Product on Review: Utopia Ballista
Manufacturer and Sponsor: Utopia Computers
Street price: £749.99 inc. VAT (At time of review)

Who are Utopia Computers? You may not be familiar with them as they are a small, Scottish based company. However, they have been around since 1993 and are steadily becoming a popular computer systems and components etailer here in the UK. Their primary focus is to provide you with great value hardware and excellent customer service. In fact, they have been awarded as the winners of several categories in recent years:


Today, we are going to be taking a look at the Ballista system from Utopia Computers, which built in a Silverstone Fortress FT03. It is a case which screams quality. The list of quality components does not end there. Utopia has used quality brands such as ASUS and Corsair for the all of the components. At the heart of the system is the new 5800K APU from AMD. It is overclocked to 4.4GHz from its standard speed of 3.8GHz.

The system itself has been assembled in a neat and tidy fashion. It has definitely had some time put into it to make sure that it is aesthetically pleasing when you take the side covers off. Utopia clearly understands that no-one likes unsightly cables and they have done their best to make sure that there is minimal cabling in the front of the case.

The choice of components is certainly interesting. Usually, you do not associate an AMD APU with expensive hardware as it is mainly for rigs that are built on a budget. However, with a case that costs over £100 on its own and a 120GB solid state drive, the costs quickly shoot up.



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