EDIT: new case upgrade option available: Cooler Master MasterBox NR400.
Question: Can TechFast match or even beat the Aldi Gaming PC?
Answer: Yes. Yes we can.
Spec: Intel Core i5 9400F | MSI RTX 2080 Super | MSI Z390 Mobo | 16GB 3000MHz RAM | 1TB m.2 (SATA) SSD | 2TB HDD | 600W 80+ Gold Power Supply | Leaper Pro White Case
Price: $1969
Link: https://techfast.com.au/products/intel-i5-8400-rtx-2080-8gb-…
Keen to hear your thoughts!
Luke
https://www.pcgamer.com/au/medion-erazer-x67127-review/
fairly decent review here on the ALDI job… and you get 2 years warranty.
Parts on TechFast are much better tho. Like $400 better. I’d rather go for the upgraded components.
The Aldi one also includes Windows 10.
You can download Windows 10 for free and get a key on ebay for less than 20 dollars
If you're going to get a potentially dodgy key, why pay anything at all?
Is that a seasonic focus gold PSU though? o_O
Plus the leaper case is like an oven according to the online Youtube reviews. At least the aldi one kind of looks like it has alright airflow.
Robtech's YT channel.
BUT it has RGB! Aldi's doesn't, so Techfast wins.
https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-buys/special-buys-sat-19-…
From the photos, I think that the Aldi one also has RBG. There's three photos, with two of them showing red and blue illumination separately. It'd be silly to have one kitted with blue LEDs and another with red LEDs - so I'm making an assumption that it would be RGB.
Also, the Aldi build has a Seasonic Focus Gold PSU also. But it's 550W, whereas this is 600W.
Pretty cool for Techfast to put up this deal though. Double SSD, HDD and 2080 over 2070 in the Aldi build.
For overall gaming? The 2080S vs a plain 2070 is simply no contest.
Including the SSD, etc? This deal completely rolls the aldi offer.
@Ulysses31: I mean, I suppose anyone who knows enough to buy a 2k computer should know where to get a copy of windows.
@MuddyClear: If Microsoft wants me to pay full price for there OS they're gonna have to cut out the ads, stop trying for my data and cut the price.
That inwin case tmk is an absolute oven. Only airflow comes through the side panel, but there's no fan mount there.
PSU wise the seasonic is definitely better. But considering the 2080s runs about 25 - 30% faster I reckon the GPU makes up for it!
*Actually, just noticed techfast is advertising a gold unit here as well. Doubt it's as top tier as the seasonic/corsair units, but the rating likely means it's a decent enough unit.
There's air intake at the bottom of the case. Room for two fans. Not sure if they are installed though.
Specs are better on this one though and you can always replace the case. You'd still save money overall.
With respect to Robtech, who definitely had issues with his overall build, his review of the case itself is super OTT and unbalanced. We've had very few complaints overall, and none to his extent, about the case. We will be installing a third fan (two intake, one exhaust) in all 2080 Super systems to further assist with airflow.
Fans won't help how bad that case is, you need to have options for better cases, plenty of good cases around $79 but you simply don't have any options for cases at all.
Adding a $79 case to that $1599 3600/2080 super build was make it insanely better.
A drillbit also works.
Would love a different case on these builds turns me off buying
You can ask tech fast to ship you all the components i assembled. Buy whatever case you want.
I hold back buying because of poor choice for case and not much info being given on the components uses. I have been for a while now and Look like come Black Friday sale, I have to built one by myself with the components of my choice.
Pc newb here: would going with the liquid cooling help vs just the stock CPU fan?
@RedSaber12: It will achieve better ongoing CPU temps than with the stock cooler. Whether that's necessary for this CPU is up to the end user but it's not required or necessarily recommended here.
Would've bought a PC from these guys ages ago if there were other case options.
Fans won't help? If there is intake and exhaust in different areas, then it will be fine. Have you not watched this masterful video by LTT?
Get a case with mesh front panel.
Rather Ryzen 3600 than the 9400f
Yes please!
Will look into it. Will be more with equal other specs, but perhaps not much.
Same. Feels odd desiring ryzen over intel
Cracking deal.
Nothing special about this price, it's just a normal regular price. Don't see why is posted here, this is just advertising.
It's a good price for a pre built PC with a great balance of CPU to GPU, and beats the other offers out there (and to be fair, they did tag it as "marketing")
I’m more interested in if you can make a PC with the same specs as the ALDI pc but cheaper
This!
I still don't get what the fuss is about with RGB lighting in PCs.
RGB brings in the bitches, noob.
Enjoy your lonely life while all the hot babes rub my shoulders while I pound you noob ass WOW character into the ground.
I did chuckle
I'm a bit curious but would I be able to manually turn off the RGB if needed? Sometimes I want to leave my pc on overnight to download things but the RGB lights would probably be annoying.
It's not matching, it's completely rolling it! Larger ssd/hdd, much, much faster GPU, and a still fair psu offering. Yeah it's not matching.
is it a bargain tho?
Can you get the same specs for the same price if you built it yourself?
@ilikeblue: Made it in PC part picker just before.
The answer is yes. It does, however, rely on a 2080s that seems to be on sale for 100 off, no shipping costs, buying from multiple different stores and the cheapest part to be picked for every category (just based off what I was given). Oh, and build costs being removed from the occasion.
So yes, but actually no.
Can definitely vouch for Luke. His support since purchasing my PC from him at the end of August has been unmatched!
How so? Are you also having issues with your system?
