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As we mentioned previously in the review, the Fang III Black Mamba is supplied pre-overclocked to 4.7 GHz by Cyberpower's engineers.
The Asus UEFI interface is as comprehensive as usual. It's clear that this machine is targeted at enthusiasts because when you enter the BIOS, it goes straight to the ‘Extreme Tweaker' Section of the UEFI and bypasses the EZ mode that is designed for less advanced users.
There are plenty of settings to configure in this section and it's clear that Cyberpower have been spending a lot of time on this page ensuring the best possible overclock for the system.
Moving on to the main section of the BIOS, we can see some basic system information.
The ‘Advanced' tab lets us access various non-overclocking settings.
On the monitor page, we can access a vast amount of information about temperatures, voltages and fan speeds.
The last two pages of the interface let us configure the boot options and flash the BIOS.
I am impressed to be honest, as I know how difficult this build is. If they had opted for a larger SSD and the 3960X I would be more impressed.
3930k in a 4k system? id want the extra cache im afraid, even if its not really noticed. so its a good system in some areas (build) and surprisingly novice in others (components).
I like the case, but id swap out for bequiet fans, would solve the problem, at a little extra cost.
as a talking point its interesting, but the build has a lot of flaws. I think the review needed to be more negative, although most of the problem areas were mentioned.
my main gripe? it has two systems. cool concept.
but.
its a big but.
why would you use a media center in this system with a blasting of fan noise in the room? do the fans all turn off when the media center is on? if so, thats cool, if not. useless.
I have maybe missed this, how do you turn either system on? are there two power buttons? can both be turned on together?
Not for me, ive heard this case and its almost the same as buying a helicopter and putting it in the garden.
Im splitting hairs, but why dont Cyberpower replace the fans in the case with quality stealth units? there are quite a few so i doubt air flow would be an issue, especially with the huge physical dimensions.
I like the case, its a talking point due to the size and two systems is a great idea, but I have an issue with cyberpower. my friend in london bought a system and it was troubled from day one. perhaps he got a bad system, but the motherboard failed in a week and it took some time to get it back.
I still believe its best buying your own system.
For this money I would get
3960X with corsair H100
32GB of 2400mhz ram
asus rampage IV extreme
corsair 1200i PSU
silverstone case (same as henry said in conclusion).
256GB SSD boot – vertex 4 or patriot wildfire
2x2TB HDD for storage
ASUS GTX680 (one is enough) and maybe add another later.
I worked this out at close to 3k, not 4k.