Best Prebuilt Gaming PCs, According to Reddit

“Just bought the king 95 9800x3d w/ 5070ti from their website. You can use three of their discounts in tandem and so the price came out to $1930.”

“I snagged one of their 011 Vision builds. This is my second computer from them and they've always treated me well. Its the 9800x3D 5080 build. Snagged it when black friday + other discount codes were stackable. So far the airflow and temps are great! But I admit, I live in a northern state so my office is chilly…”

“It's very obvious they are pros at what they do, it would have taken me forever to do the same thing and make it look as nice as they did.”

“I just received my azure 3 plus r 7 7800x3d MSI 5070ti 32gb ram 1tb SSD they gave me a gigabyte b650 micro motherboard(my first pre built had a micro motherboard so eh) heilos 850w gold PSU. Setting up was a breeze. It came in only one box which surprised me. The pc traveled across the country so being a little banged…”

“I know a couple people that got high end PCs from them. And they were very happy with them”

“I love my 3070 skytech, and almost got their 5090. Had a bad GPU with my 3070, they took it in and replaced it within a week or two.”

“I bought one from Walmart last time I checked it was $3k but I bought it for $2700. I threw in a 4tb ssd and it's perfect so far had it for about 3 weeks”

“Kind of old post, but I just got my Azure II and I’m honestly impressed how well it was built. Good cable management, bios was already setup, no damage obviously. Good company”

“I got a Skytech PC in 2023 for about $700 and have had no issues with it.”

“I'm extremely happy with my skytech prebuilt. Runs like a dream.”

“I have a Skytech King95 and it's great. Ryzen 7 7700 and a 4070 Super. Crushes anyg ame in 1440p ultra settings with high FPS.”

“I have a skytech, and it is phenomenal. Got a 4090 build back in September, was originally $3400 but found it on sale on newegg for $2800 at the time. I’d definitely buy from them again.”

“I got a Skytech viper a month ago and it's great, they updated drivers and bios right out the box, Expo is enabled too so Ram ran at the right speed. However the one thing that came up in my research is they glue your cables to the motherboard and it might be an issue if you want to replace the MB yourself one day.…”

“I’ve had no issue with my skytech prebuilt. When I had some questions when I first got it they seemed responsive as well”

“Yes I own a Skytech PC myself. Great company, great builds, I have no complaints! Mine has 4070 Ti Super and 7800X3D. I got my prebuilt from Best Buy though.”

“Got my Skytech Archangel 3.0 off of fb marketplace for almost 2 years now and still running strong. Always boots with no problems and barely have any issues with mine after tweaking a few things. Hope this helps”

“Super legit. Just got mine. Workers perfectly and no damage during shipping”

“just got my 5090 today. it was double boxed and in perfect shape. started right up and its a beast. i would recommend. took 7 days to build and ship”

“Year in on mine, no issues at all.”

“I have had my skytech gaming PC with a 2060 SUPER 8GB graphics card since Aug of 2020 and the only thing I’ve replaced is the hard drive. So I’d say they are reliable.”

“I bought one for my son three years ago and it's been rock solid ever since. I think there are plenty of cheaper reliable options on here if you lurk for a while, but if you want something good and it's worth the price to you, go for it.”

“I have a custom pc from sky tech and it’s great. The customer service during the ordering process was fantastic as well.”

“Mine is two years old and has been flawless. One caveat: I’ve seen a lot of “new old stock” Skytech — 2024 or even 2023 builds — still selling for full pru”

“My king95 from Walmart is working perfectly for now. I’ll see how their legacy 4 5090 is when it comes in.”

“IMO they are about on par with most “reputable” prebuilt makers. There is bias on here because we are exposed to people’s extreme experiences. On average you would probably get a working system. The more important thing for prebuilt manufacturers is how they handle warranty claims, repairs, and support. Most prebuilt…”

“I received mine. The delivery is smooth for me. Packaging is adequate with lots of foam and padding. Everything works for 1st turning on, and it's still doing well. My MOBO is MSI Pro-B650 VC Wifi. It came with a 1tb Spatium M450 SSD and MSI 4070ti. I added 2 more SSDs and transfer Window to a new one w/o any problem.…”

“Its still doing great. Runs everything I've thrown at it. My only complaint is that they wired the fans incorrectly so anytime i would turn on the PC they would blow 100% no matter what I did in bios or with Fan Control and were extremely loud. But after rewiring them correctly (Skytech customer support walked me…”

“My bro and I got the skytech prebuilt with a 3080 during the pandemic as at the time the only way to get a 3080 was with a prebuilt. The prices at that time were reasonable. I had to replace the cpu cooler bc my temps got up to 90-100 c. The tempered glass panel for the case exploded so I replaced the case. Overall…”

“I know a couple people who have them and I haven’t heard any complaints. Gamers nexus did a couple reviews on their prebuilts, I know in particular one was extremely favorable, and the other was negative. Their prices seem pretty good as far as prebuilts go.”

“skytech is quality but you pay for it”

“I bought a Skytech Gaming Azure 3 for $1399 on Amazon last week. It has a 7800X3D, 32GB DDR5, 5060ti 16GB, 1TB nvme, 650W Gold psu, and a 360mm AIO. The case is a mid-tower. Bigger than I had specced for myself, but all my parts came out to about $1325. Buying a prebuilt for close to that price made perfect sense to…”

“I'd go Skytech Chronos”

“I've heard good things about the Skytech Chronos lately. Pretty solid configs and you don't get hit with as much proprietary nonsense. Anyone here actually owned one? Curious how it's held up after a year or two.”

