CyberpowerPC Gamer Xtreme VR Gaming PC, Intel i5-10400F 2.9GHz, GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB, 8GB DDR4, 500GB NVMe SSD, Wi-Fi Ready & Windows 10 Home (GXiVR8060A10)

I got this PC after doing a bunch of research, as I was not accustomed to the terminology of computer specs as I've been a console gamer my entire life. Despite it being a "mid-range" PC, it left me feeling like I just got a next gen console, with some nice bells and whistles.First, the thing looks cool. I might be a sucker for RGB lighting and all that jazz, but it really is neat to see in person. I know some cases might look more appealing than this one, but frankly I like it. Like other reviews have mentioned, it does come with a remote to change the colours, but oddly some buttons appear to be mislabeled. Like a purple button would be a bright blue and so on. It doesn't detract from anything at all, it was just mildly strange. I had fun with it for the first few days, but ultimately I left it on the rainbow setting as the marketing pictures it.Continuing on, this machine boots up incredibly fast. For comparison, my PS4 and my old PC usually took about half a minute or so to boot up. Also coupled with my PC opening up several programs on start up, I would usually expect to wait about a minute before I could start my activities. This machine destroys that time, booting up before I can power on my monitor (which by the way, usually boots up in about eight seconds). Thanks to the SSD, booting up really anything on this PC is quick and painless, and I have yet to notice any type of slowdown.For the gaming experience, it's top notch. You can expect this PC to run games on high settings or even maxed out settings at 1080p and 60 FPS or higher. The GTX 1660 Super that came with my particular machine is a tank, and if you're someone who does not require Raytracing to enjoy your favourite games, you should be set for a good long while. For reference, you can expect to play the latest Call of Duty with practically zero frame dips or hiccups on high settings. It can also run Doom Eternal maxed out with no dips below 60 FPS.I didn't just get this PC for gaming, though. I also got it for music making. The software to run virtual instruments like pianos, violins or entire orchestra ensembles requires a powerful system to run them all in real time as you're producing. While I was initially skeptical of the eight gigs of RAM that comes with this system, as it plays a large part in making sure everything runs smoothly, it appears the 10th gen i5 chip really goes a long way to making sure that's there's minimal lag while producing. Software that would shoot my CPU usage to above 200% now plays nice and keeps a steady 50% usage, even with the most demanding virtual instruments.Summing it all up, this PC has genuinely upgraded several facets of my day to day. Knowing that I can comfortably play any game with virtually no trouble, make the music I want when I want, and all of this with blazing speed tells me that my money was absolutely well spent. If you're in the market for a powerful system with the added convenience of not building it yourself, you should pay very close attention to this rig. A month later and I am genuinely satisfied.

As of late December 2020, the MasterBox NR640 came equipped with:CPU -Intel i5-10400F w/ what I believe is a stock coolerMB - Gigabyte B460M DS3H AC-Y1GPU - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SuperRAM -- 1x8GB Crucial Ballistix PC3000Storage - 500 GB Western Digital NVMe SSD (WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0)Case - CyberPower OEMPSU -- ?Mouse -- CyberPower OEM wired gaming mouseKeyboard -- Cyberpower OEM wired keyboardThe price (from Amazon) at the time of purchase was $799, and all things considered, I believe this was actually a very good value for what I'd call a low-to-mid level gaming PC (whether or not others would call it that I don't know). Under normal circumstances, I think I might give this 4 stars, but considering the price point, the included components, and the price of those (or similar) individual components purchased individually, I have to call this a 5 star value.The unit was very well packed. Setup was as simple as pulling it out of the box and turning it on. There was minimal bloatware installed.I was pleasantly surprised to find Gigabyte components, Crucial RAM, and a WD SSD. Those may not be the gamers' favorites, but I really thought I'd be getting bottom tier components in a pre-built at this price.The CyberPower case is, in my opinion, quite nice. It's roomy. It seems to have excellent airflow. I'm not at all fanatical about cable management, but I'd describe what I got as very neat. My son likes the RGB fans and the glass side which allows him to see inside. Front inputs are limited to 2xUSB and audio input and output, but that meets our needs.The PSU is, unfortunately, a figurative and literal black box. I can't find any specs or identifying features on it. That raises some concern for future upgradeability, but it's doing the job for now.The mouse was surprisingly nice. It's RGB and has (IIRC) 7 programmable buttons. My son is using his wireless Razer gaming mouse with this new PC, but he's using the CyberPower mouse with his gaming laptop now, and he likes it. It has developed a squeak after just a few days of use, though.They keyboard, IMO, is junk. It's huge. It's clunky. The white backlighting just makes it hard to read keys. However, my son actually likes it for gaming, describing it as "solid". I told him we could get him a better keyboard, but he says he's fine with it, so maybe beauty is in the eye of the beholder.The decision to use 1 stick of 8 GB RAM is unfortunate. Using 2x4 seems like it would have been much more sensible. Performance was certainly hampered by not being able to take advantage of dual channel. We added a second 8 GB PC3000 stick ourselves, adding about $40 to our overall cost.The WD NVMe SSD isn't blazing fast as NVMe drives go, but compared to a spinning HDD, it's white lightning. The 500 GB size is adequate, although I've explained to my son that he may want to add a larger HDD if he winds up wanting to install a lot of games and save a lot of data.Straight out of the box, 3DMark Time Spy score was 5903 (5886 graphics, 6006 CPU). Adding the second stick of RAM raised the Time Spy CPU score to just over 7100. The GTX 1660 Super seems to have pretty good OCing potential. The card has so far stayed cool regardless of how high we OC, although we haven't really been aggressive so far. The best we've achieved is a Time SPY graphics score of a bit over 6300.So far, my son is primarily using this rig to play and stream Fortnite (and some other games whose names I don't recall). While streaming, he's able to keep his Fortnite FPS > 100 on 1080p Ultra settings, which seems to make him happy.A little more context:My son asked for a gaming PC for Christmas. Many years ago (like, > 15) I used to enjoy building and OCing PCs. I didn't play games, really. I just liked building PCs and seeing how far I could stretch their performance. As such, I really tend to look down on pre-built machines, particularly the mass made (as opposed to made-to-order) pre-builts.So, I picked my price point, found the components with MSRP which best fit that price point, and started shopping -- this was in early December 2020. I was pretty unhappy to find that decent GPUs were impossible to find at anywhere near MSRP, and the Ryzen CPU (and similar stable mates) were also impossible to find near MSRP. They were only available from resellers who were jacking the price up to 2x or more the MSRP, completely blowing my budget.I started trying to cut corners -- maybe a smaller and slower hard drive, maybe a worse case, maybe drop the PSU to minimum specs -- but eventually still had to start making CPU and GPU sacrifices. I had alerts set all over but just wasn't find the components I wanted in stock at retail prices. One day, while doing a search on Amazon, hoping the GPU I was settling for, would be available at MSRP of ~$229 rather than the $400 to $550 I was seeing for it, when I actually paid a little attention to the pre-builts that appeared in my search. Most seemed quite overpriced, but this CyberPower unit caught my eye, and I quickly concluded I could not buy the individual components for this machine at or below the total unit cost (again, due to scarce supply and price gouging). As I've already said, I expected to get sub-par components, but the only components that I'm not really entirely satisfied with are the clunky keyboard, the black box PSU, the single stick of RAM, and the mouse, which is actually quite nice if we can fix the squeak.So, very long story short, being able to get this level of PC, at the ~$800 price range, in December of 2020, was sort of a Christmas miracle. We actually gave a little thought to buying a cheap GPU, using it, selling the GTX 1660 Super at the vastly inflated prices, and waiting for GPU supply to rebound so we could get a good card at a fair price. However, since it's not clear if or when the GPU supply will rebound, we decided to just be happy with what we had.

