One of the Best - Skytech Chronos $1950 Pre-Built Gaming PC Review & Benchmarks
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- Skytech's Chronos 0136 pre-built gaming PC is in our lab for benchmark and review. We're still looking for the best prebuilt gaming PCs, and this one is in the running as a better one.
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The Skytech Chronos 0136 is actually good -- or mostly good -- and stands apart as one of the best two pre-built gaming PCs from 2021 that we've reviewed so far. We've only managed to find two pre-built gaming PCs that are worth it: One was the ABS Challenger ALI521, and the other is this Skytech system. "Worth," of course, is somewhat relative -- value is still a little rough in this market, but it is built mostly competently and does reasonably well in benchmarking. There are some faults, like a broken component, but it's better off than the iBUYPOWER, CyberPower, Dell, and Alienware systems we've reviewed. This lands in our round-up of the best $2000 (or so) gaming PCs.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - The Skytech Chronos 0136 Gaming PC
03:36 - Chronos Configuration & Past Competition
06:14 - Tear-Down - Case Issues
08:53 - Skytech Interior is Promising
12:11 - Very Torque, Much Bend
14:20 - Thermal Benchmarks Skytech Chronos
15:11 - Gaming Benchmarks - Best Prebuilt Gaming PCs 2021
15:31 - Cyberpunk 2077
16:44 - Rainbow Six Siege 1080p, 1440p
18:43 - Hitman 3
20:08 - Red Dead 2
20:35 - Noise Levels
21:28 - Noise Ramp
22:03 - Power Consumption at the Wall
22:58 - BIOS, Setup, & Instructions
26:17 - Conclusion - Best Yet
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I mean sell me that 6800, that'll help pay for the PSU's lol.
I has no bread but I watch these on my account and on an 'anonymous' browser to help ..thanks for all the content
GN, what ever happened with that case you and another company were talking about potentially working on? We've not heard a word about it since. "GN Could Make a PC Case: We Need Your Input on This Opportunity"
I want tool kits, not modmats.
When are you guys gonna review an HP Omen prebuilt? LTT had pretty good experience with his overall I think.
Can't wait to see the "Competent - Gamers Nexus" award pop up on the seller's page.
TBF, if you can survive the Steve/Patrick(which Patrick? Yes.) tag team, you can survive grandma.
"which Patrick?... Yes" best comment of the day
hehe the asian parent of reviewers. they really should be pleased (though with those opening scenes, i was worried the thumbnail title was wrong)
Better get a comfy chair, its gonna be a while...
Something like that would make it an absolute best seller, no other reviewer has higher standards :)
Steve: 1:08 "not only did it work when we turned it on"
Skytech: holy s*** we're already top 2
_omg_
I bought a Skytech build a couple years ago in an inwin 303 case. The main NVMe drive died and with very little questions they sent me a replacement, with twice the capacity of the failed drive, which I've been using since. I definitely can't complain about their service, at least not from when I had experience with them.
Nearly the same thing happened with my brother last year. The Drive was fine but there was a problem with the windows installation. They sent him a brand new better drive with a new copy of windows basically no questions asked.
@@Grand-Massive Heck yeah, that's cool. Like Steve has repeated many times, it's not about perfection, as stuff happens sometimes. It's about how the company handles it.
Same, my sky techs computers hdd died. And they sent me a replacement without any hassle. And the replacement was a better brand
I haven’t had any problems with my skytech, but I had some questions about my cpu frequency because it was showing at constant boost. They were quick to ask a technician and said my cpu could handle it as it’s not overclocked and I should be fine.
wait let me get a free drive
This series is particularly useful this year. I was trying to find the parts to build a PC but finally gave up and just bought a pre-built. A pre-built was the only way I could get the graphics card at MSRP.
What did you get?
@@POB_LOW907 I did a BLD system with an RTX 3080. It's not perfect and there are some things I would have done differently had I built it but on the whole it is a very solid computer, if a bit pricey.
@@Piketom1 was it good ?
@@KennethKinoshita Yea, it has been an excellent gaming PC so far. Extremely fast and seems to be quite stable.
Looking at the market, I kind of thing I might go that route and just sell the PC I have now.
You know the pre-built industry needs a revamp when having it be completely functional out of the box with no damage is considered a monumental accomplishment.
