This PC was $600 off... | PC Flipping Ep. 6 

Thank you for the support, I appreciate it.

@@JackPCBuilds we all appreciate your content

Thank you again, always good to hear that I’m getting better because that’s really something I’m trying to focus on with each video.

@@JackPCBuilds absolutely, I really enjoy watching your videos and learning from your experiences. Keep it up!

Thank you, glad you think it’s getting better. I’m focusing a lot on that right now and it’s nice to get some feedback.

@@JackPCBuilds It can be nervy and unnatural when you’re first in front of a camera and talking to a mic, but you’re definitely seeming a lot more comfortable! 😁

Yeah for sure, actually really valuable to know that I’m improving noticeably. Thanks

Thanks again, always great to hear. It just takes time and a lot of continuous, intentional focus on learning all the little skills and how to get better at each.

That’s insane, wow. I mean hey I guess that’s the scenario where hard drives would be useful, when you need capacity like that. But the 1TB drive in this pc wouldn’t be cutting it lol.

Thank you, glad you’re liking them. And it’s always great to see more people getting into this, so good luck with your channel!

Thank you, and yeah airflow’s not great, but performance in gaming with this model is actually right in line with where a 4070ti should be. It seems you only really see throttling with these 2023 R15’s under sustained cpu workloads, and not during gaming. But I do know what you’re saying.

Yes, I had planned to start doing a build cost/sale price/profit section when they sell, but it’s probably a good idea to just put the build cost in the video that I build them in as well, so I’ll start doing that as well. $977.90 for this one

@@JackPCBuilds Nice!

Yeah, we’ll see how it goes given Alienware’s reputation for high temps and everything.

@@JackPCBuilds Yeah, that is true. It really is such a bummer that so much of their components are proprietary so you can’t just case swap it. Idk about you but I’ve always found the Alienware PCs look garbage.

Yeah. In the past I also had an R10 that I got also for slightly over $900 about 2 years ago with an R9 5900 (non-x) and a 6800 XT (incredible deal for the time) Actually did try to case swap that one, but a day later the cpu just randomly died somehow??? which put a halt on all of that. Anyway point in saying this is that going from that one to the R15, the R15 has better airflow but even more of the stuff is proprietary. Motherboard is no longer mATX and the PSU is who knows what, not even close to standard. I think Steve from GN said this but they’re trying so hard to hold onto that case and make it as good as possible but it’s just fundamentally bad and it doesn’t make sense why they’re so set on it.

Sorry if that’s a bit long, kind of went on a tangent with that story.

@@JackPCBuilds lol you’re good. Yeah, the cases are just horrible. If I remember correctly, they have, for their newest gen prebuilts, switched up the case design to a more modern type case with a glass side panel and also gone with more standard, less proprietary style motherboards so those prebuilts could be the source of some awesome flips in the future. Also, Idk about your local market but I’ve started to see a fair amount of newer cyberpower pre builts be sold at really good prices and, cyberpower being the parent company of Hyte, they’re all in either Hyte Y40s or Y60s which are gonna be awesome for flipping!

Yes, I did watch that video a while back because this is my second R15 actually. Airflow is certainly not the best especially on the higher spec versions with K-sku CPUs

Nice. Right now I don’t have a particular order to do things in like you do, but it would probably save me a significant amount of time to have a set procedure like that. So I actually think I’m gonna make one of my own.

@@JackPCBuilds 🙂 sure broh, find a procedure that works for you, to make it easier write it down on a notepad and make a list of the tasks, to help remind yourself

You might find this interesting - I actually have another R15 I’ve been using, this one actually has a 13900F, and it actually runs significantly cooler than the i7 variant in this video. 60C or so in cinebench. Might actually do a bit more investigating in that, i7 could have a terrible paste application or something.

That’s kinda crazy, the brand’s reputation maybe?

Are you getting offers?

@@777AndrewRI have one at 620 but i make 40 bucks only i might do it though

Its summer, people aren't really at home playing video games. If your serious about flipping then you should know that the flipping season is OCT 31 thru Jan 01

Could you clarify what that means? I currently can’t offer shipping on my builds as I only sell locally right now and haven’t scaled up that far yet. But if you would like an optimized parts list based around the 7800XT, I could definitely help you with that.

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It’s my first troubleshooting step for a reason.

i need to get one too =)

You’re not wrong, my audio quality isn’t amazing.