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Fast and good cooling
By Nick D. on Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2022
I always get a bit nervous with prebuilt SFF PCs but the cooling system seems very capable on this Model S machine. The hottest I can get the 3080 is 96.7c on the hotspot and 83.7c on the GPU running Cyberpunk 2077 on the default Ray Tracing Ultra settings, which by the way this computer can absolutely handle at a playable framerate. The fan does pick up a bit if you do anything CPU or GPU intensive but as soon as the task is over the fan dials down, so I'm pretty well convinced that the cooling setup in this machine works well. We'll see if it holds up over time, I suppose. One thing I will say is that the DisplayPort outputs on the back of the machine don't appear to play well with either passive or active DisplayPort adapters, so if you want to use multiple displays, I hope you have newer DisplayPort capable displays. That said, I got away with using a USB to HDMI adapter and that works fine as well. I have had no issues with black or flickering displays on either of the 3 monitors I am using with this machine so I guess I must be lucky.
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No Windows key provided, LED screen hasn't changed from 0 degrees Celsius, No setup instructions
By Eric Johnson on Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2022
The machine is beautiful, however when I went to activate Windows 10 I was unable to do so. This was because when I scratched off the sticker to reveal the product key there was no key there. I spent hours trouble shooting and Microsoft support was incredibly unhelpful. Microsoft had me contact Gigabyte support and I waited for hours on hold with Gigabyte and they never picked up. Terrible customer service all around. I am now facing the reality that I will need to spend an extra $140 to buy Windows 10 since this is the last available solution The LED temperature monitor doesn't seem to work either as it has not changed from 0 degrees C. Lastly, the machine comes out of the box with one piece of paper explaining the contents of the box, but no manual or anything for setup which is a little annoying. Overall, a very powerful and pretty machine but the Windows thing is unwarranted.
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