Customers find value in the Shiva Gaming PC's strong performance across various games, with many praising its ability to maintain cool temperatures even under stress. Positive feedback also highlights the high frame rates achieved and the reliable components, including the motherboard and storage. While there were no negative comments reported, the overall sentiment points to a satisfying gaming experience.
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Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
First PC & I love it
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
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I only write reviews when a product satisfies me to the point i make time to write a review.— Im not all that good at identifying the processors and gpu’s and shii but this rig (skyteck one, not the inwin) is GREAT. for gaming 2023+. Im not gonna lie, On stock build with upgraded storage , (so i have 4tb, 2 separate hdd) FORTNITE. had a hard time staying stable. thats the only game i had issues with Stock.. otherwise- most games run DECENT. Rocket league, Call of duty, .. just make sure your drivers are up to date all the time. you dont need to upgrade anything as soon as u get it.. the only thing i did as soon as i got it was added RGB lights around the glass inside & added 2tb storage HDD
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Cooling, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great PC and great components!!
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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This came out to be a great starter gaming PC for me. I wanted to build for the longest time but the price of components did not make sense compared to what skytech was offering. I upgraded the ram to corsair 32gb. Stress test and barely go above 60 Celsius while gaming. Super quick even before upgrading ram. I reached out to skytech with a question and to my surprise they responded so quickly and solved my inquiry.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Fps, Motherboard
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Skytech Shiva 3060ti*missing AIO CPU cooler
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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Overall I’m very happy with the Skytech Shiva. The motherboard is and Asus B550, the Gpu is a Gigabyte 3060 Ti. The only problem I have is that I was suppose to receive a CPU Aio cooler that was promised in the description of the product… time to contact Skytech, hopefully this will help with any future Skytech purchases
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Cooling
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
She's a beaut. Very satisfied, impressed even
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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This thing is a beast. Memory was running at 3200mhz out of the box. Great cooling, great attention to detail, runs quiet. Given the current GPU market this thing is hard to beat for the price. Check out those 3dMark scores and temps. My only issue is some of those tiny (circled in the photo) tabs on the back I/O panel were blocking ports but a gentle push in the right direction fixed that up. For VR, Half Life: Alyx ran great at ultra fidelity despite it recommending high fidelity
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Gaming pc
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Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
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Great mid grade gaming setup, runs everything i have thrown at it so far with no problems.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
just disappointed honestly :(
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
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(I game a lot honest opinion) Bought a computer from skytech in 2021 and it was working fine about 6 month laters my aio cooler malfunctions and fries everything in the pc the skytech support was helpful and fixed my pc under their warranty just bought another one about two weeks ago and had to bring it back to best buy because it kept overheating and crashing so I guess I’m 0/2 on skytech gonna try something else this time and if all else fails I’m just gonna build my own pc
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Easy and quick to set up.
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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Amazing computer for gaming and worth the money I saved up for it.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Cooling, Motherboard
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
A good system at a good price.
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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First time dealing with Skytech and so far I am impressed. I purchased this machine to replaced my old Alienware Aurora R7 (I made the mistake of upgrading the power supply, gpu, ram and storage only for Dell to abandon everthing from the R7 on down).
Pros:
The system I got came with a Gigabyte 3060 TI gpu, which is a good get as far as I'm concerned considering the grab bag of graphics cards out there. The mother board is a 550 plus-ac-hes from Asus, another good manufacturer. Love the nvme ssd, there's definitely a speed boast over the samsung ssd drives I added to my old aurora. Cooling is a AIO 120 mm liquid cooling with multiple fans and a dust filter on the bottom.
A definite plus is the customer service. I had multiple questions on this system, and I got responses within one day of emailing on all of them. Informative, polite, and I didn't feel like an idiot talking to them.
The side glass panel and back panel are easy to remove, and the cable management is superb. I was able to pull one of my old ssd's out of old system and swap to this one with ease. Plenty of room for air flow. System has held between 55 and 65 C on the games I've been playing (The Outer Worlds and Cyberpunk 2077 right now. I'm looking forward to see what it does with Elden Ring in a couple of weeks). A 3060 TI was a nice step up from my old 2080 RTX Super. I have a 1920x1080P LG monitor so getting the regular 3060 with the 12 gb of DDR6 didn't seem necessary.
Cons: Maybe a bit of nitpicking. I've got two sticks of 8 gb ram in channels two and 4 currently that came with the system. I tried to add 32 gb more from my old computer (16 gb Corsair DDR4) but kept getting a black screen after verifying the basics (was the ram seated correctly, gpu in correctly, etc). Pull the ram, the original ram works fine. CS at Skytech thinks its a ram conflict between the sticks they sent with the corsair, so I'm going to try pulling the original ram and see if that works. I find the fan noise a bit noticeable considering it has the liquid cooling, but its way quieter than my Alienware R7 at the end there. It started to sound like a jet taking off just watching you tube videos. The manual controls for the lighting effects are inside the case, but if you download armory crate from asus you have some limited options for lighting control without opening up the side.
