
05:57Oh, I love surprises.
05:58I have one part I couldn't find for cheaper anywhere else.
06:01Oh, awesome.
06:03Wait, this is an A750.
06:06That's right, the Predator Bifrost Intel Arc A750 for $245.
06:11Even if we wanted an Intel card, that's nearly the MSRP of an Arc B580.
06:17A way better card.
06:18Sure is.
06:19Once again, we were killed by selection.
06:21At the time of ordering, there were only a dozen or so cards available,
06:25and of those dozen, all but two of them that fit in our budget were over three generations old.
06:33With that said, I mean, the A750 is pretty okay for 1080p,
06:38especially now that it's had a few years of driver updates.
06:41Now that we've got it all installed, it's time to look at the total damage for our system.
06:45How much was it?
06:46About $960.
06:48Oh, there she goes.
06:49Nice!
06:51And she gains.
06:52We're at 1080p, high settings.
06:55I mean, yeah, sure, it's only CS2, but it's CS2, it's not CS Source.
07:00And this is running kind of actually great.
07:03I mean, averages of around 160, 180 FPS, and we're not seeing 1% lows dip below 100.
07:10And I've even got the settings actually pretty high.
07:13Check this out.
07:13I don't know.
07:14Like, she's running.
07:17And we could even squeeze our water-resistant LTT Hat Pro into the budget.
07:21Oh, well, before you get too excited, we actually built the system using the same $960-ish budget,
07:28but using parts that we could get off Newegg.
07:30Oh, boy.
07:31And so, considering this has a 9600X and a 6750 XT,
07:36I'm a little bit worried for our little Walmart buddy over there.
07:38But let's see how it does.
07:40We'll have all the parts linked down below, by the way.
07:42What's that line Ploof always gives?
07:44Comparison is the thief of joy.
07:47Prepare to have no joy.
07:49Uh-oh.
07:50This is already not going well.
07:52Wait.
07:53Oh, not good.
07:55Okay, I'm heading over there.
07:56I'm heading over there.
07:56Let's go to the double doors.
07:57My 1% lows are wacky.
08:00Dude.
08:01Double?
08:02Yeah, we're looking at pretty much double all the time.
08:05Same settings.
08:07I'm just over 200 FPS.
08:10He's just shy of 350.
08:12Oh, he's over 350.
08:14Yeah, I took one look at that system.
08:16It even looks better.
08:17Yeah.
08:18You have a bigger case, bigger cooling.
08:21Is it quieter too?
08:23Probably.
08:25I mean, mine's reasonable.
08:27It's reasonable.
08:28Good job, Walmart.
08:31This one's better.
08:32Yeah, and I didn't even min-max all the parts.
08:34Like, I could have gotten a cheaper cooler, cheaper SSD, cheaper case,
08:37but I got ones that I thought I would actually want for this price bracket.
08:41Yeah, and we can't let David min-max things anymore because you guys get upset
08:44because nobody deal hunts like this man.
08:47Well, who knows?
08:50Maybe it's just the game.
08:52Move on to something else.
08:54Oh, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.
08:56Let's do it.
08:56Dude, I have no shot.
08:58Okay, maybe I was a little overambitious about what this computer could do.
09:03You were definitely overambitious about what this computer can do.
09:07As bad as yours is, mine's worse.
09:10Standing here doing nothing.
09:12I'm getting 1% low dips down to 13.
09:14Dude, that is noticeably, immediately, visibly way better.
09:19Like, way better.
09:21Mine doesn't seem on paper like it should be that bad, but it feels chunky.
09:27This feels totally fine on my side.
09:31Yeah, it looks totally fine on your side.
09:32It does not feel fine on my side,
09:34even though my FPS counter is reading the same as yours right now.
09:38For this amount of money, the game should run like that.
09:41For this amount of money, I have it running like this,
09:44which you can clearly see is trashed here.
09:49Walmart, Walmart, Walmart.
09:52And we really did do the best we could do with the selection that we had at Walmart.
09:56This isn't like we've done in the past sometimes with, like,
09:59AliExpress or TEMU, where we've intentionally ordered meme stuff.
10:04This is a pretty functional computer,
10:06other than just the part selection, the pricing being garbage.
10:10Warning me, my graphics driver is out of data.
10:12I was like, did you guys not prep this?
10:13Oh, right, it's Intel.
10:16That's just the kind of errors you get when you run Intel.
10:18Even the loading screen, you're running at double the FPS than I am.
10:22You loaded faster, though.
10:30Oh, no.
10:33Oh, no, Cyberpunk.
10:36Yeah, we don't really have to deep dive.
10:38Just looking at the parts list, we knew this was going to happen.
10:40Yeah.
10:41Looking at your frame rates, it's still—
10:42Oh, look at that.
10:43Did you see that? Did you see that, though?
10:45That was sub 10.
10:47I think it's pretty safe to say about double the performance.
10:50Yeah.
10:50Pretty damn close.
10:52Bottom line, then, should you buy a gaming PC at Walmart?
10:55Well, as wild as this is going to sound after everything you guys just saw,
10:59yeah, but only if you're going to buy a pre-built PC
11:03and if you carefully analyze the specs.
11:06Some of their discounted gaming systems are legitimately a great value
11:10and come from trusted brands.
11:12But when it comes to buying parts and assembling your own system,
11:16it's clear that when we limit our choices to stuff that's sold by Walmart,
11:19it is a terrible experience.
11:21I mean, Walmart, in many cases, doesn't have the best prices on Walmart.com.
11:25And then, even once we open up the third-party marketplace floodgates,
11:29it's still pretty underwhelming
11:31and noticeably worse than buying from Walmart's competitors.
11:34Not only is the website itself a mess to navigate and find parts on,
11:38but from the time that we got the items approved to when we ordered,
11:42which was just a few hours,
11:44four of them were out of stock!
11:45And then when our order arrived,
11:47we had to send back our GPU due to water damage to the box.
11:51So let us know, what's your favorite place to buy PC parts?
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