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The Slayer 3770K OC system arrives inside a huge box, comprising four separate boxes inside as shown above. MESH include a Microsoft Wireless 3000 keyboard and mouse.
The two smaller boxes include all the left over components from the system build, including power supply cables, operating system disc, driver discs and manuals.
MESH are using one of our favourite cases, the Fractal Design Define R4 which we reviewed way back on September 16th last year. If you want an indepth look at this case, then follow the link.
The front panel resides at the top of the case, which is both easy to reach and fully featured. MESH have installed the Corsair H100 liquid cooler at the top of the case, slightly off center. At the front they have installed a Pioneer Blu-Ray Writer and an AKASA multi card reader.
From the rear we can see the large exhaust fan, MSI Z77A-GD55 I/O panel and bottom mounted power supply.
MESH stick a small sheet of paper to the wrapping alerting the user to disconnect the side panel and remove the padding inside the case. This ensures nothing can move during transit.
Like many cases designed in recent years, the Fractal Design Define R4 is painted black inside, with the drive bays finished in a contrasting white colour.
Our system shipped with a 1200W Cougar CMX power supply.
MESH include two 2TB SATA 6Gbps hard drives, alongside a 240GB Samsung Solid State Drive intelligently configured to handle boot/OS duties.
The Corsair H100 is mounted into the top of the case, with just enough room to install the motherboard underneath. MESH have opted for high grade Corsair 1866mhz memory (2x8GB).
Underneath is the Nvidia GTX Titan, which has been getting an extraordinary amount of press coverage in recent weeks.
It is worth pointing out again that the Fractal Design Define R4 case has sound proofing on the front and side panels, as shown above. There is a single Cooler Master fan in place as exhaust on the right side panel, close to the graphics card.
Cable routing is very good with all of the cables tidied out of the way behind the motherboard chassis. We have seen slightly better jobs in recent months, however I would class this job as well above average.
Spectacular! I love that system, great case too.
Got to love the 3770k, I want to upgrade my 3570k as I do video editing. Just need to get the funds.
Good system from MESH, didn’t know they were still going. I remember buying a system from them in 1998
Awesome review.
(Just remember to put in other graphic cards in your graphs in the next review, to have something to compare against. Or Titan without OC CPU as baseline to compare against :))