All in all, considering nobody can get a graphic card seperate from a system to save their lives at this point if you're looking to upgrade an older system with a good gaming machine, the Shiva is a good bet. Side note, if you go to the Skytech website, you'll notice this version of the Shiva there is about $150.00 cheaper. Please note, that's because that one doesn't have the liquid cooling that the best buy model does. Happy Gaming.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Cooling, Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Big bang for the buck
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I have no complaints. This rig is plenty powerful enough to run anything I've thrown at it with maxed settings and ultra ray tracing (CP 2077, JC4, CoD even Battlefield runs well). My machine came with an asus rog mobo, msi 3060ti, msi 1tb drive, a very decent aio cooler and patriot gaming ram. All the components are pretty top notch for what you're paying. Its basically all stuff I would pick for this budget range in a custom build. I ditched the kb/m they send with it...they would do in a pinch but are pretty much trash. Overall system is quiet and doesn't even rev up much under load. Temps stay wrangled where they need to be thanks to the ample case space and good fan set up. I added another couple ssds which easily mount on the back side of the mobo behind the panel keeping them out of sight from the rest of the case. Cable management was perfect. A quick download of armory crate had my case colors customized to my liking. All in all this was a great purchase and an overall good deal on components given the state of item prices and inventory. Oh and there was literally 0 bloatware...just 3 links to register and customer support for skytech.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Fps, Motherboard
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
A Well-Assembled PC
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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I have built my own PCs for 30-years, but the price of components made this prebuilt a more affordable option. Skytech assemblers did an excellent job putting everything together. The cooling was adequate, though I wouldn't overclock this system with the installed cooling components (it would likely benefit from bottom intake fans). The shipped components were good - exactly what I would expect for this price point: an ASUS Prime B550 motherboard, a Gigabyte 3060 ti, Inwin PSU, Inwin ARGB fans (which can be a bit loud, but they look cool), and XPG Gammix D10 memory.
I only have two minor complaints. First, there were a few small screws loose in the case. Second, the fans are a little loud for what they are; I'm not sure if the fans were configured to respond to component temperatures or not.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great value rig
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Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
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Had it for 3 years, this prebuilt from SkyTech was reliable until i sold it for more modern gpu and cpu series. The wifi antenna however is not the best (asus single flat anetenna)
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Powerful Gaming PC
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Don't normally review but feel the need to since the rating is so low. I had no issues with the packaging or anything like that, it came with everything it mentioned and since it has a 3060 TI, it will run any game at a bare minimum of 144fps, you may need low settings on some of the more intensive games (like Halo or Warzone) if you want a constant 144fps but something like Overwatch you will get 400 fps or so even on high settings. Like any other prebuilt, look inside the PC and take out any packaging, because they will put stuff inside the PC so nothing gets moved around while it's shipping. I have my own keyboard and mouse that are much stronger than the ones that come with the PC but they would be solid for someone just getting into gaming but I would recommend upgrading at some point. The RGB is really nice and when you log in for the first time you'll see an application on the desktop for the lights that allows you to change colors, color patterns, or even turn off the lights if you're in a more professional setting.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Motherboard
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Overall Great Parts
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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.
Ok so I gave a 3 star review purely on parts that came with the machine. B550 Gigabyte Mobo system came xmp enabled 3060ti gigabyte eagle oc a decent case good airflow msi ssd 1tb the board does have 2 m2 slots win11 ready you just have to activate in bios no bloatware whatsoever and basically plug and play. Until today i noticed while gaming the CPU was way hot over 85c so I immediately knee something was up at first i thought the OC was too high but the 5600x is built to boost high so I bit yhe bullet bought a tube of thermal paste and took the cooler off the CPU and by my astonishment the WARNING STICKER was still on the CPU!!!!!!! They even had the nerve to apply thermal paste on the STICKER!!!!! I couldn't believe it so please please please any prebuilt computer you buy thoroughly inspect everything and you tube is your best friend here just do yourself a favor because this did happen and I'd hate to see it happen to someone else
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great for someone starting out!
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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As a first time buyer of Skytech and of not being able to see it in-store/how it'd perform, I was pleasantly surprised at how easy the setup was (even as an experienced tech) and how well this computer performs.
I'm giving this computer 5 stars even though I have two gripes: 1) as a PC gamer, if you have 4 DIMM (RAM) slots to utilize, you should utilize them all to spread the load better; and 2) I wish the motherboard had more than 2 NVMe/M.2 slots as I upgraded from an ASUS laptop that had 3, and is several technologic generations older.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
100/10
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Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
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Love love love it. My husband and I love it. So far no issues
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Cooling, Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Pc review
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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Love this computer! Great out the box, all I’ve done is add some extra storage. Computer runs great, Gpu runs cool. Going to add some fans later on.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great purchase
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Runs great! I’ve heard bad things about prebuilt gaming PCs. But this one has done great. Runs smooth and with ease.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Cooling, Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Satisfied
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Bought this on sale for $1500. Temps are good. Looks beautiful. With DLSS, I was able to get almost 144hz 1440p on Warzone and Super People on the highest settings and it doesn't look bad. Was mostly at 144hz 1440p for Apex Legends on highest settings.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Gaming
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Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.
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Perfect for the gamer in the family. Easy set up and it doesnt take long to go through once you power it up.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Cooling
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great pc
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Great power for the price (purchased while on sale) considering the price/scarcity of parts right now. Arrived quickly without damage. Very easy to set up.
The fans on this PC are LOUD, but it stays cool and I have noticed the noise less and less the longer I have had it.