Had the delivery delayed due to Luke waiting on the GPU - He gave me some freebies due to that. Had an issue with the ram not being compatible with the cpu, so he promptly sent out replacement ram. One fan stopped spinning, so he's sent out a couple to replace it. Very top bloke, just through general conversations over chat and over the phone. You can come across issues anywhere, and nothing has been too much for him. Highly recommend!
Definitely beats ALDI with 2080 but I would rather go with Ryzen 3600.
Does this mean 3000mhz ram as default on the new systems would love to see it on the ryzen ones especially if you could do 3600 for same price as mentioned above.
Not as default but it may feature more regularly.
Using slower RAM and using the saving for better CPU or GPU would make more sense performance wise I think.
Going from 2400mhz - 3200mhz ram on ryzen increases gaming performance by ~7% so it is not insignificant.
Is the m.2 just sata any option for nvme upgrade?
Not at this stage but we're adding options regularly now.
Nice to see a Techfast build with 16gb of 3000mhz RAM and a 80+ gold PSU without the need to add them on for a premium.
Looking to finally upgrade from the sapphire 290?
show us a ryzen 3600 with 5700xt build for under $1200 that'll be the bargain
Ouch.
Love this!
Not meant as a zinger! Just…here you go…jump on board! 🚂
I'm a noob at computers but why are people preferring Ryzen over Intel?
Because at the same price point current gen AMD Ryzen is superior to Intel in every way except occasionally in single threaded performance.
The 3000 series of ryzen CPUs have significantly improved their single threaded performance while remaining well priced and maintaining their core advantage. Due to the release of ryzen 3k, the 2000 series has also had it's pricing reduced significantly, so while it doesn't perform as well it's made up for with its pricing.
Meanwhile, Intel's CPUs are impaired by segmentation. The 9400f is locked at a relatively low frequency and HT is disabled. The 9600k is overly expensive just for the sake of being unlocked, same story for the 9700k and the 9900k only exists for the sake of profits, as the only difference between it and the 9700k is HT.
AMD isn't the fastest in games thanks to it's latency (it's slower then Intel, but has an increased cache to mostly make up for it), but it's so close in that aspect that it's more then made up for by the lower pricing. On the other hand, in applications that aren't biased to Intel and that fully utilise a CPU, the AMD CPUs pretty well flog Intel's offerings thanks to the superior SMT and/or higher core counts for the money.
be nice throw in an additional separate 128gb nvme ssd for the operating system
Absolutely cracker of a deal. If I didn’t already build a PC, I would totally get this.
The only reason why I didn’t go for techfast is because I didn’t like paying not-so-fantastic prices on upgrades to faster RAM, better mobo, etc. But this deal definitely knocks of out of the water.
Is the case acrylic or tempered glass?
P.S. Don't forget that prebuilts deserve a $100-$150 price premium; for a newbie a build can easily take 4-6 hours, including frustration and troubleshooting. If you mess up you can damage your components. So a prebuilt SHOULD be more expensive than retail price of all the components, but with TechFast, it's not.
Tempered glass.
Actually, may be wrong here. Specs say it's plastic so likely acrylic. Was basing that off the previous black case (they seemed identical)
FYI
- no activated Win10
- cheap plastic (mostly) case
- cheap components: SSD, HDD, PSU
That’s why it’s cheap! Some people do care for the above.
Win10 can be very cheap
Case is steel inside and has tempered glass window
PSU is 80+ gold for this deal. Usually it’s worse
My PC from techfast has this case. The side panel is definitely not tempered glass, it is plastic.
Also the steel is extremely thin and very easy to bend.
Pretty much, every single part they used they claim is faulty
I'd buy the techfast pc over the Aldi one and just buy a decent case to transfer the parts over to.
It's worth it just for the 2080
Bye bye warranty
2.9 ghz CPU is slower than my 7 year old i5 (3.4 ghz). Not many games using 6 cores fully I don't think.
Clock speed can only be compared across the same generation. Instructions per cycle have improved dramatically.
A 1GHz latest processor is like a 6GHz Pentium 1.
Not really. The IPC has only increased by 5-10% per generation, if that.
You are so wrong
Well, there is turbo of course, but a CPU can only have all it's cores in max turbo frequency for so long.
Wish I knew someone who needed a new gaming PC so I could let them know about this deal.
Hey Luke, I've been seeing that you've sweetened the deal in terms of storage and such for the RTX/GTX cards was wondering if you’ll be doing the same the for 5700XT line? I really think that most of the people buying from OzBargain at least would alter their components for a little bit of extra coin to this config (even if they’re buying Nvidia cards imo):
CPU 3600 / GPU 5700XT / MOBO B450 / RAM 16gb @3200mhz / SSD 480GB(or larger) / PSU 750w 80+ Bronze
Really think this build config is a great sweetspot for bundles/deals even if the price is more expensive, thanks for these killer deals regardless mate :)
Appreciate the feedback. Lots to consider and we're taking everything people say on board believe me!
I vote for this too!
If only it wasn't white I'd be all over this like a rash
Can you PM me so I can ask you something?
Me too i'm keen but not so keen on the white case..
Can you PM me?
Dell 20% off gaming desktop so check them out and save $300 for similar system
Can you link the similar system?
Shame about the 9400F. I wouldn't recommend a non-HT CPU in a modern gaming PC. Ryzen 3600 would have been a better match.
Good luck dealing with these guys, I sent my computer back because according to them pretty much everything is faulty, over 30 days and I've had to pester them for updates and still havnt gotten it sent back
I need some details on this please. Please PM me.
![Gaming PC: i5 9400F RTX 2080 Super [Z390/16GB 3000/1TB/2TB/600W Gold]: $1998 Delivered @ TechFast](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/61/489761.jpg?h=af0855bd)
Clearly not.