CyberPower Gamer Xtreme 1000 SE

Introduction

There are quite a plethora of computer vendors that provide premade and ready-to-go computer systems, however only few are truly oriented to cater to the gaming audience. CyberPower is one of the fastest growing companies that not only gives the consumer a wide variety of choices for the computer, but also provides a rather fair price for the performance of their systems. The neat thing is that all of the components retain their original vendor design, so the components are exactly identical to the ones that we review on the daily basis. Therefore, the heating capability retains the same characteristics allowing for the consumer to select the most optimal system for them, whether they are looking for the most powerful, quietest or the best-cooled gaming system.

Previously, we have published an article on how to build the quietest gaming computer system explaining what it takes in order to meet such characteristics. Out of all of the factors gaming desktops have, this is perhaps the greatest advantage, due to the fact that all of the systems are designed to be well-cooled allowing for a much longer component life. However, not all systems are made the same and a lot of factors influence whether the system is fit to be a gaming desktop. Since gaming imposes a larger amount of strain on both the processor and the graphics card, both need to be able to provide optimal performance with the minimal irradiation of heat. Fortunately, with the latest release the newer generation Sandy Bridge processors are clearly the best contenders for an ultimate gaming. It is important to note that many games are not designed for multi-threaded processors, so performance in-game for a Core i5 with 4 cores is almost identical to that of Core i7 with 4 cores and HyperThreading. In addition, since in-game performance is measured by frames per second, the primary role falls on the graphics card. Of course this does not mean that graphics card is superior to the CPU since the processor can easily bottleneck the performance of the system. When looking for the right graphics card one must really think as to what it is that they are looking for in the system. The cost of the card comes with it's performance, so if your taste extends to being able to play all of the latest games maxed out on 3 monitors then you will probably have to invest close to a thousand dollars just in video cards in order to get what you want. For those that are looking for a good card on a rather low budget, the newest generation cards like GTX560 or GTX560 Ti will fit the task. Remember, that all of the cards starting from the 400 series for Nvidia and 5000 series for AMD are also able to support Direct X11 which is definitely worthwhile.

Today we will take a look at Gamer Xtreme 1000 SE desktop by Cyberpower. It is a second generation PC equipped with the the Sandy Bridge i5 processor, which is renowned for its performance to price ratio. Overall, this desktop system is currently priced at $999.00 and is equipped with everything required to run any of the latest games smoothly as any fair-budget system would. In terms of cooling, the system is placed in very well-designed CoolerMaster HAF 912 Mid-Tower case complemented by the Asetek 120mm liquid cooling system for the processor which should provide great cooling for this particular system. Game Xtreme 1000 SE comes with a single Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 with 1 GB of GDDR5 memory. The system also comes with 8GB of DDR3 memory, making it possible to have multiple applications open at the same time without sacrificing performance from games. 8GB memory should be plenty as most games only use about 1-3GB memory in total during gameplay. For storage, the system is equipped with a 1 TB 7200 rpm hard drive which should be plenty for storing lots of images, vidoes, games, and much more. Overall, the system seems rather well-rounded, but without making any further assumptions let's get to the actuall overview as well as testing.