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    The bricked GPU sent to me.

    *TL/DR*: Shady af company out for max profit on used parts that WILL fail. Good luck on getting a return and ffs, take your business elsewhere. I've come back to overhaul this review because every day something new happens with this garbage heap. First and foremost, these components are all used and refurbished components from Ebay. Something Lyte isn't excited to advertise and an important note for computers they are charging a brand new sticker price for. I got my PC a month after ordering and have had nonstop problems since and Lyte's go to saying that you'll see throughout these review responses and by email is "we'll make this right" which they absolutely will not especially when it comes to requesting returns. These guys are a bunch of clowns running a lucrative scam operation. My hard drives weren't formatted on start up and my GPU was a year out of date for driver software. Updating it threw it into an error 43 lockout that had to be addressed by a tech. Not a huge deal but still frustrating af. The Windows at start was also not authenticated and I had to escalate that issue to Ethan the manager to get a Windows key. I requested a consolatory GPU and they sent me a water logged brick that you can see in the pictures with obvious early stages of water corrosion. At this point i'm furious and start requesting just cash for the worth of the GPU while they insist I ship the fried one back. (probably to throw in another computer after a dress up as I see it). Now the RAM is deteriorating rapidly that I had diagnosed by a local certified technician. I can't play any games and am even getting blue screens while just internet browsing so i'm out another $67 for RAM I had to order because I want nothing to do with the parts these guys dish out. Do yourself a favor and please just do your own build. There are instructional videos all over the place and some Ryzen builds can be done in less than half an hour. Also in the photos is a build from pcpartpicker.com that is competitively priced to the Lyte Hyper and is both a substantial upgrade and all new components.

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    Michael N.

    Despite what a lot of others have said I overall had a great experience with Lyte Gaming. My PC is well built, cable management was done really well, and it runs great. The only reason I'm not giving a 5 star review is because I did have a little trouble getting a refund after I switched to the instant shop option without the GPU. But once I called they were happy to help and I got my refund the next day. I also called another time to upgrade my cpu and they were super helpful. I think they're a good company, and I'm happy with my purchase from them.

    Custom LYTE PC

    I ordered my PC March 1st 2021 I finally got the PC minus the GPU 8 months after I placed the order (understandable given the shortage and scalpers) which is due the the fact that the option to do so wasn't initially available. Firstly I want to say I'm happy with my PC but there were disappointments when it arrived. The PC got here in a completely different case than I ordered, and the 240mm AIO that I ordered (Corsair) was instead an EK AIO. Personally I don't know which is better but when you spend almost 3k on a machine I would expect to be made aware of these changes during the build process and especially before I get the machine in my hands. After 8 months of waiting I wasn't going to send it back at that point. Fast forwarding from the PC's November arrival to Feb 2022, I contacted LYTE to discuss the stagnancy of the gpu queue whereas it had maybe gone down by 1 place in line in 2 months since I have gotten the PC (it's important to note that I was offered the choice to wait for an EVGA 3080 when the majority were gigabyte branded). After contacting support I was told they are no longer receiving any GPU's from EVGA. So I was on wait list for a product that wasn't coming and I was never told so. They offered an upgrade to a 3080ti for an additional $600 after I had already paid $940 for a 3080 a year ago but I didn't bite. They told me they'd get more gpus from gigabyte at the end of the month and they'd ship one of them to which I agreed. Later that same day I got a notification that the gpu had shipped which seemed very strange to me considering I was told I'd get one at the end of the month. When the gpu arrived it appeared that it might've come from an RMA and looked resealed. The sticker holding the package closed has definitely been opened. The gpu was clean and looked mint though and is in working order. I was given a Gigabyte RTX 3080 Vision 10g. I popped it in to see that it worked just fine and finally threw in the towel having finally obtained the gpu and completing the build. I didn't feel like playing the game anymore and I kept it. After having the complete machine together finally after almost an entire year I'm happy with the way it performs. The PC has had zero issues so far and the cable management was pretty clean. Some closing thoughts. I'm grateful finally to have a PC and that it works and performs well. But all in all my experience is really mixed. As far as I feel about LYTE... Their customer service is ok. I got in touch with them easy when I needed to and made progress. But they really need to work on their contact with their customers. If you offer me specific parts to pick from and let me pay for them, then I should 100% be made aware of changes being made to my order and not just finish out when I get it. With all that being said... I ordered a PC from LYTE during a difficult time and it took a year but they built me one and it's amazing. They just need to be more forward with what they're doing with your money.

