If you have a custom water-cooled PC, think twice before buying your parts or a Best Buy Total membership here.
A few months ago, I brought my custom water-cooled PC in for a problem and was told they wouldn’t work on it because it was water-cooled. I ended up having to fix the problem myself.
Now I’m dealing with a USB audio issue. Customer service told me to bring the PC into the store, even after I repeatedly explained that I had already done exactly that before and the store refused to work on my system. Instead of listening or addressing the contradiction, the representative was rude and kept repeating the same answer over and over. I honestly felt like they weren’t listening to me at all.
So what exactly am I paying for? I bought the hardware from Best Buy and paid for the Total membership expecting support when something went wrong. Instead, I’m being told to take my computer back to the same place that already told me they won’t work on it.
If you own or are building a high-end custom or water-cooled PC, I strongly recommend finding out exactly what they will and will not service before purchasing your parts or paying for a membership.
Based on my experience with both the service department and customer service, I’ve completely lost confidence in this membership’s value. I won’t be buying my PC hardware from Best Buy anymore, and I definitely won’t be paying for Best Buy Total again. At this point, “Best Buy Total” feels more like “Best Buy Total Bullshit.”
Response: The only way I’d move forward with u guys is with an advanced RMA. I tried to talk it out with ur costumer service. We talked in circles repeating the same thing and not listening to me he wanted me to drive my corsair 9000d rgb with 2 xr7 radiator, xr5 radiator, 21 fans, xd5 elite pump, xd6 lcd elite pump, xd7 dstro/pump, xc7 lcd, and a alphacool gpu waterblock to the store which i have already done in the past. They told me they wouldn’t work on it at all. I told him all this and he persisted. I already contacted Asus when I hung up with Best Buy, and they already escalated it; I’m just waiting for a response
Response from Best Buy
October 30, 2026
Hello, Matt,
We appreciate you taking the time to write us regarding your experience. Having the Geek Squad team look into your concerns is supposed to make these types of situations simple. This is not the experience we want for you. Let's get this looked into further for you.
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Chris at Geek squad had bad customer before me and I was the lucky one who he didn't want to help or try to.