Customer Ratings & Reviews

First off, I am not a technology guru, so spending this much money on a computer just for gaming was sort of a leap of faith. However it was well worth it. I've owned this computer for about 2 months now and everything about it has exceeded my expectations. I can play games such as Starcraft 2, Fallout: New Vegas, and Civilization V on maxed out settings no problem. SC2 will play anywhere between 30-60 fps on maxed out settings, something I was not expecting, and has made a friend of mine quite jealous because he bought a lower quality gaming rig. Granted they aren't the most graphically demanding of games, but other reviewers have stated that those games work on max settings as well. Apart from games, I use it for music, photos, internet, the works. Everything pretty much works flawlessly. It boots very quickly and is really quiet. It has tons of room for customization for those of you savvy enough to figure that out. The one negative is that the tower is HUGE. I read the reviews so I expected it, but I was still surprised at how massive it was (I've included some photos to give you an idea.) I haven't had a problem with Windows 8 unlike a lot of other reviewers. Also, I ditched the mouse that came with it because the 'back' button was waaay too sensitive and caused me to lose progress on some web pages. In addition, and this is probably just me being unfamiliar with setting up stereo systems, but I've yet to figure out how to make my 5.1 stereo system work properly. Apart from those minor annoyances, you can't go wrong with this rig. Well worth the investment!!

I purchased this as a new computer and decided to look at iBuyPowers website to see if the price was fair. I was surprised to see that Best Buy's sale price was far less than iBuyPowers website. Its a great deal from a great manufacturer.

I bought this for my boyfriend and he loves it! He is a big online gamer and it is able to play and support all the extreme online games he likes to play. Great computer.

I bought this computer mainly for gaming....great for Arma/DayZ. Pretty satisfied with it overall.

too many choices out there but this was perfect for me

I absolutely love my new stormtrooper desktop! This thing is extremely capable, surprisingly quiet, but best of all, it's FAST! Below are the hardware specs for those of you wondering what exactly comes loaded inside this guy: Micro ATX Motherboard: ASrock B75m-DGS For the price, it's a pretty decent motherboard. Though, like many other reviewers have mentioned, this motherboard does not offer much room for extra hardware. It's also worth to mention that the HDMI port that is supposed to be on this desktop is actually on the motherboard, not the graphics card, which can be a bit misleading. It took a phone call to iBuyPower and an extra trip to Best Buy to pick up an HDMI-to-DVI cable to finally get video out of this bad boy. The whole process was a bit annoying, but could've been avoided had I done my homework. MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 - 1GB GDDR5 I've heard nothing but bad things about MSI, so needless to say I was a bit nervous when I opened my case and saw an MSI graphics card. Well, so far so good! I've played hours of Skyrim, and have rendered a few 3D models with no hiccups whatsoever! I am optimistic that it will hold up for the long run, but I definitely plan to upgrade this graphics card soon (not because it's an MSI, but simply for better performance). 400w Power Supply Inside is a very generic power supply! My new desktop was literally only powered on once to make sure all was well, and then shut off to swap out the power supply with a Corsair 750w. For gaming or heavy rendering, I highly recommend replacing the stock heat sink right away. 500GB Toshiba Hard Drive LG Blu-Ray Player (Blu-Ray playback software is not included). Two Generic Sticks of Ram - Each 4GB iBuyPower Mouse and Keyboard Phantom 410 Case - White This mid-tower case is extremely beautiful, and offers enough room for future upgrades. It looks like a stormtrooper, which satisfies my inner nerd :P All in all, I am extremely satisfied with my purchase!!!

I absolutely love this desktop. I'm typing on it write now. It plays the games i want at super great speeds and high graphics. Only games i have gotten too now are Smite and WoW, and it plays them both at Ultra/Maximum Graphics with a solid 60 FPS. Not to mention, for some reason from my old computer to this one, I have even dropped my Ping from 90 to 40.. Overall great computer for the price. It has spacious interior so you have room for MANY upgrades that come in the future. Good for beginning gamer's as well who don't want to break the bank over a ridiculously powerful PC. I LOVE IT.

This is the first Windows PC that I have purchased in over 5 years and it has been amazing so far. So amazing in fact, that I am writing my first product review ever for it! Similarly priced desktops have much weaker graphics card and processor combinations. I play games such as Guild Wars 2, Tera Online, and Battlefield which are all graphically intensive games and this desktop runs them at high-max settings without so much as a hiccup. It is also remarkably quiet for such a powerful machine. The only con that I can think of is that it is a rather large tower, so those without a lot of space should take this into consideration. Shipping was amazingly quick as well, received it 2 days ahead of schedule. Grab this computer while it's still on sale, you will not find a better value anywhere!

