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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Beast of a Machine!
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I bought this for my new Gaming and VR rig. It runs everything I throw at it. I went ahead and installed another 16g stick of ddr4 ram though. Other than that it is fast and smooth. Running just about everything in Ultra in 4k. And my Vive VR has never looked so good. Huge step up from my old AMD Phenom 3 and 1070.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Beast of a rig - amazing performance
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I upgraded the RAM from the single 16GB stick to 32GB (two 16 GB sticks) to take advantage of dual-channel and the faster memory speeds (3200mhz G.Skill DDR4) but even without that the PC can run anything you throw at it. The stock RAM is 2666mhz so still fast but you WILL see improvement moving up to 3200mhz and also with dual-channel instead of single. I'm not sure why they didn't use 2x 8GB sticks, you can see plenty of videos online where dual-channel performs better than single.
I also would recommend not putting the tempered glass on. The GPU is literally right up against the glass and has little-to-no air flow whatsoever. I kept the original slider on it (the one shown in the picture) to increase air flow. Aside from that I have absolutely no complaints and after installing the RAM and an extra SSD I can say that the cable management is solid and clean and the internal components are quality. This PC is a good buy.