It's hard enough to get a case itself without damage let alone pre-builts XD
@@zetsubou3704 where are you getting cases from? Never had a case come damaged ever.
@@shanebolger7802 a lot of cases aren't packaged well. Even Lian-Li did a poor job with packing for the O11. Phantek however did an absolutely amazing job packing their cases.
If someone is willing to pay for all the expenses of a SI business, then yes, it would be well built. I would love to be in this business but the cost of labor, total expenses, and razor thin margins are the reasons why I'm not doing it even as a side job.This is why "bringing manufacturing back" as some idiot claimed to have is a pipe dream.
@@githane Had good packaging with my Lancool II Mesh Perfromance but ok caseking shipped it Box in Box.
“One of the best” *immediately opens with a string of grievances*
This is why I love GN
they didn't complete the phrase. it would probably have ended with "out of objectively bad options"
hahaha, to be fair, they're relatively minor in the face of "THE PCIE SLOT WAS RIPPED OUT!"
well is one of the best, but it's not perfect
Because its still a prebuilt :)
@@GamersNexus this is true! I still can’t believe that one. The expanding foam packaging material is so cheap that there’s just no excuse for not using it to brace the card during shipping.
Had my pre built by Skytech just about over a year now, and it's simply amazing. Best $700 I've spent.
How does it run? I don't wanna bust out a bunch of money for something that can barely run games...
@@KomajuDraws When I got mine last year $700 got me a Ryzen 5 2600x
Gigabyte 1660 OC, 16gb of RAM 500gb SSD. I say right now you can't find those parts in a prebuilt for $700 more like 900-1000. But yeah it still runs perfectly, it was honestly the best choice I've made because if I would have waited till after the holidays I would have never been able to get it. The prices went up right after.
Before I have even watch the video, I bought one of these back in December of 2020 while the GPU situation was bad, but not like it got later. I paid 1499 from Monoprice with an RTX 3070 and Ryzen 3700x. It has been nothing but awesome since I got it, not a single issue and has ran reliably since opening it. I made a video on my channel about it and the person that built it and signed off on the QC sheet actually commented on the video, and has replied to everyone that replied to her as well. Ok, on to the video now.
Edit: about the glass panel, there is a cutout on the bottom that you can grab the glass with and pull it out, took me a minute to figure it out, but I didn't feel the need to let the glass fall off like that, you can literally see the cut out at 8:38 right under the corner of the PSU cutout, little dramatic guys.
The one I got a month ago has been nothing but headaches. Complete piece of over priced garbage
@@MrEvtmazda how has it lasted for a month. There isn't much an SI can fuck up with normal store buyable parts. If something is wrong with it you either fix it yourself. They help you fix it or you send it back. If it's the entire month then that's a you thing not a them thing.
Ya I got the same model you did. It has been great pc, no problems at all with it. I think the price of 1,500$ was fine. If you built the pc yourself you would be honestly at the same price point. You basically saved like 250$ not building it yourself. But you also would lose that time it takes to build the pc and install everything. So you save hours of work and time going out and getting each party for the pc or searching for those parts.
"It's in the better then dell camp"
Well that is a low bar to pass
Apparently it's a surprisingly high bar to pass.
David means dell in Arabic
I think a Raspberry Pi could pass that bar honestly
What's sad is that companies are struggling to pass that bar.
My cat's litterbox is in the "better than Dell" camp.
"I don't have any major complaints" Holy crap give skytech the golden award!
Gamers Nexus seal of approval
i think he forgot the front usb was faulty.
I have a skytech pc from 18 months ago, and have had zero issues with it. I love it as I can and have upgraded it, from a 320 mb to a 550 and an upgraded air-cooler.
outside of that case (which i own one of the same base model, not the mesh front, and yes, it's not great at all haha) it's a pretty decent rig. 5600x for straight games is excellent, 6800 same, very solid card. and it isnt a crap motherboard. if you had a nice box, say an 011 or a meshify or something, toss the guts here in, and youd have one helluva nice system overall. for only a few more bucks, add a water cooler and maybe swap the PSU to something like a seasonic (for safety and longevity) and you could rock it for several years without needing upgrades
Yes let's give neweggs other brand another shout-out. Nobody is finding it weird that both ABS and skytech, in house Newegg brands, have both passed?
