SkyTech Blaze II Gaming Computer PC Desktop – Ryzen 5 2600 6-Core 3.4 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 6G, 500G SSD, 8GB DDR4, RGB, AC WiFi, Windows 10 Home 64-bit

Really good PC for gaming! I’ve had it for a few days now and it’s been great. Pretty easy set up, just had to look up the manual online and take the stuffing out. It’s been running games like League of Legends amazingly. Really quick start up. Wifi attenas have been working fine, haven’t had any connection problems but I may connect via ethernet in the future if I can. I got a 144hz 1920x1080 resolution monitor to go with the PC and it looks so smooth! I’ve connected it via HDMI but plan to use display port in the future. Overall, I think this is a good investment. Obviously you should do your own research and see if this is a good fit for you. I used the Pc part picker list to see if this would be significantly cheaper if I were to build itself and no, it’s actually a very good price point, maybe even cheaper to buy from them and it comes assembled already. I even used to power supply calculator to make sure it could withstand the test of time. It all checked out. The only downside is I will have to get a Display-Port adapter since the PC either doesn’t have one or isn’t compatible with my monitor. I’ve never used a DP cable so I’m not sure. That, and I think I’ll have to get at least another 8GB of ram at some point. Honestly though, if you want to keep your PC around for longer you’ll always have to upgrade and maintain it. I also plan on getting an external hard drive just to protect from any data loss in the event of a power surge or something since that can fry SSDs. I do however, already have a surge protector for the PC. The only criticism I can think of is that the keyboard has weird layout but it comes with the PC so I really can’t complain. I love my new PC though. Keep in mind however, I don’t care about having ultra settings for the newest triple AAA games or anything so if that describes you maybe try investing in even crazier PC, but this one works perfectly and the games I want to play like path of exile, league, world of warcraft, etc.

To save some of you a long read, I recommend this computer for what most people need. I’ve played a bunch of steam games at ultra or high graphics settings without issue and edited and recorded some multitrack audio on it and I’m happy with every aspect of it, however did about $300 worth of upgrades to make it much more useful for me. I liked it just fine for gaming prior to the upgrades but needed the higher amount of ram for the multitrack recording and editing to keep everything running perfect as that is demanding on the ram and processor. Read on for more in depth review. I was mostly looking to get a computer for recording and editing multitrack audio and secondly for playing games on Steam. I find that if something is good for gaming then it will usually handle the recording just fine. I used the system for one day and was happy with it other than 2 things, mostly just preference and not totally necessary upgrades at all. The only thing I really noticed was that playing Just Cause 3 I got a warning that the 8GB of ram was half the recommendation for playing the game. I dismissed it and played with graphics on medium and didn’t really notice any slowdown or anything. The game was every bit as good as it played on my PS3 console. So before I upgraded anything it was already a great machine and did what I currently needed. Now for what I did. I replaced the 8GB stick and put 2 matching 16GB sticks in for about $140. I don’t need that much at all but figure I’d upgrade to the best I could justify spending now vs upgrading again later. I’d rather not have to do anything until the entire thing needs replacing due to becoming outdated (which I don’t think will be anytime soon at all). I also upgraded by adding another solid state drive that was 2TB for the total of the 500GB that it came with for Windows and the new drive as my D:/ to install programs to. There is another space for a second drive right above the installed drive which is not in the side of the case with the glass but mounted on the other side of the motherboard neatly hidden from view which keeps the inside looking clean and uncluttered. Both upgrades added a great deal to the overall specs and now I have what I consider to be a very good computer. It’s just about exactly what I wanted other than one thing which I still have not figured out the cause for but was easy to fix anyway at least for now. The only issue is that if I have my powered usb hub connected (which works perfectly fine on any of my other computers, both desktops and laptops) if the computer is reset it will not start up even far enough to get into the BIOS to do anything at all. Unplug the hub and everything is normal again. It’s disappointing but from researching isn’t a problem exclusive to me at all and others have dealt with it. Haven’t found a better solution than unplugging the hub until windows starts up and then plugging it in. It could be some setting in the BIOS which is a different version than I am used to so I really don’t know for sure. The suggestions people make online don’t help at all so I just don’t use the hub anymore which means I have to unplug something when I have to use more than the six available usb connection that the system has. I rarely print anything so when I do I have to plug the printer in. I thought about taking a star away for this but since I only am slightly inconvenienced by the problem and it’s not the fault of the manufacturer really in my opinion I still give five stars. My overall opinion is that this computer is great. Put it this way, I’m seriously considering buying another one as my sons computer is going on 4 years old now and will need to be upgraded soon anyway. I already have the extra 8GB stick of ram which will probably match what the second comes with so I can upgrade it to what should be plenty good for nothing at all. Normally I build my own computers as historically it saved a lot of money and you can build a much better system for the same cost. I’m getting older and wiser and with the price of a system like this I would barely save anything yet would need to do more work and wouldn’t have tech support to call if I needed to (I doubt I ever will but it’s nice to have some backup. If I can’t figure out the hub problem, which I probably will if I need one and can’t find one that works like an unpowered one should, I will call support). If I am considering buying another one you can bet I like the one I have a good bit. I’ve been building and using computers since 1986 when I first got an Apple Macintosh my dad brought home, so I know a bit about computers and such and am not just guessing at things. I’m sure this computer will still do what I need for at least a few years so long as nothing crazy happens like an overheat or whatever which sometimes happens no matter what computer you are talking about. Enough reviewing and time to get back to using the computer for what I bought it for.