YouTube Ads Told Us to Buy This: Redux Gaming PC Review
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Date: 2021-10-23
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Trunk
in looking up current prices for redux, i noticed they no longer pair the 10100f, 10400f, and 5600x with an aio. they instead pair it with a hyper 212 evo
a friend got one of these a few months ago (r5 3600) and a 1650 (they shipped an asus tuf) for around 1200 before peripherals, shipping and tax. at the time, the 1650 was going for over 400 (she paid 250) and the 3600 was around 300 (she paid 220). at the time of purchase, it would have cost my friend around 300 more for parts if i would have built it for her. again, AT THE TIME, this was a much better value. build quality was slightly better than this one not that this one was bad . they did enable docp and i probably couldn't have cable managed any better. the only thing i would have done different would be to put the aio on the top mostly just for more lighting (there are 5 rgb fans in the front, 3 attached to the front panel and 2 on the aio so technically 4 on the aio in push/pull).
as for the ordering experience, its pretty good but could use improvment. you can pick the cpu, gpu, AMOUNT of ram, and a few combinations of nvme and hdd for storage. thats. it. you cant pick chipset, ram speed, or cooler type (they DO have a CM hyper 212 evo but only on the lowest end cpus). you cant opt out of the wifi card. you cant choose the number of fans. you CAN choose no OS. at least from all the reviews ive seen/read what they do choose to pair with this or that tends to be overkill (aio on a 10400f or in my friends case a 3600) so you wont have to worry about things like getting fast ram and a motherboard that cant use xmp. however, like steve mentioned, some of these things would be nice to just not be forced into. saving a few bucks here and there by getting a b450 instead of b550 or 2 rgb fans (theres a rear exhaust thats just black) instead of 4 and not getting a wifi card, as not everyone needs one, would be nice. the only problem shes had with the pc since i plugged it in is that she cant decide on which color and lighting mode she likes best
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in looking up current prices for redux, i noticed they no longer pair the 10100f, 10400f, and 5600x with an aio. they instead pair it with a hyper 212 evo
a friend got one of these a few months ago (r5 3600) and a 1650 (they shipped an asus tuf) for around 1200 before peripherals, shipping and tax. at the time, the 1650 was going for over 400 (she paid 250) and the 3600 was around 300 (she paid 220). at the time of purchase, it would have cost my friend around 300 more for parts if i would have built it for her. again, AT THE TIME, this was a much better value. build quality was slightly better than this one not that this one was bad . they did enable docp and i probably couldn't have cable managed any better. the only thing i would have done different would be to put the aio on the top mostly just for more lighting (there are 5 rgb fans in the front, 3 attached to the front panel and 2 on the aio so technically 4 on the aio in push/pull).
as for the ordering experience, its pretty good but could use improvment. you can pick the cpu, gpu, AMOUNT of ram, and a few combinations of nvme and hdd for storage. thats. it. you cant pick chipset, ram speed, or cooler type (they DO have a CM hyper 212 evo but only on the lowest end cpus). you cant opt out of the wifi card. you cant choose the number of fans. you CAN choose no OS. at least from all the reviews ive seen/read what they do choose to pair with this or that tends to be overkill (aio on a 10400f or in my friends case a 3600) so you wont have to worry about things like getting fast ram and a motherboard that cant use xmp. however, like steve mentioned, some of these things would be nice to just not be forced into. saving a few bucks here and there by getting a b450 instead of b550 or 2 rgb fans (theres a rear exhaust thats just black) instead of 4 and not getting a wifi card, as not everyone needs one, would be nice. the only problem shes had with the pc since i plugged it in is that she cant decide on which color and lighting mode she likes best
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c99kfm
...if this one actually sells, I wonder if a tide-me-over PC, iGPU-only but ready to slot in a dGPU, would be interesting to some? Solid part selection, say X570 + 5700G with 2x16GB 3600MHz, good cooling, more fans than currently needed and a PSU ready to supply power to a 3090, with PCIe power connectors velcroed to the case near the PCIe 16x slot.
Usable for low-medium settings 1080p gaming, a very solid workstation, and VERY ready for a dGPU (which would be reasonably easy for even a layperson to install) to boost it up to proper gaming territory.
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...if this one actually sells, I wonder if a tide-me-over PC, iGPU-only but ready to slot in a dGPU, would be interesting to some? Solid part selection, say X570 + 5700G with 2x16GB 3600MHz, good cooling, more fans than currently needed and a PSU ready to supply power to a 3090, with PCIe power connectors velcroed to the case near the PCIe 16x slot.
Usable for low-medium settings 1080p gaming, a very solid workstation, and VERY ready for a dGPU (which would be reasonably easy for even a layperson to install) to boost it up to proper gaming territory.
