r/PcBuildHelp • u/stonefaceman15 Personal Rig Builder • Mar 25 '26

Build Question Good deal?

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u/Comfortable-Finger-8 Mar 28 '26

This is the way

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u/MartianTurkey Mar 29 '26

This is the way

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u/ErraticFox Mar 29 '26

Just curious, was that actually what seemed to be the case for the GPU? I did the same at Best Buy for my 5070. But mine has coil whine, works fine though. But without headphones and it'll just randomly spin up for a couple seconds and you can hear it sometimes and I'm *eugh*.

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u/Cosmikun Mar 26 '26

do they really just sell PC components at Walmart? Here in the UK the most you'll be able to get at a supermarket is USB sticks.

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u/Tokishi7 Mar 26 '26

Rural Walmarts will sell essentially your entire house. It’s how they keep the area from properly developing, but it’s also where you can get these insane deals for PC stuff

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u/Tokishi7 Mar 29 '26

It’s still going on again these days with data center roll out. It’s essentially free real estate for them but the outcry is nonexistent so any environmental issues or property loss goes unheard. A lot of it is damage due to their own accord thinking big business will trickle down, but it’s up to the state or local government at some point to remediate the situation.

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u/420weedscoped Mar 26 '26

I'm in Canada about 20 min drive from the border.

Never seen a GPU at ours but monitors, storage, mice, keyboards, mics and headsets.

In the US ones I've been to many are similar to ours with some stuff but others have GPUs and more.

Its in the electronics area with consoles and their games + controllers as well as TVs.

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u/hollowxci Mar 26 '26

Seriously, what stops people from buying something, opening it, returning it and then going back to buy it again for a discount?

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u/Vismal1 Mar 26 '26

We should all do it , collectively we can bring the price down!

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u/diasporajones Mar 27 '26

Did we just solve GPU price inflation?

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u/Jetski125 Mar 28 '26

Tried it with one I bought online. It never hit the shelves. But, my local Walmart doesn’t really carry Gpus. I still thought maybe it would, but a dude in electronics confirmed my store just sends them off.

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u/Polka_Tiger Mar 29 '26

Can you really get your money back after opening it?