CYBERPOWERPC Gamer Xtreme VR GXiVR8020A6 Gaming PC (Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9GHz, 8GB DDR4, AMD Radeon RX 580 4GB, 1TB HDD, 802.11AC WiFi, Win10 Home) Black

To start this review off, let me just say that this is my first gaming pc ever. I have been wanting one for half a year. First I did research on getting a gaming laptop because I am pretty used to using laptops. I knew desktops were better, but I liked the portability of laptops. Then I just realized I dont need to carry it around. Desktops simply are less hot, typically quieter, and offer more value and upgradability. I thought building a pc would be great. I thought about going with a ryzen 5 and a gtx 1060. But GPU and ram prices are stupid high. I took a look at some prebuilt pcs. I saw this one at $750. I said thats a pretty good deal. I waited a bit and bought it when it was 720. This pc offers more value than building it yourself. I went on pcpartpicker and building this would be over 780 bucks, not including Windows 10, mouse. keyboard, and wifi adapter. Now lets get on with the review. CyberPowerPc is not very clear on the exact components so I thought i would list them here. CPU: Intel i5 8400 6 core/6 thread. 2.8ghz base/4.0ghz boost (it comes with the terrible intel stock cooler and i have never seen it above 3.8ghz) GPU: MSI Armor RX 580 4gb OC (2 fans) MOBO: MSI B360M Bazooka. (micro atx, with 4 dimms, and plenty other features. RAM: GEIL Evo Potenza 8gb (1x8gb stick) ddr4 cl16 timing 16-16-16-36 (its red and it looks cool) HDD: Western Digital Blue 1tb 7200rpm. PSU: 500 watt, I was unable to get a good look at it, but its not a name brand. Super loud and rattles sometimes. I recommend you replace it. CASE: CoolerMaster MasterBox Lite 5 mid tower atx case. Glass side panel and front panel (blocks airflow for front fans, but is removable) CASE FANS: Xpevia red ring LED fans. (cheap, not very good) This computer runs every game i have on high settings at 1080p with over 60fps. I bought a 75hz freesync monitor and i recommend you do the same. Freesync is the greatest. Just set FRTC to 75 and you are golden. In the future, I will upgrade the following. I will add another 8 gigs of ram, I will replace the power supply, and I may add optane memory to accelerate the hard drive. Cons and things I dont like. The keyboard is going to be hard to get used to. its big and the keys are spread apart a lot. Its membrane. but it is loud and the keys wobble quite a bit. The mouse is fine. The power supply is really loud. under a heavy lot the pc gets jet engine level noise, so take the front panel off. The case is a fingerprint magnet, The same model of ram is not on Amazon nor GEILs website. They only sell 2x4gb, so I cannot run in dual channel when I upgrade Other than that, this pc has been great, it looks cool, and offers better value than building it yourself. I hope this review helped. I know it was long, but I had a lot I wanted to say.

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First let’s just say that this computer is amazing. Its a little pricey but is worth everypenny. Here are some games that I play and the FPS listed Fortnite: 240 FPS (Epic View Distance, Low Post Processing, Low antialiasing, 100 Resolution, Textures Medium, and the other thing is Medium) 60-80 FPS All Epic Rainbow Six Siege: FPS 200+ High settings FPS 60-70 Ultra Settings Terraria: FPS 200+ Ultra Minecraft (Java Edition): FPS 70-100 Medium Settings (Can not handle over 10 TNT explosives, will lag a bit) Overwatch: FPS 150+ Max Settings OBS Streaming/Stream Labs OBS (SLOBS): 60+ FPS (If using right settings) (Doesnt lag gameplay) OBS Recording: FPS 60+ (if using right settings) (Doesnt lag gameplay) Ports Available: 2 - 3.0 USB (Front of PC Near Power on Button) 1 - Audio Port (Front of PC Near Power Button) 1 - Mic Port (Front Of PC Near Power Button) 2 - HDMI (Back Of PC) 1 - Keyboard Mixer Port (Back of PC) 1 - Mouse Mixer Port (Back of PC) 5 - 3.0 USB (Back of PC) 1 - Ethernet Port (Back of PC) 1 - Mic In (Back of PC) 1 - L-in Port (Back of PC) 1 - L-out Port (Back of PC) 3 - Display Ports (Back of PC) 2 - DVI Ports (Back of PC) (Other Useful Info) 4 Ram Slots Total, 3 Unused. Dust Filter at the Bottom, clean monthly. Cable on Motherboard? (Not sure) When you first get the PC, make sure to turn on the switch at the Back of the PC When you first get the PC, make sure you have a screwdriver to remove the packers inside the PC (They keep the PC components safe when being shipped) Material 4/5: Very Durable, I have a desk with many things in it (am a messy person) And occasionally something drops and hits the PC, no dents, works perfectly. Versatility (Ability to Adapt) 5/5: Adapts perfectly and whatever I throw at it I will handle the task. Overall 5/5: Amazing PC in general, (no I am not BIASED, this is based on my experience with the PC) Remember to vote my review “helpful” if you found it helpful so others can see. Also, thanks for reading, I am about to clean my dust filter now. :)

