The Tetrad brings something different to the PC experience.
The Cyro Tetrad is a member of the High Performance Designs family where it is simply the best when discussing value for money. The high performance power PC is aimed at power users and game addicts.
When unboxing the Tetrad monster, it is all so boring since you have to unravel your way through huge levels of packaging and then coming to a huge dull, black Lian-Li case. However, from then on it all becomes exciting because when you have finished attaching all the wires and press the power button, its quite invigorating.
If you look inside the computer, you will envisage that all the wires are elegantly put together, perhaps to help have clean airflows. The dominant computer lights up, the Cryo logo turns neon blue and the mesh underneath does so also, what a sight!
In addition to the lighting effect, when connected all it up, there is a small LCD screen standing on top of the PC which shows the systems information i.e. the date and time of start up.
Booting Vista up is really quite rapid for this leading gaming PC unit, but you must customize your package from the website before purchasing because you could be let down by the less developed graphics card, which could ruin your pricy experience.
Product Features
- Revolutionary Intel Core i7 920
with Cryo Boost @ 3.8GHz
(4 cores + Hyperthreading)
- Intel X58 chipset
QPI 4.8GT/s (Boost 6.4GT/s)
- Fast and powerful graphics with Cryo NVidia GTX 260+ Core216 – Cryo Boost OC
- High Memory Performance with 3GB 1600MHz DDR3 and latency Cryo Boost overclocked.
- Flexible 1TB (1000GB) SATA-II RAID0
- Enhanced Performance Air Cooled added efficiency.
- Lian-Li P60 case in Black
- Realistic HD Creative X-Fi Extreme Gamer sound
- 650W Power Supply Unit
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Our Opinion
Pros
- Unique small gadgets such as fan speed controller.
- Huge processing speed with 8 cores each 2.67GHz.
- New Core i7 processor technology.
- Built-in SAS RAID for high speeds.
Cons
- Less RAM than other cheaper models.
- GeForce GTX260 Graphics card could be much higher since it is the ultimate gaming pc
- £1595 bit too much for something a normal consumer will use for perhaps less than 4 hours daily.
Verdict
Overall, I feel this is a great gaming PC but it does have a large price tag which, during these difficult economic times, will put off consumers. Nevertheless, other consumers such as gamers will most probably be enticed into this deal since the specs are mouthwatering. However, Cryo could have included further components for example a Blu-ray drive would have gone nicely, since we are paying a huge sum. Thus, the Cryo Tetrad is definitely aimed at the top end of the market and to those who don’t fear spending £1000′s on one single PC.<0>
