iBUYPOWER Revolt WT702 Gaming Desktop, Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz, NVIDIA GT630 4GB, 8GB DDR3, 500GB SATA, WIN 7 HP
Only a 250W Power Supply. Surely that is a typo???
I just sent an email to see if we can confirm that. Thanks for posting, I’ll update when I hear back. 
Update: Not a typo. You can find more information about the power supplies on the iBuyPower site.
The Laptop is very tempting. Just recently purchased the Asus ROG that was on here and didn’t even open the box yet. The graphics card on this one is very ideal for me.
I have a Revolt, and no that’s not a typo about the power supply. They come with either a 250, 350, or 500W 1U PSU. For what it’s worth, my system with an i7 3770, 660 Ti, and 500W PSU pulls only around 250W according to my UPS, so the 250W PSU in the quoted unit should be just fine for a lower-specced system (mine also has an SSD & HDD.) The Revolts are SFF systems, and there’s not much in them: a mini-ITX board with CPU, cooler, & RAM, one SSD and/or HDD, a laptop optical drive, and a PCIe video card; that’s it. No room for multiple HDDs, 5.25" drives, or even expansion cards; the one PCIe slot is for the video card and the rest of the components (audio, ethernet, wifi, bluetooth) are onboard. So they can run a GTX 780 or Titan with the 500W PSU, it’s just that the 250W PSU in the WT701 & WT702 doesn’t give you much room to upgrade. On top of that, the video cards included with some of these systems are hardly “gaming” worthy; I mean a GT630, come on! Anyways, the Revolts are nice if you want something different, a desktop system that’s more compact than usual and more portable, but honestly I’d skip the two offered here because they’re not worth the money; configure your own here: iBUYPOWER Signatures | iBUYPOWER®
Thanks for the info.
Just because a 250W can handle it doesn’t make it ideal (as I’m sure you know this is just general for people that don’t). I want a PSU that is at LEAST double what the computer pulls. Makes for a less noisy computer and a PSU that will not fail due to being worked at 75-90% capacity all the time.
The pretty colors, etc. are what make these attractive (on top of the size) but for these prices (and with a little know how) you can go to NewEgg.com almost any day of the week and make a better rig yourself.
I second all of this. I would highly suggest looking at the “80 PLUS” certification that power supplies are tested against. Essentially, you will probably never get all of the power that a power supply is rated for, and getting 80% or better is considered good.
As far as Newegg goes, you could easily do better then these builds for almost half the price, but you pay for convenience and lack of know-how.
I personally have purchased a computer from Ibuypower years ago and my friend more recently. With mine, everything was alright for the most part, didn’t last too long altogether. When my friend received his, they did a very sloppy job on putting it together. Some things weren’t even plugged in correctly, etc. My advice is to not fall for their fancy colors and cheap manufacturing and go to Newegg and build your own like that gent above me stated.
My most recent PC was built by Ibuypower, and I cannot be happier with it. 2 years running, no hiccups, no glitches, crashes or failures. I had one issue with my credit card info on ordering, and their support service was helpful and prompt.
Yeah, you probably could build something cheaper using Newegg parts, but that’s IF each exact part that you wanted just happened to go on sale at the same time. Personally, I no longer have the time or inclination to piece together a machine bit by bit, and deal with RMA’s of failed parts. For people like me, Ibuypower is an excellent alternative, with some excellent customization options.
My next PC WILL be an Ibuypower, whenever the current one fails. As a matter of fact, that laptop…
They don’t have to be on sale…some of these, like the one that sold out, are priced very well but “finding stuff on sale” is the difference between you spending $2500 vs sub $2000 for a VERY similar system.
But convienence and consolidated customer service has a price.
The CS612 just has integrated graphics? Weird for something advertised as a gaming PC.
Ivy Bridge doesn’t use much power and neither does that GPU. The brand of PSU is more important than the wattage. I run an i3 with a 7750 on a HTPC with a 300W PSU with no problems at all.