“i bought a pc directly off the skytech website in early february. Got a pc with a 9700x, 360mm aio, b650, rtx 5060 (was meant to be 4060 but they upgraded me), 32gb of ddr5 6000 and a whopping 2 tb gen 4 nvme for only 1060 usd with a coupon code (excluding tax). its been amazing with no issues so far and was incredible…”

“I went through skytech gaming, we bought 2 of them and both came with exact same parts gigabyte motherboards, msi shadow 5080 oc graphics cards. But build quality on both pc's were good and the packaging for shipping was pretty good aswell. If you use skytech I would buy directly from their website as my friends got…”

“Huge fan of Skytech. 3 desktops in the last 6 years, and all have been great. The only thing I had to change was some RAM, and that's only because I wanted RBG. Great prices when you find them on sale. I haven't dealt with customer service, though.”

“I also just bought a skytech legacy 4. I bought the upgraded one with the gen 5 ssd and 420mm AIO cooler. Don’t sleep on this brand. So far, so good. I bought directly from their website. Bought on Friday. Got here Tuesday and I’m on the east coast. They shipped from California.”

“I bought a Skytech Legacy 4 from Newegg. Love it. I did have to take the ram out and reseat it, after I have had no issues”

“Overall it is decent depending on price. You will get a cheap motherboard and probably a lower end power supply. I got a few of these on deal during shortages to get parts and only thing they cheaped out on those was motherboard.”

“Just got an Azure 3 from Amazon on black Friday. It was dropped in transit and tweaked the fuck outta the case. All the parts inside are decent quality Asus b650 mobo. Lexar thor rgb ram ddr5 Montech alpha gold 2 gold PSU (a- on psu tier list) Signalrgb fans and intercooler. Asrock challenger gpu I…”

“So I bought a Sky tech king95 from Best Buy and the first one I bought had issues to where it would randomly shut off. I decided to just take it to Best Buy and exchange it for the exact same model and that one has been serving me perfectly. My girlfriend liked it so much she actually went with the same. The reason I…”

“I bought a Skytech and it was dead on arrival. No customer service help whatsoever, so they can kick rocks. Thankfully Newegg let me return it. I reached out to Skytech to see if I could get some troubleshooting help during the Scamdemic GPU shortage and they left me cold.”

“I actually had to return my Skytech, so guess I’ll be the only one here with a bad experience. Power button wouldn’t work, had to touch a screwdriver to the pins on the inside to even turn it on. GPU came bent along the top and mounting bracket ripped out of the mobo. Trash mobo too and mediocre RAM/storage. Luckily…”

“When you get a good one sure I’ve had some problems with mine psu repeat failure they refuse to do anything for because I bought it in November of 24 psu failed July of 25 and again May of 26 and they won’t do anything for the failed psu”

“Their customer service was pretty lousy, in my dealing. Their site glitched on my order, they raised prices overnight and refused to fill the order. I'd look elsewhere.”

“Don't buy from them. I said I wanted a PC for 6k and they wouldn't tell me what brand of parts I would be getting”

“im on a skytech rn from abt 2020-2021 and i have to say that i hate this god damn thing so much, i literally just found out my motherboard is from 2018 instead of 2020 or 2021 it also had a bit of cosmetic dmg inside from the foam they used but i didn't rlly care i got this thing for over 2k, i dont think it's…”

“Skytech is hit or miss, id say it was about 50/50 the posts i saw about ppl with their pc having problems with them. But then again, ordering anything like a pc from somewhere can arrive with problems so, its your gamble. My best approach was going with best buy to get the warranty and geek squad in case anything…”

“After a lot of research and hemming and hawing, I pulled the trigger on an AI custom build on the 6th. I can tell you they’ve been extremely helpful on the customer service side and have absolutely gone out of their way to ensure that my build goes exactly the way I want. They even went as far as to snap pictures of…”

“I have never heard a bad thing about Andromeda insights. They have very high reviews on Jawa.”

“I was on the same boat as you, it take a little longer than expected due to them being backed up from many orders, not a deal breaker. I received mine a few days ago, I had placed mine early June. Truly worth the wait”

“I ordered the Spectra 7800x3d/5070/32gb/2tb on Feb23 and received it Apr1. Great machine and performing like a beast. Resident Evil was included and looked fantastic. Just got Crimson Desert and it’s great so far also. My daily games are WoW/Hearthstone and Dune and they are maxed on graphics. Although the…”

“Solid company.”

“They are very real and legit. Great customer service. They let me make upgrades after I placed my order, with items not listed on their custom build site. It took awhile to get, sure, but it was so worth the wait. The build is clean and solid. Runs great and benchmarked on nomad well. I saved good money choosing them…”

“I bought my Pc from them back in November and I've been pretty happy. Their support is second to none”

“I Bought a pc from Amazon of this brand. The machine runs really good for over a year so far. No complaints. I am happy with my purchase. Temperatures remain low, build quality is great, all parts work as advertised. I would recommend them.”

“Legit, and I've suggested this same 5070 prebuilt here many many times to people in this past.”

“I bought one. 5070ti 9800x3d. Runs great for about 6 months now.”

“Just bought one for my girlfriend's birthday and it's been a few weeks and everything seems to be running smoothly”

“They are a very good prebuilt company fyi, very happy with my purchase.”

