iBuypower Revolt 2 Review: A Powerful, Portable Gaming Desktop

Name: IBuypower Revolt 2
Brand: IBuypower

by Joshua Gulick — Thursday, June 16, 2016, 12:50 PM EDT

Custom PC builders generally keep their systems free of bloatware and that’s true of iBuypower and the Revolt 2. But that’s not to say there isn’t any extra software.

IBuypower adds its own utility managing the Revolt 2’s lighting system. You can use it to change colors and choose which direction (if any) you want the lights to move. If you buy iBuypower’s MEK keyboard, you’ll want to download the related software from the support section on iBuypower’s website to customize that as well.

In terms of the OS, Windows 10 was mostly clean. And the system shipped with up-to-date drivers. Out of box setup was minimal; once plugged in, we were ready to game in a few short minutes.

Tags: IBuyPower, LAN party, Revolt, Skylake, core-i7, gtx 980 ti

Joshua Gulick

Josh cut his teeth (and hands) on his first PC upgrade in 2000 and was instantly hooked on all things tech. He took a degree in English and tech writing with him to Computer Power User Magazine and spent years reviewing high-end workstations and gaming systems, processors, motherboards, memory and video cards. His enthusiasm for PC hardware also made him a natural fit for covering the burgeoning modding community, and he wrote CPU’s “Mad Reader Mod” cover stories from the series’ inception until becoming the publication editor for Smart Computing Magazine. A few years ago, he returned to his first love, reviewing smoking-hot PCs and components, for HotHardware. When he’s not agonizing over benchmark scores, Josh is either running (very slowly) or spending time with family.