This is a quality build! Very solid and well built! The parts used are all name brand and quality. I'd say, good midrange components!!
PROS: Gigabyte B560 motherboard, EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC GAMING, 500 GB WD Nvme, Crucial Ballistics 3000 DDR4, Seagate barracuda 7200rpm HDD, Cyberpowerpc Onyxia case. Windows 11 pre-installed! I'm not sure if MS has stopped this, but it doesn't come with a License sticker, Even my Windows 3.11 has a foil Certificate of Authenticity sticker, and a "product number"... but All pre-built PC's from SI's normally have the key on a foil sticker. But this might not be an issue, I haven't tried installing another copy of windows, but there is an option for SI's to bake the SN into the Bios, and if not, and you do need to upgrade your NVME drive down the road, I'm sure CyberPowerPC will help!
CONS: First, the Cooler Master i71C RGB, not the best pick, I was reaching 90°C to 100°C in games, it's partly the cooler, it only has a 95W TDP, and the 11600KF has a max 125W TDP. and it's partly the poor application of TIM. After adding a River 5 tower cooler, the temps stay under 60°C.
The last con, has to do with the PSU (but only in reputation), The PSU, Fans and Fan/RGB controller all seem to be Apevia, and this isn't by any stretch of the imagination, a, um, respected company... However all the voltages look good for me!!! I was tempted to swap out a 600W EVGA PSU I have, but I'll keep the Apevia in for the moment, but monitor the voltages.
This is an amazing deal!!! With a few upgrades, this could be a very long lasting and dependable computer! My only 2 wish's, is that they had given the Cyberpowerpc Onyxia case at least 240MM top cutout for a 240MM radiator. The other is the Motherboard not having a BIOS with Resizable Bar setting. all the components used can support it. Overall, this is an amazing start to a well built gaming computer, it has upgradability, which is something you don't always get with a lot of pre-built proprietary PC's!!!
I guess the other thing with the case, there could have been a USB-C breakout option, and let folks buy the expansion as an upgrade. The motherboard used does have a Front USB-C header... But it does have 1 USB-C port in back, so it does offer that functionality either way!!
I've been building computers since 1996, this is the first time I've ever considered a pre-built, and I'd recommend this PC if I was asked for suggestions!!
| Standing screen display size | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Processor | 3.9 GHz core_i5 |
| RAM | 16 GB DDR4 |
| Hard Drive | 1 TB HDD |
| Chipset Brand | Intel |
| Card Description | Dedicated |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 12 GB |
| Wireless Type | 802.11ab |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 2 |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 6 |
