CyberPower Infinity Xtreme Cube Review

1. Introduction2. CyberPower Infinity Xtreme Cube3. High Res Gallery4. Testing Methodology5. 3DMark116. 3DMark7. SiSoft Sandra8. Cinebench R11.5 64 bit9. Cinebench R1510. SSD & HDD Performance11. USB 3.0 Bandwidth Testing12. Tomb Raider (Ultra HD 4K)13. Grid AutoSport14. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt15. Grand Theft Auto 516. Thermal Dynamics / IR Thermometer Readings17. Acoustics Performance18. Power Consumption19. Closing Thoughts20. View All Pages

Today we look at a powerful, yet diminutive new system from UK system builder CyberPower called the Infinity Xtreme Cube. This system is built around the Gigabyte X99M-Gaming 5 motherboard – installed inside the tiny Corsair Air 240 chassis. It features a liquid cooled, pre-overclocked six core Core i7 5820k processor. Cyberpower have included a 400GB Intel 750 Series M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive card for boot duties, 16GB of 2,400mhz DDR4 memory and an Nvidia GTX970 graphics card.

It has been some time since we last looked at a CyberPower system, and we were interested to see how this build would fare, especially with all these hot running components crammed inside such a small case. CyberPower offer plenty of system tweaks, which you can see over HERE. If you have a fat enough bank balance they even let you add in a Core i7 5960X Extreme Edition and another graphics card, or two Titan X GPU's – if you want to take 4K gaming seriously.

For those unwilling to play with BIOS settings, Cyberpower offer two ‘overclock' settings via their system configurator – ‘PRO OC', which delivers an extra 10% performance, and ‘EXTREME OC', for a 20%, or greater end result.

CyberPower Infinity Xtreme Cube Specifications (BUY HERE):

Total Cost: £1992 inc vat.


The CyberPower Infinity Xtreme Cube ships double boxed. The inner box contains the Corsair Air 240 case – with the system built inside.

CyberPower take the precaution of using bubble packs to protect the hardware inside during rough shipping. It goes without saying that this should be removed before first firing the system up.

We have already reviewed this Corsair case in detail last year – so check out our full analysis over HERE. It won our highest award, so a good choice by CyberPower.

There is some CyberPower branding on the front of the case – a logo is adhered to the case, bottom right. Beside the power and reset buttons are a microphone, headphone jack, and two USB 3.0 ports. More detail on the outside of the case – over HERE.

The Gigabyte X99M-Gaming 5 motherboard is fully loaded, with no less than 10 USB ports on the I/O panel. We can see the Corsair RM850 power supply installed, bottom left. Two hard drives are installed above – easy to see through the vented panel above.

The system build inside, is very tidy with the radiator fitted as an intake at the front of the case. This means cool air will be pulled in over the radiator and into the case. Not completely ideal if the radiator gets very warm, but there are limited choices in a case this small.

An exhaust fan is situated at the top of the case, just above the Corsair H100 CPU block. No exhaust fans are installed at the rear of the case. Graphics duties are handled by a custom cooled, high grade MSI GTX970.

The other side of the case hides the power supply and cabling. The hard drives are also hidden out of sight above the power supply.

Although almost missable on first view – CyberPower have opted for the high performance Intel 750 Series M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive card, in a 400GB capacity. The Windows 8.1 OS is installed on this drive, and it is set to be bootable.On this page we present some super high resolution images of the product taken with the Canon 1DX camera and Canon F2.8 24-70mm lens. These will take much longer to open due to the dimensions, especially on slower connections. If you use these pictures on another site or publication, please credit Kitguru.net as the owner/source. You can right click and ‘save as’ to your computer to view later.








The CyberPower Infinity Xtreme Cube is formed around the Gigabyte X99-M Gaming 5 motherboard. The Core i7 processor is overclocked to 4.2ghz by CyberPower.

Above, an overview of the system in GPUz and GPUz. We can see CyberPower are using 16GB of DDR4 memory, clocked at 2,400mhz with 15-15-15-35-2T timings. There are 2,800mhz options available via their configurator also, but at extra cost. The 5820K processor is running at 4.2ghz – this is a 6 core, 12 thread processor with 15MB of Level 3 cache available. The MSI GTX970 is clocked at 1,102mhz, with a boost set at 1,241mhz. The 4GB of GDDR5 memory is clocked at 1,753mhz (7GBps effective).

