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The ARIA Gladiator Warbird 660 is built around the excellent NZXT Phantom 410 case. We reviewed the Limited Edition GunMetal version of this chassis back in March last year and it picked up our ‘Worth Buying' Award.
The NZXT Phantom 410 is an attractive looking case although I must admit I personally really dislike the overly glossy piano black surface. It attracts fingerprints and dust within a couple of hours and needs constant cleaning.
There are plenty of ports on the GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-D3H and we can see the dual graphics cards in this shot. The power supply is bottom mounted and there is a large exhaust fan next to the I/O panel. For those interested we reviewed the Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H back in June last year, over here.
With the side panel removed we can get a better look at the system build.
ARIA are using two MSI Twin Frozr III GTX660's in this system in an Sli configuration. We didn't notice any missing, or misplaced screws either.
The Corsair H60 is immediately noticeable, with the radiator and fan mounted to the rear of the case in an exhaust position. There is 8GB of Corsair gaming memory installed.
ARIA are using the Corsair HX650 power supply in this system, a unit which is modestly priced but well constructed.
At the top of the case is the optical drive. Below are the 1TB hard drive and the 120GB Samsung 840 Series Solid State Drive.
Cable routing in this system is very good, it looks clean and all the cables are neatly tied together.
Some close up shots of the routing from the rear side.
very nicely priced. Do they sell them with the OS and drivers all installed? would be ideal for my dad.
Interesting to see power consumption tests too. I would have thought that system would be closer to 500w under load. Amazing how wrong I was.
DIdnt even know they made systems. thats very good. I actually like the idea of not paying for another OS as ive 10 licenses of Windows 7 !
great review
The only thing id change would be the case? do they offer even a white case? Those piano black designs drive me nuts too. My last case was like that and it was a mess everytime I looked at it.
@DAVIS – Yes we do. Just call the sales team who can make a note of this during test stage.
@JOE – We can swap out the case no problems. Just give our sales team a call who will be happy to help you.
Aria have increased the price by £200 to £1200 so this is no longer a bargain, in fact it is way overpriced and Aria are basically conning peeps by linking to kitguru – kitguru should remove their recommendation as the system has increased in price.