Travis C.
Joined on 05/05/22
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As expected and runs great

Pros: Runs quiet, handles video editing, streaming, and games well.
Cons: Some of the specifications are left in the air on the description.
Overall Review: Mine came with all of the specs that were promised. Although they're not intense games, I've been playing Titanfall 2 and Apex Legends on it since I've got it. Both of them have been running at 140fps at maximum settings. When I'm editing videos or streaming it also has been handling it well. It was described as being bloatware free which is as advertised. My big questions before getting this prebuilt were how many USBs, display ports, HDMIs it had, as well as peripherals and what the setup would look like so heres what to expect: Mine came with 2 USB ports on the top of the PC, and 6 USB ports in the back of the PC. The motherboard has an HDMI and a Display Port and the GPU itself (mine was an EVGA 3060) has 1 HDMI and 3 display ports. It comes with Windows 10 already installed and ready to go. All I needed to do take all of the protective materials off, check cables for loose connections, hook it up, and start it. Very simple. As expected the mouse and keyboard are nothing to write home about, but it does come with both if you need them to get started. (They do have RGB if that's you're thing I guess) I'd say overall if you are on the fence about getting a prebuilt PC this is a great option to look into. I was originally looking at an NZXT starter, but this PC had a better deal, with a higher CPU clock speed.
Performs well, but has coil whine

Pros: -Ray tracing and max settings rarely ever have to be sacrificed -Handles overclocking exceptionally well -All metal shroud and solid build quality -Temps run cool for the performance it delivers -Stand included to combat GPU sag -I like the look of it
Cons: -A prime example of manufacturers price gouging their customers -Annoying coil whine both at idle and under load
Overall Review: This card has run everything I've thrown at it with maxed out settings. I will never have to worry about balancing fidelity and frame rate for a while which is awesome! I was able to overclock this card quite a bit in MSI afterburner, but honestly, it's not even necessary. But you can really push this card which I'm sure is appealing to a lot of people. This is a HUGE upgrade over the 3060 I had in my rig, but I feel it's important to mention two glaring issues with this card. I was pretty happy with how quiet my PC ran before throwing this card in, I have Noctua fans which are virtually silent. That means I can hear the coil whine quite a bit, which can be annoying. And it seems that ASUS will not fix coil whine in their cards, so be aware of that if you are planning on buying this card. Maybe this is just a drawback of owning a higher power card, I don't know. The biggest complaint that I have is the pricing. This card was going to be sold for about $900 as an "RTX 4080 12gb" model. Backlash made Nvidia (allegedly) rebrand these cards as the RTX 4070ti. I'm glad I'm able to afford this, but a lot of people won't be able to. Nvidia pricing one of their mid range GPUs within striking distance of $1,000 is absolutely disgusting, and it foreshadows further gouging with their lower tier cards. I don't even want to think about what an RTX 4060 will cost. With that being said, I have decided that I want a card that can handle pretty much anything I throw at it with no compromises, and I wanted to spend less than $1,000, so this was pretty much my best option.
Powerful and quiet

Pros: + Substantial improvement to cooling + Barely ever audible + Easy to install
Cons: - $20 extra for the black paint job.
Overall Review: I upgraded my CPU from an i5 10400f to an i7 11700k. To help keep the heat down, I decided to get this cooler to replace the stock Intel cooler that was in my rig. Installation was pretty easy. When I fired up the PC again, I did some testing. The processor despite being more powerful than the previous chip, ran cooler overall. On top of that, the stock Intel cooler was probably the noisiest thing in my PC. And this is soooooo quiet in comparison. Plus it looks great! I'm very happy with this cooler. Noctua will probably be my brand of choice for CPU coolers moving forward since I hate the idea of water leaks being a point of failure.

