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Hey guys, I was looking to order this prebuild from cyberpower in the next few days. I'm on a fairly tight budget and cannot aford to go any higher than the current price ($988 not including the promo/MIR stuff). Any and all feedback is appreciated, thanks.

Case: NZXT Tempest 210 Mid-Tower Gaming Case [-32] (Black Color)

Internal USB Extension Module: None

Extra Case Fan Upgrade: Maximum 120MM Case Cooling Fans for your selected case [+9]

Noise Reduction Technology: None

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-3570K 3.40 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1155 (All Venom OC Certified) - While Supply Last [-116]

Performance Tuning Protection Plan by Intel: None

Venom Boost Fast And Efficient Factory Overclocking: No Overclocking

Cooling Fan: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Single Standard 120MM Fan)

Coolant for Cyberpower Xtreme Hydro Water Cooling Kits: Standard Coolant

Motherboard: * [CrossFireX] Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H Intel Z77 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ IRST, Lucid Virtu MVP, Ultra Durable4 Classic, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 2x Gen3 PCIe x16, 3x PCIe x1 & 2 PCI (Extreme OC Certified) [-5]

Intel Smart Response Technology for Z77: None

Memory: 8GB (2GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair or Major Brand)

Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+43] (Major Brand Powered by AMD)

Power Supply Upgrade: 850 Watts - Corsair CMPSU-850TXV2 80 Plus Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready [+83]

Hard Drive: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [-45] (Single Drive)

Data Hard Drive: None

Hard Drive Cooling Fan: None

USB Flash Drive: None

Optical Drive: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)

Optical Drive 2: None

Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

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CPUs Master

Overall the system looks good but the PSU is overkill unless you are planning to run an SLI or Xfire (dual video card system). I would look at something between 500w on the low end and up to 650w.

That should give you a good system with room to build up on the future if you want.


Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

Yeah, i do realize the powersuply was a bit much, but was a free upgrade from the Corsair CMPSU-750TXV2 80 Plus Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready.

Here are the options they give for PSU's <850W:

700 Watts - Standard Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready [-83]
750 Watts - Corsair CMPSU-750TXV2 80 Plus Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready
750 Watts - Corsair Professional Series CMPSU-AX750 Gold 80 Plus Power Supply [+46]*
750 Watts - Thermaltake TR2 RX Modular 80 Plus PSU - PN: TRX-750M [-22]
[Spring Gaming Sale - Free Upgrade from 750W TR2 PSU] 750 Watts - Thermaltake Smart Series SP-750M 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply [-22]
750 Watts - Thermaltake Toughpower Grand TPG-750M Gold Modular 80 Plus Power Supply [+58]
775 Watts - Thermaltake Toughpower XT TPX-775M Modular 80 Plus Power Supply [+10]


About the Video Card - There is an option for that card, but its another ~$100 :( 
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*Edit: The 7850 is actually $275 more..ouch. Is my case really that bad? I read a few reviews on it saying that the airflow is really nice, roomy. Granted it has only 1 USB 3.0
CPUs Master

Another $100? Pretty big rip-off. HD 7850 is the replacement for the HD 6950.
Prices should look like this.


With the PSU prices the same there is no reason to change.
Unless you decide to end up going with a single card. Something in the 550W-650W range then.

According to the cyberpower performance bar on the side, it says I should be able to run most games at max settings with an average of 120 fps @ 1920x1200 res. I mainly play SWTOR, do you think this machine is capable of handling that at max as well?
CPUs Master

ak2712 said:
it says I should be able to run most games at max settings with an average of 120 fps @ 1920x1200 res.
ehhhhhh....... not so much. That's a bit of creative marketing spin, I think. Max, yes. 120FPS - maybe on older, less demanding games.
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