Another lucky user gets a powerful gaming PC for less than half its price. With RAM, SSD, and GPU prices rising, getting such a system for $1000 is nearly impossible these days.
Redditor Snags Powerful Gaming PC for Just $1,000 at Costco; A Build Worth Nearly $2,500
There is a rare chance you could get your hands on such a decently powerful gaming PC when you shop at Costco or Walmart next time. Changes are largely low, but never zero. This is why we keep posting such "inspiring" stories, encouraging you to check out what your local retailer is currently selling. This story is yet another example that powerful gaming PCs can still be bought at a much lower price despite the sky-high RAM and SSD prices.
RAM prices, particularly for DDR5 modules, are currently sitting at 4-5X their usual prices, and SSDs are 3-4X more expensive as well. While GPUs didn't suffer such a significant price hike, they are still 20-30% more expensive than in November 2025. So, a PC build that brings a powerful CPU-GPU combo like Ryzen 7 9800X3D and GeForce RTX 5070 won't come under $2000, let alone $1000. However, the Redditor u/tdcdude17 just got his hands on an iBuyPower gaming desktop for a thousand dollars, featuring pricey components.
The Ryzen 9800X3D-RTX 5070 alone costs over $1000 these days, but this gaming PC from Costco gave him a 32 GB DDR5 RAM kit, 2 TB NVMe SSD storage, a 360mm AIO, a good budget AM5 motherboard, a reliable power supply, PC case, and a keyboard-mouse combo, all for just 1000 bucks. If you combine the cost of the individual components, it comes out to nearly $2500. This means the user just got all of this for much less than half the price. This is even lower than what buyers were paying even before the RAMpocalypse era.
So, the next time you are shopping for a pre-built PC, take a tour of these stores, and you could land an amazing deal.
News Source: Reddit
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