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This is the real truth! I just trashed my DELL INSPIRON, which was one of the worst computers I’ve ever had in my life, and took a chance on this PC. I had heard of this company before but was a real little reluctant because of the safety with the big names. WRONG!! I cannot tell you how well this thing runs. Freakin sick how smooth this thing operates. I’m not a big gamer but I have checked it across STEAM and oculus rift parameters and it easily surpasses the requirements. The thing about this computer is it is so fast… So fast! The machine starts quickly shut down quickly and goes from app to app with no delay. The computer was boxed perfectly… Totally secure. It comes with the coolest keyboard and mouse that you’ve ever seen before… Like literally ever. And I have to say… That the way this thing lights up in a room is just freaking sweet. Very very cool. Again this is a legitimate review… No crap. If you are deliberating on getting a computer, whether it be for gaming, virtual reality, or anything else, I promise you… No BS… This is THE computer to get and THE BEST DEAL MONEYWISE out of every single place I checked on the internet. THE BEST for the money. And stay away from DELL INSPIRON!! At all costs! LEGIT! The BEST setup I’ve EVER owned! ***FAST***

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Hello all! Im here to leave my review on this CyberPowerPC gaming computer. (Just a heads up, this is a LOOOOOONG review, so if you want, you can skip to the bottom for the TL;DR version, or stick around for the sweet deets.) Now Im not like a super-enthusiast, or professional bench-marker/tester or anything, just a dude who likes to play PC games with the FPS counter on to see how well its running, and thought I would share my experiences with you today. I do really enjoy PC gaming and was wanting a nice rig to game on with good graphical settings and more importantly, good frame-rates while having it look pretty. So let preface this review with a little history for you. I have been playing games since I was very young, probably 6. I used to play the point and click kids games from Humongous Entertainment on PC (Pajama Sam, Spy Fox, etc.) as well as Wolfenstein 3D. I moved over to consoles when I was around 8-10 with the N64, GameCube, Original Xbox, Xbox 360, and PS3. When I was in my late teens/early 20s around 2010-2012, I built my first PC for gaming. At the time it was a decent machine, but not super high end by any means. I built it around the specs to play Deus Ex: Human Revolution (which I recommend to any FPS-RPG & cyberpunk fans). Around 2013-2014, I stopped gaming completely until this year, where I went back and forward between console and PC. I got a gaming PC off Goodwill Online that was alright, but didnt run well because something was wrong with it, and it eventually shorted out. Cut to now, where I have purchased this CyberPowerPC gaming rig. This is my first purchase of a pre-built gaming PC, and 6-8 years ago I would have scoffed the idea of buying a pre-built vs. building my own. Things are different now, so Id like to share my personal pros and cons of the machine, but first, since PC gaming is more varied depending on the hardware being used, let me share how some games I played ran on this machine, with a couple things to consider about how my play testing went first: While I actually want to do this review myself and tell everyone how my personal experience was and share my own honest opinions, I would like to disclose that inside the box for the PC was an offer that said if I leave a review for the product and either take a screenshot of the review or send a link to the review to CyberPowerPC, Ill get a free gaming headset for my computer. So just a heads up, I am supposed to receive a free headset in exchange for leaving my honest review. Everything below is going to be a bunch of technical PC terminology that if you are unfamiliar with, might not make sense. Im assuming whoever is reading this knows what Im talking about, but if you dont, its OK, the main things to know are that the higher graphics settings are, the better the game will look. The same goes with the resolution, as it will look less grainy with higher resolutions. Frame-rates are basically how smooth the game looks when things happen fast. (If you want to see the comparisons, YouTube a game that is on game consoles & PC, and search that game with frame-rate comparison to get a side-by-side view.) All games were played in 1920x1080p (Full HD) resolution Unless otherwise mentioned, all games were through Steam with the FPS counter on. With a couple exceptions, I only played each game here for a few minutes, to see how it ran at start. If the game gets more resource intensive later in certain spots, the performance might drop below 60FPS with max settings, and may need mild tweaking. My goal was to play each game with the highest possible graphical settings while maintaining a frame-rate of at least 60FPS. I like to initially play games with V-Sync off, so that I can see the FPS counter in Steam telling me the frame-rate. My monitor is only 60hz refresh rate, so I am unable to tell