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Cyberpower Gamer Infinity Aquarius review

Verdict

A decent set of components hampered by a water-cooling system that fails to impress

Review Date: 14 Aug 2009

Reviewed By: Mike Jennings

Price when reviewed: £869 (£999 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
3 stars out of 6

Value for Money
3 stars out of 6

Performance
5 stars out of 6

Details
Part Code	Gamer Infinity Aquarius
Review Date	14 Aug 2009
Price ex VAT	£869
Price inc VAT	£999
Overall rating
Performance
Features & Design
Value for Money

Warranty
Warranty	1 yr return to base

Basic specifications
Total hard disk capacity	1,000
RAM capacity	4.00GB
Screen size	22.0in

Processor
CPU family	Intel Core 2 Quad
CPU nominal frequency	2.66GHz
Processor socket	LGA 775
HSF (heatsink-fan)	N/A

Motherboard
Motherboard	Biostar P45
Motherboard chipset	Intel P45
Conventional PCI slots free	2
Conventional PCI slots total	2
PCI-E x16 slots free	1
PCI-E x16 slots total	2
PCI-E x8 slots free	0
PCI-E x8 slots total	0
PCI-E x4 slots free	0
PCI-E x4 slots total	0
PCI-E x1 slots free	2
PCI-E x1 slots total	2
Internal SATA connectors	4
Wired adapter speed	1,000Mbits/sec

Memory
Memory type	DDR2
Memory sockets free	2
Memory sockets total	4

Hard disk
Hard disk	Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B
Capacity	1.00TB
Hard disk usable capacity	931GB
Internal disk interface	SATA/300
Spindle speed	7,200RPM
Cache size	16MB
Hard disk 2 make and model	N/A
Hard disk 2 nominal capacity	N/A
Hard disk 2 formatted capacity	N/A
Hard disk 2 spindle speed	N/A
Hard disk 2 cache size	N/A
Hard disk 3 make and model	N/A
Hard disk 3 nominal capacity	N/A
Hard disk 4 make and model	N/A
Hard disk 4 nominal capacity	N/A

Drives
Optical drive	Lite-On DH-401S
Optical disc technology	Blu-ray reader
Optical disk 2 make and model	Lite-On IHAP122 9
Optical disk 3 make and model	N/A

Rear ports
USB ports (downstream)	8
PS/2 mouse port
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports	0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports	0
Modem
3.5mm audio jacks	8

Graphics card
Graphics card	ATI Radeon HD 4890
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards?
3D performance setting	High
Graphics chipset	ATI Radeon HD 4890
Graphics card RAM	1.00GB
DVI-I outputs	2
HDMI outputs	0
VGA (D-SUB) outputs	0
DisplayPort outputs	0
Number of graphics cards	1

Monitor
Monitor make and model	DGM L-2242WD
Resolution screen horizontal	1,680
Resolution screen vertical	1,050
Resolution	1680 x 1050
Pixel response time	5ms
Contrast ratio	1,000:1
Screen brightness	300cd/m2
DVI inputs	1
HDMI inputs	0
VGA inputs	1
DisplayPort inputs	0

Additional Peripherals
Speakers	N/A
Speaker type	N/A
Sound card	Realtek ALC662

Case
Chassis	Cooler Master Elite 310
Case format	Full tower
Dimensions	191 x 479 x 437mm (WDH)

Free drive bays
Free front panel 5.25in bays	1

Front ports
Front panel USB ports	2
Front panel memory card reader

Mouse & Keyboard
Mouse and keyboard	Logitech Deluxe 660 Cordless

Operating system and software
OS family	Windows Vista

Noise and power
Idle power consumption	180W
Peak power consumption	355W

Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score	1.92
Office application benchmark score	1.45
2D graphics application benchmark score	2.27
Encoding application benchmark score	1.62
Multitasking application benchmark score	2.34
3D performance (crysis) low settings	50fps
3D performance setting	High

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70C may be warm for a Q8400 running at stock speeds. However, this one was overclocked to ~3.4GHz so 70C is normal. We now offer three levels of water cooling, this system represents what is possible with our lowest performance water cooling system.

By CyberpowersystemUK on 18 Aug 2009

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