Embarrassingly Bad: HP Pavilion $1430 Prebuilt Gaming PC (TG01-1160XT Review)
We secretly tested HP’s support quality alongside its assembly and parts selection competence. This review of the HP Pavilion TG01-1160XT prebuilt shows why it’s so bad.Sponsor: be quiet!'s Silent Base 802 https://geni.us/DaGYu The HP TG01-1160XT was purchased as a PC in our $1000-$1500 price range for prebuilts. This follows-up previous benchmarks and reviews of Alienware, Dell, Lenovo, ABS, and Skytech, among others. The HP Pavilion tested was recommended to us by HP's support -- who told us we should get 32GB of RAM for gaming, for some reason, while also recommending an Intel i5 CPU and a 2060 Super. It's a bizarre combination of things that led to this build. We're still on our quest to find the best pre-built gaming PCs. So far, we've found two pretty good ones and a bunch that aren't that.Pre-built gaming PC review playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYyBeYW4FX4&list=PLsuVSmND84QuM2HKzG7ipbIbE_R5EnCLMWe're running very low on Volt Modmats! If you want to get one while supporting us, place a back-order here (ships this week!): https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/modmat-volt-large RELATED PRE-BUILT REVIEWSSkytech’s Chronos prebuilt is one of the best we’ve seen yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYyBeYW4FX4 See HP’s competitor, also at the bottom of the list, in the Dell G5 5000 review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DMg6hUudHE 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 We also collaborated with Digital Foundry to test the Playstation 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgWuGA8cExo RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links]HP Omen on Amazon: https://geni.us/7lRBSkytech Gaming on Amazon: https://geni.us/8c2Cun Lenovo Legion on Amazon: https://geni.us/CgGQwbVABS Prebuilts on Newegg: https://geni.us/wAJziBUYPOWER gaming PCs on Amazon: https://geni.us/9BEnIaDell G5 5000 i5 Gaming PC on Amazon: https://geni.us/R6F03Mb Some random Pre-Built Gaming PCs on Amazon: https://geni.us/UPWiwC Or DIY it with an Intel i5-10400F on Amazon: https://geni.us/jjdUQ6
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TIMESTAMPS00:00 - HP Pavilion Gaming TG01-1160xt01:55 - Buying from HP is ... Unique05:32 - HP’s Incomprehensible Support08:04 - Tearing Down the HP Pavilion09:00 - Phillips Heads Are So Out of Style10:00 - Dell All Over Again11:10 - GPU Is Very Flexible13:00 - Another Weird Power Supply16:25 - CPU Cooler17:04 - Thermal Benchmarks17:58 - Gaming Benchmarks18:26 - Rainbow Six: Siege (1080p & 1440p)19:53 - Cyberpunk 207720:40 - Hitman 321:12 - Red Dead Redemption 221:37 - Noise22:45 - Power at the Wall23:14 - Bloatware, BIOS, Setup, & Instructions27:16 - Conclusion
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