95 King
Operating System:
Windows 11 Home
CPU: Intel i7 14700F
Graphics: Nvidia RTX 5070 12GB
RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200MHZ Non-RGB
Case: Montech King 95 Black (Skytech Edition)
Primary Hard Drive: 1 TB NVMe Gen4
CPU Cooler: 360mm AIO
Fans: 9
$1699 on a flash sale on their site.
I've been building and repairing PCs for over 40 years now. (CompTIA certified since 1992) My college age son wanted something to replace his 10 year old Omen laptop. With memory prices as they are, I couldn't justify building him one from scratch.
I am generally skeptical about pre-builds because of the parts that they use. Skytech uses parts including the case(you will be able to use if you want to upgrade parts 6 years from now), motherboard (MSI) and video card (PNY) that I would buy on Newegg. The thing is they take these parts and build a decent unit that I don't have to build and wait for the parts to come in. So, is it worth it?YES!!! (cable management alone can take 5 hours in some units)
What's the catch for this price? DDR4 not DDR5 memory.... but really there is only like a 5% difference in gaming performance and my son and most people won't be able to tell the difference. So get it... $300 more if you want DDR5... s
For a extra $80 they will etch the case to personalize it for you....who does that? That is amazing.
I've worked as a technician for HP, Microcenter, and Microsoft (internal support for Microsoft)....Skytech knows what they are doing and doing it well.
As far as the customer service... I'll probably never have to use it... but if something does go wrong, I've been noticing a trend on a lot of review sites. The company responds with "Please contact us so we can resolve your issue" showing that they generally care about the customer and the product they sell.
Can I work for you guys? I mean... I live in Texas but you guys rock.
And thank you for a beautiful system that my son is having more fun playing with the lighting and wall paper engine than he does playing GTA.