Yes, that's a steal thanks in large part to the GPU. The GTX 1080 is roughly equivalent to the RTX 2060 in games as you can see from the Techpowerup chart on the previous page (and to the
RTX 2060 Super in synthetics). So it's carrying a value in the range of $330-$450 (if it was new).
On sheer hardware value you're not going to beat the Overpowered DTW3 above from Wal-Mart. It's $999, and when it originally released it was $1999. We did see this particular unit as low as $899 in June this year, so you might wait to see if they try to clear out the remaining inventory with a sale on Black Friday or Cyber Monday before the hardware ages out with the next major launches from the CPU and GPU manufacturers:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/66JOIO7GH9ZB
- GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Ti.
- CPU: Intel Core i7-8700 6-core/12-thread.
- Motherboard: Gigabyte H370M DS3H
- RAM: Adata 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4-2400 RAM
- Storage: Adata 512GB SSD, Toshiba 2TB HDD
- PSU: Great Wall 650W Gold
- CPU Cooling: CooNong
- Dimensions: W: 8.1" H: 17.5" L: 16.0"
Biggest drawbacks:
-- 2400MHz RAM (slow relative to affordable sticks available in 2019)
-- GPU thermals can exceed optimal range
The price on these cratered because of the sheepish nature of YouTube consumers online who eagerly forward their regurgitated opinions about products they don't won. Beware these parrots. They don't even realize the DTW3 isn't the unit that was reviewed by most of the YouTubers like LTT & GN they regurgitate, and none of them critically assess the negative feedback in the first place. The truth is that there was very little criticism of substance even in those "reviews" (which were really hit jobs by a bunch of people whose businesses are threatened by extraordinary prebuild values like this). I was irritated by these histrionics. Linus obsessed over input latency, because it was the
only thing he could find where his Overpowered unit lagged in benchmarks versus a far more expensive Alienware build, and also over hard drive partitions. Seriously...hard drive partitions. Who gives a shit? Just reformat the goddamn drive. The OS is on the SSD.
Take the Tom's Hardware review of the DTW3, specifically, as an example. You might notice they only gave it 3 stars. You also might notice none of the "cons" is substantial. Seriously, they tried wedging in "gaudy" as a critique. It's some real knuckle-dragging shit.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/walmart-overpowered-gaming-desktop-dtw3,5627.html
The Great Wall PSUs were discovered to perform well. The CPU cooler has a weird, unfamiliar Chinese name, so the truth that it's far superior to the stock cooler that comes with non-K Intel CPUs eludes the neophytes. Only GPU thermals raise any meaningful concern, from the GN review, and those can be addressed by removing the front panel, or with tricks that allow for more airflow without completely removing it.
In fact, ignore the customer feedback rating on Wal-Mart. It's doesn't require verified purchase. I dug through comments in the past. Here was a gem I found for the DTW1 unit:
https://www.walmart.com/reviews/product/621888364
The problem with that is the motherboard in that particular unit was the Gigabyte H310M S2, and it has 2-RAM slots. In fact, I don't know of a single contemporary motherboard built on a universal form factor that doesn't have at least 2 RAM slots. But hey, this guy is "someone with their own pc business."
Shit like that snowballs, and you get a bunch of know-nothings hating on these for reasons they either imagine or don't even understand.
