Customer Ratings & Reviews

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.

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!

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.

Solid machine, great brand name card in it, which was the allure for me. I traditionally build my own, but Covid ruined that hobby. Couple of things for the QC team at IBP/ other customers: 1. Graphics card mounting: Mine is the gigabyte card, and I found the card wasn’t aligned correctly with the back of the case. This made it almost impossible to get the DP cables in without adjustment. Not a big deal, but the less tech experience people would force them in and risk breaking the card. 2. BIOS settings: found they these were mid configured, not allowing the processor to clock over base clock, even with turbo boost enabled. Couple of options to switch and it was turbo’ing the way it should be. Again, if you’re good with tech, this shouldn’t be an issue. More disappointing that they don’t come preconfigured. 3. (Biggest) Thermal Paste: not sure if they use a factory thermal pad or just poor application, but dang. Thing was running pretty hot. Not enough to throttle but I knew something was up because the AIO is pretty good. Like 155f or so. Removed the aio, applied some nt-h2 and dropped the temps, under load to about 135f max. Huge difference. I think IBP should adjust how they do this, because parts of the ihs remained bare. Those are not picks. It’s a great little system. Air flow seems more than adequate

Hello, My experience so far has been excellent with this iBuyPower PC. It took me about as long to configure everything for my gaming setup as it did for me to provide an honest review. I liked the RGB effects until the point I eventually stopped looking at them. Games look great and get consistent 100fps (such as Warzone) with the correct graphic settings. I gained access to features not present on the first computer I built such as Nvidia G-sync. And that is the other thing, I didn't have to build my own PC this time. Simply booted up and warrantied without much effort. The accessories did not compliment the system well because you should not be getting a membrane keyboard and a non-customizable RGB mouse for this level of PC. Hardware and performance were on par for this PC when bought on sale, I'm not so sure paying full price is worth it because the markup for a better GPU is already there when you get it on sale. That's my review, hope it was helpful.

Had it for about a month now and it's been a great purchase. It replaced my previous PC which I built myself for around $1k some years ago; there was nothing wrong with it and it ran the latest triple A's with absolutely no issues, but I do prefer to upgrade every few years to not stay too far behind in tech. This should last me another good few more years before I feel the need to upgrade again. I work a lot and would rather spend my limited off time just jumping into gaming instead of having to camp websites for decently priced hardware and then take the time setting it up, and for that reason buying a pre-built was worth it to me. I probably spend 4 or 5 hours a day on average gaming, watching videos, and chatting with friends all at once. My set up has 3 screens and I'll have YouTube, discord, and a game running altogether smoothly at any given time. The design is clean and nice to look at. I definitely recommend iBuyPower and will likely purchase from them in the future.

Very nice, the fans are junk quality, case and exhaust fans. They keep failing. But the company that makes them Ibuypower keeps sending me replacement fans. On my 4th now only 1 year in. I hope the rest of the quality stands up. Other then that no complaints. I did ask Ibuypower why they keep failing, and if they can upgrade the fans. Waiting on that from a couple days ago. Everything else is great. After warranty period sucks tho. I will have to buy my own. I probably won’t buy another Ibuypower if they don’t treat me right. If fans weren’t junk I’d rate 5 stars.

I love this computer! Everything has worked flawlessly. I bought this on the flash sale for $2800 dollars! Such a great purchase. I will upgrade the ram at later date but for now it’s fine. I use this computer strictly for gaming and the 3080ti is awesome. I’ve had very stable frame rates and the gpu temps haven’t gone above 75 Celsius! If your looking at this computer it’s great value for what you get. Also the case looks better in person! Will post some pictures. What you see is what you get!

Great specs, runs wonderfully. Only reason I'm not giving this 5 stars is the packaging. There were multiple stickers on the case which left residue, one in particular on the motherboard plate that I couldn't get off. Didn't want to risk getting any rubbing alcohol in the connectors so it's just kind of ugly. For the kind of money spent on a product like this I would expect a little more thought be put in placing the wrong kind of stickers on places that aren't easy to clean/remove.

Fantastic system. I got mine on the Black Friday sale; still a touch overpriced, but given the rarity and current 2nd hand market on the 3080ti - this is actually a pretty great deal. Mine came with a Gigabyte "Eagle" 3080ti - which is so far performing well. Out of the box everything else is working and working well, which can sometimes be an issue with prebuilts being shipped. Snatch this one on sale if you can! Not my first from iBuypower and wont be my last, I'm sure!

Wonderful computer, very powerful and perfect for gaming and graphic work. Runs games extremely well, parts are all in excellent condition, and the case is really nice. Wish it came with more RAM… but thats easily upgradeable and not really an issue unless you’re doing graphical work. Took forever to ship. They added 2 weeks of time. Understandable because of the graphics card, but they really should have had better tracking on the shipment to give me a better answer when I asked how far along it was rather than “it’s shipping.” Be ready to wait a while after your purchase, but extremely good value. Got it on sale for $2600, absolutely reccomended if it goes to that price again.

I picked up an iBUYPOWER - Trace MR Gaming Desktop Model #TRACEMR1003TI from Best Buy. I am very impressed with the quality and speed of this computer. I highly recommend it!

Got a great deal on this PC which included a 3080TI. This was my first PC and was a little nervous about building my own so I decided to go with a pre-built. Even though I have never build a PC I am very familiar with what goes into building a PC and the components within. When I received the PC all components were attached snuggly and wire management was nicely done. They even placed RAM sticks in properly allowing for dual channel. I am very pleased with this product, and would highly suggest it to anyone looking to enter the high-end PC market

Great PC for the price, actually thought was a high price, paid $3199 the total price plus 7% tax over it and thought was so expensive, then when I opened it, it came with a ASUS TUF 3080 TI, the GPU cost 1999 itself, so actually I paid 1200 for the other pc parts, and that’s a great deal! The only thing I had to upgrade was the memory, I would recommend Corsair Dominators 3600MHz, and in the future to get a better power supply and maybe a ASUS ROG motherboard, but the PC works great! Highly recommend it!

Awesome! Great computer, easy setup, runs flawlessly!

Bought this on black friday. The overall value is pretty good for $2599. The SSD on it is not fast enough in nowaday though, and the power supply was made by High Power which is a company I never heard before, so I bought a new one from Seasonic to replace it.

Easy to set-up, I was on the desktop in minutes. Quality to the absolute MAX, I frequently shop filthy same brands that IBuyPower puts in their builds, and that is because I have been using these products for years and they out perform against the completion. Plus! I compared the pricing of the components on various sites, and I would have ended up spending more (with shipping costs) to build the same set-up, the convenience is unmatched.

The ssd boots up my PC faster than my internet connection connects. I'm playing God of war at 4k, maxed out graphic settings at a locked 60fps. I just wish i would've got a 2tb model instead of 1tb because it fills up fat with the games. I'm playing games like Control and Ghostrunner at high frame rates and so far everything I've thrown at it it's been handling it well. I might pick up the warranty plan but I'm undecided right now. I got it on sale for $2,700 and in this day and age is a steal. Every time I turn it on on an amd icon pops up and i have to close it. If it wasn't for the pop up and low storage on the PC I would've given it a 5 overall.

I found this TraceMR 1003TI on sale. I was skeptical about a prebuilt computer, but in today's market it is about your only option. I walked into Best Buy and happened to see 1 or 2 of these units on display. The price was right, so I took a chance. I am very happy I did. Well done IBUYPOWER.

I am very happy with this PC ! It has everything that I wanted and the GPU that I was looking for since there is a shortage. It is very fast and I haven't had an issue at all !!! It is nice and quiet with very minimal noise when at full load !