"Reminds me of a Bulldog thats been squashed into a cube. ;-)" Hahaha, it's prettier in person than on the photos, and one heck of a lot more attractive than something like the http://www.trustedreviews.com/pcs/review/2010/07/08/DinoPC-Mini-Carnivore/p1 Mini Carnivore's Antec case, though I'm with Denis_iii in wishing there was an all-black version and it's not up to the level of the http://www.trustedreviews.com/pcs/review/2010/07/26/Tranquil-PC-ixL/p1 Tranquil.
@WestHej:
No you don't need to replace the SpinPoint, there's an additional mount for a 2.5in internal drive.
Thanks for the Review, for the next one we built we managed to get the wiring that bit neater because I let the regular builders do it instead of doing it myself.
Yes, you can have one SSD/2.5" HDD and one 3.5" HDD, there's a space near the front of the case under the HDD bay.
Water cooling is an AseTek LCLC 120mm (same as Corsair H50 rev 1 but you don't have to pay for the logo).
I tested the system with a 5970 and found I had to scale down the OC slightly to 3.4GHz. I also tested with i5 650 and i7 870 CPUs, the dual core could hit 4GHz the 870 didn't play so nice and again I had to drop it to 3.4GHz. So the i5 700 series is in my view the best balance of performance vs cost.
Silverstone have done a fantastic job making the case and PSU capable of fitting and running that monster. No chance of getting a Toxic 4GB or Ares in there. The case is experimental but a few more reviews like this and we'll probably see their range expand and the ideas spread to other case manufacturers with different front panel i/o options and designs.
Luke
Overclocker
www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk
ps. the i5 760 is a 2.8GHz CPU not 3.2GHz @ stock speeds
"ps. the i5 760 is a 2.8GHz CPU not 3.2GHz @ stock speeds" - no, it's actually 2.66GHz at base stock, but I was referring to its Turbo-boosted maximum of 3.2GHz, which I should have made clearer.
The 750 is 2.66GHz, the 760 got a 1x multiplier bump to 2.8GHz.
Turbo isn't a straight 3.2GHz, it's 3.2GHz on one or two cores if the TDP limit isn't breached. Load up the No-OC profile and have a play with different numbers of Prime threads and you'll see that with four CPU cores loaded up you'll get 2.8GHz.
It's a shame I couldn't get past 3.6GHz on this system, I'm getting good results @ 4GHz on other H55 and P55 boards so hopefully I can crank this one up as it's BIOS matures.
Looks like a really nice system. I always self build but I would definitely recommend this to friends looking for a compact gaming system (I dont like building for friends in case something goes wrong)
Really reasonable price given the size, components and water cooling.
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