Actually Good: $2400 Starforge Pre-Built Gaming PC Review (Lowkey Fractal Terra ITX)

Episode Title: "Actually Good: $2400 Starforge Pre-Built Gaming PC Review (Lowkey Fractal Terra ITX)"
Content: WE SPONSORED OURSELVES. Buy our coaster pack! https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/3d-coaster-pack-4-component-coasters - these have been in high demand and sold out rapidly last time we stocked them. It's been about 2 years and they're finally back. Directly supports our purchasing of review hardware. Also consider a copper-plated mule mug: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-copper-plated-stainless-steel-mule-mug-thermal-conductivity-of-copper This review looks at the Starforge "Lowkey," a limited edition mini-ITX pre-built PC assembled and designed by Starforge Systems, a Texas-based system integrator (SI) that builds gaming PCs. This is part of our prebuilt gaming PC reviews series and gives us a more positive product to look at, following a series of less well-designed products in review recently. We previously reviewed Starforge's Horizon II Ultra gaming PC and found it to be overall good quality, with a few issues on screw torque and attention to detail items. Starforge is owned by streamers who are part of OTK, such as Asmongold, Tips, and others, and started after the collapse of Artesian Builds. You can learn about that story below. Watch our previous Starforge Horizon II Ultra review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9YiOLX5uQU Watch the Collapse of Artesian Builds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2xMi7inB28 Watch our HW News episode about the US Govt bans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjZp_pt-Gfs Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links] If a pre-built PC isn't your style, consider going DIY with some of the parts below: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D on Newegg: https://howl.me/cllaalhBBgZ AMD R7 7800X3D on Amazon: https://geni.us/bah9 NVIDIA RTX 4090 on Amazon: https://geni.us/cCOH AMD RX 7900 XT on Newegg: https://howl.me/clk984JJPpe TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Starforge Pre-Built Lowkey Gaming PC Review 03:08 - Who Starforge Is 03:57 - Tear-Down of Starforge PC 10:47 - Tear-Down Inspection Pass 11:11 - Starforge Customer Support for Intel 12:34 - Intel Settings Rant 13:48 - Interesting BIOS Changes 15:12 - Intel Microcode Bug 17:20 - Starforge Thermals (CPU Only) 18:12 - Starforge Fan Curve (CPU Only) 18:35 - Starforge Frequency vs. Temperature 19:04 - Starforge 13600KF vs Intel Default 20:10 - GPU Full Load Thermals 20:43 - Fan Change Test 21:22 - AIRFLOW ANIMATION 23:03 - Noise Levels in Hemi-Anechoic Chamber 23:50 - Acoustic Frequency Spectrum 25:09 - Power Consumption Testing 25:55 - Software & Bloat Inspection 26:52 - Packaging Inspection 28:28 - Conclusion ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Steve Burke: Host, Testing, Writing Patrick Lathan: Testing, Writing Vitalii Makhnovets: Video Editing, Camera Andrew Coleman: 3D Animation


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