I use it primarily as a Plex Media Server and general living room entertainment centerpiece. While I would most likely pass on that one for it is excessive in specs, I got one during Black Friday - and for that price it was hard not to.I think it really is a bit noisy and market it as a gaming solution is laughable. However, it has a really nice CPU for all my Plex and transcoding needs. It looks incredibly nice, although for some reason I thought the skull would be lit when powered on so that was a let down.To make it a gaming rig you would need a dedicated video card; To make it a media serve you would need a storage expansion of some sort; And for "just a player" it is way too pricey and powerful. It should be about right for someone to replace a pc with it for daily activities.