“Super legit. Ordered from them in January. 11/10 customer service”

“Got my PC from Andromeda Insights and it’s wonderful. Customer service is great too. I had a couple of questions before it shipped that they answered quickly and nicely. You have to wait a bit, but it’s worth it. I’d definitely recommend”

“Just arrived today! Everything went smooth and the PC is just as great as i hope it would be! Case feels i credible solid and everything appears to be really well built. Cable management is excellent (at least from front side) and setup was as simple as screwing on the 2 wifi antennae and then following the windows…”

“I ordered my system on 3/25 from them and received it yesterday and love it ! I always get nervous using a new company but any question I had they replied to insanely fast.”

“Andromeda insights is very reputable. They have been heavily recommended by this sub for over a year and they have had wonderful feedback from the people who have received pcs from them.”

“I bought one for my son last year and have had no issues. I got myself one from Cost Gaming Plus at the same time. I only found reviews for either company on Reddit, some were really in depth. And both companies’ customer service is phenomenal - email, phone, and even on Reddit.”

“I have a like 1 year old pc from then and no problems or complaints”

“Legit! My brother got a pc from there. He loves it and they have great customer service!”

“So to answer my own question YEEEESS Andromeda Insights is legit and I HIGHLY recommend them to any newcomers.”

“I was looking at andromeda insights just now and thought I was tripping. Their prices are insanely good.”

“Andromeda Insights prebuilts usually avoid having any sales tax applied to them, too. Not sure how they do it, but they’ve been doing it for a while. So depending where you are in the states… that can be a difference of over $200+ additional cost overall. Outside of having a MicroCenter local to you, and snagging a…”

“Andromeda Insights. Check them out excellent value and business”

“I feel like Andromeda Insights is underrated with their pre-built PCs.”

“I second andromeda insights. I haven’t received mine yet, but I custom built so I know what parts I’m getting. I’ve spoken with their customer service a few times and it is hands down the best I ever experienced. If my PC arrives without issue they have a customer for life.”

“Got mine from Andromeda Insights back in November and it’s been absolutely lovely. Highly recommend as well.”

“I also ordered from Andromeda, ordered it in March and got it mid April, they also had delays with mine, about 2 weeks delay, they were incredibly nice and responsed immediately but delays might be the norm. Once I got the pc though there were no issues, all the parts were what I ordered, and ready to play as soon as I…”

“I just ordered a pc through “Andromeda Insights as well good support so far haven’t received yet but quick response on questions and have good price points an reviews from what I could find.”

“I had just ordered one through Amazon because my PC died and panicked when I read this. I also cancelled because I thought it was going to arrive alot sooner. They answered me back to see when I needed it by, but had already cancelled and was refunded my full amount of over 2k so idk if this helps anyone but if it was…”

“I have heard a lot of positive but also negative coments about Andromeda insights.it feels like every coment is saying that Andromeda is the best or the worst company .i want to order a preebuit on best buy that is made by Andromeda but dont know if i should do it.can someone help”

“Had issues upon receiving. Had to return for replacement. Customer service was great at resolving.”

“I ordered a custom build from them 2 weeks ago. Delivery date is the first week of May. Shipping takes a while doue to the amount of business they get. They are a small business and not a big box retailer. You’re supporting a small local business, offer 2-yr standard warranty, use quality components, excellent…”

“It's legit but you'll have to wait a month. Reddit This is primarily confirmation that the company is legitimate, but with a wait-time warning, so Neutral/Mixed is safer.”

“I checked those out, I’ve lowkey seen people rag on starforge on here. But i don’t know any better so im not trying to stir the pot. I have also looked at andromeda insights and was considering them but i haven’t heard much about them so still contemplating”

“Andromeda insights has been going around a lot lately, but their popularity means that lead times can be a bit long”

“I ordered from andromeda insights on may 11th for a custom build, my estimated shipping date was june 17th. Apparenently theyve had a LOT of orders recently and they also recently went on vacation so they said thered be a 1-2 week delay. I still have not received it and I have contacted customer service on several…”

“nice work goign through the rma process its horrible, they made me pay 50 bucks so they could ship me a new box saying i didnt have the orginal packaging to return the product,. Basically i bought a brand new pc and it didnt even last a week it was defective. So not only they messed up now their charing me 50 bucks. I…”

“Boy this company is ROUGH. Run by a bunch of folks who are greedy, childish, and not willing to work. First, I placed an order, normal right? I asked if we could upgrade parts. They said no, we cannot change the current order. We need to cancel it, give you a store credit, and you could rebuy or place a new order if…”

“I bought a $2,650 gaming PC from Andromeda on Amazon, and the entire experience was a nightmare. The PC took two weeks to arrive, and when I finally got it, it already had problems — including an issue with the processor not performing correctly. I started a return using Amazon’s official return label and dropped it…”

“My experience with them thus far… ordered pc on the 9th received it on the 19th. Opened it up and the air cooler was bent so bad the fan was nearly touching the ram. I can’t fathom it happened in shipping because the case was full of that expandofoam and was bubble wrapped and double boxed with styrofoam as well. Loads…”

“Just for transparency, but I’m one of those who haven’t had a great time dealing with Andromeda. Scam company it seems. https://www.reddit.com/r/Prebuilts/s/JWgLbjgcLl”

“I ordered one in April. Supposed to have shipped June 1. Still hasn't shipped.”

“The wait time for the pc may take awhile to arrive. I bought one from them about 2 months ago and it took a month and a half for it to arrive. I also custom built mine tho.”

“I haven’t heard of many problems. I’ve had mine for 6 months with no issues.”

“It's gonna be better than ibuyproblems or cyberpadonkadonk, the downside being if you built it yourself it's cheaper, and like someone else said you could "PowerSpec" a bigger power supply lol.”

