Skytech Gaming Chronos Gaming PC, Ryzen 7 7700X 4.5 GHz, RTX 4070, 1TB NVME, 32GB DDR5 RAM RGB, 650W Gold PSU Wi-Fi, Win 11 Home, RGB-Keyboard and RGB-Mouse Included

very satisfied
I run Elden ring at full throttle no problems at all

Very disappointed
Pretty good value for the price. Unfortunately didn’t work as well. Started right up. But right away when you tried to open an application it would shut off. Tried many times to figure it out. But why spend my time trying to diagnose it when it should have worked properly right out of the box. Especially for a high ticket item. Had to return it and go buy another computer for my daughter’s birthday.

Solid components but not configured correctly nor optimized.
I ordered a Skytech Chronos 2 (Ryzen 7 7700X 4.5 GHz, RTX 4070, 1TB NVME, 32GB DDR5 RAM RGB, 650W Gold PSU) directly from Skytech. It was packaged and boxed extremely well (far beyond my expectations) and arrived in good condition. Skytech doesn’t list specific components so you might receive something different than me. My computer uses an MSI Pro B650-P wifi mobo, a Zotac Amp Airo 4070, Oloy 2×16 RGB memory, MSI Spatium M450 NVMe. drive and a Gamedias 650w PSU. The system has almost no bloatware installed–the only pre-installed software I recall was an app to control the RGB lighting.I am fairly happy with the component list. The case was much better than I expected. I was worried that the system wouldn’t accommodate more drives. The MSI motherboard actually does have ample SATA connectors for drives, however the case itself–while plenty large–does lack any bays for SSDs (or mechanical drives). That said, I was able to connect a couple of SSDs and just found space in the case to stick them. I also added an additional NVMe drive.The biggest “issue” with my Skytech build ultimately stems from the motherboard they chose. I literally had no idea how bad MSI mobos can be. Although the mobo performs satisfactorily, the PC regularly takes at least 2 minutes 30 seconds to boot (from the stock MSI Spatium NVMe). Sometimes it literally takes 5+ minutes to boot up. That’s not an exaggeration. The MSI mobo bios is atrocious. I’ve done fairly extensive research on the mobo and the slow boot-up times are very common. I’ve tweaked the bios to try and improve the boot-up speed and that still results in a boot-up that takes 2 minutes 30 seconds. My previous Alienware Aurora R7 from 2017 would boot to Windows (from an SSD) in literally SECONDS.Also, when my PC was first delivered the fans would run at nearly full-speed. Skytech seemingly performed zero setup either in bios or software. Even the RAM wasn’t set up correctly in bios. I built PCs from 1992-20018 and yet found this oversight truly stunning. I spent DAYS trying to figure out how to control the fans on the Chronos. The whole process was very confusing because there was a conflict between the MSI mobo bios and the pre-installed software. I finally tweaked the bios fan settings and began to use the Open Source “Fan Control” program and that has helped immensely. I’m pointing this out because although Skytech can provide real value with these pre-built PCs, they did nothing to configure them. It seems like they just put the parts in a case, make sure it runs, and ship it. They did nothing to optimize the experience, nor did they even test that basic stuff like fans were operating correctly out-of-the-box.All of that said, I am overall satisfied with my purchase. I did my research on the cost of components and I was able to purchase the Chronos 2 pre-built for less than I could if I built a system using the same (or similar) components. And despite my dislike of the boot-up time, Skytech used very good components for the build. Honestly, I expected them to cut a ton of corners given the price I paid, but they delivered much better quality. The only real criticism I’d give is that–at least in my case–they shipped a PC without doing some very basic setup. Luckily I built PCs for decades and was able to dig into the MSI forums to troubleshoot. Most people can’t/shouldn’t have to deal with those problems and Skytech needs to do a better job.