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CyberPower Ultra Scylla XT review

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Verdict

Impressive performance in an extremely quiet chassis - a well thought-out and designed PC

Review Date: 18 Jun 2010

Reviewed By: Mike Jennings

Price when reviewed: £666 (£783 inc VAT)

Overall Rating
5 stars out of 6

Features & Design
5 stars out of 6

Value for Money
5 stars out of 6

Performance
5 stars out of 6

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Overall application benchmark score
  • Ultra Scylla XT
  • 2.07
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3.2GHz Pentium D PC
+100%
+200%

PC Pro's application benchmarks test real-world performance in a range of applications.

3D performance (crysis) low settings
  • Ultra Scylla XT
  • 130fps
0
Smoothly playable
+100%
+200%
+300%

Our 3D gaming benchmarks test gaming performance in Crysis, which remains one of the most challenging games available. Setting is 1,024 x 768 at low detail.

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User comments

Upgrading the RAM

I've had questions on this in our forums so I thought I'd add it here. To add RAM you pop the CPU fan off it's rubber mounts, insert the RAM and put it back on. To fit large modules you can move the fan to the other side of the CPU cooler.

By CyberpowersystemUK on 6 Jul 2010

Windows included?

I tried to configure this on their website and you have to pay at least £78 more for Windows 7. By default it comes with 'Format Hard Drive only'.

By RogEgde on 18 Jul 2010

RE: Windows included?

Hey,

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, RogEgde. I've asked CyberPower to clarify the issue and will update this as soon as I hear anything.

Thanks,

Mike

By Mikey_Jennings on 19 Jul 2010

CyberPower seem to be taking ages to reply to this point.

I'm desperate for a new PC as I'm stuck with an Athlon XP 2500+

This was the first review in PC Pro this year with a PC expensive enough (and sans monitor) for me.

I want a quiet PC so the other award winners are no good, but another £78 is simply to much for this PC to retain its crown!

By StoneFree on 3 Aug 2010

SATA 600

Does the GA-770T used in this system really support SATA/600 ? I looked on the Gigabyte web site and it doesn't mention it.

By JeckJock on 5 Aug 2010

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