Pros
- Plenty of room for upgrades
- Excellent chassis design
Cons
- Timid overclocking limits its potential
At A Glance
A great case and premium components make for an imposing machine, but its timid overclocking prevents the Chimera XLC from leading the Performance PC pack.
The Specs
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| Processor type | Intel Core i7 |
| Processor speed | 4.3 MHz |
| Cache size | 8.192 KB |
| Processor count | 1 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 8192.0 MB |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory speed | 1600.0 MHz |
| Graphics | |
| Graphics Type | Discrete |
| Secondary Graphics Chipset | Nvidia GeForce |
| Number of Graphic Cards included | 1 |
| Storage | |
| Drive size | 2120.0 GB |
| Drive type |
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| Optical Drive | |
| Optical Drive Type | BD |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Ethernet Type | Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) |
| Available Interfaces | eSATA |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower (Midsize) |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| WorldBench 6 Score | 188 |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Web Browsing | 129 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Suite Use | 297 seconds (lower is better) |
| File Compression | 125 seconds (lower is better) |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| Image Editing | 196 seconds (lower is better) |
| GPU Graphics Rendering | 255 seconds (lower is better) |
| CPU Graphics Rendering | 148 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 117 seconds (lower is better) |
| DVD Burning | 179 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Editing | 138 seconds (lower is better) |
| Multitasking | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 6 Multitasking | 153 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1024x768 | 318.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1680x1050 | 317.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1920x1200 | 317.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 2560x1600 | 295.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1024x768 | 199.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1680x1050 | 196.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1920x1200 | 196.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 2560x1600 | 187.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
