PC Gaming has become increasingly expensive over the years, making consoles look more appealing as time has gone on, but recently, thanks to a lot of competition between AMD and Intel in the CPU market, and AMD and NVIDIA in the GPU segment, as well as price reductions on DRAM, flash memory and other associated components, prices have been tumbling in the budget-end of the market. That’s good news for you, if you’re interested in this system.
Provided by Intel, the i5 9400F produces some decent performance in multi-threaded tasks, as well being more than capable of high-framerate gaming with its 4.2GHz clockspeed across 6 physical cores. That’s further backed up by a CORSAIR 16GB DRAM kit, running at a speedy 3000MHz.
The MSI Ventus OC 1660 Super that Cyberpower have chosen is excellent for 1080p gaming, being able to crank up the detail settings while maintaining an easy 60FPS in recent titles; way more graphical fidelity than you’ll find on any current console, and probably more than the next-gen that’s just around the corner.
A 240GB SSD, with 1TB of spinning storage to augment that for larger files, is a great inclusion. This allows a snappy, responsive operating system with short loading times, but also loads of space for larger games such as Battlefield V or the Call of Duty.
While the system, on the whole, is well thought out, there are some downsides. Chief amongst which are the audibles; the machine is noisy while idle and horrible when under load; if you’re moving from a console then you might not notice the noise too much, but a cheap aftermarket CPU cooler, a different brand of GPU (we’re not a fan of the Ventus heatsinks), and some tweaking to the front fan profiles would make the world of difference. We’d also like to see the Cooler Master 120mm fan, at the rear, swapped out for another RGB fan like the front, just to complete the look.
We set about tallying up the component costs, if you were to try and build the same, or very similar. Including the Windows 10 Home licence, you’d be unable to purchase this for the price, not to mention the 3-year warranty and time taken to piece the components together.
The Infinity X66 GTX Super represents great value for money, looks excellent and pulverises any title at 1080p.
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Provided by Intel, the i5 9400F produces some decent performance in multi-threaded tasks, as well being more than capable of high-framerate gaming with its 4.2GHz clockspeed across 6 physical cores. That’s further backed up by a CORSAIR 16GB DRAM kit, running at a speedy 3000MHz.
The MSI Ventus OC 1660 Super that Cyberpower have chosen is excellent for 1080p gaming, being able to crank up the detail settings while maintaining an easy 60FPS in recent titles; way more graphical fidelity than you’ll find on any current console, and probably more than the next-gen that’s just around the corner.
A 240GB SSD, with 1TB of spinning storage to augment that for larger files, is a great inclusion. This allows a snappy, responsive operating system with short loading times, but also loads of space for larger games such as Battlefield V or the Call of Duty.
While the system, on the whole, is well thought out, there are some downsides. Chief amongst which are the audibles; the machine is noisy while idle and horrible when under load; if you’re moving from a console then you might not notice the noise too much, but a cheap aftermarket CPU cooler, a different brand of GPU (we’re not a fan of the Ventus heatsinks), and some tweaking to the front fan profiles would make the world of difference. We’d also like to see the Cooler Master 120mm fan, at the rear, swapped out for another RGB fan like the front, just to complete the look.
We set about tallying up the component costs, if you were to try and build the same, or very similar. Including the Windows 10 Home licence, you’d be unable to purchase this for the price, not to mention the 3-year warranty and time taken to piece the components together.
The Infinity X66 GTX Super represents great value for money, looks excellent and pulverises any title at 1080p.
Pros
+ Great performance
+ RGB lighting illuminates more than just the case
+ Excellent value for money
+ SSD provides a snappy, responsive experience
+ 3-year warranty
Cons
- Front badge isn’t centred
- Noisy when idle
- Poor temperatures
- Rear fan isn’t RGB
- Case looks empty
+ Great performance
+ RGB lighting illuminates more than just the case
+ Excellent value for money
+ SSD provides a snappy, responsive experience
+ 3-year warranty
Cons
- Front badge isn’t centred
- Noisy when idle
- Poor temperatures
- Rear fan isn’t RGB
- Case looks empty
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