We are featuring results today with an Asus PQ321QE Ultra HD 4K screen running at various resolutions.

Room ambient was held at 23c throughout testing.

Comparison Systems (for specific synthetic test compares):

Overclockers UK Infin8 Nebula System
Case: Carbide AIR 240
Power Supply: Corsair 850W RM
CPU: Intel Core i7 5820K @ 4.2ghz
Motherboard: Gigabyte X99M Gaming 5
RAM: 16GB Kingston HyperX Fury 2,400mhz
SSD: Intel 750 400GB PCIe Card
Graphics Card: MSI GTX970 4GB
Cooling: Corsair H100i Hydro

PCSpecialist Predator X99 System
Case: Carbide AIR 540
Power Supply: Corsair 1000W RM
CPU: Intel Core i7 5820K @ 4.4ghz
Motherboard: Asus X99-S
RAM: 16GB Kingston HyperX Predator 2,400mhz
SSD: 240GB Kingston HyperX 3K
Graphics Card: AMD R9 295X2
Cooling: Corsair H100i Hydro

CyberPower Achilles Pro
Case: InWin 904 Chassis
Power Supply: Corsair 750W Modular
CPU: Intel Core i5 4690
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87 Gaming 3
RAM: 8GB DDR3 Kingston
SSD: 256GB Plextor PCI-E SSD
Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX780 2GB GPU
Cooling: Cooler Master Seidon

AWD Ignis Aqua 290X 250D Mini ITX PC
Case: Corsair 250D Mini ITX
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W Gold Certified Power Supply
CPU: Intel Core I5 4670K Overclocked @ 4.0Ghz (Liquid Cooled with XSPC Raystorm)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87N-Wifi Motherboard
RAM: 8GB DDR3 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit
Hard Drive: Seagate 1TB 7200RPM Hard Drive
SSD – Samsung 840 EVO 120GB Solid State Drive
Graphics Card: Radeon R9 290X (Liquid Cooled with R9 290x Block)
Sound: Realtek 7.1 High Definition Channel Sound (On-Board)
Optical Drive: N/A
Cooling: Custom XSPC Watercooling

Hazer Mini Gaming PC
Case: Bitfenix Colossus M Micro ATX Case – Black
Power Supply: Corsair VS450 450W Power Supply
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2PV Motherboard
Processor: Intel Core i3 4130 3.4GHz Dual Core Processor
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 750 Ti 2GB Graphics Card
Audio: Onboard 7.1 Surround Sound Audio
Optical Drive: 24x DVD Re-Writer
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB SATA3 6Gbs Solid State Drive
HDD: 1TB SATA3 6Gbs Hard Drive
Memory: Kingston HyperX 8GB 1600MHz Memory

Mesh Elite Mini Gamer Plus:
Power Supply: 750W Cooler Master GX RS-750, 85% Eff’, 80 PLUS Bronze, SLI/CrossFire.
Motherboard: MSI Z87I WIFI – Mini-ITX Motherboard Socket 1150.
Processor:  i7-4770K Quad Core Processor (3.5GHz, 8MB Cache) @ 4.2ghz.
Memory: 16GB DDR3 1866MHz Memory (2x8GB) Kit.
Graphics: 4GB AMD Radeon™ R9 290 – 4GD5 Gaming Series Graphics.
SSD: 240GB SSD – Solid State Drive.
HDD: 2TB SATA III 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 64MB Cache, 8ms Hard Drive.

PCSpecialist Vanquish 230X:
Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K @ 4.2GHz
Memory: 16GB Kingston HyperX BEAST @ 2400MHz
Motherboard: ASUS Z87-A Motherboard
SSD: 120GB Kingston HyperX 3K SSD
HDD: 1TB SATA III 6Gb/s HDD
Graphics: 3GB AMD Radeon 280X Graphics
Cooler: CoolerMaster Seidon 120M Liquid Cooler
Power Supply: Corsair TX650M Modular PSU

Intel E5 2687W x 2
Motherboard: Asus Z9 PE-D8 WS
Coolers: Corsair H80 x2
Memory: 64GB Kingston Predator 1,600mhz 9-9-9-24 1T
Graphics Card: Sapphire HD7970 6GB Toxic Edition (1,200mhz core 1,600mhz memory).
Power Supply: Seasonic 1000W Platinum Modular
Optical Drive: Asus BluRay Drive
Chassis: Lian Li X2000FN
Monitors: Dell U3011, 3x Ilyama ProLite E2472HDD
Boot Drive: Corsair 240GB Neutron GTX SSD
Secondary Drive: Corsair 240GB Neutron SSD