I bought a skytech pc for my kid in 2016 and it was really well built then also. It was strange to see they started slacking hard and then all of the sudden went back to good standards. His PC is still running well to this day also.
When they went slacking hard? That one time they made a mistake?
i have a skytech prebuilt and been very pleased with it. been recommanding it to others as well
"Not only did it work when we turned it on... also it wasn't complete garbage." Honestly, this doesn't sound too bad as far as 2020/2021 goes.
ANYTHING that works and isnt complete garbage goes against the norm of the last couple of years!
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"As opposed to Dell or HP; They wanna make sure the dumpster is really stacked, before they light it on fire!" LOL! I love your video's so much Steve, the tech comedy is golden :D
his skill in sarcasm and slams is going up rapidly. even my wife, who isn't a techie, catches some of those and gets a good laugh from them
They keep talking shit about HP but they haven't reviewed one of their systems in a while. I have a HP OMEN 30L desktop with a 3080 and a 10700k with an AIO that I bought for $1800 after tax and shipping(last year so I guess it's not exactly comparable) that's solidly built so I think the criticism is unreasonable.
@@micahgmiranda Yeah. Plus the sarcasm only makes him look like a jerk. I wish he just got to the point instead of spending 5 minutes trying to be funny.
@@micahgmiranda, I just want to point out, that the fact you got a decent HP pc doesn't mean that there is a ton of crap builds. And ofc you won't find that system for that price anymore it's more like a 3-4k system now. And btw did you open it to check what's inside?
And HP didn't get their bad reputation out of nowhere, if they're changing its good but a lot of time will pass before they gain trust back.
@@grihoriko8800 all I'm saying is they should get a new one and test it. I checked the hp website and you can get the exact one I got for 2329. I installed another 16 gb of ram cause it only came with 16 and it works fine. It came with a 750w 80 plus platinum from cooler master. The motherboard, graphics card aio and case are all proprietary and the bios was janky. I didn't try to overclock it. I was running Cyberpunk on Ultra on my 3440 x 1440 and it was playable fps wise. With raytracing and without DLSS it ran below 30fps though. It doesn't play modded minecraft with RT shaders the best either but I think that's with everybody. The only other thing that sucks is it comes with only one fan on the front. I just take the side panel off while I'm doing anything really demanding so the jet engine mode on the cpu cooler doesn't turn on so much.
Honestly the best channel out there for straightforward entertaining content. Thank you very much!
that haptic feedback could keep me entertained for days, a real value add there
Steve having a meltdown over how well built the system is that he is unable to find any major faults.
@@mikebruzzone9570 holy shit stop spamming
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@@mikebruzzone9570 deleted comments tell me you were spamming.
We should support GN in their noble quest to find decent prebuilds that are better than a Dell PC
Something that should have been a low bar to pass
@@ltbeefy9054 yeah i was gonna say that. not exactly high bar to pass that one.
i got a jar of dirt i would like to enter into the competition.
If people buy the parts, i will make it a prebuilt for them which will beat a dell of the same specs... no assembly for the customer needed so it is the same as a prebuilt... :)
@@SupremeRuleroftheWorld congrats. Your pre-built is better than Dell!
Love your videos and quality. I'm not even in the market for a new PC for a long while but I continue to watch videos and learn.
Thanks Steve! And team
I love that these videos are the perfect length to watch with a couple cups of coffee on my lunch break.
the cold openings that they've been adding to their recent videos are A++++++++++++nm. great job editor
ooo a new GN... aaaaaaand SLAAAAM! yep, that's a good way to get started
YES! You guys have no idea how much I crave for new episodes of this series! I get so hyped when I see the notification! God I'm such a nerd! lol
Not a bad thing to be a nerd!
@@GamersNexus Just don't let the normies hear it xd
im digging this pre-build "roast," as it were. but, it's solid consumer advice in this era where buying a decent computer is a crapshoot. the best part, though, is the sarcasm and downright nasty slams that steve has been coming up with for dell and the other dirty players in the space. top shelf
The sound editing in this one is a lot of fun :)
So stoked for my mouse mat and I love that buying it helps these videos get made.
Popular tech tubers focused on a folding phone.
