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Willie M.

Willie M.

Joined on 07/04/06

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Great Rig, wish it worked out of the box

iBUYPOWER Desktop PC GAMER NE222X Intel Core i7-4820K 16GB DDR3 1TB HDD + 240GB SSD HDD AMD Radeon HD 7950 Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
iBUYPOWER Desktop PC GAMER NE222X Intel Core i7-4820K 16GB DDR3 1TB HDD + 240GB SSD HDD AMD Radeon HD 7950 Windows 8 Pro 64-bit

Pros: This setup is ultra quiet and looks great sitting on my desk. It's an absolute powerhouse that keeps relatively cool thanks to the numerous fans and the liquid cooling module. Highly upgradeable, many open slots and the case is big enough that I'll never need to buy another one.

Cons: The video card was dead on arrival. I had to swap in an older GTX 660 in order to run through the initial setup. Which is unfortunate since a similar radeon card is $400+. I was looking forward to benchmarking this machine to see what it's capable of out of the box. I'm hoping they can replace the card without having to RMA the entire system.. that would be really unfortunate

Overall Review: Before purchasing, make sure to use the Windows Easy Transfer utility to prep the files from your old machine. I'm learning the hard way.. as I wait upwards of 20 hours for my old machine to build the transfer file

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBXL
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBXL

Pros: SSD makes boot-up incredibly fast, liquid cooling, quiet, plethora of USB ports

Cons: Radeon card is DoA.. Will not output a signal. I swapped a GTX660 with it and everything runs fine. Shame because the card that comes with it is supposed to be a great card. It also accounts for $400+ of the system price

Overall Review: I'd like to get a new card and hopefully won't have to RMA the entire system. Everything else seems to work perfectly except for the graphics card