Intel E5 2660
Motherboard: Gigabyte X79S-UP5-WIFI
Cooler: Corsair H100
Memory: 16GB G.Skill ARES 2,133mhz @ 9-11-10-28
Graphics Card: Sapphire HD7970 6GB Toxic Edition (1,200mhz core 1,600mhz memory).
Power Supply: Corsair AX1200
Optical Drive: Asus BluRay Drive
Chassis: Lian Li X2000a
Boot Drive: Intel 510 120GB
Secondary Drive: Patriot 240GB WildFire

Intel i7 3960X EE
Motherboard: Asus P9X79 WS WorkStation
Cooler: Corsair H100
Memory: 8GB Corsair Dominator GT8 2400mhz memory
Graphics Card: Sapphire HD7970 6GB Toxic Edition (1,200mhz core 1,600mhz memory).
Power Supply: ADATA 1200W
Optical Drive: Asus BluRay Drive
Chassis: Cooler Master Cosmos 2
Boot Drive: Crucial C300 128GB SSD
Secondary Drive: Patriot 240GB Pyro SE

Intel i7 3820
Motherboard: ASRock Extreme4-M
Cooler: Intel reference cooler
Memory: 8GB Corsair GTX8 @ 2133mhz
Power Supply: ADATA 1200W
Chassis: Lian Li PC60
Boot Drive: Crucial C300
Secondary Drive: Patriot Pyro SE 240GB

Intel i5 3570K @ 4.2 – OCUK Prodigy Arctic Gaming System
Motherboard: ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77
Cooler: Coolit Liquid
Memory: Corsair Vengeance White 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Power Supply: OCZ ZS 750W PSU
Chassis: Bitfenix Prodigy Mini ITX Case – White
Boot Drive: OCZ Vertex 4 128GB
Secondary Drive: 1TB HDD

AMD FX 8150 Black Edition
Processor: AMD FX 8150 Black Edition
Motherboard: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7
Cooler: Noctua NH D14
Memory: G-SKill Ripjaws 1600mhz 8GB (2x 4GB)
Power Supply: ADATA 1200W
Chassis: SilverStone Raven 3
Boot Drive: Intel 40GB SSD
Secondary Drive: Patriot 120GB WildFire

Intel Core i7 990X
Processor: Intel Core i7 990x
Cooler: Corsair H100
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1 Assassin
Memory: Kingston HyperX 6GB
Drives: Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB
Power Supply: Corsair AX1200
Chassis: Antec Twelve Hundred

Core i7 970 @ 4.6ghz
Graphics: Sapphire HD7970 6GB Toxic Edition (1,200mhz core 1,600mhz memory).
Cooling: Coolit Vantage
Motherboard: MSI X58A-GD65
Chassis: Thermaltake Level 10 GT
Power Supply: Corsair AX1200
Memory: 6GB ADATA @ 2133mhz 9-10-9-32
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V+ 512GB Gen 2 SSD (Storage) / Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB (OS boot)

Intel Core i7 2700k
Processor: Intel Core i7 2700k
Cooling: ThermalTake Frio OCK
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Z68 Motherboard
Chassis: Silverstone Raven 3.
Power Supply: Corsair 850W.
Memory: Corsair 1600mhz memory
Storage: Intel 80GB SSD (boot) / Patriot Wildfire 120GB SSD.

Intel Core i7 2600k
Processor: Intel Core i7 2600k
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen 3
Cooler: Intel XTS-100H
Memory: ADATA 1600mhz DDR3 8GB (2x4GB)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower 850W
Boot Drive: Intel 510 SSD 250GB

Intel Core i5 2500k
Processor: Intel Core i7 2500k
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Z68 Motherboard
Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer Xtreme Rev.2 CPU Cooler
Memory: Corsair 1600mhz memory 8GB (2x4GB)
Power Supply: Corsair 850W.
Boot Drive: Patriot Pyro 120GB SSD.

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
Motherboard: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7
Cooler: Noctua NH D14
Memory: G-SKill Ripjaws 1600mhz 8GB (2x 4GB)
Power Supply: ADATA 1200W
Chassis: SilverStone Raven 3
Boot Drive: Intel 40GB SSD
Secondary Drive: Patriot 120GB WildFire.

