One of the Best - Skytech Chronos 1950 Pre-Built Gaming PC Review & Benchmarks
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Date: 2021-08-12
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mongoose
I just got an iBuypower delivered same day shipped (ordered sunday 08/08 at 9pm est, received 08/11 at 12noon EST)
1963 shipped out the door
-ibuypower branded LianLi Lancool ONE ARGB
-i7-11700k
-240mm aio ibuypower brand (it's a rebranded NZXT kraken)
-asrock z590 phantom mobo
-16gb (2x8) pc3200 DDR4 Adata XPG spectrix ARGB (white)
-rtx 3060ti (didn't specify on order, but it's a gigabyte 3060ti gaming OC pro 8gb)
-650w 80+ gold PSU (it's a CWT gps650s)
-1tb WD blue sn550 NVME
-3 years parts 1 year labor with 1 year 2way shipping included
-3 liani 120mm ARGB fans
-2 ibuypower nzxt rebranded black fans for AIO
shipping package was pristine
expanding foam was included in the case
cable management was exquisite
all front panel iO working
all cables connected properly
booted up on first try
0 problems with anything
XMP 3200mhz profile was enabled from factory
This was completely perfect from the jumpoff
0 problems with it
perfect running condition
nothing broken
I think GN got a lemon from ibuypower, or I got a unicorn??
I think that you guys buying from a 3rd party (be in best buy/amazon/whatever) it was wrecked in shipping
OR
Maybe they took your video to heart??
The sticker that says assembled from tested components, entire system not tested is NOT present now!!
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I just got an iBuypower delivered same day shipped (ordered sunday 08/08 at 9pm est, received 08/11 at 12noon EST)
1963 shipped out the door
-ibuypower branded LianLi Lancool ONE ARGB
-i7-11700k
-240mm aio ibuypower brand (it's a rebranded NZXT kraken)
-asrock z590 phantom mobo
-16gb (2x8) pc3200 DDR4 Adata XPG spectrix ARGB (white)
-rtx 3060ti (didn't specify on order, but it's a gigabyte 3060ti gaming OC pro 8gb)
-650w 80+ gold PSU (it's a CWT gps650s)
-1tb WD blue sn550 NVME
-3 years parts 1 year labor with 1 year 2way shipping included
-3 liani 120mm ARGB fans
-2 ibuypower nzxt rebranded black fans for AIO
shipping package was pristine
expanding foam was included in the case
cable management was exquisite
all front panel iO working
all cables connected properly
booted up on first try
0 problems with anything
XMP 3200mhz profile was enabled from factory
This was completely perfect from the jumpoff
0 problems with it
perfect running condition
nothing broken
I think GN got a lemon from ibuypower, or I got a unicorn??
I think that you guys buying from a 3rd party (be in best buy/amazon/whatever) it was wrecked in shipping
OR
Maybe they took your video to heart??
The sticker that says assembled from tested components, entire system not tested is NOT present now!!
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Ore1600
I bought a skytech shadow with a r5 3600 and a 2060 a few months back reluctantly and I was a bit worried about it based on reviews and not really wanting to go pre built in the first place but I was pleasantly surprised. I ended up changing out the RAM for my own use case and ended up getting my hands on a 3070 sooner than expected as well. Build is solid and used mostly good parts right out of the box. The one thing that I did not want to keep running was the cougar 600w PSU especially with the 3070 on it s way so I changed that out for a Corsair RM750x. That being said the cougar was 80+ bronze and probably would have been alright in all reality. I m now also considering upgrading to an R5 5600x. I m realizing I bought a prebuilt to have them attach a motherboard to a case for me.
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I bought a skytech shadow with a r5 3600 and a 2060 a few months back reluctantly and I was a bit worried about it based on reviews and not really wanting to go pre built in the first place but I was pleasantly surprised. I ended up changing out the RAM for my own use case and ended up getting my hands on a 3070 sooner than expected as well. Build is solid and used mostly good parts right out of the box. The one thing that I did not want to keep running was the cougar 600w PSU especially with the 3070 on it s way so I changed that out for a Corsair RM750x. That being said the cougar was 80+ bronze and probably would have been alright in all reality. I m now also considering upgrading to an R5 5600x. I m realizing I bought a prebuilt to have them attach a motherboard to a case for me.