GN: “A prebuilt PC that is not completely garbage”
Congrats Sky Tech. That’s glowing praise that is as rare as a molex centipede.
Finally, two sticks of ram!
It's a surprisingly high bar in the prebuilt space. Would really want to see 32gb of ram at this price as well, but that might be asking too much.
"What would you do if you had a million dollars?"
"Two sticks at the same time, man"
@@Arashmickey That would be GREEEEAT.
@@joesterling4299 "Does anyone ever tell you: sounds like somebody needs a case of the warranties?" "No. No man. Shit no man. You get your ass kicked saying something like that."
Your channel is so informative for anyone of us on the market for a new prebuilt PC thank you so much. I was about to BLINDLY buy a Alienware R-15 but I seen your videos about their products and opened my eyes before I made that mistake.
Hello, I’ve watched this video probably 2-3 times since I bought the same PC (my first) on Newegg (built and shipped by a 3rd party).
I received it today and so far there has been absolutely no issues *fingers crossed.*
Your videos helped me a lot as to what to look for when receiving a pre-built and I’m confident this one was built with love.
I’m glad you guys reviewed a pc by skytech. I bought a pc from them when I first got into pc gaming and they are good. Now as someone who is very familiar now I could improve 100 things from what they did. But they don’t really F up their PCs. You’re not gonna get ripped off or have terrible parts/combinations.
So props to them. I think we need to support the SI’s that are doing a good job and not just tear them down cuz they are helping build the pc gaming community, and I am actual proof of that with skytech
I had the opposite experience.I bought this exact model and it was total trash.There was a list a mile long of things wrong with mine.It was so bad i had to sit down with a pen and paper to write out all the issues for the amazon review i left
@@ryanrhoads1229 I had a similar experience to Nick H. The case was nice and it ran really well out of the box with little to no bloatware and great temps. Only real issue was that the rear fan was too tight and would sometimes hit against the grate when spinning up, and like shown in the video the fan hub wasn't great, only support 8 pin fans which was an issue when I moved to a different case. Other than those, i've had a fantastic experience and its been great so far.
Mine overheated out of the box,the headers were hot glued,some of the ports usb ports were broken,the motherboard was wrong,the fan was wrong,the ram was wrong.The power supply was trash.these were just some of the issues.i ended up replacing the motherboard,ram,cpu fan and and power supply immediately.The only thing i was happy with was the cpu and gpu.But i am happy both your pc were nice.
Same bro
@@ryanrhoads1229 dang you shouldve requested for a new pc
Hopefully around Christmas: there will be decent supply of pre-builts at a reasonable price.
Hopefully!
It will get even worse during that time! The market will approximately stabilize around the second quarter of 2022. Mark my words!
@@dricebaker6594 be ready to be wrong
@@TheBadassOne17 shut up
Nope. The prebuilts are now being boughton and the GPU's are being pulled and sold for 3 times the value
One of my favorite things about this series is that you guys go undercover to buy them.
It allows you guys to show us the REAL product. Not some pumped up "demo" version. I always wonder watching tech reviews if you guys are even getting the normal products or some binned special version that's going to do better and it makes me worry.
But knowing you guys came at it like the everyday person, or perhaps someone who has minimal knowledge of computers needing a system really brings confidence to these reviews.
Plus you're super harsh and I love it.
Also f*k dell 😂
It happens all the time
I love the line "Eh, we could recommend this". That speaks volumes to me, though not on the market for anything new at the moment
isnt that a wraith spire rgb? the prism is the one with the rgb fan as well and not just the outer ring. I have both of them including the wraith MAX which is like the prism but with only the outer ring being rgb.
Yes, that's a Wraith Spire. Thanks for catching that mistake.
I was here to make that same comment, but I checked to see if someone already had.
@@ChopperKrios Going above and beyond the call of duty. Much appreciated for actually trying not to clutter that comments section.
@@thetalesofdaneandco ugh I also did the same thing and would like some praise in the form of a cookie. 🙃
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"They wanna make sure the dumpster is really stacked, BEFORE they light it on fire" damn Steve going in 😂
You're the reason I bought this PC :) I've had her for nearly two years and she's run beautifully so far!
