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The system scores a very healthy 7.5 points, limited by the Sapphire HD7770 graphics card.
The review system shipped with only the barebones drivers installed, along with useful software such as CPUz and Unigine heaven DX11 benchmark. A very clean install of Windows 7, which we like to see.
A quick overview of the system via CPUz and GPUz highlighting the Core i5 2500k which is overclocked to 4.6ghz. This is a 32nm part which we have reviewed in depth before when it was first launched. It is a dual core processor without hyperthreading, with 6MB of level 3 cache.
The 8GB of Corsair memory is running at 1600mhz with 9-9-9-28 2T timings. The Sapphire HD7770 graphics card is clocked at the reference AMD speeds of 1000mhz core and 1125mhz memory (4.5Gbps effective). It has 640 shaders, 16 ROPs with 1GB of GDDR5 memory connected via a 128 bit memory interface.
System validation is available over here.
I like the case, but i would personally have opted for a cheaper cooler for the CPU, a smaller storage drive, maybe even 4GB of ram. With the money saved on those, it could be put into the graphics card.
Another 7770 would make a lot of difference in regards to the gaming power, but im surprised that the 7770 is quite capable at 1080p anyway with a lot of games. just shows how overkill the really high end cards are for most people.
Good points:
good CPU and cooler choice
case is great.
Bad points.
the machine is really not classed as a gamers machine with a 7770 in it. I think they could have balanced it a little better by lowering the cost of some items as someone else said and by then maybe using a grade up in the discrete department.
Also the case needs more OCUK branding on it. This is why Alienware and Dell sell well for such expensive systems. you are buying something that looks like nothing else. Like Apple.
Shame they couldnt work with a company to do special colours and logos on their system builds. it might attract more attention.