Pros
- Relatively quiet perfomance
- Well organized internally
Cons
- Hot-swappable bays take some effort to get into
Bottom Line
CyberPower's Gamer Xtreme 8500 might not lead its highly competitive category, but you can't argue with the price.
The Specs
| Display | |
|---|---|
| Included monitor | No |
| Processor | |
| Processor count | 1 |
| Processor speed | 3000.32 MHz |
| Bus speed | 160.7 MHz |
| Processor type | Intel Core i7 |
| Memory | |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory size | 4096.0 MB |
| Storage | |
| Other storage |
|
| Drive type |
|
| Drive size | 1040.0 GB |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | 1 |
| SD card | 1 |
| Memory stick | 1 |
| Smart media | 1 |
| XD picture card | 1 |
| Ports and Connections | |
| SD/MMC Card | 1 |
| MultiMedia Card (MMC) or MultiMediaCard (MMC) | 1 |
| Available Interfaces | USB - Universal Serial Bus 3.0 |
| Slots |
|
| SDHC Card or Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) | 1 |
| SDXC Card or Secure Digital Extended Capacity (SDXC) | 1 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| WorldBench 6 Score | 155 |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Web Browsing | 149 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Suite Use | 306 seconds (lower is better) |
| File Compression | 147 seconds (lower is better) |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| CPU Graphics Rendering | 193 seconds (lower is better) |
| DVD Burning | 286 seconds (lower is better) |
| Image Editing | 321 seconds (lower is better) |
| GPU Graphics Rendering | 274 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 140 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Editing | 153 seconds (lower is better) |
| Multitasking | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 6 Multitasking | 168 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1024x768 | 279.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1024x768 | 164.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1920x1200 | 227.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1680x1050 | 170.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1920x1200 | 162.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 2560x1600 | 122.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1680x1050 | 266.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 2560x1600 | 142.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
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