CyberPower Infinity Xtreme XT

Review: CyberPower Infinity Xtreme XT

by Parm Mann on 12 March 2012, 11:38 4.0

Final thoughts and rating

CyberPower's Infinity Xtreme XT is a well-built PC aimed directly at gaming enthusiasts. Combining an Intel Core i7-3820 processor overclocked to 4.56GHz with a state-of-the-art Radeon HD 7950 graphics card, it delivers high-quality gaming and top-notch overall performance.

By adding an SSD as standard, along with Blu-ray optics and an all-in-one liquid cooler, CyberPower has put together a tidy machine that's armed with some of the latest technology and most sought-after components.

It looks impressive and it's extremely fast in use, but there are two provisos worth bearing in mind. The underlying X79 chipset offers copious amounts of memory bandwidth and enough PCI-express lanes to run four-way graphics, but if you're unlikely to make use of such features, a regular Sandy Bridge chip on a Z68 platform can provide similar levels of performance at a lower cost.

And then there's the next-generation to consider. Sandy Bridge (in extreme or regular flavours) is a mighty-fine architecture but will soon be superseded by Ivy Bridge, and anyone considering spending this amount of money on a base unit may want to hold fire to see what Intel's third-generation Core processors have in store.

Bottom line: The CyberPower Xtreme Infinity XT combines the best-available Intel platform with one of AMD's fastest GPUs. If you must have a high-performance gaming PC and you must have it soon, this one should be on your short list.

The Good

Overclocked Core i7-3820 processor
Standard HD 7950 GPU ideal for 1080p gaming
High-performance cooling throughout
Vast array of configuration options
No bloatware

The Bad

Limited standard warranty offers only one-month collect and return
Regular Sandy Bridge can be just as quick and costs less
Default fan configuration is noisy

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“Providing power to all of these components is CyberPower's own 950W PSU and the total system price appears to be bang on - ordering identical or similar components from one of the UK's leading online retailers suggested an eerily similar self-build cost of £1,299.97.”

It would be interesting to see what kind of sales volume they have to make a profit on this. Perhaps it's by jacking up prices on upgrades?

“If there's a downside, it's that CyberPower's standard three-year warranty includes three-years labour, one-year parts and only one-month collect and return. What this means is that should your system fail after the first month, you'll need to cover the cost of returning it to the company's headquarters in Gateshead.”

This is a major turn off. Why would someone choose this over a self-build unless they back their factory overclock with a proper warranty?

Well they're buying parts in bulk. If you were to buy dozens of each component it'd bring the price down a decent amount. That's where their profit margin lies, I'd imagine.

The way things are these days, I'm not sure I'd trust any company to still be around in 3 years, so the warranty could be worthless.

You mean it will be more affordable if we buy by bulk?

I phrased my first question badly. I was wondering what sort of bulk discount a boutique custom PC maker can actually get, given the size of their market. Good point about warranties though.

Well you can spend ~£45 on additional noise suppression :p