Review - Cyberpower Gamer Infinity 600 games PC
A reasonable gaming system at an affordable price
Price: £499
Manufacturer: Cyberpower
Specifications: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.16GHz) • 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 Ram • Nvidia 9500GT 1GB graphics • 320GB hard drive • 19in display (1,440x990) • 450W PSU • Microsoft Vista Home Premium 64-bit
Verdict
Pros: Well-balanced system; plenty of space for extra drives
Cons: Lighting can get annoying after a while
Overall: If you want a system that gets you on the gaming ladder and can expand as your capabilities grow then Cyberpower’s Gamer Infinity 600 is worth a closer look
Cyberpower is well known for producing some blisteringly fast gaming systems, many of which feature extreme overclocking and watercooling, aimed at hard-core gamers who want a leading-edge system off the shelf.
The Gamer Infinity 600 is right at the other end of the range, a budget gaming system that offers reasonable performance at a value price.
At the heart of the system is an Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 dual-core processor, clocked at 3.16GHz and backed by 4GB of G.Skill PC2-6400 DDR2 memory which runs at 800MHz, all of which is available to the operating system, the 64-bit version of Vista Home Premium. Even though the motherboard has four Dimm slots, it can only support 4GB of memory so you are at the maximum already.
In terms of performance the PC fares well, scoring 7,860 in PCmark05, which is pretty good for this price. It manages a pretty respectable score of 4,845 in the more demanding PCmark Vantage too.
The CPU and memory sit in an MSI P31 Neo V2 motherboard that uses Intel’s P31 value chipset and has passively cooled North and Southbridges. Although the board doesn’t appear to be laden down with features, all the essentials are present. There’s integrated Gigabit Ethernet, eight-channel audio and four Sata ports. For expansion you get a single PCI x1 slot and three standard PCI slots. The single x16 slot is filled by the graphics card.
Powering the graphics is a passively cooled Sparkle Geforce 9500GT with 1GB of GDDR2 memory, running at 800MHz and a 550MHz core clock, which will allow you to play some basic games, but for today’s high-end games you will have to lower your gaming resolution and the in-game detail.
We tested the graphics setup by using World in Conflict’s in-game benchmark and, at a resolution of 1,024x768 pixels with all the in-game details set to maximum, the system produced an average frame rate of just 20fps. That’s not playable by any stretch of the imagination, but by setting all in-game details to medium where possible we got a much more playable average of 47fps.
The graphics card drives a 19in TFT monitor, the HannsG HG191, which is a widescreen monitor with a 1,440x990 pixel resolution and comes with a pair of built-in 1W speakers.
The compact Bosse Galaxy III case comes with four 5.25in drive bays, three of which are free, and six 3.5in drive bays, five of which are free and two have external access, which is ideal if you want to add something like a Flash card reader at a later date. Sitting in the fourth of the larger bays is a 22-speed DVD burner, while the one occupied 3.5in drive bay is used by the 320GB hard drive. Despite the size of the case there is ample space to add more drives.
The one thing you’ll notice with this PC is that, although it is a budget system, Cyberpower hasn’t skimped on the fans and, even with three case fans and a standard Intel CPU cooler, it’s still pretty quiet.
If you like your systems to light up then this one won’t disappoint as it’s very, very blue, with all the case fans backlit with blue LEDs. The two sides of the front bezel have a blue feature and if that isn’t enough there are two blue cold cathode tubes fixed to the floor of the case. Finishing off the hardware bundle is a Logitech Value keyboard and mouse.
Source : pcw.co.uk
A reasonable gaming system at an affordable price
Price: £499
Manufacturer: Cyberpower
Specifications: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.16GHz) • 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 Ram • Nvidia 9500GT 1GB graphics • 320GB hard drive • 19in display (1,440x990) • 450W PSU • Microsoft Vista Home Premium 64-bit
Verdict
Pros: Well-balanced system; plenty of space for extra drives
Cons: Lighting can get annoying after a while
Overall: If you want a system that gets you on the gaming ladder and can expand as your capabilities grow then Cyberpower’s Gamer Infinity 600 is worth a closer look
Cyberpower is well known for producing some blisteringly fast gaming systems, many of which feature extreme overclocking and watercooling, aimed at hard-core gamers who want a leading-edge system off the shelf.
The Gamer Infinity 600 is right at the other end of the range, a budget gaming system that offers reasonable performance at a value price.
At the heart of the system is an Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 dual-core processor, clocked at 3.16GHz and backed by 4GB of G.Skill PC2-6400 DDR2 memory which runs at 800MHz, all of which is available to the operating system, the 64-bit version of Vista Home Premium. Even though the motherboard has four Dimm slots, it can only support 4GB of memory so you are at the maximum already.
In terms of performance the PC fares well, scoring 7,860 in PCmark05, which is pretty good for this price. It manages a pretty respectable score of 4,845 in the more demanding PCmark Vantage too.
The CPU and memory sit in an MSI P31 Neo V2 motherboard that uses Intel’s P31 value chipset and has passively cooled North and Southbridges. Although the board doesn’t appear to be laden down with features, all the essentials are present. There’s integrated Gigabit Ethernet, eight-channel audio and four Sata ports. For expansion you get a single PCI x1 slot and three standard PCI slots. The single x16 slot is filled by the graphics card.
Powering the graphics is a passively cooled Sparkle Geforce 9500GT with 1GB of GDDR2 memory, running at 800MHz and a 550MHz core clock, which will allow you to play some basic games, but for today’s high-end games you will have to lower your gaming resolution and the in-game detail.
We tested the graphics setup by using World in Conflict’s in-game benchmark and, at a resolution of 1,024x768 pixels with all the in-game details set to maximum, the system produced an average frame rate of just 20fps. That’s not playable by any stretch of the imagination, but by setting all in-game details to medium where possible we got a much more playable average of 47fps.
The graphics card drives a 19in TFT monitor, the HannsG HG191, which is a widescreen monitor with a 1,440x990 pixel resolution and comes with a pair of built-in 1W speakers.
The compact Bosse Galaxy III case comes with four 5.25in drive bays, three of which are free, and six 3.5in drive bays, five of which are free and two have external access, which is ideal if you want to add something like a Flash card reader at a later date. Sitting in the fourth of the larger bays is a 22-speed DVD burner, while the one occupied 3.5in drive bay is used by the 320GB hard drive. Despite the size of the case there is ample space to add more drives.
The one thing you’ll notice with this PC is that, although it is a budget system, Cyberpower hasn’t skimped on the fans and, even with three case fans and a standard Intel CPU cooler, it’s still pretty quiet.
If you like your systems to light up then this one won’t disappoint as it’s very, very blue, with all the case fans backlit with blue LEDs. The two sides of the front bezel have a blue feature and if that isn’t enough there are two blue cold cathode tubes fixed to the floor of the case. Finishing off the hardware bundle is a Logitech Value keyboard and mouse.
Source : pcw.co.uk
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