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NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 760 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express Graphics Card - Black
Enjoy stunningly realistic visuals with this NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 900120042510000 graphics card that features 2GB of GDDR5 memory for powerful graphics performance. TXAA and FXAA antialiasing technologies ensure crisp, detailed images.
Runs great but a bit warm. Great card
Customer Rating
5.0
I've bought this to upgrade my computer from HD7790 and the performance of GTX 760 is simply outstanding. Not even comparable to HD 7790. However, unlike 7790 and any other graphics card I had before, GTX 760 runs pretty hot under load. While playing graphics heavy games such as crysis, ArcheAge, Thief, etc... this card runs at around 80*C (degrees celcius) just so you know. Save your self the hassle of contacting nvidia to ask if that's a normal temperature and just read this review.
Great card overall and gets amazing FPS in those graphics heavy games I mentioned above.
Great card overall and gets amazing FPS in those graphics heavy games I mentioned above.
I would recommend this to a friend!
My Best Buy number: 2692676075
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CyberPowerPC - Gamer Supreme Desktop - Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 2TB Hard Drive + 120GB Solid State Drive - Black/Red
Learn more about the New WindowsUtilizing NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 graphics with 1GB dedicated video memory, this CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme SLC2200B desktop delivers sharp, detailed gaming visuals when connected to an external display (not included).
Runs a little warm but doesn't overheat.
Customer Rating
4.0
This will be a long and detailed review but hopefully it will help you decide whether or not to buy this computer.
The pros
1- great motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD3 which is between $240-$270. Very nice motherboard, gives plenty of room for expansion, great performance, 1 of the top motherboards you can possible get.
2- DDR4 RAM which isn't everywhere yet but the performance is outstanding.
3- intel i7 5th generation 5820k is just simply amazing. Yes the clock speed is slower that 4770k but don't forget it comes with 2 more cores which have hyper threading so you are comparing 8 cores to 12 cores and 12 cores win. Higher bus speeds and processor stability and performance once again shows great improvements from generation to generation, as expected from intel.
4- 7.1 and 5.1 Surround sound on board which is nice, no need to bother getting a sound card, the sound on this machine is just amazing.
5- a lot of 3.0 USB slots and plenty of USB 2's as well
6- nice case with plenty of room and possibilities for good cable management.
7- Quiet computer
8- for those who don't know, SSD (solid state disk) which this computer comes with, provides insanely fast start-up times (Start-up out of the box took about 25-30 seconds and i was able to get use google chrome already, after installing all the daily use stuff and apps that run in background like skype, dropbox, steam, razer software, logitech software and few other things, the start-up time is between 30-40 seconds now and by start-up I mean google chrome is open and everything is running without having to wait for stuff to load for another 5 mins) SSD doesn't have much storage room but whatever you install on SSD will launch instantly.
1- great motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD3 which is between $240-$270. Very nice motherboard, gives plenty of room for expansion, great performance, 1 of the top motherboards you can possible get.
2- DDR4 RAM which isn't everywhere yet but the performance is outstanding.
3- intel i7 5th generation 5820k is just simply amazing. Yes the clock speed is slower that 4770k but don't forget it comes with 2 more cores which have hyper threading so you are comparing 8 cores to 12 cores and 12 cores win. Higher bus speeds and processor stability and performance once again shows great improvements from generation to generation, as expected from intel.
4- 7.1 and 5.1 Surround sound on board which is nice, no need to bother getting a sound card, the sound on this machine is just amazing.
5- a lot of 3.0 USB slots and plenty of USB 2's as well
6- nice case with plenty of room and possibilities for good cable management.
7- Quiet computer
8- for those who don't know, SSD (solid state disk) which this computer comes with, provides insanely fast start-up times (Start-up out of the box took about 25-30 seconds and i was able to get use google chrome already, after installing all the daily use stuff and apps that run in background like skype, dropbox, steam, razer software, logitech software and few other things, the start-up time is between 30-40 seconds now and by start-up I mean google chrome is open and everything is running without having to wait for stuff to load for another 5 mins) SSD doesn't have much storage room but whatever you install on SSD will launch instantly.
now the few cons this computer has and the reason I gave it 4 out of 5 stars.