Software:
3DMark 11
3DMark
Cinebench R11.5 64 bit
Cinebench R15
FRAPS Professional
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
Unigine Valley Benchmark
CrystalDiskMark
Cyberlink PowerDVD Ultra 11
Cyberlink MediaEspresso
Atto Disk Benchmark
CrystalDiskMark
SiSoft Sandra

Games:
Tomb Raider
Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Grid AutoSport
Grand Theft Auto 5

All the latest BIOS updates and drivers are used during testing. We perform generally under real world conditions, meaning KitGuru tests games across five closely matched runs and then average out the results to get an accurate median figure. If we use scripted benchmarks, they are mentioned on the relevant page.

Some game descriptions edited with courtesy from Wikipedia.3DMark 11 is designed for testing DirectX 11 hardware running on Windows 7 and Windows Vista the benchmark includes six all new benchmark tests that make extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11 including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading.

After running the tests 3DMark gives your system a score with larger numbers indicating better performance. Trusted by gamers worldwide to give accurate and unbiased results, 3DMark 11 is the best way to test DirectX 11 under game-like loads.


As this system features a GTX970, the performance indicators are strong. A final score of 14483 points highlights a capable gaming system.
3DMark is an essential tool used by millions of gamers, hundreds of hardware review sites and many of the world’s leading manufacturers to measure PC gaming performance.

Futuremark say “Use it to test your PC’s limits and measure the impact of overclocking and tweaking your system. Search our massive results database and see how your PC compares or just admire the graphics and wonder why all PC games don’t look this good.

To get more out of your PC, put 3DMark in your PC.”


The Fire Strike score of 10202 points is healthy, indicating good performance at Full HD resolutions with the latest Direct X 11 titles.SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software.Sandra is a (girl’s) name of Greek origin that means “defender”, “helper of mankind”. We think that’s quite fitting.

It works along the lines of other Windows utilities, however it tries to go beyond them and show you more of what’s really going on. Giving the user the ability to draw comparisons at both a high and low-level. You can get information about the CPU, chipset, video adapter, ports, printers, sound card, memory, network, Windows internals, AGP, PCI, PCI-X, PCIe (PCI Express), database, USB, USB2, 1394/Firewire, etc.

Native ports for all major operating systems are available:

• Windows XP, 2003/R2, Vista, 7, 2008/R2 (x86)
• Windows XP, 2003/R2, Vista, 7, 2008/R2 (x64)
• Windows 2003/R2, 2008/R2* (IA64)
• Windows Mobile 5.x (ARM CE 5.01)
• Windows Mobile 6.x (ARM CE 5.02)

All major technologies are supported and taken advantage of:

• SMP – Multi-Processor
• MC – Multi-Core
• SMT/HT – Hyper-Threading
• MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE 4.1, SSE 4.2, AVX, FMA – Multi-Media instructions
• GPGPU, DirectX, OpenGL – Graphics
• NUMA – Non-Uniform Memory Access
• AMD64/EM64T/x64 – 64-bit extensions to x86
• IA64 – Intel* Itanium 64-bit

The Core i7 5820k is a powerful processor, especially when overclocked. Quad Channel DDR4 memory performance is also excellent, scoring close to the top of the chart.

CINEBENCH R11.5 64 Bit is a real-world cross platform test suite that evaluates your computer’s performance capabilities. CINEBENCH is based on MAXON’s award-winning animation software CINEMA 4D, which is used extensively by studios and production houses worldwide for 3D content creation.

MAXON software has been used in blockbuster movies such as Spider-Man, Star Wars, The Chronicles of Narnia and many more. CINEBENCH is the perfect tool to compare CPU and graphics performance across various systems and platforms (Windows and Mac OS X). And best of all: It’s completely free.


This graph shows one of the main reasons in opting for a 5820k processor, over a 4770k or 4790k. When overclocked the system scores 13.41 points meaning it is more than capable of handling heavy duty 3D rendering.
CINEBENCH 15 is a cross-platform testing suite that measures hardware performance and is the de facto standard benchmarking tool for leading companies and trade journals for conducting real-world hardware performance tests. With the new Release 15, systems with up to 256 threads can be tested. CINEBENCH is available for both Windows and OS X and is used by almost all hardware manufacturers and trade journals for comparing CPUs and graphics cards.


The overclocked 5820k scores 1,233 points – indicating great performance for 3D rendering duties.Crystalmark is a useful benchmark to measure theoretical performance levels of hard drives and SSD’s. We are using V3.0.3. We test the Intel 750 drive and the mechanical Raid 0 configuration.

