iBUYPOWER Gamer Extreme NE955i Desktop PC Intel Core i7 3770k(3.50GHz) 16GB DDR3 1TB HDD Capacity AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

Pros: Great desktop, tons of storage and extremely fast for gaming

Cons: BIOS corrupted and unable to be fixed after less than a year

Other Thoughts: I love this computer but its a huge disappointment that it is pretty much bricked after less than a year for no apparent reason. Hopefully the warranty covers this...

Manufacturer Response:

Dear valued iBUYPOWER customer,

Please kindly E-mail me your contact information and I will contact you directly regarding the issues you are experiencing. Can you also please register your product on http://www.ibuypower.com/retail.aspx to speed up the process if a RMA is needed. If you have any additional questions please email us at newegg@ibuypower.com. We will be more than gladly to help you out. Thanks again for choosing iBUYPOWER!

Pros: I love this computer. I have had it for several months now and I have had 0 problems. It is fast and quiet. Every game I have played has been at max settings and has played flawlessly. I keep seeing people saying this computer is horrible and don't buy. I can't speak for them but I, personally, have had no problems whatsoever. It has exceeded my expectations. I really like the case for it too. It's incredibly roomy and easy to install new devices in. I would recommend this PC for sure.

Cons: The only gripe I can muster up would be the lack of a wireless card. I installed a ASUS PCE-N53 that I bought from newegg that cost around $40 at the times and it works great. The keyboard it came with wasn't amazing but it wasn't terrible either. The mouse has been pretty nice though. I was thinking getting another one, but it seems like a waste of money because it works well for my needs. I can't think of anything else I had a problem with. The PC is just awesome.

Other Thoughts: I am sorry to hear that other people had issues with their computers. The only thing I can think is maybe some wires were disconnected during the shipping and gave them problems. I LOVE this computer.

Pros: None anymore

Cons: Worked for a month, now gives me constant BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH EVERY FREAKING HOUR

Other Thoughts: I'm outside of my 30 days it's like as soon as I hit my 31st day it blue screened 8 times a day it's total garbage I'll NEVER BUY FROM IBUYPOWER AGAIN.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

We apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact our customer support team again at 888-462-3899 and tell them specifically about the issue, they will gladly help you with this. You can go to www.ibuypower.com/retail.aspx and register your information to speed up the process of the RMA if you have not already done so. Thank you. If you have any questions regarding this system please e-mail us directly at newegg@ibuypower.com. Thanks again for choosing iBuypower and we hope we can solve these issues as soon as possible.

Pros: beautiful machine
water cooling
fast CPU
gigabyte mobo

Cons: I got the blue screen of death on the 1st day, not a good sign.
Many of the software that runs on my windows 7 laptop gets an error on this PC..ZD Screen Recorder will no run, Nero gets a side by side error. Other get a memory fault error.

Other Thoughts: I'd like to love this PC, but for over $1000, I don't understand all the incompatibility issues I'm getting, specially when all this software runs fine on my laptop. I have not seen a windows blue screen for several years so to see it in a brand new machine...very discouraging. I'm leaning on returning this machine.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

We apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact our customer support team again at 888-462-3899 and tell them specifically about the issue, they will gladly help you with this. You can go to www.ibuypower.com/retail.aspx and register your information to speed up the process of the RMA if you have not already done so. Thank you. If you have any questions regarding this system please e-mail us directly at newegg@ibuypower.com. Thanks again for choosing iBuypower and we hope we can solve these issues as soon as possible.

Pros: This thing is absolutely amazing. I'm an audio engineer and didn't want to pay the mac-tax so I got this. I have intentionally tried to max out the CPU and it just doesn't happen. Don't let the title fool you, this is not just for gamers...this can handle anything you throw at it. I also do video and graphics work on it, as well as games (of course)

Cons: NONE

********for anyone with monitor issues: before freaking out and sending your computer back, make sure you are plugging in to the VIDEO CARD on the back panel and NOT the motherboard. The motherboard has hdmi/dvi/vga outs, but since there is a video card, these are disabled. It happened to me at first and I was very disappointed thinking I had the same problem as all of these negative reviews...but then I decided to use my brain and fix the issue.

Other Thoughts: For the price, you can't beat this deal. Look at other "custom built gamer pcs"...even on this website. For the same price they only have intel i5 and maybe 8gb RAM.

tips to improving your SUPER COMPUTER
-buy a solid state drive for the OS/applications and use the supplied drive for storage
-get a firewire PCIe card (especially if you do video/audio stuff)


I routinely take projects home from work to do at my own desk because I hate waiting around for things to load :) This computer has effectively made it impossible for me to work on other computers.

