iBUYPOWER - Gaming Desktop - Intel Core i7-8700K - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA RTX 2080 8GB - 1TB SSD - Black/Gray

Sooooooo... My wife and I bought two of these machines (Didn't really wanna build again) looking to upgrade from our 5 year old gaming PC's. As we were leaving the store the excitement and anticipation of how beautiful and flawless the games we play would be kept building. We safely got out two new adoptions home and carefully unboxed and set them up. The left side of the case is tempered glass which lets you peer inside the machine to look at all the pretty RGB lighting (wife and I could care less about RGB) going on inside. I inspected the components of the machines and found our GPU's, RAM, SSD's, and PSU's to be different from one another. In all fairness, iBuyPower does use what the have around their facility to build the machines. The machines were then setup and powered on, games installed, and then moment of truth. GLORIOUS! Oh SO GLORIOUS, for the first hour... That's when the machine I'd setup at my wifes desk started to BSOD. RAM... The RAM was complete crap. 16GB of some crap brand called APACER. I used MemTest86 to be sure it was the RAM and it showed almost 1M errors within. Did I take her machine back to BestBuy? No. I did some trouble shooting. I placed the RAM from my machine in hers and whaddaya know, no errors. Did I THEN take the machine back? No, I did what any PC savvy person would do... I ordered RAM from Amazons PrimeNow to get things going. Long story short, it's not their fault the RAM was dead, these things can happen. Would I recommend the machines, most definitely. They are powerful, and CRUSH any game I throw at it. Anthem at Ultra - Check. BFV at Ultra - Check. Roblox at Ultra - CRUSHES IT!!! I've included pictures so you can get a basic idea of what components MIGHT be in there if you purchase one. Good luck, and good gaming!

So my first gaming rig was a I Buy Power PC and I had gotten it from New Egg. 6 years later I was in the market for a new one ( even tho my first one still runs well ) .. I was in the market for something a bit more beefy.. So I go into BestBuy.. I knew what I wanted but I wanted to test the guys there see if they knew what they were talking about.. Told them I wanted something not only for streaming but for rendering videos and so they present me with this and a laptop.. Now I was tempted to get the laptop but I wanted a Computer that like my first would last me a long time and surprise surprise it was a I Buy Power PC.. and I have to say I do not regret it one dang bit.. Love this Beast of a PC.. Its fast and I can play not only the latest games but play VR as well ( still some time before I get a VR Head Set but still ).. Thank you best buy and thank you I Buy Power!.. Love ya both..

It's a decent build in regards to price for parts if you can get it while on sale, though I was slightly annoyed with the cable management out of the box (Not that big of a deal, but I can be a little OCD at times). The power supply is non-modular, so all the extra wires get crammed into the space right behind it. The Keyboard and Mouse feel cheaply made, but that's somewhat expected. The case is pretty solid with a sleek design, and has the front fan plus 2 rear fans sandwiching the radiator for the cpu liquid cooler. The dust screens are cheaply made, and don't cover the entire front opening; However they are more or less completely hidden from view, so they won't stick out like a sore thumb. The RGBs are nice, but there is no documentation in the box on where to adjust or change them. So if you plan to do a clean install of windows like I did, I recommend going through the initial setup long enough to find those programs and make note of them for later. You can also just search for the programs later with the PC model number if you prefer. I can't complain about performance with an i7-8700K and GTX 2080, and even though it came with Adata RAM, it's still 16GB of functioning RAM. It came packaged fairly secure, and even had expanded foam inside the case to support the larger components. All in all, it's not a bad deal if you can find a good sale.

This computer works like a bull. It’s fast, well put together, the RGB is a nice touch as well. get this on sale if you can, $1600 is a nice price point for the hardware in this PC. I’ve only played one game on it so far on ultra (BF5) and it breezes through it. It came as overnight shipping (it was free) and it came a day earlier than it was supposed to, so it was a nice surprise. This is an awesome investment that’ll bring years of fun gaming with strong hardware

New computer was delivered today and works as promised. The computer came with a keyboard and mouse that light up. The keyboard prevents water or any liquid from entering the keyboard..always a plus in my book. keystroke life cycle of 10 million keystrokes;multimedia buttons;logo lighting effect;lightweight and USB connection.. desktop runs quiet and the NVIDIA RTX graphics card is amazing. I look forward to putting this machine thru its paces.

