Pros

  • Well-designed chassis
  • Strong six-core performance

Cons

  • No multiformat card reader and no bundled extras

At A Glance

Equipped with Intel's six-core Core i7-980X processor, this high-performance machine could be a power user's best friend.

The Specs

Processor
Processor speed 4.0 MHz
Processor count 1
Memory
Memory size 6144.0 MB
Memory type DDR3
Display
Included monitor No
Graphics
Graphics Type Card
Number of Graphic Cards included 3
Video Bus PCI Express 2.0 x16
Video Memory Type DDR5
Storage
Raid type RAID 0
Drive size 2000.0 GB
Drive Controllers
  • IDE (ATA/EIDE/ATAPI)
  • Serial ATA
  • Serial ATA II
Expansion slots
Number of PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots 2.0
Number of PCI-Express x8 slots 2.0
Number of PCI-Express x1 slots 1.0
Number of PCI slots 1.0
Power
Power Supply Wattage 1000 watts
Power Supply Manufacturer Thermaltake
Power Supply Model Toughpower 1000
Motherboard
Motherboard Chipset ATI Radeon HD 5870
Motherboard Model Classified
Motherboard Manufacturer EVGA
Optical Drive
Second Optical Drive Type BD-RE
Included Drives 1
optical_drive_2 iHOS104
optical_drive_1 DH24AAS
optical_model_2 iHOS104
optical_model_1 DH24AAS
Included Software
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Ports and Connections
Ethernet Type Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps)
Available Interfaces
  • Audio - Digital Optical
  • Ethernet - RJ45
  • FireWire Port (front)
  • FireWire Port (rear)
  • HDMI
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus (front) (x4)
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus (rear) (x8)
  • eSATA
Case
Chassis style Tower (Full)
Internal Drive Bays 4
Chassis Color Black
External Drive Bays 5

Performance

Overall Rating
WorldBench 6 Score 171
Office Productivity
Web Browsing 139  seconds (lower is better)
Office Suite Use 294  seconds (lower is better)
File Compression 136  seconds (lower is better)
Multitasking 158
Content Creation
Image Editing 246  seconds (lower is better)
GPU Graphics Rendering 266  seconds (lower is better)
CPU Graphics Rendering 155  seconds (lower is better)
Video Encoding 137  seconds (lower is better)
DVD Burning 245  seconds (lower is better)
Video Editing 148  seconds (lower is better)
Gaming
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1024x768 232.4  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1680x1050 334.44  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1920x1200 321.34  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 2560x1600 300.09  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1024x768 202.2  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1680x1050 201.2  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1920x1200 203.5  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 2560x1600 193.9  Frames per second (higher is better)