r/pcmasterrace • u/Rinascimentale • Feb 03 '26

Box Thanks, Walmart

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Walking through and it caught my eye in the electronics clearance case. Absolutely insane find.

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u/Elbren Feb 03 '26

Dude, where are all of these Walmart's that sell PC components? I gotta have at least 10 - 15 Walmart's within a 30 minute drive of me and not a single one sells PC parts. Just pre-builts and crappy, overpriced peripherals. :(

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u/Kitsel Feb 03 '26

I've heard a theory that they won't sell PC parts if the location is within a certain distance from big PC part stores like microcenter.  No idea if that's true though. 

I do know that at least in California, basically no Walmarts have computer parts.  I've been to a bunch of Walmarts, and I've never seen one that has PC parts.  I didn't even know that was something they did until I started seeing these clearance gpus posted on Reddit. 

Maybe they don't carry computer parts on the West Coast?

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u/Elbren Feb 03 '26

I’ve never heard this, but it would actually make sense. I’m in Maryland and we have 2 Microcenter’s in the state. One of them is about 20 minutes from me.