Packaging:
The Gamer Xtreme Si arrived in a rather large black box, with the CyberPowerPC “CP” logo on the side. Once opened, we see a PC box bundled with a CyberPowerPC T-shirt. The T-shirt was a nice addition, but I must say I was disappointed to find the usual motherboard manual, spare SATA connectors, and the usual extra stuff one finds when building a computer of their own. I felt lucky to get the standard issue VGA to DVI connector. This is my only complaint thus far.
A Closer Look:
The CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme Si comes attractively assembled in the Azza Solano 1000 case. The Solano comes packed with 3x 120mm blue LED fans, as well as 2x 200mm fans on the side and roof.
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As you can see, this computer is not messing around. I want to chime in and mention that the cable routing in this computer is mind boggling, and is one of the neatest jobs I’ve ever seen. The folks at CyberPowerPC really put forth the effort towards making your new computer look nice for you.
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I literally priced out the parts IN the review….page 2. The parts came to $1944.93 from Newegg.com, without the cyberpower t-shirt and accessory bag. Add in the fact that cyberpower saved us the time of building the rig, installing an OS, AND overclocking…I think this is a pretty sweet deal.
As for combinations going, yes you can do whatever combinations you want, and I probably would have put an 850W power supply in the Gamer Xtreme Si myself. When you pick out parts to build a rig, you generally pick them out on the same performance and price brackets – you don’t want to put rims on a Jalopy. If I were to build a Core i7 rig, this is EXACTLY the parts I would have used, except I would have used a WD or Seagate HDD, and a bigger PSU.
Although quite a bit of hassle can be taken out of the equation by buying a rig pre-built, it is still far more cost effective as well as smart to buy one’s own parts and put them together. Many different combinations of not only Hardware capabilities, but also visual and Aesthetic looks can be put together in any shape imaginable, and learning the neccesary things isn’t all of that difficult. One with dedication and saying that they do work hard enough for the money for one of these high end rigs, would have no trouble looking up the neccesary knowhow in order to build one from scratch, plus the money saved can go to buying better parts for the same price as something of this sort prebuilt. Match up the parts on Bestbuy.com Newegg.com or even Ebay.com and then come back and see how much you’ve saved, I can almost gaurantee it will always be in the hundreds, and the higher end it is, the higher the savings. A google search will give you a very good fundamental guide to the process.
Bob,
Here’s the response you were looking for from CyberPowerPC:
“We’ve been swamped with the Windows 7
upgrade for the past 24 hours and have not had a chance to update the
configurator for the Gamer Xtreme SI.
We will be working on getting this updated as soon as possible. Thanks for
the heads up.”
Bob,
This is strange. I’ll contact CyberPowerPC and return with a statement on the matter.
That’s strange, I go to their website, and bring up the Gamer Xtreme-SI and it’s $1699
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Gamer_Xtreme_SI
The Default PSU is 680 Watts Power Supplies (SLI/CrossFire Ready Power Supply). I don’t even see the Corsair 650W available so I’ll just add the 750W version which is +$71
Overclocking isn’t included in that price either. +$90
The default motherboard is the UD3R and not the UD4P +$69
Then the memory isn’t Corsair Dominator by default another +$36
Then finally the Blu-Ray player by default is Lite-On and not the LG another +$13
That brings the acutally price for the system you reviewed to $1978.00.
So that’s still a good price seeing how it’s already put together but that’s along way from the $1699 price from the system you reviewed.
I’m a little worried that they advertise the system here like that for $1699 but you go to their site and it’s about $250 more to get that system. I’m hoping they will fix the pricing soon?
haha midnight madness….no pun intended right?
Awesome Machine. .. Now I have to start saving for one of these myself. Gotta say the case and wiring job did it for me. Black on Black, I would name mine MIDNIGHT MADNESS!