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I love the little Seal of approval printed on the quality control and quickstart guide
As a point of reference, a no-effort ~40-second estimation for parting this together DIY runs about $1980 with $1120 being the gpu.
that still doesnt make it a good value. no brand new GPU right now is a good value
You managed to find a 6800 for only $1120? All that ever I see are running for C$1850-2100, so about $1500-$1700 US. At least the 6700XT is better* value, tied with the 3060 at only about C$1100 (US$900).
*Note that "better" does not imply "good", only "less bad".
I get Gamer’s Nexus perspective - MSRP is the price you should be paying. But no one can find parts at that price. The 6600xt sold out in seconds this morning. And it is on eBay for double MSRP if you can find one. So… yeah, limp along with what you have until the market levels. If I was a SI and had a stock of parts, I’d charge scalper prices for a system too.
Selling it for reasonable would be just leading to my systems ending up in a dumpster with the GPU and CPU pulled out.
@@EdDale44135 Resellers pay a lot less than you would on ebay, though, so they pocket that difference higher up the supply chain than the customer.
@Chandler Russell joining a restock announcement discord allows you to find a 6800 for about 900 within a day or two. the market may determine the price, but that price is bullshit whether the market likes it or not
Just ordered a Volt Mod Mat today! Thanks for all the hard work!
I'm not sure if I enjoy these too much or not enough. Please keep this up!
I love how you always put jabs at everyone
"the secret" of dual channel memory, love it
One can just imagine what Dell would do with such arcane knowledge, I'm shuddering
Dell: "Hey, we just heard we're supposed to put something in BOTH memory slots. It boosts performance."
Also Dell: "So... there's this company that sells RGB lighting modules to install in empty memory slots. That seems like the cheapest way to get that dual-channel thing."
Again, thanks for doing these pre-built videos. If nothing else, they are entertaining to watch. And at best, I may even be recommending one of these pre-builts to friends
What would you recommend.
Im gonna be getting a gameing pc soon. But im doing reviews. Ive got about 2k to spend. I want a 3070 gpu in it
What I gather from watching a few these prebuilt reviews. You can simply pay a 'building vendor' 75-100 bucks, and then really pick the parts yourself. That really seems like the better choice if building yourself is not an option.
@@kidvicious2227 rog had a prebuilt on sale for about $1750 with a 3070 and solid other parts. Only problem is airflow/noise with it's pitiful single fan but I spent another hundred for this Lian Li case that completely solved the issue
Missing the animations for the Better Than Dell and No Major Complaints awards,
I’ll be waiting
ayy thank you for doing another prebuilt review!
Best part of this video is seeing the Gamdias PSU. I LOVE some of their case designs, and have heard that they're up-and-coming in the PC component world. I would be really excited to see some full teardowns/evaluations of a lot of their parts (cases, PSU's, fans). Please!!
My PSU lasted months before dying. 750 80+ gold
i love all the small jokes, like the glass smash sound when steve takes the glass panel off camera
I actually kept moving the video back because I found this so entertaining.
Commenting because you and your team are amazing and I keep forgetting to like and comment on all your videos!
I think this series does a really good job of highlighting the dangers of pre-builts so kudos to GN for doing it. Problem is the reccomendations or avoids only really apply to the US market where pre-builts are much more common and are usually from large concerns. Here in the UK aside from Dell and HP most pre-builts are from small companies often one man setups and the problems are magnified ; main problem in the UK is rip off prices.
Thumbnail: "ACTUALLY GOOD PRE-BUILT... SKYTECH", my brain: rearranges letters of skytech to SKETCHY. smh
LOL, i also read sketchy at first
what has been seen........
I keep reading it as SKYNET. But it was actually the least evil computer Beve Sturk's bought so far!
Haha I also read sketchy 😅
@@CptJistuce When I first saw the notification I had to look closer as I also read the name as Skynet too 🤣🤣.
Steve, we appreciate the honesty of your hardware reviews! Keep up the good work!
Thank you sooo much for making this video!
You just saved me from a world of heartbreak.
that glass pannel gag got me good, well done
"It wasn't complete garbage." That's high praise for a prebuilt, which is sad.
