I had looked at some of the bad reviews and weighed in the gamble I was taking with a refurbished unit. setup was lightning fast, took maybe ten minutes. boot up takes about twenty seconds. hard drive and fans aren't loud, and I decided to "drop test" by playing about three hours of final fantasy through steam, CPU runs about 30%ish with no dives or climbs, no heat issues and frame rate was decent, 50ish FPS.Initially bought this PC for podcasting with Mixcraft. it drove the program well while using midi, however when I tried to use some of the programed pads, the system usage bar hit the top for whatever reason.the advertised memory and speed is what I got. I am tempted to buy another one just for personal use. my only gripe is the RGB connection in the rear is picky, looks like someone was naughty and pulled or yanked on it, but Its usable. also, if you wanted to install anything aftermarket as far as GC or SC, you're going to void the warranty. there is a yellow tag on the service door- no big deal, but I would have liked to check the inside of the unit for dust.UPDATE 7/20/19Still works as well as the day I got it.