Chillblast Fusion Ares System Review (w/ i7 5820k)

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell October 24, 2014 Featured Tech News, PC

The system is double boxed. The outer box contains the motherboard and graphics card box, along with extra padding for shipping. Inside, is the NZXT H440 chassis box with the system inside.

The NZXT H440 chassis is a beauty and the window panel shows off the system build nicely. We like how the case offers some sound proofing on the panels.

A ‘Chillblast' badge takes pride of place front of the case, at the bottom. Along the top of the case is a power button, and the connectivity panel. Its clean and attractive.

The Gigabyte X99-Gaming 5 Motherboard offers plenty of connectivity, especially if you have a plethora of USB devices. There are no less than 10 on the I/O panel at the rear.

The internal build is very tidy and we like the simplicity of the black and white colour scheme. Unfortunately the green PCB of the DDR4 memory is distracting to the eye.

The Samsung 840 Evo SSD is mounted neatly at the bottom of the system, just above the power supply.

The other side of the chassis hides most of the cabling – again the sound proofing is evident on the other panel as well.

Chillblast have opted for cost effective Crucial 2,133mhz DDR4 memory. (4x4GB sticks). Not the prettiest looking memory, and the green PCB somewhat ruins the overall appearance of the build, a little.