I've personally had 2 prebuilt systems. One came from Wal-Mart... *shudder* and the other came from an infomercial. I didn't buy either of them, but I still ended up having to use them. I've also had to deal with about 2 dozen prebuilt systems that a workplace bought. In my experience, a prebuilt that isn't garbage is an impressive, near miraculous accomplishment.
Relative its a high praise. But all of these are garbage. Not a single one of the builds they have reviewed has been close to worth it. It's an insult what a company will put together and sell for twice it's value.
@@perigeedynamics5941 That's because they're looking at garbage companies. There's plenty of good SI's out there, just gotta be willing to do the research. VRLA and PowerGPU to name two (even if their GPU stock is low currently).
@@perigeedynamics5941 I feel like many here and GN are being overly critical. Yes, there’s been some terrible crap, yes it should work, but it doesn’t have to be built like a Ferrari. Esp with this market, the price is reasonable.
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I remember my first PC which was a chillblast (a UK based SI) prebuilt i7-950 on an ASUS P6X58D-E mobo inside a cooler master elite 430. It had a Radeon HD6870 1GB card. It was a good little computer for 2009 and it gave me plenty of fun tinkering with it, upgrading it, cutting my pc owning teeth on it. By the time I started my own builds in 2015, I felt like the prebuilt had opened the door for me into a bigger world. So prebuilts can lead to good things, especially those SI prebuilts.
A proper prebuilt yes, a system from Dell OTOH would confuse a newbie to no end.
My first IBM-compatible was a 486 system my dad built in 1995. The Pentium math bug was all over the news at the time.
I think it was built atop one of the legendary "fake cache" 486 boards. But I'm not sure if the motherboard in the hoard was our first board or not.
...
I guess the point is there's room for things to go wrong both directions. Though straight-up "fake cache" is hard to get away with today.
Bought a custom in 2018 and still using it today with some minor upgrades as time went one and things got cheaper because they give you the freedom to so unlike dell. At the time scalpers were hot and getting a prebuilt was cheaper and my build cost a total of $870 and when I added up individual parts it was $1015 give or take a few bucks and while that might not seem like a lot it was for a kid working at Mc Donald’s.
Happy to support you guys. Just picked up a desk size mouse mat and a bar runner set with glasses. Hope to keep seeing this kind of content from you guys.
Also, how is "acceptable" becoming the gold standard for prebuilts? We really need to start holding our corporate overlords to a higher standard. I hope you got your chief durability tester on that tempered glass. I'm sure Snowball can give it the what-for it needs to see if it'll really break.
"Hardware has advanced a lot in recent years. You just can't stack high enough with branded parts sold individually to consumers anymore, that's why we develop proprietary garbage in-house in order to properly fuel that dumpster fire that we call a pre-built gaming PC. Where else could you source a load-bearing CPU cooler? Also nobody produces high energy-density warranty trash like we do." -Dell
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
What a teaser to start with. 😀 Love it!
Been using my skytech for about 5 months now 👌🏾
I’d love to see a review of a Redux Build pc! Seen a lot of praises *in sponsorships*, would love to see how it actually stacks up!
There is actually a latch/hatch to pull the glass side panel. Look at space below the psu “650” letters, thats what that space is for, it can be reached from the bottom
I just bought this a few moments ago because I was getting tired of waiting for a machine, and realized I could use my other parts to make another PC down the line. So thank you, GN.
what B550 motherboard came with it?
Thank you for reviewing this. I got a chronos and was pretty happy with it so I suggested it here and you actually replied and said you'd look into it, AND YOU DID!! Awesome! I also got an ABS and was pretty happy with that also.
Oh yeah almost forgot, my Chronos came with a gigabyte 850w PSU lol. I know you love those. All my parts were popular name brands, no off brands at all.
what B550 motherboard came with it?
@@Shellnanigans x570 Phantom gaming 4
Checked out a $1000 Skytech Archangel on my channel back in December and was pleasently surprised that it was competently put together without much issue. Nothing special, but it wasn't bad. And proper dual channel ram from the get go. Definitely not bad. Happy to see you guys checking em out!
Cheers, it's important to get an apples-to-apples comparison. I guess Steve did ask to keep in mind the price difference, but either way we don't know from the review if their $1000 models also makes use of dual channel or if it's just the $2000 that dots the i's and crosses the t's.
