Thoughts on this desktop for gaming?

Looks great for the price. Id take the customer reviews advice and spend a little on better/more cooling fans to be safe. Case has room for upgrades which is important.
 
Thats a good rig. Take care of it and it will serve you well.

Brand psu, lol wut.

NO I DONT
 
That looks like a great price, but it's not a great machine. I don't really care for AMD's processors right now, and that video card is fairly low end. If that's your price range, though, then that's your price range.

Have you ever considered putting your own rig together? CyberPowerPC has a terrible customer service reputation. I recently built my own machine because I felt like I couldn't trust a company like CyberPowerPC or iBuypower if anything went wrong.
 
On what resolution are you planning to play?

Its not a bad machine for the price but if youre wiliing to put it togother from parts on your own you might get a little bit better machine, nothing earth shattering though. I didnt find the brand of the power supply so im guessing it will be low quality one.

Edit: 6670 is pretty much a low to mid end card, it will play most games just fine up to 1440 x 900, if youre planning to 1080p then you need something stronger.
 
It's pretty damn good for the price. I have a similar setup (albeit the card is a 6770, a bit better) and I can play any game at max resolution, and usually at high details except for ressource hogs such as a patched Crysis 2. It's probably going to play any game released for a few years too, and there's slots for improvement. So yeah, I'd say go for it.
 
Avoid CyberpowerPC/iBuyPower like the plague.


Just build it yourself, it's easy as shit, will save you money and a ton of bullshit in the long run.

Trust me.
 
Phil the Nuka-Cola Dude said:
Just build it yourself.
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What he said. If you wanted that lower end PC just for surfing the net or word processing, it would be OK. For running games, I have my doubts.

Components packaged for retail are generally the ones that tested better at the factory. Component manufacturers save these better components because they know they will make more money on retail packaging. Low price PC manufacturers buy bulk priced components. If you build it yourself the retail components will usually be more reliable. I have compared the cost of Alienware vs. the cost of the components if you build it yourself and you can build any configuration they have for about 60% of their pricing.

For gaming, building it yourself really is the best way to go.
 
i used to build computers on my own all the time.

now that i have a decent job, i dont have to.

when i just buy a part, sure ill replace it.

when i buy several parts, or do a major overhaul, ill take it to a local store to have them build it and install windows and get everything working for $50-75.

my fingers are big, so trying to do all the little plugs and such for the mobo speaker and jumpers and stuff, it can be a real pain.
 
Yeah, I can see a problem doing this work with large hands. I have a big friend with huge hands, he really is big boned. He used to work for Texas Instruments and he works on his own, and other's, computers all the time. I've never asked him about the difficulty he might have with his large fingers. My hands are small, so it's not an issue with me.

Beyond that, you don't have to be a computer scientist to build a PC. As Phil indicated, it's not hard. The hardest part is shopping for the parts. For someone that might have difficulties or is uncomfortable with assembling a PC, taking parts to a store or shop and having them do it for a fee is a good idea.
 
as far as i know, the biggest problems with compatibility issues is the RAM and mobo.


you really do need to make sure your ram is compatible with the motherboard.

especially when looking at the timings.

i decided to upgrade my ram from 8 to 16, so i was looking at picking up 2 8 gig kits. found some for real cheap on newegg.

newegg matched me up with some ram, it said it was compatible with my motherboard. it was 9-10-9-28. when i looked up my motherboard compatability list, it only showed 9-10-9-27. so i had to pass on those 28s and get me some 27s. paid $30 for the kits. should have them by friday.
 
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