Kroteaup Desktop Computer Review

A confusingly listed budget PC with okay 1080p gaming chops but a pitifully small SSD. Only consider it if you find it under $400 and are ready to upgrade the storage day one. At higher prices, it's not worth the gamble.

The Kroteaup Gaming PC is a budget tower that tries to cover a lot of bases. It packs a Ryzen 5 5500 CPU and an RTX 2060 GPU, which is a decent combo for 1080p gaming from a few years ago.

But right off the bat, the listing is a mess. It calls the GPU a 'Radeon RTX 2060,' which isn't a real thing—it's an Nvidia card. That kind of sloppiness makes you wonder what else is off. It's a prebuilt aimed at new PC gamers who want something that just works out of the box.

For the money, performance is okay. The Ryzen 5 5500 and RTX 2060 6GB will handle most popular games at 1080p with medium to high settings, hitting that 60+ FPS target for titles like Fortnite and GTA V. Our data puts its GPU performance in the 41st percentile, so it's firmly mid-pack and aging. The 16GB of RAM is standard, but the 512GB SSD is tiny—it's in the 4th percentile for storage. You'll fill that up with just a handful of modern games and need to add more storage fast.

The price swings wildly from $330 to $700 depending on the seller. At the very low end, around $330, it's a steal for the core specs if you're willing to gamble on reliability and immediately buy more storage. At $700, it's a terrible deal—you can find much newer and more reliable prebuilts for that money. Your tolerance for this PC depends entirely on which price you actually find.

Compared to other budget towers, it's outclassed. The HP Omen 45L or a Lenovo Legion Tower with newer Intel or AMD chips will have better performance, more storage, and much better build quality, but they cost more. Against other sketchy Amazon prebuilts, it's probably similar—you're trading some peace of mind for a lower upfront cost. If you see a Corsair or MSI system near the same price, jump on that instead; their components and support are in a different league.

Skip this if you want a reliable, hassle-free PC or need more than 512GB of storage out of the box. Also, avoid it if you're not tech-savvy enough to troubleshoot potential driver or Windows update issues, as multiple buyers have reported serious problems there.

Buy this only if you find it at the absolute bottom of its price range (around $330), you're comfortable adding a bigger SSD yourself, and you have a high tolerance for potential headaches. It's a 'you get what you pay for' special for very budget-conscious, first-time builders who don't mind tinkering.