Amazon Scam PC: Everything is Wrong in the iBUYPOWER Element Mini
44,921At nearly $700, this iBUYPOWER Element Mini is among the cheapest systems we've purchased for review this year. Unfortunately, most the specs were incorrectly listed, and the GPU is... old.
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Just to be clear: The iBUYPOWER system we reviewed was confirmed built and originally sold by iBUYPOWER. It's not some random seller using their name; they actually built this disgrace. We confirmed via email before publishing.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - iBUYPOWER Element Mini 167A
03:26 - GPU Abomination
04:55 - Unmasking the Villain
08:14 - Even the Display Output is Bad
09:45 - Tearing Down the iBUYPOWER Element Mini
15:48 - Cooler & Motherboared
21:55 - Thermals - Stock
22:55 - BIOS & Software
25:10 - Gaming Performance & Latency Example
25:29 - Red Dead Redemption 2 at 3FPS AVG
26:10 - Rainbow Six Siege Triples to 9FPS AVG
26:37 - Rocket League - 1080p
27:17 - Conclusion
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Host, Test Lead: Steve Burke
Testing: Patrick Lathan
Video: Andrew Coleman & Keegan Gallick