Micro Center has a brand called powerspec, assuming its prebuilts from them. i was looking at 2 computers they have to buy but i do not know much about powerspec. Here is the 2 ive been looking at one is powerspec. Any info would be appreciated between ryzen/intel also between them. thanks




https://www.microcenter.com/product/698877/powerspec-g757-gaming-pc

https://www.microcenter.com/product/701486/dell-alienware-aurora-act1250-gaming-pc

Hey,

I don't know about you but if i ever see anybody selling a PC that has $1000+ with 1 year warranty? i run away.

I am from UK and we have PC's that are between £500 to 5k+ all on 3 years warranty, PC can be 10/10 but if warranty is awful i don't recommend it, unless you can purchase more warranty then yes i do recommend it then.

It's probably a scheme to sell extended warranties, or due to their lowest components warranty which is probably that AIO.
Speaking of that, why does this PC need and AIO for an 8 core 9800x3d that has a much lower TDP than older gen chipsets?

it depends the reason why people go for AIO coolers would mainly be for overclocking, but it's not just that, heatsink cooler like Noctua are amazing sometimes better performance than AIO's.

Heatsink is quieter whilst AIO can be heard apparently, another reason would be for Aesthetics, omg AIO looks so cool haha so yea one of those, yea the 9800x3d has low TDP, but that isn't really what you go for it's when a game company has optimised that CPU to run well on the game, sometimes i've seen that CPU hit 80/90c just because either game not optimised or driver issue, but there is a youtube video regarding that chip online running too hot and hitting 80/90c when gaming, but i think it might of been patched? please do your own research regarding this chip.

I also hope this helps you: https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/explorer/diy-builder/cpu-coolers/air-cooler-vs-aio-cooler-which-should-you-buy/?srsltid=AfmBOoo2zmwMaNhnnNq24uQsvBwc5lpQmYDhHgQycgFrdGc7_g2Eepus