I'm a professional designer and spend most of my day in processor & GPU intensive programs like Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign & Premiere Pro. I recently switched from Mac to Windows and have a high end laptop, but it struggled on big projects. I knew I had to get a desktop but didn't want to spend a ton. We were at the local Best Buy, and I saw this machine and thought it offered a lot for the price, so I came home and started doing research. I knew the CPU wasn't the latest version, but after looking up performance differences, I felt the money I was saving would more than make up for the slight performance difference. I was also a little worried because each machine seems to come with different components, but I decided to take a gamble and buy it. Well, it turns out, that was nothing to worry about. All the machines are configured with the same level components, meaning you may get a different brand video card or memory brand, but the specs are the same, meaning you get 16GB of ram and a RTX 2080 video card. Knowing I needed a lot of memory and fast disk access, I purchased 32GB of 2666MHz RAM and a Samsung M.2 NVMe 1TB SSD. Installing the memory was a snap. The SSD required taking out the video card, plus I had to provide my own Phillips screw. I like to "start fresh," so after doing the initial setup, I downloaded the Windows Media Creation and did a fresh install. All the components got detected right away. Some of the drivers weren't the most current version, so I downloaded the latest from from the motherboard's website, Nvidia and intel. Overall I love this machine. It's blazing fast. Even the standard hard drive it comes with is super fast. I'm running it at stock speeds, but there is an option to overclock it via a software download on the motherboard's website. The only real downside is with WiFi speeds. I'm on a very fast connection and my Mac & the laptop get maxed out speeds, but on this system, things are 15-20% slower. I tried all sorts of settings & drivers with the network card, but nothing changed, so I ended up hard wiring, and now it too maxes out. Ideally, hardwired is usually better than WiFi anyway, so I'm all good, plus, it'll be great if I start playing games. The computer is also super quiet, and the fans barely spin up except when I'm doing heavy processing. I also like the "clean" setup, meaning there's no junk on it, just basic Windows. You can customize it a bit with motherboard drivers if you want, but other than that, it's stock Windows. Overall I love this machine. I was a little nervous at first, but I'm super happy and satisfied with my purchase.

So I had to purchase and return a few desktop from a different brand due to issues I keep experiencing. So I decided to purchase this instead, it was out of my budget but after looking at the specs I knew there's no way I would be getting a better deal than this. And it helped that it was the only one left at the store. I'm no expert and coming from a 10 year old macbook pro user all I can say is that I'm pretty glad with this purchase. No issues out of the box, easy to set up and my goodness this thing is fast and pretty quite. I'm only playing Rise of the tomb raider right now but let me tell you I'm beyond amazed at how good the graphics card is, no lag or nothing!!!! I'm just waiting for the other games I want to play to go on sale!!!! I also, bought an xbox controller... so now I feel like I have an xbox and a PS4 in my room =). If you're having doubts with this purhase... don't have any and go buy it!!!

I just picked this up at my local best buy. They had in stock and ready to go, I also picked up an additional 2 TB hard drive as this one only had the 1 TB SSD installed. When I got it home it was well packed and secured. It also included a gamers keyboard and mouse. As I already have a higher end Keyboard and Mouse I will be using those instead. It was easy to find and install the 3.5 inch hard drive mount on the non glass side of the unit. Note: I also had to buy a SATA cable with hard drive not included. The 2TB hard drive was easy to mount but the SATA cable was a little difficult to plug in because of the location of the port but I was able to get it installed. I would have given a 5 star if not for the sloppy cable management under the metal cover. All the wires were loose and just haphazardly stuffed in. I had to untangle them and locate my plugs and had a difficult time closing up the case because of this. I am having problems getting my serial numbers off off the Video card which appears to be an ASUS card to submit for warranty information and will probably need to take it out. Other than that it was well packaged and once my new HD was installed it fired right up. The RGB case lights are nice. The computer went through start up no problem and appears to be running pretty quickly. Due to my location and internet service I cannot fully review its gaming speeds as I am currently downloading all my games. I am running Dual monitors and they were easy to connect and were easily recognized by the video card. One other thing I need to confirm and verify is online it stated it came with Battlefield 5, Anthem and Call of Duty Black Ops 4 digital download bundles free with purchase of qualifying RTX 2080 cards. I expected to find digital download cards in the packaging but there were none, I do not know if this is an I buypower promotion, Nvidia Graphics card promotion or a best buy promotion it does not clearly state how to claim. I will be following up with best buy on my next visit. I am excited and looking forward to running and testing this system.