Juan Guevara
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Ive only had this product for a few days but its exactly what I needed, Ive been stressed out for the past couple weeks with having to send in my laptop in for repair time and time again (it was under a year old,mind you). I couldnt afford to go without some sort of computer for weeks on end because companies like HP cant get their act together, so I sold my POS laptop to buy this beautiful thing! And so far I have to say I have no regrets! Im so glad i switched over to using a desktop, you get power and performance without having to worry about thermals or longevity (as much as you would in a small form factor laptop). The price of this thing is ridiculously low, other companies would probably charge hundreds of dollars more, but this was a pretty decent bargain i would say and would cost just about the same if not more, had I built it myself. I was a little skeptical about the price at first because I was thinking they probably skimped on some of the components like the RAM or the SSD, but to my delightful surprise they did not, they used high quality components in every category. The best part about making a purchase like this is this is a product you can keep running for years, even after the warranty period, all it takes is a little know how to fix/replace some of the components yourself, and youll keep this baby running for years to come. I will say please make sure youve done enough research or contact customer support before you get too handsy if youre not 100% sure what youre doing (or ask a friend that knows how, most people are willing to help out ). You simply can not beat the price to performance ratio with this system, its a great first system for anyone whos new to the game and wants to hit the ground running with a top of the line consumer GFX card, only to be superseded by the RTX 2080Ti of course, BUT TRUST ME THIS IS MORE THAN ENOUGH. with the newest RTX card and i7-8700k, it gets crazy fast performance in basically any AAA title you can throw at it at Ultra settings. My particular orders specs were as follows: - Msi Z370_A Pro series motherboard -Msi Nvidia RTX 2080 8 GB -Kingston A400 240GB SSD -WD Blue 1TB (2012) -GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) - Power Supply I received is an ATNG ATA-800FB-B The ram is a little cheap but its been performing well for me so far, and if anything i could always upgrade to a higher quality set of ram sticks down the line. But so far i am beyond satisfied with this build :). Thank you to whoever built my PC because the cable management is nice and tidy, so is the overall build! It looks really good at night with the tinted glass, as if theres no glass pane there. The free keyboard and mouse were a nice touch to include as well. I posted some photos above and a screenshot of a benchmark I did as soon as i got the pc above, if you wont take my word for it, then just look at these benchmarks. Ill keep this review updated as I push my system to its limits and learn more about it! So happy I went with this company :). UPDATE: 5/18/19 So I finally got around to checking out the power supply that came with it, and to be honest Im a little concerned because its a brand of power supply I frankly have never heard of. My particular unit came stock with an ATNG 800 Watt 80+ Bronze PSU. Maybe it is because Im not as well versed in the realm of power supplies but one does get a little uneasy when its not the top-3 power supply brands that are constantly recommended and recieve raving reviews such as Corsair, SeaSonic, and EVGA PSUs. I somehow doubt ATNG is even in the top 10 PSU brands/manufacturers and theyre certainly not well known for reliability either... Im a little anxious and confused as to why they would cheap out on such an important component. Im assuming its a very cheap PSU because: 1. Ive never heard of the company 2. I cant for the life of me find ANY pricing or reviews on ATNG products, which is pretty sketchy if you ask me. The only thing Ive been able to find are sparse Reddit post that essentially boil down to "get rid of that fire hazard" 2-1/2. ATNGs website looks like it was made by a 5 year old and doesnt really seem to include any pricing information either, yikes. Color me shocked and fearing for the life of my system, especially since Ive made a numerous amount of upgrades including: Swapping out stock fans with Corsair RGB fans + Light strips, Replacing RAM with 3200 32GB RAM, Adding M.2 SSD + additional HDD drive. I dont want to lose my system to a sketchy PSU, Id sooner get in a strangers white van than trust that thing. Needless to say I will be replacing this ASAP. In all fairness though, the ATNG PSU has lasted me 6 months and thats not so bad but Im not sure Im willing to test to see how far itll take my system before it: A.) burns out and dies (best case) B.) Completely fails and takes my whole system with it I understand that I could easily have a PSU from the other companies I mentioned die out of nowhere as well just cause of my bad luck, but those companies are backed by years of reputation and testaments of great quality and longevity...whereas with this power supply, I can barely find any information on it whatsoever. Not very confidence inspiring of you ask me. That aside everything else that came stock with my system came from reputable brands and Im glad...but its very scary that they cheaped out on the MOST IMPORTANT component. I just cant trust a product that even Google hardly has any documentation on.