One of the Best - Skytech Chronos $1950 Pre-Built Gaming PC Review & Benchmarks
22,336Skytech's Chronos 0136 pre-built gaming PC is in our lab for benchmark and review. We're still looking for the best prebuilt gaming PCs, and this one is in the running as a better one.
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The Skytech Chronos 0136 is actually good -- or mostly good -- and stands apart as one of the best two pre-built gaming PCs from 2021 that we've reviewed so far. We've only managed to find two pre-built gaming PCs that are worth it: One was the ABS Challenger ALI521, and the other is this Skytech system. "Worth," of course, is somewhat relative -- value is still a little rough in this market, but it is built mostly competently and does reasonably well in benchmarking. There are some faults, like a broken component, but it's better off than the iBUYPOWER, CyberPower, Dell, and Alienware systems we've reviewed. This lands in our round-up of the best $2000 (or so) gaming PCs.
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ABS Prebuilts on Newegg: https://geni.us/wAJz
iBUYPOWER gaming PCs on Amazon: https://geni.us/9BEnIa
Dell G5 5000 i5 Gaming PC on Amazon: https://geni.us/R6F03Mb
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RELATED PRE-BUILT REVIEWS
You can see our review of Intel’s latest NUC here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TmarTLH6uc
Or Dell’s insane Alienware Aurora R10 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ulhFi5N2hc
You can see why the ABS Challenger is the other best prebuilt we’ve reviewed so far here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2vrvQydVIw
Or the Dell G5 5000 dumpster fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DMg6hUudHE
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - The Skytech Chronos 0136 Gaming PC
03:36 - Chronos Configuration & Past Competition
06:14 - Tear-Down - Case Issues
08:53 - Skytech Interior is Promising
12:11 - Very Torque, Much Bend
14:20 - Thermal Benchmarks Skytech Chronos
15:11 - Gaming Benchmarks - Best Prebuilt Gaming PCs 2021
15:31 - Cyberpunk 2077
16:44 - Rainbow Six Siege 1080p, 1440p
18:43 - Hitman 3
20:08 - Red Dead 2
20:35 - Noise Levels
21:28 - Noise Ramp
22:03 - Power Consumption at the Wall
22:58 - BIOS, Setup, & Instructions
26:17 - Conclusion - Best Yet
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Host, Test Lead: Steve Burke
Testing: Patrick Lathan
Video: Andrew Coleman
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