CyberPowerPC - Gaming Desktop - AMD Ryzen 7 2700X - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA RTX 2070 8GB - 2TB HDD + 240GB SSD - White

Having had this computer for a few months, I think I am ready to objectively post this review. **Initial Specs** First of all, some comments on the parts chosen. My specific model came with: - a ZOTAC "Blower" RTX 2070 8GB, - a "CoolerOne" AM4 cooler (which isn't a name brand), - and 16GB GeIL Evo Potenza 2666MHz RAM, though in the store, I happened to view the same model of PC with the same advertised "16GB DDR4, 2070, Ryzen 7 2700X" spec list, but with: - a ZOTAC Mini 2070 (which has better thermals), - an AMD Stock cooler (which I will get to later), - and G.Skill RAM DIMMs. I had a positive expectation for the performance of the PC when I had purchased it, coming from an Intel i7 7700HQ with a GTX 1060 (laptop). However, due to the choice in components, I had some fairly severe issues. **Initial Performance and CPU Overheating** I like to play the new modern games like Tom Clancy's The Division 2, which this PC came with a code for but I had pre-ordered it so I already had the game prior, as well as some older games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. My performance was very good in these games, though the thermals were very worrying. The GPU fared pretty well only ever topping out at 80 Celsius, which can be toasty to some but is fairly safe. However, over time, my CPU would burn hotter and hotter, even playing simpler games such as Counter-Strike, and eventually shutting off entirely in the middle of a game due to overheating. The provided heatsink I received was the "CoolerOne" AM4 Cooler, which, with a quick Google search, provides no website, only an Amazon listing for the cooler, without any reviews or questions. The thermals with this heatsink were atrocious, and objectively underpowered for the Ryzen 7 2700X, a 105W TDP CPU. That cooler may have done *okay* for the 65W 2700 non-X or even the Ryzen 5 2600, but otherwise performed terribly. I ended up replacing this with an Arctic 34 eSports DUO with Arctic MX-4 thermal compound, and have never gone above 56 Celsius. Much better, but for $1400, I had expected a better thermal solution for this computer. **Fan Arrangement** Next, the fan arrangement. It comes with 3 RGB "CyberPowerPC" fans and a remote, which is nice, but all of the fan headers are plugged into a fan controller behind the motherboard, which means you can not control the speed of the fans. To make matters worse, both the fan in the rear and fans in the front were all facing outwards, which creates a negative air pressure inside of the computer case. This drastically decreases thermal performance, as well as draws dust into the computer through every crack possible, including the 140mm fan grate that is left completely open at the top of the case. I personally put a Noctua 140mm slim fan with a dust filter blowing *out* in there. I also strongly advise to those who wish to purchase this PC to flip your front fans so the sticker is facing inside, pulling air in the front. With this setup, and the proper CPU heatsink fan configuration, you can create a neutral air pressure, and a good air *flow* through the case, which is great for thermals. **RAM** I also went ahead and replaced the 16GB 2666MHz GeIL Evo Potenza RAM (not a no-name brand, but definitely not as reputable) with 32GB 3200MHz Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB, though if you intend to install new RAM modules to check your BIOS for the proper XMP profile to ensure you get the best performance out of your RAM. Without it, you may run at 2133MHz, which is much slower. Keep in mind this is not a complaint, I had no issues with the RAM, but for the work I do I required more RAM, and wanted a decent upgrade. **Storage** I honestly had no problems with the storage. Comes with a speedy 240GB SSD from Western Digital (WD Green SSD) and a hearty yet durable 2TB mechanical drive from Seagate (Seagate Barracuda), and I have yet to have any issues with either of them. I use the 2TB drive only for games, and the 240GB drive I plan on replacing with a 1TB M.2 SSD from Intel (Intel 660p) on Amazon since it's a steal at $94.99, but it gets the job done just fine and the boot time is very fast. **Final Thoughts** To be entirely honest, this isn't a terrible system. The part selection I happened to get by chance wasn't the best, and I hope others got better luck, but it's by no means inadequate. With 8 Cores and 16 Threads, 16GB of speedy DDR4 RAM, and an RTX-capable 2070, it's a fairly modest powerhouse. My only wish is that I could've gotten the thermal performance to match the actual performance of the system I paid so much for.

I was going to build my own PC checking compatibility with pcpartpicker, but saw this and just couldn't beat the price (plus I had a 10% off coupon for my birthday). This thing is awesome for editing with Adobe apps! I'm also new to PC gaming as I've only ever used consoles but I decided to pickup a GPU intensive game like Assassins Creed Odyssey to see how well it would work and I am able to play in 4K with about 32 fps in the highest settings. In 1080p getting about 65 fps. This is really good for this game and I'm sure it would crank out more with lester settings. I can't wait to benchmark with other games. If you are on the verge, it is honestly a great PC for the price. Highly unlikely you'll be able to build it yourself for this price.