you how it might look at anything higher than that, but its a good way to see what settings you can comfortably run. For example, if I play a game at Low settings and can run it a 350FPS, then I know I have room to increase the graphic settings until it starts to get too close to where I want it to maintain. I want the settings to be able to keep the game around 100FPS, so if there is a load spike in the game, the frame-rate doesnt take a hit that knocks it below 60FPS. Finally, like I said above, I took about a 4 year break from gaming. Therefore, my library is somewhat outdated. I did try to pick the most modern, popular, and intense games I owned to test with, but that being said, I dont have most of the most popular games like PUBG, Overwatch, Rocket League, etc., so I cant tell you how those run. However, there are websites where you can check your PC specs against the game specs to see if you can run the game, and apparently I can run those game at Recommended settings, but I dont know about Max settings. Thats something someone else will have to tell you. OK, with all that out of the way, lets get to my game-playing experiences. Bioshock Remastered – Played this with max settings, and was consistently pulling 100+FPS, so no problem here for even frame-rates. The game both looked well and ran well. I will mention that the area on side door where graphic card is did get warmer than it did while playing other games, but didnt seem to affect performance in any noticeable way. Chivalry: Medieval Warfare – Played this game with max settings as well, and I was pulling 60 FPS even with V-sync off, leading me to believe this game might have a capped frame-rate. Everything ran well though, and while it never went above 60FPS, I dont recall any drops below that number either, so thats a plus. Counter Strike: Global Offensive – One of the main E-Sports games. This might be one that a lot of people are interested in, so I felt obligated to include it. I played CS:GO at max settings, and got 100+ FPS on the maps Shipped & Insertion with V-sync off, 60FPS solid with V-sync on, which is good, because I think these two might be some of the more resource intensive maps to run. Insertion is just huge, and Shipped has lots of water all around, so plenty of effects to run. Crysis – Ahh Crysis. Anyone who is into PC gaming knows how famous (or perhaps infamous is more appropriate) this game is when it comes to performance. It was notorious for being extremely difficult, maybe near impossible, to run at max settings. It was a beast of a game to handle. I am extremely pleased and proud to say that I was able to play the game at max settings, and got a range of 80-110 FPS. This is impressive because, well, its Crysis. I would like to point out that the PC did get louder while running this maxed, but not too loud. It was just the sounds of fans kicking in to keep things cool. For this feat alone, I would like to commend this PC & CyberPowerPC, for creating a decent rig that can put down the old gaming meme of But can it run Crysis? Yes. Yes it can. Dead By Daylight – Another really popular game played by lots of YouTubers, since I got it in a Humble Bundle, thought Id throw it in the mix. Played at max settings, 60FPS consistently. Like, nothing above that, because I think the frame-rate might be capped here as well. I did get one drop below 60FPS while playing the tutorial, but didnt have that problem again, and it could have just been a loading thing. Fortnite – OH MY GOD try to look at anything gaming today and not see Fortnite. It is everywhere, on nearly every system and platform imaginable. I wont be surprised if you can play Fortnite on your smart fridge soon. All jokes aside, I played at max settings, getting around 60-70FPS most of the time. This isnt on Steam, but the game does have a built-in FPS counter. This was the first game I played to have noticeable occasional FPS drops below 60. If you tweaked a couple settings to high instead of ultra, you could probably eliminate those drops. And get butter smooth 60FPS. GTA IV – Grand Theft Auto IV (thats 4, not 5, because I dont have 5 because Im outdated) was a strange experience performance wise. I got max settings for all the graphical settings like textures, shadows, etc, except for the view distance, vehicle density, and detail distance. Those seemed to cause too many issues at 100, or even around 60-75. I got a little annoyed trying to tune the game myself, so I used the auto-configure button, which set those things around the 25-30 mark. It also set some things on High instead of Very High, but I changed them to Very High while leaving the view distance, etc., and I got around 70ish FPS consistently, but could change in more dense/intense scenes. This one is a game that could use tweaking. L.A. Noire – Well I was going to play L.A. Noire because I remember it was very impressive even on the PS3, and thought it would look amazing with this computer. Unfortunately, I couldnt get it to run. Now, before you start trash-talking this computer for not running a 7 year old game, I would like to point out