-First of all, the bottleneck of this computer is the graphics card, if you are buying this and don't have a graphics card to replace the 1 it comes with, you are wasting some money (roughly $100), if you were custom building this, you can get this machine from Cyberpower official site with better graphics card for this price. I had GTX 760 from my old computer so I had no problems with the graphics card, put a new 1 in right away.
(Side note: Rarely happens but I've read reviews about both cyberpower and ibuypower computers getting damaged due to poor handling while shipping, so buying from best buy kinda protects you from that because in case of damage, taking computer and bringing it to your local bestbuy is much easier than having to ship it back to the company)
(Side note: Rarely happens but I've read reviews about both cyberpower and ibuypower computers getting damaged due to poor handling while shipping, so buying from best buy kinda protects you from that because in case of damage, taking computer and bringing it to your local bestbuy is much easier than having to ship it back to the company)
-2nd issue I've noticed with the computer is the lack of case air flow... At the first look it has good air flow, frontal fan to keep hard drives cool and keep air circulating, it has an air vent on the bottom, top and side, but the air movement is minimal so I've put an extra case fan on the top vent to withdraw the warm out from the case faster.
-3rd problem as mentioned above, hot air. No the computer does NOT overheat, especially if you get an extra case fan to get rid of the hot air. But the thing is, this computer comes with a decent liquid cooking, for a quad core, this is a 6 core hyper-threading processor which runs much hotter than quad cores under load, liquid cooling is decent but be prepared for some temps which are higher than you are used to most likely. While playing games like Archeage, battlefield 4, Ryse: Son of rome, and so on, games that run CPU around 10-20%, the processor heats up and stays between 60 to 70 degrees celcius. Idle temperatures is roughly 35-38 degrees celcius.
extra- I ran CPU stress tests, highest I got the CPU to was a spike to 95 degrees, but cooled down and stayed around 85 under heavy load which you won't be putting this CPU under, unless doing 3D rendering or something.
p.s. Sorry for such a long review, but if you are looking to buy a $1,600 computer and looking at this machine, I hope my review will help you make up your mind.
I would recommend this to a friend!
My Best Buy number: 2692676075
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Google - Nexus - 7" - 32GB - Black
Google Nexus - 7" - 32GB: With more pixels than an HDTV and a speedy quad-core processor, movies and images on this Nexus 7 tablet look razor-sharp and process quickly with little buffer time.
Great tablet
Customer Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
4.0
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What's great about it: Screen, resolution, cameras and quality of the pictures.
What's not so great: Android has some issues
I like this tablet a lot, I have researched a lot of different tablets and decided that this is the best tablet out there you can get, and the price is amazing. Only thing as a Computer Science major that I didn't exactly like about it is android OS, I've never had android and don't like that apps launch themselves in background and also uninstalling apps is different from iOS and was a little confusing for me at first (but once you get used to the OS, it's not that bad).
Besides that, 5/5, great overall, amazing price, great screen resolution and quality, processor is also powerful enough for a tablet and also the speakers are good, giving a great sound quality.
Definitely the best tablet on the market in my opinion.
Besides that, 5/5, great overall, amazing price, great screen resolution and quality, processor is also powerful enough for a tablet and also the speakers are good, giving a great sound quality.
Definitely the best tablet on the market in my opinion.
P.S. It is also a very durable tablet, much more durable than iPad or Samsung galaxy. If you check on youtube- Drop Test: Nexus 7 (2nd Gen) by Gizmo Slip, those guys put it to a good test in that video.
This product is... responsive touch screen, Good sound quality, easy to set up, lightning fast, Variety of apps available, A nice compact size, Sharp graphics, Comfortable to hold, great screen resolution, screen comparable with retina display of ipad, durable
About me... Budget Conscious, Basic web surfing & emails, Student, Technology guru, Gamer, Comfortable with technology, computer science major
I would recommend this to a friend!
My Best Buy number: 2692676075
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CyberPowerPC - Gamer Ultra Desktop - AMD FX-Series - 8GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive - Black/Red
Enjoy arresting visuals with this CyberPowerPC Gamer Ultra GUA1200B desktop, which features AMD Radeon R7 250 dedicated graphics, so your games and other media are displayed in stunning realism. The 1TB hard drive provides ample space for storing data.
