The Fang III Rattler is a huge water-cooled
beast of a machine. Housed in an imposing Azza Fusion 3000 system case, it
resembles some sort of futuristic body armour.
Concealing the top two 5.25in drive bays is
a metal panel featuring the CyberPower logo and a blue-illuminated window
through which you can check the cooling fluid level.
Cyberpower
Fang III Rattler
Three 120mm fans blow air through a large
radiator fitted to the top of the case, chilling the liguid as it flows to the
CPU. This Intel Core i5-3570K chip has been overclocked from 3.4GHz to 4.5GHz
-the joint-highest overclock here. It performed well in our tests.
Red details adorn the inside of the case,
including a rear fan guard and brightly coloured mesh rear backing plates. The
sheer size of the case means there’s plenty of room to work inside.
Unigue in this group are its easy-swap
drive bays: you can slide the supplied drive trays directly into a backplane,
without plugging in cables or even opening the case’s side panel. You can
install up to six 3.5in drives and four 2.5in drives in this manner, which is
particularly useful when using a fault-tolerant Raid setup.
Rubber-sealed holes let you route cables
behind the motherboard, resulting in one of the tidiest-looking interiors we've
seen in a while.
CyberPower has selected the cheaper GeForce
GTX 670 for its Fang III system. The difference in framerates when compared to
the GTX 680 is minimal. Unfortunately, though, the graphics card isn't hooked
up to the CyberPower’s water-cooling system.
An Asus P8Z77-V Pro motherboard offers
built-in Wi-Fi and enhanced overclocking features; it's a significant
improvement over the standard and LX versions found elsewhere.
CyberpowerPC
Fang III Viper gaming desktop
Verdict:
Enthusiasts will love this great-looking PC. The build quality is excellent,
and you get a premium motherboard and easy-swap drive bays. Performance is good
but, given the water-cooling system, more oomph could be squeezed from the
CyberPower's CPU.
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Price: $2,196
Ratings
Build: 8/10
Features: 6/10
Performance: 10/10
Value: 6/10
Overall: 8/10
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Dino PC Maxosaurus 3570K
Dino PC tames its Maxosaurus' Intel Core
i5-3570K processor with a large Xigmatek Prime SD1484 cooler. This is fitted
with a pair of fans in a push-pull configuration, enabling the chip to be
overclocked from its stock 3.4GHz to 4.4GHz. It's not the fastest overclock,
but throw in 16GB of DDR3 RAM and the Dino PC can keep up with the best of
them: it recorded a very good 213 points in WorldBench 6.
Dino
PC Maxosaurus 3570K
Dino PC has plumped for nVidia's cheaper
GeForce GTX 670 graphics card rather than the top-end GTX 680. Performance
differences between the two are small, and Dino PC has been able to spend more
money elsewhere in the Maxosaurus' specification.
The Maxosaurus 3570K is the first PC we've reviewed
for some time to include a plug-in soundcard rather than relying on the audio
capabilities of the motherboard. The Asus Xonar DGX isn’t an expensive addition
(retailing for around $39), but it adds a useful headphone amplifier that's
aimed at gamers who want to hear every shell casing hit the ground and know
precisely where it lands.
Unlike much of the competition here, you
also get a 23.6in Asus VS247H full-HD monitor and a decent keyboard and mouse.
These input devices are 'proper' gaming models, with editable function buttons
and fast, accurate action.
Corsair's Carbide 300R system case holds
everything together. It's designed specifically with gaming computers in mind
and incorporates plenty of fan-mounting points, removable dust filters and cable
management.
The Dino PC Maxosaurus 3570K is neither as
large, nor as feature-rich, as CyberPower's Fang III Rattler, but it offers
everything you need for an enjoyable gaming experience.
Dino
PC Maxosaurus 3570K
Verdict: The
Dino PC Maxosaurus 3570K is a mid-priced gaming machine, with a well-rounded
selection of components enabling a complete system straight out the box. It's
well built, very fast and designed from the ground-up for gaming. Dino PC
offers a very good price-performance ratio.
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Price: $2,196
Ratings
Build: 8/10
Features: 6/10
Performance: 10/10
Value: 6/10
Overall: 8/20
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