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Review on ๐Ÿ’ป Skytech Chronos Gaming PC Desktop - AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6GHz, NVIDIA RTX 3080 10GB, 16GB DDR4 3200, 1TB SSD, 750W Gold PSU, 240MM AIO, AC WiFi, Windows 10 Home 64-bit, Black by Elton Luo

Revainrating 2 out of 5

You get the 3080 and good performance at a great price!

Gut-1. You get 3080 to start, soooo that's a winner. My computer came with a PNY 3080. It's not one of the popular CPUs like MSI or ASUS right now, but it runs pretty cold, which is awesome. Never exceeded 70 degrees.2. More good for all the price. Buying each of these parts separately to build it yourself will set you back around $2,250 in the last week of October 2020, according to pcpartpicker. So it's nice to have support and a one-year warranty on all parts. *I bought mine for $2399 but now it's up to $2499. I also received 2 rebates at $20 each for late delivery and wrong RAM (more on that later in Not So Goods)3. Assembly. Overall cable management was pretty good. See photos for reference. The packaging material was also top 5. They weren't cheap. Another great addition is a 3D printed base for a fat graphics card. They really put the time and effort into making this a good "just plug and play" experience. Parts Included - Thermaltake 80+ Gold 850W ASRock x570 Steel Legend w/ WiFi, AIO not clear as it has Sky Gaming logo 1TB Firecuda Gen 4 SSD PNY 3080 Case - Another Sky Gaming case but it has a mesh front panel. , only 1 extra fan outside of the AIO and it appears to be another Sky Gaming fan, 16g Trident Z RGB C18 RAM, Ryzen 9 3900x. Also comes with a pretty good keyboard4. When it's running smoothly and in normal temperature conditions, it's great. Destiny 2 ran at 70 fps on true 4k Ultra settings. I scaled it down a bit to play with vsync to 120 and it's the best gaming experience I've ever had. Also check the tests, they are not that bad! Not so good-1. I didn't like the delivery. I bought 1st October and was given 7th to 13th October as estimated time of arrival. It's a bit odd that they print a label and think it will be shipped at the time of purchase and you will be charged immediately. Most Amazon transactions are billed at the time of shipment. It didn't arrive until October 21st, but they gave me my first $20 off. Speaking of discounts. The next discount came when I found that the RAM they supplied was NOT the RAM advertised. I received a Trident Z RGB C18, not a Trident Z NEO C16. I reached out and they first told me it wouldn't make much of a difference. After I replied they said they could not provide me the advertised RAM but would give me a $20 discount. Need for improvement-1. I was a bit nervous when updating multiple Windows 10 updates broke the ASRock RGB software and caused an infinite error window that I couldn't close. Just had to shut down and restart.2. Thermals are NOT all bad. The GPU didn't go above 70 during most long hours of gaming. The CPU actually worked around 72 for most of the time as well. However, the motherboard was often over 80 and so was the case itself, you could feel the heat pretty quickly. This turns off the entire computer. That could have been a power guzzler, which is why Nvidia recommended higher PSUs, but due to the heat coming from the chassis a few feet away. I put an extra fan in front of the computer and it didn't go out that often. This leads me to suspect again that he has a temperature problem. I plan to improve some of these unknown parts. Overall rating - 4 stars for value for money. It's great when it's cold, but it's scary to be in the middle of a heist and my computer just crashes. I'd definitely recommend it because these guys are pretty detailed, don't go out and show the fruits of their labor, but it stinks of random glitches.

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