One hour video published on saturday from Gamers Nexus, a YouTube channel focused on PC gaming hardware, accuses NZXT's PC rental program of “bait and switch” tactics, with constantly changing prices and specifications.
The Flex program allows customers to rent pre-built gaming PCs starting at $59 per month (not including mouse, keyboard, and monitor). But Gamers Nexus shows that NZXT changes the specifications and prices of PC models “day by day in some cases” and offers PCs with very different configurations with similar model names depending on whether you want to buy or rent. Rapidly changing prices also obscure the potential value of the “discounts” listed as packages change back and forth.
The video shows a case of NZXT player: three PCs It appears with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super graphics card, along with an Intel Core i7-13700KF with the “buy” option selected. However, viewing the same PC model under “subscribe” showed the same processor with a less powerful Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti.
Despite the different GPUs, he said NZXT listed both models with the same estimated frames per second in games like star field and Call of Duty Modern Warfare.
Gamers Nexus also highlights other elements of the Flex program, such as the pricing scheme that leads customers to pay more money than simply purchasing a PC outright and “aggressive” terms of service. The edge We contacted NZXT for comment but did not immediately hear back and we have not seen a response posted to their community areas or social media channels.
“At this point we just think this is a scam,” Steve Burke, editor-in-chief of Gamers Nexus, says during the video. “Performance claims alone are wildly misleading, especially since the only significant difference in one of them is the word 'Super', which many people, especially those who are potentially renting or purchasing a pre-built device, won't understand. .”
