ARIA Gladiator Warbird 660 i5-3570K GTX660 SLI OC Review

The ARIA Gladiator Warbird 660 is built around the excellent NZXT Phantom 410 case. We reviewed the Limited Edition GunMetal version of this chassis back in March last year and it picked up our ‘Worth Buying' Award.

The NZXT Phantom 410 is an attractive looking case although I must admit I personally really dislike the overly glossy piano black surface. It attracts fingerprints and dust within a couple of hours and needs constant cleaning.

There are plenty of ports on the GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-D3H and we can see the dual graphics cards in this shot. The power supply is bottom mounted and there is a large exhaust fan next to the I/O panel. For those interested we reviewed the Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H back in June last year, over here.

With the side panel removed we can get a better look at the system build.

ARIA are using two MSI Twin Frozr III GTX660's in this system in an Sli configuration. We didn't notice any missing, or misplaced screws either.

The Corsair H60 is immediately noticeable, with the radiator and fan mounted to the rear of the case in an exhaust position. There is 8GB of Corsair gaming memory installed.

ARIA are using the Corsair HX650 power supply in this system, a unit which is modestly priced but well constructed.

At the top of the case is the optical drive. Below are the 1TB hard drive and the 120GB Samsung 840 Series Solid State Drive.

Cable routing in this system is very good, it looks clean and all the cables are neatly tied together.

Some close up shots of the routing from the rear side.

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