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just remember cyberpowerpc puts their own proprietary BIOS on their motherboards and then never issues an update for it and you have to do some wonky shit to change it to the version that the actual motherboard manufacturer updates
other brands probably do that too but I don't know about other brands ot warn you dawg
The one I'm looking at is iBuyPower
I hope I'm not about to make a horrible mistake, I did a bit of research and haven't heard anything especially bad about them
I'm sure there are decent "pre-built that's actually good" reviews online from like Reddit and GamerNexus and stuff. I wouldn't look at it on a brand level but on a case-by-case basis.
Please don't use iBuyPower. They are ridiculued for a reason.
Seconding what the other commenter said about GN being a good resource for prebuilts, TLDR: they are shit. If all you need is a GTX970 and AM4 board you could look at used enterprise systems on ebay or similar sites, you are going to lose the GAMER aesthetic, but you will be able to save a fair amount of money.
Hmm is this for "their motherboards?" I bought my PC from them with MSI motherboard and everything was typical.
My only problem was when the water cooler died within the first year, I didn't buy it directly so couldn't warranty it and had to replace it myself.
In the process of troubleshooting the issue which ended up being the cooler, I did end up replacing my CPU through them and they upgraded it for free because the exact one I had was backordered