That GPU is garbage for the price though. You won’t have a good time gaming with it.
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Ivy Bridge doesn’t use much power and neither does that GPU. The brand of PSU is more important than the wattage. I run an i3 with a 7750 on a HTPC with a 300W PSU with no problems at all.
That GPU is garbage for the price though. You won’t have a good time gaming with it.
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Brand matters more? I don’t agree. Bronze rating and above matter. Overall wattage matters more than brand IMO too. Of course, with anything brands DO matter I don’t want to act like they don’t.
My friend bought a “gaming computer” with a GT 630 in it. I laughed at him.
Configure the same laptop on the ibuypower website and it looks like it’s cheaper (even with the $45 shipping). Am I missing something?
I’ve purchased several computers over the years from iBuyPower. They are hit and miss it seems.
The computer that I purchased for myself wasn’t thoroughly tested and blue screened because of an incompatibility with the ram and motherboard. I had also paid extra for them to set up SLI mode (just so I wouldn’t have to open anything up and void the warranty) and they neglected to do that. I spent a good couple hours trying to troubleshoot it through software before opening up the case and figuring it out.
The customer service has been poor when I have contacted them.
I would avoid purchasing these computers unless you enjoy gambling.
As stated above, iBuyPower has an AWFUL reputation. Also, they are allegedly affiliated with CyberPower which has an equally terrible reputation.
Sources:
http://gamefaqspc.wikispaces.com/ibuypower
http://www.amazon.com/iBuyPower-Gamer-Power-AM522D3-Desktop/product-reviews/B006O5ZJJ2
A few weeks ago I ordered the 17.3" Valkyrie CZ-27 from iBuyPower. When I got it, the video card wasn’t working, so I had to send it back to be repaired. About 3 weeks later they fixed it and sent it back to me, but now no one will tell me what they did to fix it.
Now that I’ve hooked a mouse up to the laptop, it doesn’t let me use the touch pad. I can go into settings to enable the touch pad while the mouse is plugged in, but when I unplug the mouse it resets those settings and disables the touch pad again. Maybe reinstalling drivers will fix this, but it kind of irritates me to run into these kinds of issues with a brand new laptop that was promised to be thoroughly tested.
When the touch pad was working, the buttons were really terrible. They’re very stiff and very hard to click unless you click on the outer edges of them.
I never write online reviews but when I saw the Valkyrie up here, my blood boiled a little bit. I wish I’d listened to all the terrible reviews on their Facebook.
Overall, I wish I went with the Qosmio X70 instead. I even saw it go as low as $999 one week.
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What this person said. A “gaming” rig that has integrated graphics is not a gaming rig because you’d still need to buy a real graphics card. Any real graphics card won’t be able to run with other decent specs on a 250W power supply, and 500W is not enough sometimes as well.
They want a lot of money for these desktops. They have no brand name parts other than the CPU and some of the cases. The motherboards are not even identified. Not possible to tell if they use unlocked CPUs or if the motherboards support overclocking. Gamers want these things. I dropped almost $2K on a boutique “gaming” full-tower that allowed me to choose the brand of everything from the power supply, motherboard, and memory – virtually everything.
Do you know what is dirt cheap right now? Hard drives. 500 GB? You can get a fast SATA III 1TB for about $15 more. 4 GB of memory running Windows 8? Running at less than PC 1600? Again you can double that and up the speed for peanuts. I would trade a lesser video card for an SSD any day. Right now you can buy a video card that was selling for $500 a year ago for $90. The video cards that come in these machines ever cost 500 – they retail for about 200. Better to get a stand-in video card and pick and choose when you get a little bit more money. By the way, SFF form factor is run hot and noisy. Check reseller ratings for I BuyPower against Digital Storm or AVA Direct.
Finally, and nearly $200 freight round-trip you are never going to send these back for repairs. If that is important to you try to find a retailer with on-site service directly or through a service contract. If you fancy yourself a PC hardware expert, then build your own anyway with all brand name parts steeply discounted from the usual suspects.