What I like about this product, First, the package that I received was properly packed and no seems damage to the box. 2nd, those protective foam from the outer and inner side really holds the internal components. 3rd, the quality of the built and performance even if stock components like a very silent fan, 8 Gb ram, etc. how much more if I will upgrade it to the max.It is really worth buying, highly recommended for those entry gamers like me.

I was quite surprised by the quality of the components in this system, the care involved in packaging, and the quality of the documentation that accompanied it. I had never heard of Cyberpower until I looked here for a new system. I would suggest that Dell, HP, and other more well-known PC builders could learn a thing or two from Cyberpower. A lot of thought and care went into developing, building, and preparing this PC for shipping. Although I gather components can vary, my motherboard (B460M DS3H AC M) and GTX 1660 Super OC 6G were Gigabyte products and the power supply was APEVIA 600watt. The case, which other reviews describe as generic, is Cooler Master and is loaded with Cooler Master fans. It is remarkably well designed and solid and the lighting, although not something I specifically care about, is rather cool and the glass side shows it off.Everything about this system struck me as very professional. The shipping box and packing were first class and survived 4 days on various UPS trucks over about 2000 miles perfectly intact. The quick start guide was thorough enough for a person completely new to computers and the manuals and driver disks for the motherboard and graphics card were included. Everything worked right out of the box without the need to install drivers.The 8GB RAM is a single Crucial Ballistix 3000 MHz DDR4 DRAM CL15 BL2K8G30C15U4R (RED). Adding another identical board would give you 16 GB dual-channel with 2 slots left.Obviously, this is not the top-of-the-line gaming rig, but it will hold its own as a mid-range system at a very good price. Prices have recently blown up due to the bitcoin bubble driving graphics card prices through the roof and the price of this system here has increased 10% in the 5 days since I placed my order. Because this system was probably built last month and priced when graphics cards were far cheaper, the pre-built system ended up being a bargain compared to buying the components at current prices. The GTX 1660 Super current prices are about 2/3rds of what I paid for the whole system if you can even find that graphics card. I have always built my own systems, but this time, Cyberpower was the way to go after trying to gather the parts myself.Based on some of the mixed reviews here, I was not 100% sure what I was going to get, but I believe Cyberpower hit a home run with this system. I generally buy a few steps down from the top-tier performance machines and this system is fast, well built, and is the sweet spot of performance per dollar.Obviously, the B460 based motherboard is not the latest generation and is limited to current Gen 10 processors and 2666 MHz memory and PCIe 3. But it was still the best deal for now until a lot more generations pass.

Bought this on sale for my son as his first gaming pc. Grabbed it on sale when it was $920, and for the price it is very tough to beat. It comes with a good video card, and the parts are decent. In this range it is really tough to beat for the quality of the components. You could use it right out of the box and it will be fine, however with a couple of additions it will be much better. I added two 8gb sticks of ram I got on sale for a total of 24gb and a 1tb crucial ssd I got on sale as well. With these changes it's more than enough for my 12 yr old to play any games and act as an really good platform that he can upgrade as he grows. He loves the rgb lights and I have to say they are pretty cool. Unit runs much quieter than I thought and set up has been pretty easy. Only issue I had was trying to figure out where to mount the extra ssd, it's not very clear with the case design that I can see. Other than that, I highly recommend the unit.