30L Gaming Desktop PC, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Graphics Card, 10th Generation Intel Core i9-10850K Processor, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, Windows 10 Home (GT13-0090, 2020)

This beast came in today, Wednesday (10/27/21) after ordering last Thursday. The computer was packed very cautiously with an abundance of big bubble wrap and air bags inside the case. Before I get into the technicals I will say that some of the bloatware was annoying on initial startup but I guess that's the price you pay when you get a prebuilt system, and I can't really complain considering it comes with Windows installed (allowing a choice between Windows 10 or 11 on first boot). Also I personally like the Omen software that allows me to monitor temps, customize lighting, and overclock if I choose to do so in the future.The big thing I observed while reading reviews was temperature. My idle temps on day one (without doing anything but downloading things such as google chrome, discord, steam) were anywhere from 40-60C. With that being said, running games like Apex Legends and Overwatch at maximum graphical settings and a constant framerate of 240 did not turn the temperatures through the roof as I was expecting after reading some of the reviews on here. While streaming my gameplay to friends on discord and running these AAA titles maxed out, I was seeing temps of anywhere from 70-85C, which I was quite happy with considering I did not even tweak any of the settings yet. As others have stated, the chip runs hot; if the idle temps discourage you and you are willing to make a tradeoff, you can set the fans to run faster however you will be trading cooler temps for a louder machine.Another thing I read in this review section was the noise complaint. I will say that initially booting these games made the fans go turbo mode and the computer was noticeably louder than when idle but who is surprised by this? After a couple minutes of gaming the fans start to chill out and the loudness dwindles (at least in my case). Not to mention I have a ceiling fan going, A/C, and over-ear headphones so it's really not an issue for me. People were making this thing out to be a jet engine in the reviews when that is simply not the case. If the noise ever ends up bothering me I will just upgrade the case fans.With that being said, this machine is perfect for my needs out of the box. I am coming from an i7-9700k and RTX 2070 Super, and even with those specs I can notice a decently significant improvement. I am the type of guy who likes to play games at the highest fps possible without sacrificing graphics, in addition with multitasking such as streaming to friends in discord or having a video or twitch stream on the other monitor. In this regard I have yet to find anything that will stump this computer.

So as a lot of reviews have said, this cpu gets HOT with the cooling and this case. I've seen it hit 100C before, at which point it throttles down and the fan kicks on to the point it sounds like a jet is taking off. Temps regularly in the high 80s mid 90sC while gaming on certain games. However, I read another review, and skeptical I tried it anyway. I cannot believe how much of a difference it made. Go into power settings, go to processor state in advanced power settings. Turn the minimum to 5%, and whats important is to change the maximum from 100% to 99%. I really cannot believe the difference this made. Temps are no longer instantly spiking from 35C to 90C nearly instantly. Cyberpunk for example, regularly 85c to 94c prior, now low 60s to low 70s. A few other games, same thing. Temps hold steady in the upper 60s to mid 70s, and take a while to get there, where before it would happen in 2 minutes and it would be 90C. Obviously as a result, the fan does not crank itself up like before either, so it isn't loud. As for the performance itself, it's a straight beast with gaming. 4k in games like Red Dead, AC valhalla, Odyssey, with everything on Ultra seeing framerates in the mid 50s to 60. Cyberpunk maxed out with DLSS, seeing 60-75 fps. If you happen to play World of Warcraft.. Obviously not super intense, but everything on ultra, 4k you can expect to see about 90 to 140 fps. Ray tracing drops about 15 to 40 fps depending on the game so I usually keep it off anyway. All in all, great PC, will do anything you need it to.Quick edit: The reason is because taking the processor from 100 percent to 99 is disabling turbo boost. So you're going from about 5.0 to 3.6. no real noticable difference in game performance for what I'm playing. 1 game so far is the exception. Assassin's creed odyssey, temps will rapidly spike up into the mid 90s within a few minutes depending on area. Could be an issue with the game as no other game is doing this with the CPU at 99.Edit: I just installed a new Windows 10 feature update. It is the ONLY thing that has changed, and temps on the CPU dropped by 30C in every game. Some that were spiking into the 90s toward 100 earlier, aren't breaking 65C suddenly. Nothing else has changed. They aren't spiking up suddenly anymore. So a lot of the cooling issues might not be so much the cooling as whatever the issue was that seems fixed now.