All those frag harder disco blights make it a premium product that they can fleece sheeple for. And actually it's a lot less of a markup over the components than I was expecting.
Lets do the math. As if we were building an SFF PC ourselves. I built something similar last year.
CPU + MoBo: $500 GPU: $800 SSD+HDD: $200 RAM + sff PSU: $250 Good looking SFF case ala Louqe Ghost or Dan Case A4: $200 Good air/water cooler: $60
Comes down to around 2000-2100 Dollars. The rest would be for their support/assembly costs. I spent almost 6 hours building my Loque Ghost based PC. The support isn't free either, they've to pay customer support staff. So the $300-400 extra is justified.
Not bad I'd say. I'd buy it if it weren't for liking other SFF cases better and the option to swap our parts in the future easily.
my 9700k and 2080 machine cost about 2k. but of course I got a better mobo, way better case for cooling, one of the best air cpu coolers, 1tb and 500g 970 evo plus 2s, less rgb but better ram, way better psu (overkill but whatever my psu will be rock solid).
theirs probably cost more like 1800 or less with wholesale discounts. so thats 700ish they charge for labor, tech support / warranty, and profit. definately high but somewhat normal in todays market. and it looks nice and doesnt appear to be gimped in any significant way. pc gaming is actually on the rise and people who have never built a system want stuff like this.
Cheap ba$tards would not even spring for Win10 Pro on the $2500 model? :) (That's still a lot of markup on both models, as an RTX2080 is $sub-$800; for $2500, it should have 32 GB of RAM, a 2 TB 970 EVO, and a 9900K)
Please price out all components, including OS. Build time (or is your time not worth anything). Testing to make sure everything works. Then pay yourself, electricity, utilties, etc. Add support if something goes wrong.
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Aouniat - Monday, May 20, 2019 - link
2400$ for 8700 & 2080 & a b360 motherboard? Way overpriced!DanNeely - Monday, May 20, 2019 - link
All those frag harder disco blights make it a premium product that they can fleece sheeple for. And actually it's a lot less of a markup over the components than I was expecting.milkywayer - Monday, May 20, 2019 - link
Lets do the math. As if we were building an SFF PC ourselves. I built something similar last year.CPU + MoBo: $500
GPU: $800
SSD+HDD: $200
RAM + sff PSU: $250
Good looking SFF case ala Louqe Ghost or Dan Case A4: $200
Good air/water cooler: $60
Comes down to around 2000-2100 Dollars. The rest would be for their support/assembly costs. I spent almost 6 hours building my Loque Ghost based PC. The support isn't free either, they've to pay customer support staff. So the $300-400 extra is justified.
Not bad I'd say. I'd buy it if it weren't for liking other SFF cases better and the option to swap our parts in the future easily.
Aouniat - Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - link
SSD + HDD 200?Case 200?
Ram + ssf psu 250?
Man you need to keep up with market prices.
Opencg - Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - link
my 9700k and 2080 machine cost about 2k. but of course I got a better mobo, way better case for cooling, one of the best air cpu coolers, 1tb and 500g 970 evo plus 2s, less rgb but better ram, way better psu (overkill but whatever my psu will be rock solid).theirs probably cost more like 1800 or less with wholesale discounts. so thats 700ish they charge for labor, tech support / warranty, and profit. definately high but somewhat normal in todays market. and it looks nice and doesnt appear to be gimped in any significant way. pc gaming is actually on the rise and people who have never built a system want stuff like this.
bji - Monday, May 20, 2019 - link
I miss the days of green functional PCBs and beige boxes.willis936 - Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - link
yikesDuraz0rz - Monday, May 20, 2019 - link
That case is actually the Crystal 280X, which you can buy off-the-shelf: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/...They also have a version that does not come with RGB LED fans.
Ryan Smith - Monday, May 20, 2019 - link
Thanks!Valantar - Monday, May 20, 2019 - link
Only $100 between them? Really? That makes no sense at all.DanNeely - Monday, May 20, 2019 - link
The probably started with the higher end model, and then added the $100 cheaper one to try and use up old parts.MDD1963 - Monday, May 20, 2019 - link
Cheap ba$tards would not even spring for Win10 Pro on the $2500 model? :) (That's still a lot of markup on both models, as an RTX2080 is $sub-$800; for $2500, it should have 32 GB of RAM, a 2 TB 970 EVO, and a 9900K)Flunk - Monday, May 20, 2019 - link
Why does any gaming rig need Windows Pro? The main feature is the ability to join domains.willis936 - Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - link
Uhh, no it isn't? Remote desktop, deferred updates, and hyper-v are hotter ticket items.MDD1963 - Monday, May 20, 2019 - link
overpriced by $800 or so.....nice!Dug - Wednesday, May 22, 2019 - link
Please price out all components, including OS. Build time (or is your time not worth anything). Testing to make sure everything works.Then pay yourself, electricity, utilties, etc.
Add support if something goes wrong.
How is overpriced again?
just4U - Monday, May 27, 2019 - link
Price appears in line actually.. small markup but nothing major. BS on the PSU tho.. Should be one of their Gold RMi's in there.