“I have two power specs now the g468 and now the g757 they are great computers. I recently swapped the stock fans for better cooling though but the computer was well within good thermals”

“Powerspec PCs are generally quality builds using normally commercially available parts and put together by Microcenter's generally competent staff, and come with a solid warranty as well as all the individual part warranties. It's one of the better ways to buy a prebuilt IMHO. Sometimes they're great deals,…”

“I got my son one for Xmas. wanted to self build like I always have but the powerspec was a steal at 770. I couldn't build an equivalent spec for under 1050. quality is solid for a prebuilt.”

“I bought the PowerSpec G757 last November because it was cheaper than buying the parts separately.”

“The power supplies on the 5080 builds are solid, there is little if any performance gains by going with another motherboard. The nvme drive will be a solid gen 4. All in all it’s a very solid build in the 5080 power spec builds. You could buy that and then recase it later if you wanted. Things you won’t get, video…”

“Given the recent price hikes for the 50 series, prebuilts might actually be better than building it yourself for at least right now. I'm not sure though, haven't checked.”

“Compared to other prebuilt brands, power spec is pretty good. Pricing wise, a power spec is going to beat building it yourself. Quality wise it’s most likely going to be worse than building it yourself unless you specifically only sort by lowest price and choose the absolute cheapest part every time.”

“I bought a PowerSpec G760 4 months ago. The current equivalent is a G764. High quality components throughout. My SSD is a Samsung Pro something. I love my machine and can play everything on ultra settings in 1440p with >150fps. I love mine!”

“Power spec is just Microcenter in house prebuilts. They do a great job building them and you get what you pay for. I always recommend Microcenter prebuilts when people ask.”

“Powerspec is great they are Microcenter in house brand. They use quality parts all around and don’t cheap out on the PSU and RAM brands like most prebuilts do. G757 is quiet as a mouse and temps are extremely cool”

“Micro Center and check out the PowerSpec pre-built desktops. It's their own in-house brand.”

“picked up a G455 over the summer...5070ti. Runs great.”

“Our last three PCs have been PowerSpec. Never had an ounce of trouble with any of them.”

“If you have access to Microcenter , their Powerspec prebuilts are amazing deals for the money with good support”

“hi girlie!! this is actually a super cute bday gift idea, i’m actually so jealous he has a gf like you 🥹 but if he actually built his first pc, and he loves building it, then buying the parts and giving them to him wrapped up as boxes and him getting to build it could actually be an amazing experience rather than…”

“I bought the Powerspec G458. Its perfect for me, ability for AAA games, light AI (if into that) and great for CAD and Rendering etc.”

“I bought the PowerSpec G757 and am in absolute love with it. Best deal I could’ve got for the value of it. 5080, 2TB SSD, 32GB RAM. Paired it with a nice big 34 inch OLED display. No ragrets.”

“I bought the PowerSpec G763, which is just the updated version of the G758. I'm fairly new to PC gaming and for a split second I had some buyers remorse and thought I should have gotten the G765(RTX 5080), but that quickly dissipated when I really starting playing and haven't thought about it since. I just sit down and…”

“I bought an open box powerspec G757 from microcenter for 2250 which I thought was decent. Originally 2499 but looks like it went up 100 to 2599.”

“Power Spec G757 is the best for price hands down or Andromeda Insights AI 50 Ultra V3 if you don’t live near a microcenter.”

“I have a Micro Center PowerSpec G760 which I bought 3 months ago. It is NOT TRUE that all prebuilders are the same. They used high quality parts includind a Samsung pro 2tb SSD. You won't find that in a lot of prebuilts. Mine plays ultra settings in 1440p at 150-200 or so fps in modern AAA titles. I can play 4k at 100…”

“If all you care about is performance to price then the prebuilt is better. When spending 3k, personally I’d build something even if it’s a few hundred extra. You get complete control of every single piece of hardware, every aesthetic choice, every sizing choice. You will also feel more attached the the build - and…”

“It’s still debatable but it’s close… The prebuilt powerspec g913 has a 2tb drive and 64gb of ram and a 9900x3d chip for $3500. That’s a good deal if you need all that power, especially the 9900x3d… Take the cheapest retail 5080 at $1250, the cheapest 32gb ram kit at $400, the cheapest 1tb NVMe $170 and your at…”

“I just bought a Powerspec for my son as a first gaming pc. I was a little lazy and the price difference was a wash compared to building myself. What I learned first hand is that they’re well built and boot to Windows with minimal bloat. I was impressed. However a few components are lower tier than I would have…”

“If you get crafty and buy lightly used for certain parts, you can save quite a bit and get better quality parts that pre builts skimp out on I got this under $1600 CPU: 7950x GPU: rtx 5070 Motherboard: gigabyte b850M RAM: 32gb ddr5 Corsair SSD: 2tb Samsung 970 evo plus PSU: Rosewill 850W VMG CPU cooler:…”

“i bought G757 back in January. no issues although i did reinstall windows and add a second Nvme, SSDs and a few HDDs. been purring along ever since. no real complaints other than a weird repeating coil whine thing that i know isn't coil whine. Haven't been able to figure that out yet, but rest assured i'll find it and…”

“Extremely common. Saw 4 people returning back to back same time same day”

“I’m having this reboot loop issue as well. I can’t get into windows”

“Mines has been terrible. They had the wrong ram installed, faulty motherboard and PSU. Plus used a 6 pin instead of a 12 causing constant power cycling a power down of all monitors and USB peripherals. Currently being worked on right now. Before that I had purchased another one that was bricked and had to trade it in.…”

“I've purchased several in the past and the hardware and software are normally good. I don't recommend PowerSpec anymore because of the problem with getting drivers and support. I spent 30min yesterday trying to get MicroCenter's chat support to give me a link to a drivers page. All I received was delays ("do you…”

“I’m having the worse of issues right now. 2 PC (G728) and cannot play a single game from steam without a bunch Window applications deciding to pop up crazy.”