that I did some research, and other Steam users are having the same problem. There are different fixes one could try for it, but I didnt feel like messing with that for now. Minecraft – So Minecraft is another one of those games like Fortnite that is everywhere and in everything, and also isnt on Steam, and while it doesnt have a built-in FPS counter, I was able to run it with the Steam overlay, so I could use the Steam FPS counter. Naturally, I had bought it years ago and wanted to test it on my new gaming PC. Funny enough, for a game where the entire world is made of blocks, and is not very detailed, I actually had more trouble with this game than any other one. I was able to run max graphical settings, but that comes with an asterisk like GTA IV, because the view distance was what game me trouble, along with something called biome-blending, which I assume means that when the environments change, how much they transition so it is not just a sudden Whoa I was next to a forest and now theres a beach 3 steps this way I had to drop the chunk distance down to 15, and the biome blending at either 5x5 or 7x7, I dont remember which one worked. I had to tweak it so much for my consistent frame-rate, but I did manage 100FPS eventually. At first I had changed the Field Of View to Quake Pro (Max FOV), but dropped it back down to normal, while trying to get steady frames. I might be able to bring it back up and still have good frame-rates, but I didnt test that. Payday 2 – I got Payday 2 to run at max settings, hitting 100+FPS after loading the level. Theres a small starting window while the game finished loading the level where it was choppy, but smoothed out afterwards. Since one of the settings is how many bodies stay on screen, the frame-rate could drop in levels where bodies would stack in large amounts, but Im not sure, because I didnt play that long to get to that point. Portal 2 – I know Portal 2 is really old but I was rummaging though my library for the best games I could find for testing and I wanted this in there. Played at max settings, and got a whopping 200+FPS for this gem. Resident Evil 6 – Another old game, but still ran at max settings, at 120FPS. I think the frame-rate is capped here as well, but I must say, I love Resident Evil and this game looked fantastic on this PC. SUPERHOT – SUPERHOT is special to me in this review for a few reasons. It is the only game I played without Steams FPS counter or a built-in one, so I have no FPS numbers for you here. It is also the game I decided to break my gaming PC in with, so its my first game on this rig, and its also the only game I played and finished during all this testing out the PC. Since I have no counter, I dont know the quantifiable FPS amount, but I can tell you I played at max settings, and while I may have gotten one or two stutters, I cant specifically remember them like I could in Minecraft, Fortnite, and GTA IV. Also, this is a really awesome game. One of the most innovative shooters Ive played in years. ;) Team Fortress 2 – Valves quintessential shooter. Few PC gamers probably HAVENT played some TF2, and it runs at max settings at 100+FPS. Very nice, now if only people will spy check... That was all my PC gaming experience so far with this rig. It ran nearly everything I threw at it on max settings with almost always have a minimum of 60FPS, with a few exceptions. It kind of goes without saying that virtually any game that is mainly 2D graphics will run exceptionally well with no problems (Think things like visual novels, FTL: Faster Than Light, Organ Trail, Hotline Miami, etc.), and on those 2D/low resource games, it might even be do-able to run them at 4K resolution, but I havent tried that yet, so no promises. Now that the performance section is done, Id like to talk about the pros and cons of the machine itself. Ill start with hardware. This machine packs a real punch for all its internals, but first, the outside of the machine. Simply, its gorgeous. You get what feels like a ATX mid-tower that isnt too bulky, and is just as amazing/incredible/slightly ominous looking as it looks in the photos (after all, its a beast of a machine inside, and it looks it on the outside). You get a tinted transparent front cover with some nice geometry lines, and a giant see-through panel, also tinted, on the side to see all the guts of the computer in their glory. You have your standard power button/reset switch combo on the front, along with 2 USB 3.0 ports, a headphone jack, and a mic jack. One thing I have to comment on with that headphone jack, is that I have an external 2.1 speaker system, plugged into the rear 3.5mm jack. When I use my headphones on the front jack, the audio will play through both outputs at once instead of toggling between them if the headphones are plugged in or not. Im not sure if this is a con or not, but just be mindful to turn off your speakers if you dont want anyone else to hear what youre hearing. You also have 4 red LED halo ring fans inside, three up front and one in the back. I would like to point out that the LEDs in the fans are just red, they arent RGB like