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Daniel K.

Daniel K.

Joined on 09/25/11

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Great deal at a great price

ABS Stratos Ruby High Performance Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 7 7700X - GeForce RTX 4080 - 32GB DDR5 5600MHz - 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD - SR77X480
ABS Stratos Ruby High Performance Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 7 7700X - GeForce RTX 4080 - 32GB DDR5 5600MHz - 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD - SR77X480

Pros: - Runs all of my games with awesome frame rates. No issues with anything I toss at it. - I spec'd this built out on PC part picker and I could not build this PC for less than I paid for it. - Pleasantly surprised by the quality of the components. Everything was brand-name quality products. (See list in the review) - Most everything worked out of the box (AIO was DOA) - No bloatware installed in the Windows install - Thermals are great, PC runs cool but I did swap the cooler. - Cable management was great. Everything was cleanly installed and put together with care.

Cons: - The AIO that was included by ABS was junk. It was cheap and controlled with a remote, not motherboard temps and mine was DOA. Probably damaged during shipping. It was not cooling the CPU at all - The foam insert they put in for shipping was really tight, I was worried it was going to break something when I pulled it out - ABS doesn't include any of the extras that come with the motherboard or other components like some other prebuild manufacturers do. I had to buy the AM5 fan brackets to change out the cooler. They could have put them in the bag of extras they included at no cost to them instead of tossing them out - Case is a Thermaltake case but is very cheap feeling, I will probably swap it at some point - My package came late, not ABS's fault but was still a con overall

Overall Review: Wanted to start this review off with my overall thoughts. I've been building PCs for 15 years. I decided this time to go with a prebuilt PC as my old PC died and I needed something I could pull out of a box and just use. This PC came in a day late. No biggie but I did pay for expedited shipping and I was offered a refund by Newegg for the shipping price. Pooped the case open when it came in just to check on the internal components to see if ABS cheaped out anywhere. To my surprise, all the components were brand names and as advertised in the listing. The GPU was an MSI, PSU was an ASUS 80+ Gold rated, and the SSD was a Kingston. I was pleasantly surprised. The only internal component that was cheap was the AIO. This thing was a piece of junk and it used a remote control to change the RGB settings as well as the fan speeds. My AIO arrived DOA. It must have been damaged during shipping. It sounded like a rock tumbler in the pump. No problem, I already planned to swap it out with a Thermaltake TH240 in white to match the rest of the build. Sure I could have RMA'ed the whole PC but I needed something ASAP for work and gaming. Changing the AIO is where I ran into a problem. ABS has removed the stock AM5 fan mounting brackets for the cheap AIO they installed. The TH240 needs those brackets to mount to. They were not included in the bag of extras which really made me upset. It would have cost them nothing to include that in the little bag of extra parts they send you but it seems as though they just throw them out. Why not include them? I know most prebuilts are catered toward people who aren't going to change any components but it would cost them nothing to just toss them in the bag. I was able to find some online and have them overnighted and got my new cooler installed and now the PC is running great. That's really my only complaint. Why not give the buyer all the extras that came when you built this thing? I didn't even get a motherboard manual. I've been using it for a few days now and I haven't had any issues. Other than the cooler debacle, my only complaint is that the case is cheap feeling. I'll probably swap it into a better case eventually. I can only give it four stars for the reasons posted above. I will update this review if I run into any problems.

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OKGEAR 24" SATA 6 Gbps Cable, Straight to Right Angle W/Metal Latch, Black, Backward Compatible with 3 Gbps and 1.5 Gbps
OKGEAR 24" SATA 6 Gbps Cable, Straight to Right Angle W/Metal Latch, Black, Backward Compatible with 3 Gbps and 1.5 Gbps

Pros: Nice thin cables, not cheap feeling connectors!

Cons: none

Overall Review: Good cheap choice