“I had two bad experiences out of five. Why I keep buying is that the warranty is usually honored, though my current issue with a purchase from their new Phoenix location is testing that theory.”

“They seem solid the only thing that is normally weak are the PowerSpec power supplies seem very average but they have a 10yr warranty and if it’s a prebuilt and explodes that’s on MC I’ve used Power Spec before in a few lower end builds with no problem but I might not use it for a 4090/5090 or 7900xtx fwiw”

“I've had mine since February 2021 and it has been great. I ordered a custom built got express shipping and the extended warranty. Paid $2200. I7 10700k, rtx3070, 32gb ram, 1tb m.2, 2tb hdd, 850watt psu, and 240 aio.”

“Had my pc for over a year now. Runs everything I want great!! Def would recommend to anybody”

“I got an ibuypower prebuilt like 6 years ago. Still runs great today! I did add an m.2 drive but I still game on it almost every day.”

“I've bought two PCs from them and they have been excellent. My advice is to go with the pre-built ones because it seems every time someone is posting a complaint it's about one they customized and there seems to be an issue with components not being tested that well. Whereas the pre-built ones are thoroughly tested.…”

“They are fine. I grew tired of building my own. Picked up an iBuypower right when covid hit. Still running strong and plays Detroit Become Human on ultra.”

“I have this one. Just got it a couple weeks ago and I love it so far. I haven't had any issues with it. Got it a little over 800 cause of an early black friday sale. Only thing I probably will upgrade is the 16 gb ram, will go to 32 eventually.”

“Generally they are fine if they aren’t DOA, my girlfriend still uses my old build from 2019, I will say if you have an aio cooler look into getting a fan imo, my ibuypower aio went out within a year and a lot of people have similar experiences, also I’m not sure if this is common to all, but they used a pretty cheap…”

“I bought my prebuilt from them in 2022 and have nothing bad to say about them at all. I ordered directly from their website, after about a year a fan started to make a little noise so I replaced them. Upgraded the 16gb ram to 32gb. Added an extra 1TB ssd nvme that I got for free from there store using points I got by…”

“Bought My Ibuypower Ready Build in July 2024, and been working 24/7 basically since flawlessly, Shutdown once a month for dust clean out, and then placed back under its Desk spot. No hardware problems to report, all fans are functioning still fine. Dust cleaned out every single month. Power supply no signs of…”

“Both of my PCs were from IBUY. Only gripe (and I mean the ONLY gripe) I have is that I realized that the cpu cooler in my current setup is outdated and isn’t the best. Not saying it doesn’t work or anything, but I would get significant improvements if I replaced it (and I’m gonna) with just an easy 30-40$ CPU fan.…”

“I selected each individual component for my pre build from them so it’s not the exact same as these pre determined builds… so a bit apples to oranges but my experience has been very positive. 1 year in and no issues at all. One small problem was bad windows key when I first got it and they were very quick to resolve…”

“I had a prebuilt from ibuypower in 2019 and it lasted me till I built my pc which was the beginning of 2025 and the ibuypower prebuilt still works lol. It had a i5 9400f and RTX 2060. Lmfao. Now I got a 5070 ti and i9 14900k”

“Works great no complaints. Bought 2 more 8gb sticks of ram for it and some more rgb fans for the top. Can't overclock the cpu but you can oc the gpu for some nice gains.”

“My IBP has been a beast... But we won't know what's in your prebuilt, unfortunately. You can call or ask IBP, but I'm sure they had a few vendors for prebuilt models. Probably varies quite a bit.”

“I got a ryzen 7 with 4060 working prity good for me tbh”

“I like my IBP pc. You are going to get a bunch of Ford vs. Chevy comparison feedback, unless you want to spend a ridiculous amount of cash for a pre-built all the brands in this price range are going to have users who love them and hate them. Do some research over at Braethorn's discord or his Youtube vids. Good…”

“I put together a build for them to make and they did a great job. I've had some issues, but that might be related more to my gpu cpu selection than the quality of ibuypowers service. Their tech support was fast and helped me learn how to fix the driver issues that my combo tends to have. I didnt realize, but after…”

“Agreed. Bought on a while back. No issues. Complaints will always out voice complements”

“A lot of people will tell you to stay away, but keep in mind people who purchase from IBP and have no issues typically aren't making posts or leaving detailed reviews. I have used them twice with no issues, so personally I would recommend them! My current build is a prebuilt from a big box store and it is the best PC I…”

“first off, I no longer buy my pcs at Ibuypower. But thats because I wanted to make my own this time and will continue to create my own pcs from here on forth. I bought all my pcs previously from IBuypower after a ton of research. I owned a desktop which at long last exploded (sparks flew out the back) RIP my 12 year…”

“I've had my iBuyPower for 10+ years now. I've been upgrading it as time goes on but its been an absolute fuckin tank.”

“I can’t believe I’m about to suggest this, but I think Corsair may have a prebuilt in that budget that would be more than capable of delivering the performance you want without having to do all of the customization yourself. IBuyPower is also decent.”

