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Pros

  • Beautiful chassis, liquid-cooled hardware
  • Great general performance

Cons

  • PCI-E x8 connection for its one free x16 slot

At A Glance

There isn't much that the speedy Erebus GT desktop PC can't do--in fact, we can hardly think of a thing.

The Specs

Processor
Cache size 8.192 KB
Processor count 1
Processor speed 3.5 MHz
Processor type Intel Core i7
Memory
Memory speed 667.0 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Memory size 16384.0 MB
Graphics
Number of Graphic Cards included 1
Video Bus PCI Express 2.0 x16
Secondary Graphics Chipset ATI Radeon HD
Graphics Type Discrete
Storage
Hard Drive Speed 7200 RPM
Drive type
  • Hard Disk Drive
  • Solid-State Drive
Drive size 420.0 GB
Expansion slots
Open PCI Express X1 Slots 3.0
Number of PCI-Express x8 slots 1.0
Number of PCI-Express x1 slots 3.0
Number of PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots 3.0
Power
Power Supply Wattage 850 watts
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Speed 48.0
Included Software
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Ports and Connections
Ethernet Type Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps)
Available Interfaces
  • Audio - Center/Bass Out (1/8" mini)
  • Audio - Digital Optical
  • Audio - Headphone Out (1/8" Mini)
  • Audio - Line In (1/8" Mini)
  • Audio - Line Out (1/8" Mini)
  • Audio - Microphone In (1/8" Mini)
  • Audio - Rear Surround Out (1/8" mini)
  • Audio - Side Surround Out (1/8" mini)
  • Combo - RJ-45/RJ-11 Ethernet/Modem
  • DVI (dual link)
  • FireWire Port (rear)
  • HDMI
  • Mini DisplayPort
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus (rear) (x6)
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus 2.0
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus 3.0
Slots SD Card
Case
Chassis style Tower (Midsize)

Performance

Overall Rating
WorldBench 6 Score 211
Office Productivity
Web Browsing 125  seconds (lower is better)
Office Suite Use 292  seconds (lower is better)
File Compression 117  seconds (lower is better)
Storage Performance
File Compression 117  seconds (lower is better)
Content Creation
CPU Graphics Rendering 141  seconds (lower is better)
DVD Burning 100  seconds (lower is better)
Image Editing 186  seconds (lower is better)
GPU Graphics Rendering 253  seconds (lower is better)
Video Encoding 113  seconds (lower is better)
Video Editing 136  seconds (lower is better)
Power Usage
Off power usage 2.2  Watt hours
Sleep power usage 3.3  Watt hours
Idle power usage 86.1  Watts
Multitasking
World Bench 6 Multitasking 144
Gaming
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1024x768 336.8  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, High Quality, 1024x768 182.5  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, High Quality, 1680x1050 147.5  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, High Quality, 1920x1200 136.3  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, High Quality, 2560x1600 97.9  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 88.6  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, High Quality, 1680x1050 142  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, High Quality, 1024x768 192  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 203.2  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 1680x1050 180  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 2560x1600 236.5  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 1920x1200 172.2  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 2560x1600 142.5  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1024x768 208.3  Frames per second (higher is better)
Stalker 2, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 45.1  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1680x1050 204.3  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1920x1200 326.9  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1920x1200 211.3  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 81.2  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, High Quality, 2560x1600 87.8  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry 2, High Quality, 1920x1200 125.9  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, Low Quality, 1920x1200 220.7  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, Low Quality, 1680x1050 223  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 2560x1600 192.5  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 225.8  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1680x1050 340  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt 2, Low Quality, 2560x1600 194.9  Frames per second (higher is better)