You finally found a decent prebuilt yay 👏 🥳 I was starting to think none existed 🤣
true although its sad that it has to cost around $2000
@@thebeastgodisheredeathtoal2256 price is fair at the moment
@@killer809829 i meant its sad that they havent found any decent "budget" prebuilts
Very happy to see this review. Makes me feel better about buying one from Newegg a couple of weeks ago. My case and hardware are slightly different. The TG panel on mine functions like a standard PC slideout panel, no irritating thumb screws. CPU on mine is a 3700x and it's liquid cooled. GPU is an RTX 3070. Price point was the same. Happy with it so far, but still have some 'surgery' to do. I'm not really a PC builder, so hopefully I won't screw it up too badly.
Edit: Mine also came with no quick start guide in the box. No real biggie as it's mostly a case/build guide in eight languages. Wish they had included a list of the actual parts they put in.
I bought a sky tech archangel 3.0 a few months back and it has been working perfectly. It came with the back panel slightly dented but I watched the delivery guy drop the box like 2 ft so I don’t blame the packaging. Overall pretty good and surprisingly it isn’t that horrible thermally with only one intake fan with pretty low amounts of ventalation
Could a final episode of this series be the top systems being ultra tuned for best possible performance?
I have a skytech archangel in my home and that thing is a beast! Came with the specs, had great functionality, and was pretty good performance wise. This was before the big gpu change tho.
U got lucky cause the chronos I got was shit and their "customer support" sounds like some pimply high school kids who didnt even know what a riser cable was
Think this was the fastest non breaking prebuilt teardown I've seen you do lol also the most compliments 😄
love the cold opens lately
I really enjoy their "seal" of approval. Nice to see a company that appears to take a little pride in their product.
Curious if they've had to ramp the price so high just to make any money at all on these systems.
Yes their prices have increased and also the one I bought is broken as fuck. He got a good one I guess but I got absolutely garbage. I do not recommend skytech
Got a skytech chronos at same price point with a 3070 and older 8 core Ryzen. Great to know they aren't horrible!!!
Would love to see you guys review a Build Redux PC.
You do awesome reviews. Keep it up!
I have the mouse mat and a shirt, enjoy them both as I do these video reviews . Ty GN for being an ally to consumers!!!
I just realized that Steve is like Gordon Ramsay- The Hell's Kitchen of Prebuilts! Love the contructive feedback though 😁 very entertaining
I just got an ABS Gladiator and wouldn't you know, it came with one of the time bomb Gigabyte PSU's. Will be returning. Not sure if it's a good idea to recommend ABS atm. Thanks for the informative vids guys!
Yea it's real Newegg hours.
I currently have a skytech prebuilt with that psu. I had it for 4 months now just waiting for it to go so skytech can replace my whole computer
Probably could replace the PSU
I actually have a skytech pre-built and love it. Slapped some extra ram in it and runs like a dream.
Mine gave me zero complaints and I love it so much I’m upgrading it. I got 48 more gigs of ram, and am having a ryzen 9 5900x installed.
That Gamdias PSU is actually great, I've had multiple products from their range over the past few years and I've had 0 issues, all worked great and they're a great price!
Then I have to wonder who is actually building their PSUs.
Not sure if this is on your radar, but I've had good luck with Xotic PC. Last time I checked, they had some of the best customization to price ratio around, and all of their parts are very specific. I'd love to see y'all review one of their systems. Thanks!
I like Skytech, their PC's are good from what I've seen, I remember hearing that they shipped PC's with 1 stick of ram but from what I know they learned that people don't want that. Also I got a good PC on sale, so I would say wait for a sale because some of the PC's go for real cheap compared to the base price, my PC got a good 200-400 dollars cutoff it's base price and it was more affordable than building one at the time, really the only complaints I have is space for extra HDDs (or at least a better mount for extra ones since you theoretically could) and a better RGB controller cause I want my favorite colors on my entire set up. (Oh and I guess my motherboard could be better but honestly for a midtier rig like mine it services me just fine, typical b450, I'm not really an overclocker).
This series is a blessing
I have a Skytech prebuilt. It's pretty damn good, No complaints.
I'd love to see this PSU tested for efficiency and well...safety !
