Customers praise the Element Mini Gaming Desktop's performance and ease of use, finding it easy to set up and suitable for moderate gaming. Many appreciate its affordability and consider it a good value for the price, particularly for beginners. However, some customers point out that the graphics card is outdated and may require an upgrade for optimal gaming performance.
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Pros mentioned:
Performance
Cons mentioned:
Size
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
It’s a pretty computer
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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I really like this computer. It’s my first gaming pc. I thought it would be smaller being labeled as a mini computer but maybe that’s just in terms of gaming pc’s. It’s the same size as an average tower. I love the lights on the keyboard and the mouse flashes different lights too. I’ve ran several things at once (watched Netflix, played games, and had the Internet browser open) and it ran smoothly. I was happy to find out it came with WiFi. From the specifications I thought it only could be hooked up with a wired connection out of box. I didn’t need Instructions. It was easy to plug in and start using. My only complaint would be that the led’s on one of my fans doesn’t work as well as the rest. Sometimes it doesn’t change to the right color and it’s not as bright. But it seems like the fan still works like the others. I’m happy with it. I connected a TV to it for my monitor and I use it a lot. It’s very pretty. Just wish for a 600$ computer that doesn’t come with a cd drive that the lights would work as advertised.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance, Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
PC gamer
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Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
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Really good and affordable price still using it and work nice runs all the game that i want really recommend it
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great PC Great Value
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great PC for price. This is my first gaming desktop and i have not been disappointed yet. Would recomend to anyone trying to get into pc gaming. The colors are cool on the keyboard mouse and tower.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Size
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Not worth it
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Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
DO NOT BUY THIS PC!!!!!!!! So i bought this pc 2 years ago and i’ve made a some upgrades to it and this is my experience. The first thing is, if you wanna updgrade you GPU you will have to upgrade the power supply yes or yes, 2nd thing is that its pretty small, i bought a Radeon rx 6950 xt and it barely fits so have that in mind, 3rd thing, it doesnt come with the regular brackets so if you wanna upgrade or change your cooler make sure to buy the amd 4 brackets before. If you buy this, you will be throwing away $700 because it will be pretty hard for you to upgrade it. Also you will be playing the most basic games at 30fps
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good Pc
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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I like the pc very much, its nice and fast and have no issues out of the box
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good starting PC
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First PC I’ve Owned and i think it is a great choice. Love the RGB lighting. Had no problems using it and setting it up. Keyboard and mouse included are also great.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great starter PC
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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Great starter gaming pc. Set up was very easy and quick. All expectations have been met!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Let the games begin.
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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Great gaming computer. I bought this as a gift for my son , and he loves it.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good pc
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I always wanted a PC and I love this PC. It’s a good looking PC is very fast and was easy to set up. Definitely five stars
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Graphics card
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Not for gaming.
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Good computer and build but few points to consider
- it's not "mini" size but more of a regular size desktop
- the graphics card is outdated.
- the free mouse and keyboard that come with the computer are low quality. don't expect too much. I might be able to use keyboard but the mouse is just terrible.
I cannot really run overwatch at 60ps with the lowest possible setting. i get about 40-50fps at the lowest resolution.
Im not sure how you can call this a gaming desktop...
Graphics card upgrade would be mandatory to play any gpu extensive games.
But outside of gaming, everything is really fast and smooth.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good PC, bad WIFI
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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PC arrived within a week of ordering it, came in good quality and ran fine first try. Installed an additional 8GB of ram, which finally worked after a few attempts. Only problem experienced is bad wifi connection, but I bought a WIFI adapter to hopefully fix that problem. Overall pretty good PC for the price, keyboard and mouse are satisfactory.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
My feedback
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I think it should’ve been a little under 700 hundred since my cpu was old and out dated. But other than that everything else was okay.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Price For A Great Beginner Gaming PC
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Overall, this is a fine computer. I've had one annoying issue with it, but I think it had to do with Windows more than the actual computer. It looks great, and knowing the limit of games I can play, it's handled them very well. I'll be upgrading components over time, but for a starter gaming pc, this has definitely met my expectations.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good for simple gaming and use.
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
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It was good for a while, had if for a year.
Recently, there has been a problem with my SSD dying and needing a replacement. The computer comes prebuilt....which means that windows 10 is on it....if you run into the problem like me, and need to reinstall windows 10 to your computer, then you will need a windows 10 licensing key....you have to contact IBuyPower directly and pray that they give you it.
There wasn't a problem up until now (09/22) and I bought it (05/21).
The item is basic and simple if that is what you are looking for. My main reason of getting it is because there was no GPU being sold at the time and I really wanted a gaming pc.
I was able to play a number of games though with it running smoothly. Minecraft, Stardew, Dont starve together, Halo, valorant, etc things like that. There was the live Halo game that my computer wouldn't run so be weary of that.
I think I was also able to run league and apex, but they were a bit laggy....so there is that, but I am sure if you go ahead and upgrade things yourself, it would be able to run smoothly.
The SSD included is about 240GB which isn't too bad? BUT I would say...don't let that be your only SSD. Have a backup or a backup HD that you keep your info and such on.
Overall, I like it besides my own personal mistakes and will probably continue to use it as long as things continue to run smoothly when my new SSD and windows is installed.
Um, some other things to add, the keyboard is nice, it has some jelly like keycaps? I had upgraded my keyboard to red keycaps so that I could change them in and out as I pleased for my own reasons. The mouse, I love, it is easy to use and the buttons on the side are super helpful.
I would suggest flipping the little on and off switch on the back of the tower so that your LED's aren't running all the time (for the mouse n keyboard) but other than that, it is all nice for beginners!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great budget pc for people starting out.!
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Got this pc to start streaming some gameplay and it's worked out great! The only issue I had was at startup the fans in the front wouldnt light up but once I took the side panel off on the right side and connected the wires it lit up like a christmas tree! Performs great and after upgrading the RAM to 16GB it does everything I need it to do with ease.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Budget Gaming System
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Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
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It's not bad as a starter system. I ended up having to upgrade the hard drive, video card, and memory to get the most out of the system. Understand that this will not play any of the high end games without issue.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent Gaming Computer
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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Amazing speed and Graphics at a great price, everything you need , awesome product .
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Shessshhhh
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Good starter pc upgraded ram fan led wasn’t working but it was just a lose cable
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Graphics card
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Could've been better
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I ordered online and picked it up at the store. I got it for my daughter' birthday so I wanted to set everything up beforehand. Immediately noticed only one LED fan was lit up. The icon on the desktop didn't recognize what it was supposed to do and the graphics card won't accept a new driver version. I wasn't happy but she was so I let it be.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
good computer for moderate gaming
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It's a good computer for moderate gaming. It will work for games like civ 6 and xcom