iBUYPOWER - Trace MR Gaming Desktop - Intel i7 11700KF - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080Ti 12GB - 1TB NVME SSD - Black
Model: TraceMR1003Ti
SKU: 6472354
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Customers frequently mention the excellent performance and good value for the price of the Trace MR Gaming Desktop. Positive feedback also highlights the generally quiet operation and ease of setup. However, some customers have reported issues with the graphics card, and a few experienced display problems.
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Let me start out by saying that like many of you, I too wanted to build a custom PC. I wanted to be able to pick out my components and design it how I wanted and needed. However, like many of you, I could not find a decent price on a Nvidia graphics card. Knowing I wanted to do 4K gaming, I knew that the RTX 3080 TI was going to be my best bet. When shopping for that card on its own, it was going for nearly $2,000 by itself, sometimes more if the scalpers were selling it. This is the sole reason that I ended up buying a pre-built PC, it ended up costing much less. Admittedly, I bought this PC when it was on sale for nearly $600 off, which brought my total down to around $2,600. At over $3,000, it might still be worth building your own custom PC and finding a GPU within your budget. My first impressions of this PC were wow, it is actually a really solid build. Not only is it solid, the case is very nice aesthetically when it is off and even better when it is on and lit up. I was in the market for the Corsair 4000X Airflow RGB PC case and while that case was nicer overall, the Trace 5 MR is not far behind. It did come pre-installed with Windows 11, which was disappointing, but I ended up installing Windows 10 without any issues. When setting up Windows 11, it pretends you require the internet, but you do not, as you can bypass it. If this is important to you, just run a Google search. When I first launched into Windows 11, it was missing a Nvidia driver, but it still fired up fine with no display issues. It is recommended you download the latest Nvidia driver directly from Nvidia and not through the Windows updater. All of the system’s RGB lighting is controlled by ASRock Polychrome RGB and it’s very simple to use. There are 3x 120mm fans on the front for the intake, 120mm fan on the back for exhaust and a 240mm AIO on the top as an exhaust. When benchmarking, all temperatures stayed normal and in a healthy range. As a note, the AIO does not have any RGB capabilities. Part of the reluctance for us to purchase a pre-built is that we do not know what components come with it specifically. This will always be the case with a pre-built system, but I’ve listed the specific components mine came with below, which can obviously vary. –Drive: WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD –GPU: Asus ROG RTX 3080 TI (SKU 6466932) –Motherboard: ASRock Z590-C/ac –PC Case: iBUYPOWER Trace 5 MR –RAM: Adata XPG Spectrix BW41 TUF Gaming Limited Edition RGB 3,200MHz My first upgrade was to a PCIe 4.0 NVMe. I purchased the 2TB Corsair MP600 Pro XT and let me tell you, it is ridiculously faster than what it came with. Quick benchmarks; WD – 2,465.83 SEQ read MB/s & 2,138.89 SEQ write MB/s vs. Corsair – 6,998.27 SEQ read MB/s & 6,805.95 SEQ write MB/s. Upgrading to any PCIe NVMe drive is going to blow away what this PC comes with. Additionally upgrades were doubling RAM to 32GB – I purchased the same RAM it came with (only in black, not white) and bought the 16GB (2 x 8GB modules) from Amazon. Lastly, I purchased a 360mm AIO for front mounting to the case to ensure nothing but cooler air is being brought into the case. Speaking of case, here are its details and capabilities: PC Case Details: –Front Fans: 3x 120mm (aRGB included) –Top Fan: 3x 120mm or 2x140mm –Rear Fan: 1x 120mm (aRGB included) –Front Radiator Support: 120mm, 240mm or 360mm –Top Radiator Support: 120mm, 240mm, 360mm, 140mm or 280mm –Rear Radiator Support: 120mm –GPU Clearance: 380mm –Dimensions: 18.9” x 8.7” x 19.3” (LxWxH) While this PC is great, it is not perfect. Let me go over some areas that I would have liked to see improvements. –Fans don’t seem to move a lot of air. I increased their RPM and they got loud but still nothing over the top for the volume of air being moved. –AIO is top mount with no RGB on the fans, but does have RGB on the CPU cooler. This does not push out a lot of air either and I would prefer a front mount AIO with air passing over a radiator before it was brought into the case. –NVMe SSD is fine for general use but not ideal for gaming performance or high I/O related workloads. –Cabling was sufficient, not perfect, but that is okay. This case does not have great wiring channels. –16GB of RAM @ a $3,000+ PC seems kind of stingy but I get it, everything is more expensive these days. –11th Gen Intel is meh at best. I wanted AMD but I more-so wanted a 3080 TI. I will be upgrading the CPU in the next couple of years. For comparison purposes, this PC overall feels really sturdy and has a premium feel to it. I purchased a pre-built competitor of theirs prior to this one and it was very cheap feeling and came cracked. Without naming the company, it was with a 5900x, RTX 3080 and in the same price range. I’m overall very pleased and happy with this purchase and I would 100% recommend it. You have rooms for upgrades within this purchase and will have a very solid PC for gaming, editing, Plex or any other use for years to come.
Posted by Jeremy
I bought a prebuilt system due to it having a 3080ti and me not being able to get one on my own. The computer has rocked everything I have thrown at it. It came as described. The only thing I wish Best Buy would do is make it more clearer which brand of gpu,ram, and psu comes with this one. Overall on sale it was the best bang for the buck and will hopefully last years to come!
Posted by Topgun
Awesome gaming PC! Not very loud and I got used to the RGB lighting (which is nice). Finding the HDD bay was a bit of a pain. There's plenty of cabling to add it to the system (sans SATA cable) but the bay is hidden on the BOTTOM of the machine behind the BACK DOOR. Got an 8TB in eventually and happily! System needs additional RAM. I bought CORSAIR Vengeance RGB PRO 16GB (2PK 8GB) Best Buy SKU 6256216 since it's nearly the same specs as what's included. So far it handles everything I've thrown at it in 4K without a hiccup! The keyboard is a bit cheap, however. The left shift key sticks (the one used in gaming a lot) and the paint rubs off easily (see attached. I'll probably replace that. Plus, and not that I've tried hard to figure it out, I don't know if there's a way to turn off the RGB lighting on it. Oh well, I found a pleasing stable setting instead.
Posted by XeviousBGR