Customers commend the Gaming Desktop's performance and its excellent value for the price. Many appreciate the ease of setup and the generally good frame rates, although some users experienced issues with the motherboard and excessive fan noise. A few also reported problems with the power supply and display. Upgrades to RAM were frequently suggested by users.
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Purchased this on sale at $599.00 pre-black Friday. For those who is looking for a mid tier gaming PC at a great price, this is it. The unit that I received had the following: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 as stated GPU: XFX dual fan RX580 8gb MB: Asus Prime B450MA, no bluetooth and no M.2 slot, It's a cheap MB. RAM: 1 stick 8gb TeamGroup Vulcan DDR4 3000 Ran Cinebench R20 at 3640, very respectable I play Destiny 2 mainly Crucible (PVP) at 1080p on 240hz monitor. I have a full on gaming PC with 3700X and 2080ti for reference and my FPS on that unit is anywhere between 130 - 160 fps, which is max the game will put out, so 2080ti is overkill. The RX580 was hitting around 60-75 fps. Playable, but noticeably below what I am used to. For $600, this is a great unit and you can upgrade with another stick of 8gb, although hard to find just 1 stick at 8gb. You might end up having to by a 16gb kit for $80. You can upgrade the GPU down the road if you aren't happy but that will cost you another $350-$450 to go to the next step up like RX5700XT or RTX2060. The Ryzen 5 3600 will carry you a long way.
Posted by TomA014
I bought this PC on Black Friday 2019. First off, I can now play most of my games on ultra or high settings and getting more than 80+ fps. Cyberpowerpc build their products with whatever item brand they currently have so here's the list of what I got: OS: Windows 10 Home Motherboard: Gigabyte B450-M DS3H WIFI CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - 6cores/12threads Graphics: Powercolor Red Devil Radeon RX 580 8gb DDR5 SSD: Adata SU630 - 240 GB HDD: Seagate Barracuda - 2 TB RAM: TeamGroup Vulcan - 8gb Ram DDR4 3000 Mhz (one stick) Power Supply: EVGA 600watts 80+ Gold Fans: x3 RGB case fans Cinebench Score: 3408 I did a lot of research comparing pre-builts from several companies and I thought I made the right choice. The Ryzen 5 3600 and RX 580 8GB for $599.99 are what really had me buying this. Then I paired it with 25 inch FreeSync monitor. The cable management is very neat and makes PC nice to look at through the tempered glass. The 3 RGB Fans adds a nice touch although the box did not come with instructions for the lights. I had to figure it out myself on how to turn it off by pressing and holding the bottom RGB button for a couple of seconds twice. During my research, I read about Cyberpower skimping on PSU but I guess they listened to their customers because I got a decent PSU. PROS: Very Fast boot-up on Windows and on all programs Fast Ryzen 5 3600 CPU In-board WIFI AC with two screw-on antennas included Bluetooth 4.2 RGB fans x 3 Fast SSD drive 2 TB hdd extra storage Cable management RGB Mouse Basic Gaming Keyboard with media buttons CONS: 240 GB SSD might not be sufficient for multiple modern games installed Rear fan seems to run fast and loud when I use Google Chrome (memory hog browser) No DVD drive Keyboard logo lights stays On even when the PC is off Overall I'm happy with this product and we'll see how it goes in the future. For now, I highly recommend this product while it's on sale.
Posted by jayswish
Bought this on 2/3/20 on a whim. Knew absolutely nothing about PCs when I bought this. Everyone on Reddit crucified me for buying a pre-built PC, from Best Buy no less (apparently that's even more of a sin). 5 months in and I've had ZERO issues. Only thing I did extra was buy another 8GB RAM stick for $55, based off people's recommendations, and that helped with load times on certain games. I couldn't be happier with the Graphics Card, I mainly play Warzone on mid-high settings and get 100-140fps. Fortnite got like 200fps. Escape from Tarkov gets 80-110fps. GTAV gets around 150-160fps on high. All those are at 1080p resolution. Bottom line: If you're looking to switch to PC, I would highly recommend this PC. I can't wait to see what gaming looks like when I eventually buy a high end GPU, if this GPU performs this well and it's considered a "budget card".
Posted by MickG