Pros: Amazingly fast computer. The processor is insanely fast (close to the best you can get today), memory is more that you'll need, HDD is 1 TB, video card works extremely well. The case has plenty of room for expansions in the future, and looks great. With this computer I can max out every game I've encountered, including Crysis 2. After multiple benchmark- and stress-tests, this computer has come through flawlessly.

I had this computer in my wishlist for a month or so, checking on it daily and drooling. Only once I put it in my cart and started checkout did I see the Xbox combo. Basically, I got an Xbox for free. This was just another great Pro this computer has. I highly recommend it to everyone.

Cons: Only a one 'con', if you can consider this one:

With a processor this fast, you almost NEED a SDD to take full advantage of it. It would be great if it came with one, but let's be honest; for this price? No way would the company make money.

Other Thoughts: The video card is in about the top 85 percentile. The average person won't notice a thing. Heck, the average gamer won't either. Only when you're maxing insanely resource-demanding games will you notice anything between this card and the best card out there.

I was 'iffy' about this computer after the reviews saying the display didn't work, but I went ahead anyway. Mine hasn't acted up at all so my only thought is maybe they just got bad ones? Maybe their monitors couldn't support this video card? I have no idea, but mine works perfectly. I have dual-display, too.

The keyboard isn't up to par with the rest of the computer; I'd recommend buying a new one. While you're at it, buy a new mouse, it is usable but not the greatest.

Pros: haven't been able to try it yet. but spec wise on the website it Looks ok i guess

Cons: - Tower was not linking to monitor had to send it back, But don't forget to send back mouse and keyboards or else they won't replace it . found out the hard way.
- keep in mind before you buy.. there is no Refunds....

Other Thoughts: I had some trouble with the makers of this tower phone client services. (worded it this way on purpose to still remain in newegg's review guidelines)

again NO refund so be warned.

I don't like people that say " people in review are stupid" when they themselves have posted a review; and then mention that having a dead computer is no BIG deal when they themselves apparently got a GOOD one.

* by no means am I saying don't buy this comp its horrible; but more like wanted people to know that this computer and its brand seems to have a problem with being dead on arrival on one or more occasion
Take into consideration if you are willing to take the chance and deal with replacing it.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

We apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact our customer support team again at 888-462-3899 and tell them specifically about the issue, they will gladly help you with this. You can go to www.ibuypower.com/retail.aspx and register your information to speed up the process of the RMA if you have not already done so. Thank you. If you have any questions regarding this system please e-mail us directly at newegg@ibuypower.com. Thanks again for choosing iBuypower and we hope we can solve these issues as soon as possible.

Pros: Smooth and fast, and awesome. To the reviews that say they got one where it was dead on arrival, EVERY PRODUCT HAS SOME ONES THAT DON'T WORK. They make millions of computers, there are bound to be a .01 percentage of things that go wrong.

If you get one that's dead you just send it in and they replace it, no need to whine in a review about it.

My comp showed up 100 percent plugged in all ready to go, no need to fiddle with anything.

Cons: none.

Other Thoughts: People in reviews are stupid. Don't pay attention to those ones they just sent theirs in and got brand new replacements. This computer is FREAKING AMAZING.

Pros: I thought what I was getting was a great deal.

Cons: I can't believe this thing doesn't work. I bragged to all of my friends about getting what I thought was supposed to be an awesome machine instead the graphics don't work, what's going ON? Apparently I got what Frank and N/A sent back. I waited a week on this machine to arrive. Planned out my whole evening around playing with it and it doesn't work!

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

We apologize for the inconvenience. We would like to replace/repair the parts on your computer as soon as possible. Please contact our customer support team again at 888-462-3899 and tell them specifically about the issue, they will gladly help you with this. You can go to www.ibuypower.com/retail.aspx and register your information to speed up the process of the RMA if you have not already done so. Thank you. If you have any questions regarding this system please e-mail us directly at newegg@ibuypower.com. Thanks again for choosing iBuypower and we hope we can solve these issues as soon as possible.

Pros: Seemingly unbeatable price and value.

Cons: No display. Tried every connection possible, to no avail. Had to pack it up, rma it and send it back, in the rain no less. Epic fail.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

We apologize for the inconvenience. We would like to replace/repair the parts on your computer as soon as possible. Please contact our customer support team again at 888-462-3899 and tell them specifically about the issue, they will gladly help you with this. You can go to www.ibuypower.com/retail.aspx and register your information to speed up the process of the RMA if you have not already done so. Thank you. If you have any questions regarding this system please e-mail us directly at newegg@ibuypower.com. Thanks again for choosing iBuypower and we hope we can solve these issues as soon as possible.