...with a storage upgrade and tweaked fan profiles the Zeus Mini Evo could have the makings of a great small-form-factor gaming PC...
Cyberpower's willingness to try something different makes it one of the more attractive system integrators. The company's range of 'Exclusive Series' PCs include the weird-but-wonderful Trinity, the living-room-friendly Syber, the pack-up-and-go Battlebox and the ultra-thin Zeus Mini Evo.
The latter's goal is to deliver "a sleek minimalistic clean design and a ferocious set of gaming hardware," and for the most part Cyberpower delivers. The system's 112mm profile is absurdly svelte for a gaming rig, yet on the inside there's an overclocked Core i5 processor, 16GB of DDR4 memory and a full-size GeForce GTX 970 graphics card.
This is a combination you rarely see in such a form factor, yet while it's encouraging to see Cyberpower trying new things, the Zeus Mini Evo does come with a few caveats. User upgrades are never going to be easy, noise levels can be bothersome and the default 120GB SSD is too cramped for a rig of this ilk.
A couple of compromises are to be expected, yet with a storage upgrade and tweaked fan profiles the Zeus Mini Evo could have the makings of a great small-form-factor gaming PC that delivers plenty of punch at the £999 price point.
The Good
The Bad
Smaller than your typical tower
Overclocked Core i5 'Skylake' CPU
Powerful GeForce GTX 970 graphics
16GB of high-speed DDR4 memory
Three year warranty
Noise output is bothersome
Component upgrades won't be easy
Stingy 120GB SSD
Cyberpower Zeus Mini Evo I-970
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