Would this be able to run DayZ standalone, Arma 3 or DayZ mod on arma 2? Or even Rust?
These are the main games I play but with low preformance would this computer run these games with 30 fps? Depending on settings?
30 fos Easily. Althoguh might want to look into getting a better GPU for it, wont be able to run them on max graphics settings at 60 but 30 should be fine, other than the GPU, CPU and RAM will be more than good enough for any of the mentioned games.
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CyberPowerPC - Gamer Supreme Desktop - Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 2TB Hard Drive + 120GB Solid State Drive - Black/Red
Learn more about the New WindowsUtilizing NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 graphics with 1GB dedicated video memory, this CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme SLC2200B desktop delivers sharp, detailed gaming visuals when connected to an external display (not included).
Can the liquid cooling be disabled/replaced with fans?
as can air cooling be replaced with liquid cooling..
What liquid cooling is, is a simple water pump with an enclosed heatsink that you put on your CPU, much like air cooling, but liquid cooling has a radiator and 2 little pipe cables running back to the radiator to keep the liquid cool.
You can simply pull out the liquid pump with the heat sink off of your CPU along with the radiator and put an air cooler in the place.
What liquid cooling is, is a simple water pump with an enclosed heatsink that you put on your CPU, much like air cooling, but liquid cooling has a radiator and 2 little pipe cables running back to the radiator to keep the liquid cool.
You can simply pull out the liquid pump with the heat sink off of your CPU along with the radiator and put an air cooler in the place.
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CyberPowerPC - Gamer Ultra Desktop - AMD FX-Series - 8GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive - Black/Red
Enjoy arresting visuals with this CyberPowerPC Gamer Ultra GUA1200B desktop, which features AMD Radeon R7 250 dedicated graphics, so your games and other media are displayed in stunning realism. The 1TB hard drive provides ample space for storing data.
Does this computer support dual monitors?
Does this computer support dual monitors?
It's not the computer that has to support dual monitors, but the graphics card and yes the current graphics card supports multi-monitors. The connectors however are different so you might need to buy some adapters and different cables.
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CyberPowerPC - Gamer Ultra Desktop - AMD FX-Series - 8GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive - Black/Red
Enjoy arresting visuals with this CyberPowerPC Gamer Ultra GUA1200B desktop, which features AMD Radeon R7 250 dedicated graphics, so your games and other media are displayed in stunning realism. The 1TB hard drive provides ample space for storing data.
FPS-Help!
How much fps does the following gamesrun?
Minecraft
Bf4(Battle field 4)
Bf3(Battle field 3)
Skyrim
Sims 3
Sims 4
Minecraft
Bf4(Battle field 4)
Bf3(Battle field 3)
Skyrim
Sims 3
Sims 4
This computer comes with AMD Radeon R7 250 graphics which is a very decent graphics card, but it isn't 1 of the top graphics card. It will run MC no problems but the FPS depends on the Resource Packs you are planning to use, for example it'd run between 40 and 80 on a x64 HD resource pack but between only 40 and 60 on a x128 HD resource pack. There is no answer to that
BF 4 would run at about 35-45 on med-high (as I said, it isn't 1 of the top graphics card that this computer comes with) playable but not the most outstanding performance ( as can be seen in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB02GuE2cis)
BF3 would run between 45-60 on medium-high
skyrim unmodded should run roughly same as BF3.
Sims 3 and 4 aren't very demanding so u should be good there as well.
best of luck
BF 4 would run at about 35-45 on med-high (as I said, it isn't 1 of the top graphics card that this computer comes with) playable but not the most outstanding performance ( as can be seen in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB02GuE2cis)
BF3 would run between 45-60 on medium-high
skyrim unmodded should run roughly same as BF3.
Sims 3 and 4 aren't very demanding so u should be good there as well.
best of luck
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CyberPowerPC - Gamer Supreme Desktop - Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 2TB Hard Drive + 120GB Solid State Drive - Black/Red
Learn more about the New WindowsUtilizing NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 graphics with 1GB dedicated video memory, this CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme SLC2200B desktop delivers sharp, detailed gaming visuals when connected to an external display (not included).
Liquid or fan cooling?
Model: SLC2200B
SKU: 8591024
SKU: 8591024
It has liquid cooling.
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