Omg it's happen finally some one did a review of a skytech I always thought they where one of the best if you find onsale. My first PC was a skytech and I was impressed although I took it back anyways cause I decided to build my own anyways cause I could get way way better parts at the time for the money of course
I want to see you do a review of prebuilts after a few beers. Sounds like you need it after some of these.
A few years ago I worked for a smaller retailer as a summer intern in Germany.
We asked all Clients who bought a Computer to test in the store and to trouble shoot if necessary. I really loved to help people who are not familiar with PCs
I'd love to see you guys test what Puget Systems put together. Mostly pitched as workstation grade, but considering that systems start at RTX 3080 it'd be interesting to see how it compares to consumer PCs. Costs a pretty penny though.
I realize this is months late, but I'll throw in my two cents from a system I bought many years ago when I didn't want to build it myself.
I wanted a quiet system, and it was just that. Very well insulated with acceptable temps. Certainly the most silent PC I've owned. Build quality was great. Cable management was invisible, but tight and a pain to work on later, but I think that was the nature of the case. Worked flawlessly out of the box and I never had issues.
IIRC it came with a binder of documentation for all parts and the build process with names of anyone involved in the build for each step, along with testing scores for the final build.
I believe I called and speced it out with one of their techs, telling him what I wanted. He was obviously knowledgeable and helped me through some of my indecisiveness. He emailed a quote with listed parts, and sent further emails through the build process. Communication was great.
I don't know if they still take all of these extra steps. You pay a premium for it, but they had what I was looking for and delivered. Could have been done cheaper, but I didn't regret it. If on a tighter budget, I would have looked elsewhere.
Based on this video and some of my own research, I recommended a Skytech PC to my friend. He got it today, and before we turned it on I gave it a once over to make sure they did it right.
I'm pretty impressed. The ram was dual channel and had the XMP on. The cables were pretty well managed, and none of them had come unplugged. Well packed with no shipping damage. No bloatware installed. The only thing negative is the motherboard IO didn't perfectly line up with the IO shield but it was usable with just a little finagling.
That end screen graphic, so crisp!
I bought and put together my P.C. but didn’t know about the graphics card issue so I’m looking at pre builds so I can add some of my parts I bought to make it better so thanks for the review
Gamdias once shipped me a PSU. I was never able to find out who the OEM for it was, but I was able to find someone that tore it down and from what it seems, it was assembled from good components. Don't doubt the 80+ rating... but neither of those things mean it's built worth a damn. Would love to see you do some testing on it.
Work got me an ABS with an i5-9400f/ RTX2060 in it a year ago. Came with a Kratos 550 80+ gold power supply. Not a bad PC. It's doing Data acquisition connected to 6 figure hardware and hasn't had any hiccups running three monitors, recording video, streaming data, etc. At the time this was about half the cost of the system he's reviewing, but we added HD and memory to stock configuration.
Yeah, according to the LTT forums power supply list, the power supply in this pre-built is fine, even if it isn't a particularly well-known brand.
Finally a skytech review, the blaze II and archangel are actually pretty good, my blaze II that I had still is working great, even with overclocked components. Only complaint is single channel ram, but otherwise very, very solid on everything
My second prebuilt from 2018 for a 1050ti system was from Skytech. The first one was defective BUT the second one they sent to replace it has been going strong for 4 years
I bought the skytech archangel about 4 years ago. It worked perfect for me but over time I replaced every bit of it lol. All the parts from it tho are still currently doing just fine in my son's computer. I had a very good experience with them and the price at the time was hard to beat.
Could you add Redux pc to the review list? Interested with its prices and promise of just charging a little for the manual labor of putting it all together
Actually retro enthusiasts have recently discovered that leaving plastic outside in the sun will actually remove the yellowing. We're not sure where the yellow comes from. Heat? Possibly windows filtering out certain types of UV and leaving in others. Possibly incandescent light bulbs. Hard to say. There are many methods to removing yellowing. Sun brighting is the slowest, but it seems to be the least harmful. It takes up to a week though. There is also hydrogen peroxide+sun which can do it in a day. Back to you Steve!
@@Olivia-W sun brightening surprised me too
I’ve tweeted this and said it elsewhere, but I hope you start offering build PCs. For someone who has zero clue what to even look for for issues. I would definitely trust buying their GN.
I love this series