“I was able to buy an ibuypower for $1200ish and she runs like an absolute beast! I would definitely consider looking there first”

“Honestly I'd look beyond the CPU/GPU specs and check the PSU, motherboard, RAM configuration, and cooling. Some prebuilts look great on paper but cut costs on those parts. I’ve heard good things about companies like NZXT, Corsair, and iBUYPOWER, but I’d still check the exact model rather than judging the brand as a…”

“I usually build but got an iBuypower this year because it was my cheapest way into a 5080. It's been a total delight. I had a bad view on prebuilts from the 00s and this turned it around. My only complaint is they didn't put the sag bracket on the GPU and if that's my biggest complaint that's basically a perfect…”

“bought a decent IBuyPower a few years back as a gift for someone. they have been happy with it. I build or rebuild mostly though. It came with all the boxes checked (expo enabled etc.) and minimum bloat. Looked at Falcon Northwest and drooled from time to time.”

“I'm a builder, love it, did it since I was a kid and taught my wife. We bought our new computers over these last 12 months. It just makes sense from a $$$ standpoint in most situations right now. Even if you can beat their pricing it won't be by much. So only build if you're specifically wanting the building…”

“No. Prebuilts are honestly probably the best way to get into pc gaming right now. The bigger thing is finding one that doesnt have proprietary hardware. Which is easy enough with the ibuypower pc and other such ones at say costco. Its also sadly the cheaper option for the first time ever... As a word of…”

“Bought my first and second prebuilt desktop PCs from them. Love em. Zero issues. I recommend buying from them directly. The majority of issues people seem to have with ibp pcs tend to be from ones bought from a third party seller like Costco.”

“Got a ibuypower prebuilt from Sam's Club early August for 820 bucks Intel i7-14700F, RTX 5060Ti 8 GB, 32 GB DDR5-5200 RAM, 1TB Got two budget monitors off amazon one 1440p, other 1080p 27" with monitor arms All in all pretty happy with my purchase.”

“If I were to buy a prebuilt, I would go with iBuyPower. They don't use proprietary hardware that's a pain to modify/replace, you can swap out any parts you want.”

“I bought an Ibuypower last month. It was advertised as DDR5 5200 hz . It came with DDR5 6400 hz and a 1000-watt power supply with an upgraded motherboard. I got it from Walmart . People who say to avoid Ibuypower bought something years ago or saw videos .”

“Bought a decent IBuyPower a few years back as a gift for someone. they have been happy with it. I build or rebuild mostly though. It came with all the boxes checked (expo enabled etc.) and minimum bloat. Looked at Falcon Northwest and drooled from time to time.”

“It's aight. The older ones seem to be better than the 2020-2023 ones. Nor sure about lately though. If you know what you're doing and can replace a sus psu when it's older you'll be fine.”

“I think with the current ram prices it is fine to buy an IBP. I would make sure to get one with a warranty of some sort, and if you have the money, replace the PSU and eventually the MOBO if it has a cheap motherboard. You’ll be fine not doing that for a while but the sooner you do that the better.”

“I had a great experience but I recommend customizing one rather than buying what they have, you want to choose your RAM, PSU, and AIO because they will give you cheap parts that will most likely fail.”

“Mine has lasted for 4 years now only things I had to change out was the fans and the thermal paste. I will say the fans were a bitch because IBP uses their own fans so when you replace them you have to buy a full set and get a new hub to run them too because their fan adapter pattern is different from everything else…”

“iBuyPower isn't bad. They tend to use decent parts. Obviously, unless it's some special clearance deal, you can likely build cheaper. Also, if you are going to upgrade something immediately, then you can probably build cheaper.”

“According to IBP, their vendor sent them a run of bad AIO's which have all been removed in the current builds. I've had mine for nearly six months with zero cooling probs or any other issues.”

“For my Slate 5 MR (purchased in November 2021), I got an AsRock Motherboard, TeamGroup DDR4-3200 RAM, Western Digital Blue 1TB SATA SSD, PNY XLR8 RTX 3080 GPU, and a HiTron 750W PSU. I’d say the brand of the components are a good balance of budget with reliability, however the only part I had to replace after 4…”

“IBuyPower uses traditional parts such as Crucial DDR Memory, Gigabyte GPU's, MSI and ASUS motherboards, Western Digital SSD's. They do not use any proprietary hardware, everything is the same as you can get in a store. I have had one for 4yrs and loved it until a bios update just bricked my motherboard.”

“Unless specifically stated, the brand of the parts is likely not going to be known or shared. IBP buys parts in bulk from various brands at various times and will use what they have when making a run of a model. From what I see on that listing, the only think you can bank on is knowing that the cpu is Intel. That…”

“It honestly depends. I’ve seen some iBuyPower builds that actually use good parts and have good price/performance. The cheap ones are just asinine.”

“Only problem I have with mine is whatever intern they paid to cable manage it needs kicked in the nuts otherwise solid”

“I picked up one used a bunch of years ago and was well- underwhelmed? The build was fine but the original water cooler was no better than air cooling. That was the only thing that was crap. And no this isn't an endorsement. It has been "ok"... but nothing compared to a lovingly self-built rig.”

