Customers often highlight the Slate MR Gaming Desktop's strong performance and good value for the price. Many appreciate its ease of setup and positive build quality. However, some customers express concerns about the included SSD and the system's cooling performance, suggesting potential upgrades may be necessary. The stock cooling solution is a particular point of criticism.
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Pros mentioned:
Build quality, Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
My IBuyPower PC
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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.
I recently purchased this Slate MR gaming desktop from IBuyPower via Best Buy. First, Best Buy had a great deal on it ($500 off when I purchased it). Second, my local Best Buy was accommodating, allowing me to pay in person with multiple payment methods. Lastly, I just picked up the PC today and it looks incredible. It’s running really fast and also really quiet. Though I have yet to really put it under any stress. The build quality feels nice and sturdy and professional. Definitely recommend this product.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Price, Setup
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great rig for the price
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Very decent rig for the price, bought this on sale price because I've spent the last 2.5 years trying to get my hands on a gpu and it's been depressing honestly so when I saw this prebuilt around the price I would have paid for a GPU, I bought it. Ordered and picked it up within 3 days and set it up within 10 minutes. It's my first time with a gaming rig and I am quite happy with it.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Setup
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great
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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.
Its good for my first pc it didn't take long at all to setup
I would recommend this to a friend
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Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great value for price on sale
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great pc for the spec. 10/10. Great value when on sale.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
10/10
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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.
This pc is really worth the price! The gpu is really pushing its max and the other components work perfectly with it as well. Im getting up to 1000fps. Definitely reccommend! Nothing came broken aswell! The ports in the back for mic/headset im not is working- but the top ports definitely work!
I would recommend this to a friend
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Price
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Good job
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Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Good pc, the price is good and the delivery was faster
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance, Price, Setup
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Really good first PC!
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
My husband and I bought this PC as our first one. It runs fast and works great! Super easy setup too. It was packed very well and it came with everything. We've had it almost 2 months now and we haven't had any issues with it whatsoever. I do recommend this for someone who has never owned a gaming PC before and doesn't want to build their own. It runs all our games very well (Elden Ring, Apex Legends, Genshin Impact). No problems with YouTube, Twitch, or Spotify either. Overall I think this is a really good PC, and for the specs we got a really good deal on it too.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Build quality, Setup
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love this computer!
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This computer is amazing! It's a great pre-built and definitely worth the money. Setup was easy, everything came connected and all we had to do was remove the packing and install the wifi antenna and power plug.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Cooling
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Not bad - only buy on sale.
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Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bought this when it was $500 off for my wife. The specs aren't bad for what it is but I would not buy it UNLESS it's on a big discount again. First off, I'd definitely suggest removing the stock heatsink/fan and replacing it as it's garbage. It ran hot and LOUD, so I ended up putting a Corsair AIO on it. From then on it was fine but eventually ended up doing new RAM and a case swap as well. All in all, not bad at all for what it is.
If you're new to PC's this is a good buy ON SALE, but definitely look into changing the cooler.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
With some fine-tuning, a great buy.
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Overall I am pretty satisfied with my purchase.
In the first few weeks after purchase, I did a lot of troubleshooting, tuning, and customizing. The following are some of the most important issues I ran into. This PC has ASRock BIOS. Fan settings out of the box were set on essentially max, which made it run loud even at idle. Took care of that by changing fan settings in BIOS. This PC was not ready to upgrade to Windows 11 out of the box. Enabling AMD fTPM in the CPU configuration section of BIOS fixed that. I have not figured out how to change the RGB lights on the graphics card and the RAM as of writing this review. If anyone knows how to do this, I would like to learn.
Cool, unexpected pros about this PC are as follows. The RAM that came with the PC was RBG. I am impressed with the speed of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X processor. I can run all my productivity applications at the same time with no problem. I say this after owning a gaming laptop with a 8th gen Core i7 processor for three years. The case is big and has good airflow and tons of fans. There is room available to install another HDD on top of the one it came with. There are 2 unused RAM slots.
I believe this PC is definitely worth the money for $1800 (and I got it on sale for $1350). Saved so much money compared to building my own PC. Plus, this is an upgradable setup. Bottom line, get this one if you're not willing to wait for the next gen gpu's to come out.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
My First PC
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It's my first time with a gaming PC and I am quite happy with it. I've had this PC for about 3 weeks and encountered no problems so far; it came out of the box working perfectly. This PC is super powerful and has no issues running any game I've thrown at it.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
AWESOME
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Purchased IBUYPOWER R5X-3060TI! Man this thing is a BEAST and super fast! Looks like a space ship with all the lights. Im a gamer and my wife uses for editing photography. Wish I would have never let her on it now have to share. LOVE it
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Buy It!
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Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Beautiful PC runs all the games I need with no issue at all.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
gaming pc
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very good pre build. would recommend as a decent starter-mid pc
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance, Setup
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
First Gaming PC
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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.
I have been using it for almost a week now and have not encountered any problems with it. It runs the games I currently have smoothly and setting it up was easy.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Build quality, Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Quality build and parts for the price
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great product. Very happy with the build quality and parts included. Though I did buy this to build into a higher spec rig. It has great value for its price.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Cooling
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Very satisfied overall
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I've had my system for almost a month now and overall I am very pleased with it. Didn't come with any bloatware either which I was glad for. Only thing I did was change the CPU heatsink and fan. Didn't like the temps I was getting with the stock, but that's pretty typical for stock heatsinks. I got it on time with no delays too. Would recommend to others. I normally build my own, but I got a great deal on this, and its tough finding a GPU these days.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great system overall.
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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.
Games run great on max settings with no overheating issues or anything like that. The only issues I've had is that when anything is downloading, any other program or browser that I try to open will run very slowly even though I'm not using over 50% of my ram. The system isn't ready to upgrade to Windows 11 out of the box either. Have to activate some TPM 2.0 which the PC Health check has instructions to do that.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance, Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Monster of a machine
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Looks great and plays great, all for a good deal. Enjoying the product!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Loving my Son home more!
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
My son loves the Gaming PC. He usually spends the weekend at his grandparent's house but since X-Mas he has yet to visit them due to this system. I love that he's home more even though he's in his room.