The SSD performs well, although it falls short of what we would expect from the Intel 750 drive. My colleague Luke tested the 1.2TB version of this drive over HERE. The Raid 0 hard drives perform very well, although I have to admit, I would probably break this configuration up and opt for slower speeds, but with added failure protection. It is worth pointing out that in a RAID 0 configuration, if a single drive fails, you lose everything.

Again, performance from the Intel 750 didn't reach close to expected results over 2000MB/s. We decided to look inside the Gigabyte BIOS configuration.

We set the BIOS to run in the UEFI mode and changed the PCIe slot Configuration from AUTO to GEN3 – forcing the system to use the maximum available bandwidth. The results increased to around 2,100MBps/900 MBps which seems more in line with what we would expect. If you own this board we would recommend you change this setting from AUTO (which seems to setting a GEN1 for the Intel 750) as shown above.
To test USB 3.0 performance we need a drive that is capable of completely saturating the bus. Until recently we used the Corsair Voyager GTX drive, one of the fastest pen drives on the market. We have recently switched to using a 500GB Brinell Drive, available on Amazon for around £250 inc vat. Inside is a 500GB SAMSUNG EVO 840 SSD, a product all our readers are familiar with.

We have not reviewed this product, but it is one of the fastest external SSD products you can buy, and is self powered from the USB 3.0 port.

USB 3.0 performance is stellar – we recorded 435MB/s in the sequential read test, which is as good as we have seen to date.

ATTO performance falls in line with CrystalDiskMark – showing peaks of up to 458MB/s read and 377MB/s write.
Tomb Raider received much acclaim from critics, who praised the graphics, the gameplay and Camilla Luddington’s performance as Lara with many critics agreeing that the game is a solid and much needed reboot of the franchise. Much criticism went to the addition of the multiplayer which many felt was unnecessary. Tomb Raider went on to sell one million copies in forty-eight hours of its release, and has sold 3.4 million copies worldwide so far. (Wikipedia).

We test at 1080p, 1600p and 4K resolutions with the image quality settings maximised.

The GTX970 scores well at 1080p, and even 1600p, falling short at 4K resolutions. Ideally you would want one or two GTX980/Ti's for a smooth Ultra HD 4K gaming experience.Grid Autosport (styled as GRID Autosport) is a racing video game by Codemasters and is the sequel to 2008′s Race Driver: Grid and 2013′s Grid 2. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on June 24, 2014. (Wikipedia).

We crank the image quality settings to the limit at 1080p, 1600p and 4K resolutions.

No problems getting a super smooth gaming experience at 1080p and 1600p. This engine isn't that demanding, so 4K is also perfectly playable, if a little below the 60 frames per second sweet spot.The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Polish: Wiedźmin 3: Dziki Gon) is an action role-playing video game set in an open world environment, developed by Polish video game developer CD Projekt RED. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt concludes the story of the witcher Geralt of Rivia, the series' protagonist, whose story to date has been covered in the previous versions. Continuing from The Witcher 2, the ones who sought to use Geralt are now gone. Geralt seeks to move on with his own life, embarking on a new and personal mission whilst the world order itself is coming to a change. Geralt's new mission comes in dark times as the mysterious and otherworldly army known as the Wild Hunt invades the Northern Kingdoms, leaving only blood soaked earth and fiery ruin in its wake; and it seems the Witcher is the key to stopping their cataclysmic rampage. (Wikipedia).


We use high image quality settings at 1080p, 1600p and 4k, as shown in detail in the screenshots above.

This is a demanding engine, especially at higher settings and resolutions. The GTX970 copes with the 1080p test easily enough, but the real test comes at 1600p. Frame rates hold above 30, but might be a little low for some gamers. 4K is simply out of the question as the GTX970 cannot cope with the demand.
Grand Theft Auto V is an action-adventure game played from either a first-person or third-person view. Players complete missions—linear scenarios with set objectives—to progress through the story. Outside of missions, players can freely roam the open world. Composed of the San Andreas open countryside area and the fictional city of Los Santos, the world of Grand Theft Auto V is much larger in area than earlier entries in the series. The world may be fully explored from the beginning of the game without restrictions, although story progress unlocks more gameplay content. (Wikipedia).

We test the game at 1080p, 1600p and 4K with the settings shown above.