“i7 have failures and 4060ti should be $900 or less”

“ibuypower and cyberpower pcs are really ONLY for lazy people who know computers, you will be fixing their mistakes and they will absolutely allow you to pick out stupid parts but you will pay less than anywhere else. but if you get reputable parts theyll assemble and source it for cheap so if you know what youre doing…”

“I have owned iBuyPower and 2 CyberPower pre-builts. With my limited experience, my take is that there is no general rule on which is best or worst. The components (memory, SSD, PSU, etc), can vary a lot, even for the same model. Obviously they try to reduce cost by going with cheaper components. And sometimes they are…”

“I bought a faulty PC from them 6 months ago. The fans and the sound in the PC will go crazy and get loud. It then will randomly shut completely off whenever I'm playing a game. luckily it was still under warranty but they wont pay for the shipping. The shipping was 185 dollars and the PC price was 1200 dollars. So they…”

“My personal experience with them has been immensely horrifying. Bought my pre-built in December 2021, 8 months later they keep sending my PC back with a dead CPU and Mobo. They refuse to compensate or give any explanation as to why they won't abide by the warranty. My PC was DOA and keeps getting sent back DOA. Look at…”

“I got an I buy power pc that started clicking underneath and they told me to try moving it around which fixed the clicking, fast forward a year and microcenter told me they installed the gpu and riser incorrectly leading to pcie damage and both need to be replaced -1000. I would not recommend going through them ever as…”

“I’ve bought over a dozen pre builds. I’ve learned over the years the best 2 companies rn are cost plus gaming or andromedainsights, they won’t rob you blind like every other company and will use good parts for the psu etc… ibp uses really cheap fans and psu brands that blow within a year, )(raidmax) if you go on the…”

“I'm in year 3 with my IBP. Love the thing but you'll want to upgrade your AIO before even plugging the thing in. Theirs are worse than trash.”

“16gb 3200 ddr4. Most of the components are low end basic parts. Nothing fancy but will work. Maybe. Also don’t buy IBP PCs”

“iBuyProblems”

“They cheap out in the most random parts to increase their margins. I hate seeing an itx/matx board in an atx case”

“Its that those parts aren't guaranteed to fail just cause they're cheap. I had bought one in 2015 and I never had an issue with any of the components for several years. The point that I replaced it I believe was in 2019. The PC itself didn't have any issues the fact just was the parts were aged by that point. The i5…”

“I swear these guys in the comments work for ibuypower or something. They absolutely do not use quality parts. My power supply went out in a few months. Then I had the option to either rma and pay shipping costs or replace the power supply myself. Instead I convinced best buy to let me refund it and later built my own.…”

“Usually low quality parts in the systems. I frequently have to repair them, I don't recommend buying from them.”

“I’ve bought over 10 pre builts, 2 from ibp. They over price along with majority places, their biggest issue is they use awful parts they don’t list like the psu (raidmax) that blows in 8 months, off brand ram brand etc. other than that they are ok.. I’d go on andromedainsights or cost plus gaming for the best…”

“Anecdotal. I bought 2 pcs through them. One was great. The other they sent me someone elses, held my pc hostage until the 2 week return shipment arrived, i found out they only had 4 customer support slots in line, found out my phone only stored the previous 100 calls (it took way more to get through to support), have a…”

“Do not buy IBUY power they are a poor company to deal with, already replacing my graphics card, after 3 months. Their warranty is crap.”

“I ordered a prebuilt 5 years ago and it came with such cheap terrible parts yet that pc run with me for 5 to this day. I did have one issue with the windows program and sent it back to cyber power pc and they fixed it for free and shipped it back since then no problems. I ordered another month about 2 months ago from…”

“Bought one a few months ago during Black Friday. The only issue it had which I was already aware of when I was googling this prebuilt was that the Western Digital SSD was not updated to a later firmware version when it was shipped out so it blue screened as it was incompatible with Windows 11 24H2. I already had…”

“I bought the ready-to-ship 5080 9800x3d (the 99653) at the launch a couple weeks ago, and got a perfectly working, perfectly cooled, on-time, everything in great condition machine for a price that was, frankly, stupid ($2250+tax, free 2-day shipping). No issues, no problems. It's out of stock now and they…”

“I had a 3060 prebuilt a while back, and they replaced parts no questions asked. Like a bearing in my fan was noisy. Sent one quickly.”

“I ordered two prebuilts from them with customized parts. One going four year strong and the other one is one year old. They are both good pcs.”

“Bought mine in 2021, been using it almost every day since then and haven't had any issues.”

“I picked up a 7900xtx and 7800x3d last march and haven’t had any issues. It’s been flawless”

“If it makes you feel better, mine worked fine.”

“I have a prebuilt 4060Ti and I love it. The only issue I have after 2 years is one of my fans goes haywire with the RGB's on, just kind of flickers off and on. So far, haven't had any issues with the major components.”

“I had mines for a few weeks by now, I got it with an RTX 4070 super and an AMD Ryzen 7800x3D and I'm loving my computer! Sure there some people that have post horror stories here but those are the kind of people who has nowhere else to vent about there shitty computer, other then that my PC was worth it, no regrets so…”

“I got one from Costco with the 9800 and 5800 and it’s been running very smoothly for the week I had it. That said, it did come with a faulty stick of ram that I had to RMA. If anything seems off, just do some troubleshooting. Other than the initial issue with the ram, I’m quite pleased.”

“I bought one from best buy ver similarly speced, had some issues that were fixed with basic drivers/windows update but had recurring crashes in Forza Horizon 5 related to a PBO overclock on the system by default. Build quality and cable management were good, thermals were great, noise was low. Once I undid the…”

“Nothing wrong with the pre-builts but you’re better off spending a few bucks to customize it with a quality mobo, PSU, SSD, & AIO from the options they have available. Kudos. I’d say $100-300 additional cost”

“I can say that everything worked as advertised, once I opened the case and checked all the connectors, plugs, made sure everything was seated properly, made sure the fans were all plugged in (TBF, it has eight fans and they missed one). They sent all the manuals for the MB and other parts, the inside was packaged with…”

“I bought one a few years ago when the 3080 came out and I was pleasantly surprised by the build quality and shipping, especially considering that I’ve built my own PCs many times before. The computer has held up well but I did choose to custom select the components so I didn’t buy the cheap default parts. I have an…”

“Back in April I got the Cyberpower from walmart with a 5070 TI, 9800x3d, 32gb ddr5, 2tb for $1899. I use it with a 4K OLED that I got last year in May. I’m very satisfied with it, I can even use Path Tracing with DLSS Perormance and 2X FG and get good frame rates at 4K”

“cyberpowerpc, bestbuy if you live in the US”

“Yes cyberpower had some frustrating issues if you’re not a pc enthusiast but if you change parts you want to upgrade its going to be a better deal than trying to buy every part separately and put the pc together yourself.”