the mouse is. It would be nice if the fans were RGB also, but honestly, at the price point for this PC, that would be unrealistic, as RGB parts arent particularly cheap. Im not totally sure, because the fans turn while on, and this machine has spent very little time off since it has been in my possession, but I think they are Apevia branded fans. They do the job though, as the machine gets warm while playing, like any computer does, but never seems to get too warm, probably no more than a game console would get when playing. The area on the side panel above the graphic card does get warm and even somewhat hot when playing more intense games, but Im impressed with this machines ability to cool down quickly after playing. It doesnt take long to get back down to normal temps. Those same fans also are remarkably quiet. Like, I cant even hear the things unless I actually put my ear about 3 inches from the front of the case. I do have an window AC in my room about 8 feet from my desk, so there may be mild fan noise, but its pretty mild. Like I mentioned above, they did get audibly louder while running Crysis, but that was the only time I heard noise, and it wasnt bad. On the inside, you get a Intel i5-8400 processor, which is very good for gaming (check the benchmark score online, its pretty sweet for the money), which is cooled by what looks like a stock cooler. I would have liked to seen a different cooler, maybe a Cooler Master or something, but the intel one is low profile, and because of that it doesnt obstruct air-flow, so having a different cooler might be a mixed bag. According to my motherboard manual (yes, they actually give you the manual like you would have if you built it yourself) my rig came with a MSI H370M/B360M Bazooka motherboard, which has 4 RAM slots, supports 64GB of RAM, at speeds of 2666/2400/2133 MHz. The board has one PCI 3.0x16 slot, so there is no dual vid cards with this rig, but thats alright by me. Some other reviews mentioned they got 2 sticks of 4GB RAM, but I, like some others, got a single stick of 8GB RAM. I must say I prefer this, as if I want to upgrade my RAM, I can buy a single other 8GB stick and still have two more free RAM slots. I know I dont get the dual-channel benefits right now with one stick, but I dont know that its going to make a difference for most people. You get a AMD Radeon RX 580 GPU, which is a fantastic graphic card. Its about the equivalent of a NVIDIA GTX 1060, for the NVIDIA fans out there. Being the powerhouse it is, the card is large and equipped with dual fans to stay cool during intense gaming. You also get a 1TB HDD with the PC, which leads me to one of my only (and honestly, quite nitpicky) negatives about this machine. The former of the two options Im about to present would be preferred, but either would be good, and that is, why is there not SSD boot drive here for the OS, or if not that, simply a 2TB regular HDD? SSDs have gotten very affordable, and could have been thrown in here to hold the OS and your basic programs, and games could go on the HDD, and it would have made a HUGE performance increase on this already impressive machine. Barring that, why not simply a 2TB HDD instead of a 1TB? The price difference between the two is a matter of around $15, but with games getting larger as graphics get better, 2TB would have been a welcome inclusion. Nonetheless, it is a very trivial thing to gripe about, and I will move on. Onward to the software side of things, you get Windows 10 Home 64-bit with this machine, which is nice. Few people have need for the Pro version of Windows, so adding that would be unnecessary added cost. Windows 10 apparently has a lot of gaming-friendly features, like screenshoting, video clip recording, broadcasting (to where, I dont know, maybe Mixer?) and something called Game Mode, which I think is supposed to be like a performance boosting thing, but I havent used it yet. I tried to use it on Minecraft, but I couldnt access the hotkey shortcut once the game started. One thing I am a little disappointing with is the lack of a Windows disk for reinstalling the OS. This particular thing stings a little extra since there isnt a SSD or a larger HDD, so if you wanted to add one of those things, I dont know how you would reinstall Windows. Perhaps if you contacted CyberPowerPC they could be of assistance with this, I intend to contact and find out, as I would like to eventually get a SSD boot drive and upgraded HDD. Finally, I would like to wrap this review up by talking about the included peripherals. In addition to the PC tower itself, you also get a wired gaming mouse & keyboard, along with a wireless USB 802.11 AC WiFi adapter. So, first the mouse. Honestly, I love it. I think it may be the best mouse Ive ever owned. I never had a Razer or any of the big name brands, but it feels to me like something you would pay decent money for. You have your main 2 buttons and wheel, along with 2 buttons by the wheel for DPI switching, and then 4 buttons on the side. From what I can tell, they are page forward and page back buttons, the one in the middle between those two