Performance is super smooth at 1080p and 1600p. The engine proves too demanding however at 4K for the GTX970. Again, a GTX980 or GTX980Ti would be a worthwhile investment if you want to game at 4K resolutions.
The tests were performed in a controlled air conditioned room with temperatures maintained at a constant 23c – a comfortable environment for the majority of people reading this. Idle temperatures were measured after sitting at the desktop for 30 minutes. Load measurements were acquired by playing Tomb Raider 2014 for 60 minutes and measuring the peak temperature.

The system runs very cool, with both 5820k processor and GTX970 holding sub 70c temperatures under load.
We measure from a distance of around 1 meter from the closed chassis and 4 foot from the ground to mirror a real world situation. Ambient noise in the room measures close to the limits of our sound meter at 28dBa.

Why do this? Well this means we can eliminate secondary noise pollution in the test room and concentrate on only the video card. It also brings us slightly closer to industry standards, such as DIN 45635.

KitGuru noise guide

10dBA – Normal Breathing/Rustling Leaves
20-25dBA – Whisper
30dBA – High Quality Computer fan
40dBA – A Bubbling Brook, or a Refrigerator
50dBA – Normal Conversation
60dBA – Laughter
70dBA – Vacuum Cleaner or Hairdryer
80dBA – City Traffic or a Garbage Disposal
90dBA – Motorcycle or Lawnmower
100dBA – MP3 player at maximum output
110dBA – Orchestra
120dBA – Front row rock concert/Jet Engine
130dBA – Threshold of Pain
140dBA – Military Jet takeoff/Gunshot (close range)
160dBA – Instant Perforation of eardrum

The CyberPower Infinity Xtreme Cube isn't the quietest system we have tested – fan noise is audible at all times, and it rises under extended load.We test power consumption at the socket with a calibrated meter under the following conditions.

1: when idle
2: running Tomb Raider at Ultra HD 4K with ‘ultimate' image quality settings.

The monitor is not factored into the power draw, just the demand via the system power supply.

The system consumes 122 watts when idle, this seems higher than normal, but it is related to the core voltage increases and overclocked state of the processor. When gaming, this rises to 290 watts.
The CyberPower Infinity Xtreme Cube is a powerful system which can handle the latest game engines at resolutions up to 1600p. Thanks to the adoption of an Intel Core i7 5820k processor running at 4.2ghz this rig can easily handle more CPU intensive tasks, such as 3D rendering and video editing.

CyberPower have not used a large super tower case to house the hardware – instead opting for the rather diminutive Corsair Air 240 case. We reviewed this case last year and rated it highly – it can house high end components and offer enough air flow to keep them cool.

That said, this system can get rather noisy under load, but by changing the fans for higher grade models from Corsair, Noctua or be quiet! emissions could be reduced further. Due to the limited physical space inside the case attention to ensure adequate air flow is critical.

Cyberpower decided to take a different route with this system build, including the 400GB version of the Intel 750 (which we reviewed in April this year over HERE). Unfortunately due to a BIOS setting within the Gigabyte X99M Gaming 5 motherboard, performance was not able to hit the limits of the hardware but we have detailed (with pictures) how to fix this. earlier in the review. We passed over this feedback to Cyberpower – but if you already own this system with the Gigabyte board then we recommend you ensure this setting is changed.

You can buy this system direct from CyberPower over HERE. Total cost, as reviewed is £1992.20 inc vat.

If you wish to game at Ultra HD 4K resolutions, then we suggest you budget a little extra for the graphics card. CyberPower offer GTX980, Titan X and R9 295X2 upgrades to further enhance the gaming experience.

Some deals for our readers! £78 off the system (combination CPU / MB and SSD) is £78 cashback from Intel HERE. Also a Free copy of Batman Arkham Knight from Nvidia: HERE

Discuss on our Facebook page, over HERE.

Pros:

• ideal for space restricted locations.
• powerful enough for 1080p, 1440p and 1600p gaming.
• overclocked 5820k can handle 3D rendering and video editing.
• Intel 750 drive is lighting quick.

Cons:

• BIOS setting needed changed to get max performance from Intel 750 PCIe drive.
• The mechanical hard drives are likely to be used as mass storage, so Raid 0 seems risky.
• GPU upgrade needed for 4K gaming.

KitGuru says: If you want a small, powerful system for both gaming and work related duties then the CyberPower Infinity Xtreme Cube deserves some serious attention.

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