Discussion II and warranty
Optical is taken care of by an LG SuperMultiDrive that's capable of playing both Blu-ray (6x) and the now-defunct HD DVD (3x) content. The latter isn't completely forlorn as it's possible to buy ultra-cheap HD DVD films for under £5 from the likes of HMV.
The drive can do the usual reading and writing to regular DVD-R discs, too. It's very quiet in use, which is a bonus, but such is the price-drop on these all-in-one units, that it can be purchased for around £65 in bulk (OEM) form.
The big-name brands continue with Corsair supplying the 750W PSU and Creative's X-Fi supplanting the SupremeFX II the ASUS motherboard ships with.
For once, there's little we can criticise here. All the products are near the top of their respective classes and seem to mesh together well in a pre-overclocked system.
Adding up the cost of building it yourself, we reckon that the components can be individually purchased for a smidge less than the £1,289 asking price. Still, the Fusion Gemini represents decent-enough value for money.
Remember, though, that you will need to provide a screen and input devices yourself, or configure them on Chillblast's site.
Warranty
Chillblast charges £24.99 to deliver the system which ships with a two-year collect-and-return service. The warranty is not insurance-backed, so you may be in doo-doo land if Chillblast ceases trading in the timeframe that it is valid.
Should matters go awry, the company can be contacted via email or an 0845 number, and advice will either be doled out on the phone or the system collected if the problem is of a more serious nature. There is no on-site support option available, however, as it's all in-house.
The company quotes an average turnaround time of around 48 hours once the system is back at the repair centre in Bournemouth.
