iBUYPOWER Gamer Power A557D3 FPS Gaming Desktop (Red) Review

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(More customer reviews)Purchased on 25-Aug.Selected next day and shipment arrived perfectly.

Setup:
Plastic panel was loose but figured out later that it probably shipped that way to prevent cracking.Not a big deal. Shipping box was sturdy and protected.Personally, I like the simple packaging and not alot of the fancy sales material in the box.For me, having the motherboard manual was good enough to get going.For others that are not experienced, be warned, it is not like opening up a computer box from HP or Dell.No fancy graphics or idiot proof setup picture with giant graphics.Only minor detail is the button for power on and what looks like an eject button seem a bit obscure, but that is about all I can come up with.

The windows 7 came up smoothly and I don't see any miscellaneous applications added. So I would say this is a very clean operating system installation out of the box.

Keyboard:Wired, simple light, feel is ok.If you are picky on keyboards then you will want to get a new one.I am perfectly okay with this one.

Mouse:I actually like the mouse compared to the generic ones from Dell or HP.It feels a bit like my Logitech but on the lighter side.Operation:
There is a fan on the side through the clear plastic window and a fan on the top.I am okay the with hum that it produces..matter of fact comparing to other similar systems, it seems quieter to me.But the key is that I was expecting the hum of the fans.So no bother.The blue neon lighting is nice but for me, I had no choice but for alot of folks, it is not bad for a generic setup where you have no choices.So I would say the Amazon deal is a nice looking unit when the room gets dark.Bottomline:red outline combined with the black case and blue neon lighting is very nice.And the fan hum is as expected.

Starcraft is set for Ultra on all graphics setting.The monitor I am using is a Viewsonic VA2231WM 22-inch widescreen.Running at max resolution of 1920 x 1080.The game response is lightning quick.Areas of lag previous on a 17inch Apple Macbook Pro don't exist now.I expected this from this computer and it did not disappoint.

For sound, there is no speakers delivered with this system.I started with the speakers built into the monitor but quickly moved to some older speakers I have.The speaker setup utility included on the system includes a shortcut on the main screen.It is very handy to help with plugging the speakers into the right ports in the back.Normally I am always on a laptop so I don't spend alot of time thinking about audio on a PC.That utility was helpful.

One minor point:if you plan to download client Starcraft from your battlenet account, it will take awhile so check the power settings in windows 7 control panel.The default is for the system to sleep.I had to change to high performance, no sleep mode.

Conclusion:
After 2 days, I am extremely happy with this purchase.I am thrilled with the delivery and easy setup.And the performance on Starcraft is outstanding.Excellent product by iBUYPOWER team and Amazon.

----Update 11/9/10-----
Everything running perfectly.I bought a 2nd one based on the good first experience.

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Product Description:
Experience a new dimension of interactive gaming, media organization, and content creation with iBUYPOWR Gamer Power A557D3. Equipped with a powerful AMD Pehnom II x4 965 proccessor clocked at 3.4GHz, computing and gaming would be a breeze. The Gamer Power A577D3 was designed to handle most of the current games that requires high processing power and intense graphic situations. Helping the AMD Phenom II x4 965 core processor, the desktop includes a dual channel 4GB DDR3-1333MHz and ATI Radeon HD5670 1GB. The powerful graphics card is a dedicated graphics card, which means no more integrated and sharing memory. It comes with 1GB of dedicated GAMING MEMORY! It will definitely take your game playing to the next level. With tested Frame Per Second, you can achieve average of 50 FPS on High Setting with Starcraft 2 (Beta).

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