Costco’s New Gaming PC Makes ZERO Sense

Costco’s new iBUYPOWER Element gaming desktop makes absolutely no sense. On paper, it sounds like a monster: Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RTX 5070, 32GB of RAM, and 2TB of storage. But Costco is selling this version for $2,299 while another iBUYPOWER Element desktop sitting right next to it has basically the same core specs for $1,899. So what exactly are you paying the extra $400 for? From what I can tell, the main difference appears to be the case and AIO cooler looking a little nicer on the more expensive model. But when the CPU, GPU, RAM, and storage are basically the same, charging $2,299 for an RTX 5070 gaming PC starts to look ridiculous. In this video, we break down Costco’s weirdest gaming PC listing, compare it to the cheaper model, and figure out whether this is bad pricing, confusing branding, or a straight-up prebuilt PC scam. Specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 RAM: 32GB Storage: 2TB Model: iBUYPOWER Element Gaming Desktop Price: $2,299 vs $1,899 Chapters: 0:00 - Gaming PC Shopping At Costco 4:14 - Unboxing The $2,299 iBUYPOWER Element 5:30 - Aesthetics Check and Turning It On 7:35 - Tear Down and Components Review 13:23 - Performance & Gaming Benchmarks 14:20 - Can You Build This Yourself For Less Would you pay the extra $400 for the nicer case and AIO, or is Costco completely out of pocket here? #Costco #GamingPC #PrebuiltPC