I picked this computer up on sale here for $679 and it's been a great computer. Pretty quiet, good performance on HD movies. I haven't played too many games on it yet, but what I have done has more than met my expectations. Only downsides are a very small motherboard with only 2 DDR3 RAM slots, and no PCI/PCIE expandability. The only slot (PCIE 16x) is already occupied by the graphics card, so if you were wanting to inexpensively boost your RAM or beef up your sound card, that probably isn't going to happen here. Also, there is no BluRay playback software included with the computer even though it has a BluRay drive, so be prepared to find a software solution for that. All-in-all a great out of the box experience though!

Ok so I wanted to get a beginner gaming pc that I could also use for school. Now this pc is freakin awesome! Okay so it obviously has a 4 core intel core i5 processor at 3.10ghz which is very good and it has an Nvidia GTX 650. I really chose this pc because of the RAM, CPU, Case, and GPU. So the case is very nice but large, but its excellent for cooling capabilities such as water coolers, but the great part is that its very powerful. All I have to say is if you have a budget of $800 this is the perfect pc for you! I definitely recommend this to beginner gamers! Plus this pc made my friends very jealous, (they like to always have better stuff than me, but not this time!)

I recent bought this computer when it went on sale. It was a fantastic deal and cost slightly less than it would if I had built it myself. I mainly play World of Warcraft on it and it performs better than expected. The case is really nice, easy to work in, though a bit big. My son agrees with me that the case looks like a Stormtrooper. Windows 8 takes some getting used to, but it it boots up incredibly fast. I was disappointed that it did not come with software to play dvds and blurays, but that was easily remedied with a free download and tweak easily found through a Google search. I was disappointed the hard drive was not a little bigger, but there is plenty of room to add one down the line if needed. Overall this is a great computer with a fantastic price to performance ratio.

The specs are amazing for an off the shelf price. Runs so smoothly with highest settings on all of my games. My first desktop in a while and so far it is running better and more smoothly than any computer I have owned. The only problem is that I needed to do a factory reboot of windows 8.1 before it would correctly read the GTX650 and install the NVidia software. Windows 8.1 is not my first pick but its standard now. Amazing experience so far.

First of all, to the reviewer of 1 star for this product, update your drivers. The graphics card driver that is preinstalled runs terribly with anything that samples highly. That should solve the problem. This is, by far, the best gaming PC you will find under $1000. It does come with some bare minimums (500gb HDD and 8gb RAM), but the gtx 650 GPU and quad i5 is quite the combo if you're on a budget. Building this exact item even at ibuypower.com is slightly more expensive than this prebuild. I know this because I was originally going to build my own rig on their website with many of the same parts. There are only a couple minor downsides, however. One is that this tower is MASSIVE. I have a desk that I was planning on fitting this into, however the tower is over 20'' deep; deeper than my desk is from the wall haha. Another thing to keep in mind is that it does not come with a Wireless networking card, so be prepared to either live with a hard-lined connection or picking up a usb adapter when you order. For the price it cant be beat. Even if you only have around a $500 budget or so I Highly recommend spending the extra bit for this machine. I have been running many of the graphical powerhouses to test it's performance (Skyrim, Farcry 3, Witcher 2, etc.) and have been running them all on the highest settings (except for the Witcher 2s ridiculous sampling rate). Believe me, you will not be disappointed.

once you get the drivers and everything updated it runs great. I would definitely recommend this to friends especially for the price. I play blizzard games and it runs all of them smoothly. if you are looking for a cheap computer to play pc games. this is the way to go. and there is plenty of room to upgrade.

I've only just received mine but wow, I am just completely floored with the how amazingly quiet it is. It's PRACTICALLY SILENT! I gave it a quick look through before setting it up and everything is well organized a laid out inside, plenty of room for upgrades and additional items. It's an amazing computer and I can wait to see what it can do!

I bought this pc just for gaming and school work. I does everything and more! The graphics are Great and the speed is crazy fast. I picked up a 25 inch monitor with this and WOW does it look good. I would recommend this pc to anybody. Its great! The only problem with the computer was finding the 8.1 activation code. It came with no instructions, but finally found it on the side of the pc. Over all its a good buy.

A good system for the price. It does the job of most current games I play: SC2, WoW, D3 etc. No problems so far, will report back if there is

I play games about 7-8 hours a day. This computer helps me win. I play D3, Path of Exile and it runs them smoothly. Im all about winning and this beast of a machine helps me achieve my goal. #YOLO

This is a very nice system for the price. It does the job of handling the current games that I play: Guild Wars 2, Diablo 3, and Smite. But, of course, it's doesn't have the best stuff out there. Haven't had any problem with it so far. The only thing I'm not too fond of is Windows 8, there's just too many extra stuff. Will probably go back to Windows 7 if it gets too annoying. Overall, it performs very well. Would highly recommend this.

This computer has met all my needs as a gamer and some. this computer is perfect for anyone with a $1000 budget because it already includes a really good gaming mouse and keyboard.