seems to be a double-click button, and then one that seems to change the color of the mouse, but also seems to change the DPI with it. Basically, Im not totally sure how to change the color while leaving the DPI at my preferred setting. Ill thumb through the documentation again, but I didnt see anything about how to do such things with the mouse. So if its there and I missed it, my bad, if not, CyberPowerPC should include some docs for this and the keyboard, simply so I can make the most of it. Also, real quick, all those extra buttons on the mouse I mentioned? I dont think they are programmable cause I didnt notice any software to setup macros for it, and they seemed to be more for general use than gaming (although they may be mappable in-game, I didnt try to keymap anything to those buttons in a game). The keyboard is fantastic, and I absolutely love the feel when gaming and typing. Its not quite mechanical or membrane, and I THINK it says this on the box, but man I love it. Its all black keycaps except for the arrows, WASD, and multimedia keys, which are red, so that the WASD keys are easy to find at a glance if you lose your finger positioning. Also, one thing that I really appreciate is the dedicated multimedia keys on the sides of the keyboard. You have a music player button, play/pause, mute, internet browser on the left side, and previous, volume up, volume down, and forward buttons on the right. I honestly dont care about these for any reason other than the volume. I use Google Play Music for my music streaming and dont actually own MP3s, so the play/forward/back buttons are useless to me there, but the volume buttons are amazing. I like this so much in a keyboard because my last gaming keyboard combined volume controls with some of the F Function keys, so if I wanted to turn down the volume in game, I had to hit Fn+F whatever. I could use both hands, but I liked keeping a hand on the mouse while gaming, so I usually stretched my left hand across the board for volume control. Same thing while watching YouTube. With this, I just tap the key of choice for volume control with one finger. Seems trivial, I know, but I honestly love this keyboard and mouse so much that I looked at the CyberPowerPC website to see if I could buy another one of each in the event I have to replace them. Thats how good they are to me. Finally, the WiFi adapter. Its not the fastest Mbps speed in the world, but if you need WiFi and dual-band AC connectivity, youve got it now. Personally, I just use Ethernet since my router is about 3 inches away from my PC, as hardwire connections are always going to be more reliable than WiFi. No interference, faster steady speed, etc. Now, I did end up needing this thing for another computer in our home, as the WiFi adapter we bought for it was a real piece of crap, so it worked out in this instance, but personally, I would have rather had an included Bluetooth adapter vs WiFi, as I have Bluetooth headphones that I use. Well, now that Ive droned on for this long, its time to wrap this up, as Ive said all I could really say about this computer. TL;DR Every game I threw at it ran well with few exceptions, and those only needed minor graphic drops to increase performance to acceptable ranges. Itll play Fortnite, CS:GO, at max/near max settings, and it should be able to run PUBG, Overwatch, and Rocket League at recommended spec as well. Its silent nearly all the time. It gets warm/hot during more intense gaming, but not too hot, and cools down quickly. Theres good airflow, good components inside, and a good experience to be had here. Would I have liked an SSD or larger HDD? Sure, but in the grand scheme of this PC its something one could live without for the price (or at least until you added one in yourself for cheap). You get a great mouse and keyboard to game with, and while Id like a manual (that may be here and I just missed) for the mouse so I could learn how to work the freakin LEDs on it, these are all extremely minor issues. Theres no real deal breaker to be found with this. I was able to get this PC because the base price was cheap, but the reason Im writing this review on the actual PC is because I could afford it now through the Amazon Payments thing. $750 chopped up into 5 payments of around $140 so I can game now? Yes please. If you are like me, and just want a good gaming PC, even if you know about all this stuff, its hard to go wrong with this one. If you want to be able to have dual-vid cards or extreme enthusiast level stuff like that, you might be better off building your own, as thats gonna be a specialty thing anyways. Most people, like myself, who cant spend $2K buying something akin to a NASA prototype will be extremely happy gaming here. After all, it can run Crysis. ;)

