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

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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.

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Correction: The chart software truncated the X-axis label for the frequency spectrum plot. The last two frequencies in the range are 10,000 Hz and 20,000 Hz. This has been resolved going forward by expanding the 'buffer' space between the axis label and the axis line itself.

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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

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