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It
If they put the parts in a DeepCool Matrexx 40 case for example, and if they got rid of the unnecessary 240 AIO, redux would be able to get a better motherboard and maybe better and more storage.
It looks good, and the thermals will never be a problem, even if you upgrade, but it doesnt make sense to those who are tech savvy enough.
But then again, im pretty sure 90% of people here understood this early in the video.
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If they put the parts in a DeepCool Matrexx 40 case for example, and if they got rid of the unnecessary 240 AIO, redux would be able to get a better motherboard and maybe better and more storage.
It looks good, and the thermals will never be a problem, even if you upgrade, but it doesnt make sense to those who are tech savvy enough.
But then again, im pretty sure 90% of people here understood this early in the video.
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RyNz
the thing I like about push pull isn't actually to try and get better cooling on the radiator. The reason I like to do it is because when the aio also happens to be the main air intake for the case, it impedes airflow quite a bit so what I like to do to compensate for that is to do a push pull just to help force more airflow into the case and it can benefit an open air GPU cooler
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the thing I like about push pull isn't actually to try and get better cooling on the radiator. The reason I like to do it is because when the aio also happens to be the main air intake for the case, it impedes airflow quite a bit so what I like to do to compensate for that is to do a push pull just to help force more airflow into the case and it can benefit an open air GPU cooler
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Florian
I'd really love to see you guys review your own personal systems in this kind of manner.
Maybe judge it based on Is it well maintained , Do the components match / make sense for its usecase , Cable management / general build quality .
I know this would be kind of a fluff piece, but maybe you could combine it with best practices of maintenance. I would love to see that!
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I'd really love to see you guys review your own personal systems in this kind of manner.
Maybe judge it based on Is it well maintained , Do the components match / make sense for its usecase , Cable management / general build quality .
I know this would be kind of a fluff piece, but maybe you could combine it with best practices of maintenance. I would love to see that!
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Mister
Here in the UK the 1650 is the only card I regularly see in stock at or near RRP. So I can see why they might choose that card for availability reasons (I recently built a PC for a friend with a second hand GTX960 due to a lack of better options within budget). However that removes one of the biggest use cases for building a prebuilt - to get a card you can't find elsewhere.
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Here in the UK the 1650 is the only card I regularly see in stock at or near RRP. So I can see why they might choose that card for availability reasons (I recently built a PC for a friend with a second hand GTX960 due to a lack of better options within budget). However that removes one of the biggest use cases for building a prebuilt - to get a card you can't find elsewhere.
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Nytemare
I bought the Best tier pc from Redux, still waiting for it to come in. I got a R7 5800x, RTX 3070 (paid 789 for it), 850W PSU. Not sure exactly which motherboard I m getting, same thing with the RAM (I know its 3200mhz I just wish they shared what brand I d be getting) and PSU. I guess I ll update this comment whenever I get it.
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I bought the Best tier pc from Redux, still waiting for it to come in. I got a R7 5800x, RTX 3070 (paid 789 for it), 850W PSU. Not sure exactly which motherboard I m getting, same thing with the RAM (I know its 3200mhz I just wish they shared what brand I d be getting) and PSU. I guess I ll update this comment whenever I get it.
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autarchprinceps
A LOT of people I know start their journey into PCs and gaming with Acer. They often have what at least seem to be the most price effective option. Would love to see one of theirs disected by you guys in this series, to see whether they actually know what they are doing, or pull of the same crap Dell & HP did.
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A LOT of people I know start their journey into PCs and gaming with Acer. They often have what at least seem to be the most price effective option. Would love to see one of theirs disected by you guys in this series, to see whether they actually know what they are doing, or pull of the same crap Dell & HP did.
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elnino
the fact so many ppl know about this build gets me wondering how they know, why they know for it, and why they dont learn to build them themselves. so many excuses i hear whisper in the distance. solid build, but expensive for what u get, i mean u bought a prebuilt at the end, so thats what u get, its not uncommon.
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the fact so many ppl know about this build gets me wondering how they know, why they know for it, and why they dont learn to build them themselves. so many excuses i hear whisper in the distance. solid build, but expensive for what u get, i mean u bought a prebuilt at the end, so thats what u get, its not uncommon.
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tehtipsy
I have built serval PCs in a TD500 with that CM AIO, there IS NOT enough slack on those pipes. linus has a REDUX rebranded AIO in that video, with WAY longer pipes. weird how that happens when he gets a system for a showcase, while the ones on 2 months backorder get the stock coolers.
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I have built serval PCs in a TD500 with that CM AIO, there IS NOT enough slack on those pipes. linus has a REDUX rebranded AIO in that video, with WAY longer pipes. weird how that happens when he gets a system for a showcase, while the ones on 2 months backorder get the stock coolers.
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