Mighty performance parts
Aggressively priced
Toolless ca꧃꧅se access and bountiful space for upgrades
Attractive design
Constrictive storage bay
Only 1 TB of initial storage
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GPU: GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB
CPU: Core i-9 9900K
Motherboard: MSI MAG Z390 Tomahawk
RAM: XPG SPECTRIX D41 RGB 16 GB DDR4-3200MHz
Storage: 1TB Western Digital Blue SSD
PSU: Thermaltake 650W Toughpower Grand RGB - 80 PLUS Gold
CPU Cooling: iBUYPOWER 120mm RGB Liquid Cooling System
Warranty: Three Year Standard Warranty Service
MSRP: $2,599
While iBuyPower may feel like a new prebuilt manufacturer to many, the company's actually been kicking out gaming rigs since all the way back in 1999. The company's laser focus has always been specifically on the gaming market, and looking back through its history you see a builder that's evolved alongside the subculture. It has teamed with eSports franchises andꩵ parts manufacturers to establish itself as one of the premiere builders for consumers looking for value as well as power, and the feels like the pinnacle of that long road of iteration and growth.
The ELIBG207 comes loaded with some top of the line performance parts, focused around its mighty RTX 2080 Ti GPU and Core i9-9900K CPU, enough power to drive modern AAA titles at 4K Ultra at reasonable frame rates. In fact, the majority of games I tested on the system were comfortably around (or even above) that golden 60 FPS mark, and even the most demanding of the current crop of titles, Metro Exodus, delivered a steady 30+. It's the most 4K Ultra ready machine and the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best gaming PC I've tested of the RTX c🤡rop, and if you've got a display with a ridiculously high refresh rate it'll mercilessly crush QHD games at blazing fast frame rates🥃 as well.
It's an appealing looking ♊machine, too, especially when its glorious rainbow of RGB lighting is fully in effect. Rings of pulsating light🥀 curve around every visible fan, complemented by the glow of the Spectrix RAM and the iBuyPower branded CPU cooler, playing diffuse colored lighting across the matte black case, gunmetal motherboard, and tempered glass front and side panels. It's a beautiful sight that never fails to entrance my kitten or elicit comments from visitors.
Cinebench: CPU: 2016 cb; single core: 212 cb
CrystalDiskMark:
SSD: Read: 557.4 MB/s Write: 523.7 MB/s
PC Mark 10 Express: 5590
3D Mark Fire Strike Extreme: 16257
3D Mark Fire Strike Ultra: 8434
Shadow of the Tomb Raider:
4K Ultra: 57
1440p Ultra: 113
Total War: Warhammer 2:
4K Ultra: 54.7
1440p Ultra: 99.7
Metro Exodus:
4K Extreme: 30.54
1440p Extreme: 57.57
Those are relatively small gripes, though, and they're easy to forget when youꦫ're being dazzled by the ELIBG207's blinding performance. Benching the machine in Total War: Warhammer 2 and Shadow of the Tomb Raider yielded near 60 FPS in each, and I've been running around the barren, junk strewn streets of DC in The Division 2 for around 20 hours and the ELIGB207 has consistently delivered more than 50+ FPS throughout in glorious 4K Ultra. Results were similar in gorgeous new titles like Anthem and Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and even after prolonged sessions the fans never spun up to an intrusively audible level. Only Metro Exodus really challenges the near 60 FPS trend, but even at Extreme quality with ray tracing set to Ultra it stayed mostly above 30.
Of a very large field, the ELIBG207 is the only machine I've tested that can reliably push games to 4K Ultra at anywhere near 60 frames per second. The comparably priced Corsair Vengeance 5180, for instance, is lucky to get near 30 frames in the same games, and in highly demanding titles like Metro, 4K Ultra is generally out of reach. While anyone can pack a case with high-end part🌃s to get to these kinds of numbers, the real miracle of the iBuyPower machine is how it does so at prices rivalling contemporary, lower specced PCs.
The ELIBG207 doesn't skimp on extras, either. On top of the aforementioned, generous storage ceiling, there's also space on the board for up to 64GB of RAM and three PCIe x16 slots. There's a wealth of USB ports as well, for slot hungry peripherals (including VR headsets) - six on the back of the case and another pair on the top panel. There's also the reassurance of a three year warranty, and even a three game bundle with which to test your new system (Anthem, Battlefield 5, and Metro Exodus). iBuyPower even throws in one of their proprietary keyboards and a mouse, and while they're not the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best gaming keyboard or 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best gaming mouse available, they'll tide you over until you upgrad🏅e.
The suite of RGB lighting is impressive as well, and can be modified to suit whatever scheme b🦋est delights your senses, both static and dynamic. The case is well ventilated and loaded with fans, and the CPU is water cooled, the result of which is that even running at load for long per🐲iods of time temperatures never spiked to dangerous levels, nor did the fans spin up to the deafening levels of some similar pre-builts.
A resounding yes. If you're in the🔴 market for a high-end gaming PC, the RDY ELIBG207 is a very easy recommend. While most pre-builts come with a hefty mark-up 🎉tacked onto their DIY price for all the labor they spare you, warranty coverage, and the proprietary parts they often ship with, the ELIBG207 actually ends up with a price tag between $200 or $300 lower than what it would cost to assemble it yourself, at normal retail prices. It's a thoughtfully constructed, great looking, high performance beast that not only exhibits mighty performance out of the box but has a high ceiling to accommodate future additions.
Alan Brad⛄ley was once a Hardware Writer for GamesRadar and PC Gamer, specialising in PC hardware. But, Alan is now a freelance journalist. He has bylines at Rolling Stone, Gamasutra, Variety, and more.