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Writing this review in case it helps others with some items I was concerned about. I wasnt entirely clear on a few of the specs but I took a risk and bought this PC anyway because overall design seemed good and the price is right. My main concern was making sure I could easily upgrade the memory and replace the hokey USB WIFI adapter - both of which proved to be no problem. There are two open PCIe slots to add a dedicated WIFI card, and the whole side of the computer pops off with thumbscrews, so access to the inside of the box is great. The huge fans on the graphics card partially blocks one of the PCI slots, but thankfully the second is just one bay down and leaves plenty of room. Weirdly, there are no screw-on plates to add additional PCI cards, so you need to bend-and-twist the cover off and source your own screws. I had old parts around to use so it was not a problem. Just be sure to make life easier and download the Windows 10 driver with the dopey supplied USB WIFI dongle and have it on-hand before you install the card to avoid driver conflict. There are four DDR4 RAM slots, and in my case only one was being used by the factory-installed memory. I added an additional 8gb of RAM with no issues at all. Only hangup was that I chose a "non optimized slot" for the first one. The windows startup screen advised me to change slots - when I did all was well. Additional notes, the box runs fairly cool and is relatively quiet considering it appears to consist of 90% fans. The red LED lights around each fan arent too obnoxiously bright, although the whole thing kind of looks like hot plate when its turned on. I didnt even bother with the supplied keyboard and mouse, I picked up an inexpensive wireless set and gave the "gamer" set to my kids. They like it, but just know that they are strewn with LED lights so they both look like UFOs - a bit much for my taste, but then again Im old. Final note - the box that this PC ships in a bright red box strewn with "ULTIMATE GAMING SYSTEM" propaganda on all sides, including a picture of the PC itself. There was no outer shipper. If you live in an area where theft could be an issue, I strongly recommend you stick around for the delivery. I live in a very safe neighborhood so UPS usually leaves packages unattended, but when I saw this box I was a little surprised. Seriously, it might as well have a "please steal me" sign on it. All in all Im very pleased with the design and setup, again with the above modifications. I will put it through its paces with both games and video editing later and update this review if there are any surprises, but so far so good. ONE WEEK UPDATE: As a test I ran WarThunder with all settings cranked up to 11, including grass, trees and reflections and the game runs beautifully. So far this machine continues to be a winner.

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Can you stream on it? - Yes, very well actually. How high can you run games? - So far Ive been able to run it on high on /everything/ AND stream. League of Legends, CSGO, Fortnite, Overwatch, and numerous other games. Only complaint is the computer is basically a small heat generator, it does make my room very hot. Good thing about that, winter is coming! Downside, Summer time is going to suck :-) But yes, for the price, I highly recommend this. I love this so much, its my second Cyberpower PC Ive bought x

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This Cyberpower pc is a great pc!!! First thing I did when I got it was make an unboxing. Then I added 8gb ram for a total of 16gb ram. Then I turned it on! It was love at first boot up! The graphics card I think is better than the graphics card on my other pc. The graphics have a richer tone to them. Been watching a lot of youtube videos since I got it and played world of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XIV no problems. Did a performance video on it with opening 6 videos on youtube, 6 yahoo sports pages and 6 amazon pages in 3 different browsers no problem. Of corse I have 16 gb ram though. Its worked excellently since I got it. Havent tried out Everquest 2 yet but it should be no problem. I have been wanting a Cyberpower pc and this Cyberpower pc -GXIVR8020A5 is perfect for me. Dont know if Ill use it for VR but Im sure to be playing lots of games and youtube videos and surfing the web. Oh, I love the new mouse it changes colors and works really well!! I love the Cyberpower keyboard with the red wasd and arrow keys! Not sure if Ill be using the red keys on the side of the keyboard, but I am typing this review with the Cyberpower keyboard and it works great!!! Thrilled with this pc absolutely thrilled with it. It was very inexpensive considering the stats like i5-8400 6 Core Processor and the 8 gb ram 1 Tb hdd AMD RX 580 4GB video card, USB wifi adapter and it came with a B360M Bazooka motherboard. Plus the clear side panel so you can see the one led fan inside and the parts inside and the 3 led fans in front too. The only thing I wish is that it had a 2tb hdd instead of a 1 tb hdd and I wish it had a dvd r/w but then I never used that on my old pc so no loss really. Im going to keep on having fun with my Cyberpower pc GXIVR8020A6 and I highly recommend for anyone to buy it if you can afford it. thank you . Keep on gaming and surfing the web and whatever it is you do on pcs lol