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Youn
Interestingly...
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor ( 289.99 Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ( 178.00 Amazon)
Memory: OLOy WarHawk RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ( 105.20 Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ( 99.99 Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 16 GB Red Dragon OC Video Card ( 1169.99 Amazon)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case ( 103.46 Amazon)
Power Supply: GAMDIAS KRATOS P1 G 650 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ( 89.99 Best Buy)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ( 109.98 Amazon)
Total: 2146.60
It's not actually a terrible deal.. assuming you are paying that for the video card.
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Interestingly...
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor ( 289.99 Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ( 178.00 Amazon)
Memory: OLOy WarHawk RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ( 105.20 Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ( 99.99 Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 16 GB Red Dragon OC Video Card ( 1169.99 Amazon)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case ( 103.46 Amazon)
Power Supply: GAMDIAS KRATOS P1 G 650 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ( 89.99 Best Buy)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ( 109.98 Amazon)
Total: 2146.60
It's not actually a terrible deal.. assuming you are paying that for the video card.
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Blades
The gamdias psu is actually not bad I wish they were modular but I used a 550 bronze in a i5 10400 b560 1660super 32gbcorsair vengeance pro 3200 ram build for almost a year before I switched to a 3060 and artic2 cooler now I have the EVGA 750 gold but no complaints it serves me much better then my ares 1000 and my gigabyte 850 both gold and both seem to just not work and smoked my Mobo in my ryzen5800 build with 3060ti and Arctic 2 280 gigabyte x570 elite and one of my fans smoked out instantly when I went to turn it on so know I have to go back to square one on it very unfortunate
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The gamdias psu is actually not bad I wish they were modular but I used a 550 bronze in a i5 10400 b560 1660super 32gbcorsair vengeance pro 3200 ram build for almost a year before I switched to a 3060 and artic2 cooler now I have the EVGA 750 gold but no complaints it serves me much better then my ares 1000 and my gigabyte 850 both gold and both seem to just not work and smoked my Mobo in my ryzen5800 build with 3060ti and Arctic 2 280 gigabyte x570 elite and one of my fans smoked out instantly when I went to turn it on so know I have to go back to square one on it very unfortunate
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Crazy_Human
I have a skytech gamming prebuilt (got before learning about computers and being able to build my own) and their support/warranty service is garbage
Edit: this was 4 years ago also the cable management was garbage along with the case (it was a thermaltake archangel)
Edit2: they also included an asrock motherboard manual even though the actual motherboard in the case is a gigabyte board
Edit3: it was also a fx-6300, 1050ti, 1tb hdd, 8gb ddr3 ram, & 500w thermaltake 80+ psu for 750-1000 usd, was may 2017 when it was purchased
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I have a skytech gamming prebuilt (got before learning about computers and being able to build my own) and their support/warranty service is garbage
Edit: this was 4 years ago also the cable management was garbage along with the case (it was a thermaltake archangel)
Edit2: they also included an asrock motherboard manual even though the actual motherboard in the case is a gigabyte board
Edit3: it was also a fx-6300, 1050ti, 1tb hdd, 8gb ddr3 ram, & 500w thermaltake 80+ psu for 750-1000 usd, was may 2017 when it was purchased
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Andrew
The BIOS is probably the one that came preinstalled on the motherboard given that there has been a steady release cadence of BIOS updates for all the x#70 and b#50 over the time period since release. For example, my MSI x570 board has 5 BIOS releases for this year alone (14 all up since release in June 2019) and MSI has been really bad at getting the BIOS updates out on time to match the AGESA updates (they have even skipped AGESA releases because a new one came out before the BIOS was finalised).
