Brianna Smith
This image was just a temporary solution to how the cords were before. I am getting an ESD Mat to officially fix this and arrange them more properly.
I've had this PC now since 2020. I have not had any issues what so ever with what I got it for which was gaming. Like Call of Duty Coldwar, Black Ops 2, Borderlands Series, Apel Legends, etc. They run great.
I clean the inside of my own PC and recently I changed the Thermal because it started rising above 90 C. The first time I opened this PC the first time I cleaned it over a year ago, I noticed whoever put this PC together did not do cable management very well. They had em in zip ties which hey, good but at the same time, they pulled them on too tight. I had to carefully cut them off because nothing was unlocking them. When they came off, some of the cords had indentions in them which I don't think you're supposed to tie them too tight. There was not wiggle room what so ever. They only put the cords through two areas more near the front fans and even tied bent cords together. So right now until I get an ESD Mat, I've got a big jumble mess of cords trying to poke out. Only reason why I had to deal with it in the first place because the zip ties were so tight, the cords could not be moved at all for one, but the side panel would not close all the way. It was very unorganized cord wise and very poorly done. Everything else is great.
If anyone plays big games like over 100gb's worth, I would recommend getting a bigger hard drive or an external hard drive because you would be able to get 2 maybe 3-4 games(maybe). But you need extra space for gaming performance to. It's an SDD which is good but there's not a lot of space. I would say this particular build would probably be good for people who play indie type games or games that don't require a lot of space.
All in all, I'd give this an 6/10 for my experience. Minus 4 stars for the way the cords were put together. Past 5 stars for never having performance issues with how they were done.
The cooling fan I kind of don't like, when I changed the Thermal Paste in it a few days ago, this is the type of fan that you can't really get in between the heat sink and fan because of what the screw has that connects to the heatsink. It's impossible to take apart without breaking anything. So I'm considering on getting a new one at some point that I can easily maintain. And I really hate how uncomfortable it is once you get one screw out because it pops out loud and when trying to stick it back in its slot, you literally have to push down on it hard enough for the screw to be able to reach its socket. First time, I about had a heart attack because it literally sounds like something is breaking when it isn't. Either way, I don't like the fact you can't get behind the fan truly to get to the hard to reach places.
It is quiet 99 percent of the time but you really hear the fans going once you launch a big graphical game like CoD. It's not LOUD but you can definitely hear the speed increase when playing and launching those type of games.
Would I recommend this PC? Yes! Only complaint was cable management, storage and the cooling fan. This is a good budget gaming pc, so if anyone's looking for a cheap setup, this is it.
It is also supports Windows 11 if anyone's wondering. It took me months before I realized that it was. You have to switch the TPM on yourself. You may not get the update right away but it is compatible.
| Standing screen display size | 1 |
|---|---|
| Processor | 2.1 GHz apple_ci7 |
| RAM | DDR5 |
| Hard Drive | 1 SSD |
| Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super |
| Chipset Brand | NVIDIA |
| Card Description | Dedicated |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 12 GB |
| Wireless Type | 802.11ax |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 2 |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 9 |
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