“In-house brand cpu coolers are garbage. Otherwise it's been okay on mine. I usually build my systems, but I couldn't get closer to the price at the time.”

“I’d say it’s fine. I got the 5080/9800x3d build from Best Buy. I’ve already replaced the cheap PSU they gave me. Ended up with the Msi Ventus OC card so that’s not great. Overall it feels a bit cheap to me, BUT I’ve had absolutely NO issues with it. This being my first gaming PC, I already know what I would’ve done…”

“ibuypower and cyberpower pcs are really ONLY for lazy people who know computers, you will be fixing their mistakes and they will absolutely allow you to pick out stupid parts but you will pay less than anywhere else. but if you get reputable parts theyll assemble and source it for cheap so if you know what youre doing…”

“I have owned iBuyPower and 2 CyberPower pre-builts. With my limited experience, my take is that there is no general rule on which is best or worst. The components (memory, SSD, PSU, etc), can vary a lot, even for the same model. Obviously they try to reduce cost by going with cheaper components. And sometimes they are…”

“Strongly advises staying far away from CyberPowerPC.”

“Yeah, the only problem I had with mine was the psu. It blew up. I had no problem replacing it, though, if you're ok with swapping out the psu. I'd just get a psu as well as the pc and just swap em out in the beginning.”

“I ordered a CyberPowerPC, but I could never get it to work. Customer service tried to help but couldn't resolve the problem, so I returned it.”

“Yeah cyberpower uses a faulty PSU brand called APEVIA, it can fry your components within months”

“i would rather spend extra money to go to damn near anyone else for a prebuilt than ever deal with cyberpower ever again. if that tells you absolutely anything.”

“Customer service for them is trash. No matter what number you call you'll get 1 of 2 disinterested guys that just repeat the same company jargon over and over. They also continously talk over you. Ever heard of someone looking right through you? Well they talk right through you.”

“Cyberpower pc tend to cheap out on certain parts causing early failure. Customer support is useless so be ready to fix the issue yourself. That's just my experience. Swapped out the psu ,ram and cpu cooler . Motherboard , GPU and cpu were good so got a deal”

“Stay away from custom loops unless you plan on re plumbing everything yourself. My GF went and bought one without talking to me 1st, and she got screwed. Overpaid for the rig in general. 2 weeks later, it leaked all its coolant onto the GPU. She had to pay 400 to ship it there and back for repairs. It has been fine for…”

“I placed an order from them 3 weeks ago for a PC with a 5080 in it because they said it would ship out today. When I didn't get a shipping notification I called them up and they said "Well, we are waiting on more 5080s, stock is low and we get them weekly but we don't know when we're going to get one". I cancelled the…”

“I don’t have a previous computer but I did recently get a prebuilt laptop from them the 4090 and it runs horribly after the first use even factory test the damn thing and game Audi still not loading and neither is the cyberpower control center”

“I have the PC you’re looking to get. Bought it from Best Buy on preorder. So far, I’ve had issue with a red light on the VGA. None of my monitors will turn on unless I reseat the GPU. After that, it works. I’m running 3 individual dp cables into the GPU itself for triple monitors on iRacing. Even with the monitors…”

“I just bought a 5080 9800x3d and it was dead on arrival. I tried everything but the graphics card was dead. Had to send it back for RMA. Customer service was fine but the PC clearly wasn’t tested properly beforehand. It was beautiful looking though I will say.”

“Had to send mine back twice because they wired it incorrectly and I’m not a computer whiz. This happened in late 2021, GPU died last year.”

“I bought one last July and it’s not working now. Not exactly sure what the problem is. I need to take it apart and reseat everything along with the CMOS battery! These are by far the suckiest PCs I’ve ever encountered!!! Don’t buy one!!!”

“I bought a power spec during the 30 series launch and mining gpu shortage. IMO, they’re better built than companies like cyberpower and ibuypower. The support is solid too. I bought mine and had zero issues. Before going with microcenter, I bought one from cyber power, and the build quality was trash and the components…”

“Cyberpower used to be good idk what happened. Last PC I got from them the shit kept freezing. I send it back to them and they keep claiming they test it, but it kept coming back same problem AND eventually constant damage. Yeah they lost me. I bought a laptop from iBuyPower during COVID. Still going strong.”

“They are shady AF. I bought a computer from them and 2 weeks later it died. thankfully I paid for the upgraded warranty that included shipping back to them for warranty work, so I got an RMA and shipped it back. Turns out the RAM went bad. Ok, that happens, components fail. They replace it and ship it back to me. A few…”

“Never buy from cyberpower online. They tried to scam me out of a $2300 dollar custom pc. Because the motherboard died after 24 days of owning it. They were lying about my actions and communication with them, to my credit card company. They sent me a box with no communication after 3 weeks. I rejected the UPS…”

“Really depends, part/cost is better than self-building these days but there's usually hidden issues. Big brands (HP, lenovo, etc) will use proprietary motherboards with properietary PSUs that make it hard/impossible to upgrade. You may end up with a system that has 1 stick of RAM running in single channel mode. They…”