I’ve had this pc for roughly 4 months now and it is a an ok pc. Granted I play destiny 2 mostly and could play at max settings fairly easily out of the box. The problems I have with this pc is the case or came with. The motherboard. And the ram. So almost everything. The case is not set for air flow at all. I fact this case (the white one pictured as the clip art) is an AIO/water cooled case. You have two exhaust vents. One at the back and one on top. Your top vent can support a 140mm fan and the rear is a 120mm fan. The two fans that are placed towards the front of the case were initially set up as exhaust fans but flip them around and you have intake fans. However, due to their lack of control (apevia rgb fans are what came with mine and cyberpower used their same controller but slapped the cyberpower sticker over the apevia logo) you get minimal effectiveness out of the fans. You have minimal air flow coming from the side of the case that hides your cable management due to the space away from the vents and the low fan speed that you can’t control unless purchasing a new controller. The motherboard is a micro atx gigabyte ds3h board that is okay. The Ryzen 2700x depends on ram speed to be efficient and this board is capped to 2966 ddr4 and they provided me with 16gb 2666 ram out the box. Also. The WiFi card used requires the PCie slot to be stable. Not a big deal. It also needs a motherboard plug in to get power (unlike my newly upgraded fevia WiFi card). The problem with this setup is the only other slot for your WiFi cars with the gigabyte board is literally a centimeter away from the gpu fans. The board is just big enough it blocks 85% of one of two intake fans for the gpu. Making it completely useless for airflow. You get two system fan headers with the board so you don’t really have any option to add more fans to the case to optimize the terrible air flow you do have without using splitters Or a fan controller unit. By the way. Those of you wondering about the PSU it’s an all in one unit that I wouldn’t even bother having. I’ve upgraded quite a bit of things on my pc already and realize now I should have just built my own rig like I originally wanted to. The ram being a slower ram would cause map loading issues with destiny 2 (hence why I have 32gb 3200 ddr4 now) I also got rid of the garbage cpu cooler and went with a Noctua dh15 she fits perfectly by the way and went with a MSI B450 motherboard. But, I’d rather an AIO because the lack of air flow in the case. You have no front fans pushing the air towards the back of the case. No way to mount front fans without drilling into the case. The exhaust fans on the side blow air directly into the tempered glass and that’s it when you make them intake fans. All in all, get a water cooler for this pc. If you’re using it for average gaming it’s great. And do yourself a favor and change out the psu. I personally went with a EVGA supernova 850 g+. My 2700x runs like a top with a slight overclock to 4.15ghz. Never had any failures with the pc at any level even with the out of the box components. I just have a problem of not being able to leave stuff alone.

I got this for my son as a birthday gift last year. He always wanted a gaming pc. As a middle schooler, he wanted something to be able to handle war-thunder without it looking like a slideshow. This definitely hit the mark. Something that will last him for years. He don't care about the cool next gen features, as long as it has a smooth frame-rate (and this does at 1080p on whatever max level). This easily spits out 60+fps on his main two games, f1 2020 and wart-hunder. Even gears 5 runs without a hitch. Great purchase for anyone who wants to experience gaming on a PC. I am actually planning on purchasing one as my next personal PC.

These are not built with consistent parts. If you want a cheap gaming computer, this is exactly what you are getting. Even after I water cooled it, it started shutting down from overheating. I added several case fans, doubled the memory and I have a fan pointed directly at the intake. I also have a ceiling fan running, and a floor fan pulling heat out of the room. I have 2 of these and with the large monitors the room heats up. All of the parts match stat wise but aren't the same parts. However the while the graphics cards look the same when I go to adjust the performance on them, they don't match. This was supposed to have 2 hard drives. One had a hybrid hard drive which they claimed was 2 hard drives. The other pc had the 2 separate hard drives. They really shouldn't even bother adding 256 boot drives in any computer. It it fills up fast. I had two 1TB SSD installed these computers. That works out a bit better.

If you don’t want to wait for product to arrive for building your own pc this pc will faaaar exceed your needs . I’ve stress tested this unit and it hasn’t slowed down one bit .

This Beast of a PC can handle pretty much every game on Ultra settings with ease. I had it for about three and half weeks now and have had no problems with it. I would highly recommend this pc for anyone looking into getting into pc gaming.

What can I say except , just buy it and get used to clicking and seeing things happen immediately! Super fast boot time, great graphics out the box , fast rendering and multitasking is flawless