    I ordered a custom PC from them, with a 3080 graphics card. They emailed me regularly on how the build was progressing and the stages of getting all the parts. It took about four weeks to get the PC from when I ordered it, which is faster than they even said was the standard build time. It came safe and sound, was easy to set up, and had all the instructions. It runs all my games amazingly. The cable management was excellent and organized.

    Beyond happy with this pc! Came in a timely manner.

    Pc came packaged well and I'm beyond happy with it. Only problem is it came scratched. I can tell it happened before packaged. Other than that great pc! Can't beat the prices highly recommend.

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    Waited a while for GPU...but we'll worth the wait. Nicely built PC. Will do business again.

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    Thanks for your patience and glad to hear you're liking your PC!

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    Went into this place a few weeks ago to inquire about computer building questions. The staff that…read morehelped me were very knowledgeable and friendly people. When I came to computer building and certain parts they knew exactly what they were talking about and if they didn't they researched it before concluding my inquiry. At the time when I went the store wasn't that full. What I mean by that is there were not a lot of people there. The options that were given to me were clear and straight to the point. I had plenty of options for what I was looking for for my computer or future computers. The overall quality and cost seem to be reasonable. If you ever have questions on computers and are looking at anything relating to building or repairing a computer this team did a pretty good job.

    I absolutely hate the Gurnee Best Buy location!!! Always something…read more.. Anyway, I ordered 2 headsets/headphones online and went to the store for pick up this evening (July 24th, 2026). I had been standing in line for quite some time as one of the cashiers was trying to handle everything by himself. I assumed he was overwhelmed and he ended up calling another associate, Sophie, to come help him. Once she stepped behind the counter, this white guy that had been standing behind me in line just walked up to her like he was next and she was about to assist him (like I had not been standing there waiting). So I said, "Um, excuse me, I was next." The guy apologized and stated that he didn't know I was next. I'm not sure why he thought that. He had been standing behind me in line for about 5 minutes...can we say "ENTITLED"? Anyway, Sophie tried to help me next and I told her that I was there to pick up an online order. She said, "Oh, for online orders, you need to stand over there on the red carpet". I walked down to the red carpet and she proceeded to help Mr. Entitled. Once she finished assisting him, she came down to the red carpet area to help me. Mind you, there's a line of people waiting for assistance at the original line and also at the red carpet area. Not sure why she was bouncing back and forth between both lines. However, I was the next customer in BOTH lines technically, so why did she even have me move to begin with??? I said, "Are you serious? You just helped this guy first, had me come down here, then helped me when I was ahead of him. I just told you I was next in line. So why would you have me move if you were handling both lines?". She said, "Girl, it's not that serious!". Side note: Calling a black woman "girl" is disrespectful and derogatory for those who do not know the history behind it. Also, I am not this young woman's peer. We're not buddies. I am definitely not her... "girl". Anyway, Sophie proceeded to retrieve my items, but since I did not like the way she handled the "next customer in line" situation or her disrespect by calling me "girl", I requested an immediate return (lol). This annoyed Sophie and she got on her walkie talkie/2-way radio to ask for assistance from her manager. She said (and I quote), "I'm about to spazz out on this f@#%ing customer". She didn't think I heard her, so I said, "What did you just say?" She said, "I didn't say anything". I said, "Yes, you did. I just heard you. You said I'm about to spazz out on this f@#%ing customer". Then her manager, Ty appeared. I explained to him what had happened and he was super nonchalant, monotone, no apology on behalf of his staff or anything. He reminded me of a black version of Ben Stein on those old Clear Eyes eye drops commercials (lol). He said, "I'm just here to do the return". I was in a good mood prior to all of this...Friday evening, time for the weekend! Actually, I am still in a pretty good mood (lol), but this place is full of inexperienced young folks that lack training and respect. This new generation is scary. Lack of home training and basic customer service. The fact that Sophie needed back up from a manager to begin with was laughable. Toughen up!!! I'm not even a rowdy one! (now that would have been great to see). I'll just have to continue to drive to Vernon Hills if I want to continue to shop at Best Buy, because this location is horrible. I knew better, but didn't feel like driving that far out there this evening. Lesson learned. I'm done with the Gurnee location.

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