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This is the second PowerPC Ive bought since the last one 7 years ago. The first would still be around many more years Im sure, if it wasnt for my user error. Some History I bought an EVGA 1070 a few weeks ago to up the graphics quality in the VR games Ive been playing over the last almost three years with an EVGA 970. It was a night and day the difference as you can imagine, but wanted to try my hand overclocking it for a few more precious frames. In doing so I ended up cooking the processor and motherboad, couldnt leave well enough alone. My bad PowerPC, may she rest in peace. Decision Time So I to made make the decision to either replace parts and hope all would go well with the repair. As I was looking, a lot advancements have happened in that 7 years, cpus, coolers, motherboards, ram, and stylish cases. It was all starting to add up very fast to lots of money and hard work that I was going to be putting into this. Also, hoping I wouldnt have any problems/debugging along the way, contacting a half a dozen customer service departments, YouTube videos, and boards for questions/answers. I had been without a computer for a week now after exhustively taking the whole thing apart to narrow down the problem, making sure I tried everything. I had enough, just wanted to be up and running again! Jackpot! Looking around Amazon (as I usually do ;), I found this jewel! Decent specs with lots of great reviews, roomy with huge upgrade potential. It was love at first site, a no brainer, a steal! I threw down my credit card immediately and it arrived in just a couple days. Unboxed with no damage and set it in on the first available clear surface, added a monitor, the included gaming keyboard/mouse and booted the baby up, red lights a blazing! Needed to update Windows, no ethernet cable long enough to reach, but the included high speed WiFi usb stick, press of a button on the router autoconnects, done! I never thought I would get much use of that WiFi stick, but still using it after a week, some little lag sure, but I can deal. Now to scratch that gaming itch with the AMD RX 580 in virtual reality and see if this was really VR ready as advertised out of the box. Yep! Worked better than my previous computer with the EVGA 970, no real surprise though with all the upgraded components. Works as advertised! The Best gets Better - Upgrades! After awhile getting my fill and stress testing for a day, now it was time for the upgrades to an already sweet rig. In goes the EVGA 1070 for another round of testing for the power suppy, wasnt sure there was going to be enough juice. No problems there with plenty and enough to spare. Once I uninstalled AMD drivers, ran the VRMark bechmark again, noticeable performence boost. Now at 9,025 and 196.75 FPS in VRMark Orange Room, thats after the next upgrade though. Opened up the back, plugged up the SSD, cloned the 1TB to a Samsung 500SSD, that was super quick, but after all, it was just Windows, SteamVR and a few VR games at that point. Rebooted and press F11 to choose boot disk, lighting fast load to Windows! Opened Computer Management deleted everything off HHD, Ill use it for mass storage. Now to add the other SSD with my entire 2 year collection Steam/VR game library, a plug here and a plug there, done. One 500SSD for Windows/Programs, the 2nd 500SSD for games, the 1TB HHD for music, photos, videos, etc. Whew! Future Upgrades Next will be more dual channel RAM for sure, never had more than 8, so looking forward to 16 and maybe 24 or even 32! It does get warm in there alright, but its a beast, so a beefy CPU cooler might help ease concerns. BTW the front face pops right off to dramatically improve airflow, takes a few seconds to pop and to pop back on. By 8 degrees just at just idle, and at full load, the case doesnt feel as warm compared to it on, free DIY upgrade! Maybe some blue LED light strips for the inside, saw someones pics with those, I think it helps balance with all that red and illuminates the dark areas. Cant think of anything else besides those. Kinda glad all these upgrades werent included in the first place or else the price would have been out of my range. Besides, I had half of them already, it will allow me and others to upgrade as finances and needs allow. Conclusion - Previous PowerPC 7 years ago cost $1,200. Today blowing it away at $699 and VR game ready. - No brainer setup opposed to buying parts, assembly and cost. - No need to squeze extra frames through over clocking. Be careful though! - Completely able to upgrade GPU, RAM, CPU and SSD, with an able PSU for a GTX 1070. - A case with style and modern design. Wisper quiet even with all fans max. - Bonuses are WiFi stick, gaming keyboard/mouse/headphones w/mic/antivirus, Assassins Creed Odyssey. Its been a couple of weeks now and its all been super smooth. Not enough for yah after awhile, plenty of ways to make it to your liking as you see fit. Enjoy! PS: This is my first review on Amazon after almost a decade of buying products. If your on a budget and want the best you can buy, this is it!

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