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The BIOS is probably the one that came preinstalled on the motherboard given that there has been a steady release cadence of BIOS updates for all the x#70 and b#50 over the time period since release. For example, my MSI x570 board has 5 BIOS releases for this year alone (14 all up since release in June 2019) and MSI has been really bad at getting the BIOS updates out on time to match the AGESA updates (they have even skipped AGESA releases because a new one came out before the BIOS was finalised).
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Antonia
I'm a little curious. Do you plan on testing one of System76's desktop PCs one day? Their viability as gaming PCs will certainly increase further with the launch of the Steam Deck and its impact on the Linux gaming ecosystem, but I would be very interested to know what you might have to say about their cases and build quality. From the animations posted on their website, it seems like they are built to be easy to repair, upgrade and efficient.
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I'm a little curious. Do you plan on testing one of System76's desktop PCs one day? Their viability as gaming PCs will certainly increase further with the launch of the Steam Deck and its impact on the Linux gaming ecosystem, but I would be very interested to know what you might have to say about their cases and build quality. From the animations posted on their website, it seems like they are built to be easy to repair, upgrade and efficient.
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rlifeh
random recommanditions for next prebuilt pc: (on newegg US)
1- MSI Codex ZS 3CQ-025US - 1,039.99
3700X - 5600X - 16GB - SSD+HDD
2- ABS Gladiator Gaming PC - Intel i5 10400F - GeForce RTX 3070 - 16GB DDR4 3000MHz - 1TB Intel M.2 NVMe SSD 1,449.99
3- ZOTAC MEK HERO G1 A5636 1,549.99
5600X + RTX 3060 - 16GB - SSD+HDD
4- ABS Gladiator Gaming PC - Intel i7 10700KF - GeForce RTX 3070 8GB 1,699.99
with AIO !
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random recommanditions for next prebuilt pc: (on newegg US)
1- MSI Codex ZS 3CQ-025US - 1,039.99
3700X - 5600X - 16GB - SSD+HDD
2- ABS Gladiator Gaming PC - Intel i5 10400F - GeForce RTX 3070 - 16GB DDR4 3000MHz - 1TB Intel M.2 NVMe SSD 1,449.99
3- ZOTAC MEK HERO G1 A5636 1,549.99
5600X + RTX 3060 - 16GB - SSD+HDD
4- ABS Gladiator Gaming PC - Intel i7 10700KF - GeForce RTX 3070 8GB 1,699.99
with AIO !
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Karl
There appears to be a big difference between the Chronos and the Omega, which is only a few hundred more.
I bought the Omega back in March since it came equipped with a 3070, which was unobtainable at the time. I have been extremely happy with it.
Onmega 2199: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.80 GHz, RTX 3070 8 GB GDDR6, 1 TB Gen4 SSD, 16 GB DDR4 3200, X570 Motherboard, 750W Gold PSU, and a 360mm AIO.
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There appears to be a big difference between the Chronos and the Omega, which is only a few hundred more.
I bought the Omega back in March since it came equipped with a 3070, which was unobtainable at the time. I have been extremely happy with it.
Onmega 2199: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.80 GHz, RTX 3070 8 GB GDDR6, 1 TB Gen4 SSD, 16 GB DDR4 3200, X570 Motherboard, 750W Gold PSU, and a 360mm AIO.
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Daniel
I got a Skytech right at the beginning of the price surge. Shadow with a 3060ti and 5 3600, 1 TB nvme and 16GB of 3000mhz for 1400.00!
Had some memory BSODs when enabling DOCP and they sent me new RAM within a week. Mobo and cooler were enough but cheap so I got a vetroo 240 AIO and a asus gaming b450 f 2 mobo and I love it. Warzone 140 FPS temps never over 68 C
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I got a Skytech right at the beginning of the price surge. Shadow with a 3060ti and 5 3600, 1 TB nvme and 16GB of 3000mhz for 1400.00!
Had some memory BSODs when enabling DOCP and they sent me new RAM within a week. Mobo and cooler were enough but cheap so I got a vetroo 240 AIO and a asus gaming b450 f 2 mobo and I love it. Warzone 140 FPS temps never over 68 C
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