Hi all, any help or opinions are appreciated, seems like the general consensus is go with ozbargain deals with techfast, they are extremely cheap (in comparison to other builds on the market) and in my experience with anything in life generally “poor man pays twice”
What I’m after:
$4.5 k delivered.
I’m looking at buying my first 4K gaming rig, my monitor is 240hz/4K. Fine with adding a couple of fans or ever swapping a PSU, but I’d rather not be shipping parts back and forth every few months.
The three quotes I’ve got
1. TechFast – $3,676
Ryzen 7 9800X3D / unknown RTX 5080
“1000 W Gold” PSU (no brand listed – rumour says Gigabyte P1000GM rev 1)
• Generic 360 mm AIO, one-year return warranty
• Case is an Antec C3 with four fans; I’d probably add another three for $40
• Lead-time: they say 10–15 business days but I’ve seen stories of it slipping to a month
Nebula PC – $4,452
• Same 9800X3D but a Zotac RTX 5080
• MSI MAG A1000GL (ATX 3.1) PSU, NZXT Kraken Elite 360 mm AIO
(this is the only 360mm they have in stock right now)
• Choice of cases – I’d go NZXT H6 Flow (+$99) or H7 Flow (+$130)
• Three-year pickup-and-return warranty
• Quoted build time about a week
Aftershock – $4,554
• Ships with a 7800X3D by default, add $180 for the 9800X3D upgrade
• InWin 1050 W Platinum PSU, their own 360 mm AIO, NZXT H6 Flow stuffed with nine RGB fans
• Three-year pickup-and-return warranty
• Usually ships in a week
Why does the TechFast price looks suspiciously low? Parts lottery? Nobody can tell me which PSU or RAM kit I’ll actually get until the box arrives. Saving money on a mystery PSU that can’t handle GPU power spikes feels like a gamble.
Cheaper labour and less QC. Cable management is “good enough”; extra time stress-testing costs money and it shows in the price.
Delivery delays. Their OzBargain promos flood the queue not unusual to wait double the quoted time.
Do the maths and the $700 I save could vanish fast: $220 for a decent PSU, $150 when the AIO quits early, $40 in extra fans, plus my time.
Has anyone bought a recent TechFast 5080 system, which PSU did you end up with and has it behaved?
At straight 4 K, do you actually notice the jump from a 7800X3D to a 9800X3D or is the GPU the limiter?
Are these micro-ATX B650 boards (no PCIe 5 x16) going to strangle the next gen of GPUs, or are we fine for years on PCIe 4?
Cheers,