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t’sa signofthetimes thatwhen

CyberpowersenttheInfinityX 105

GTinfortesting,thepricewasset

at£999.Then,fortheumpteenthtime

thisyear,wewerehitwithsupply

issues,andtheRTX 3060 graphics

cardthismachineis builtaround

jumpedmassivelyinprice.Asa result,

it’snow£1, 099 instead.

Still,ifthere’sonethingwecanbe

sureofit’sthatthe RTX 3060 isworth

theextra£100.Threemonthsago,in

ourdesktopPCsgrouptest(seeissue

323,p76),the only waymanufacturers

couldhita £ 999 pricewastochoose

GeForceGTXcards;a 1 660 Superin

thecaseofthe PCSpecialistFusionR

(seeissue323,p86).

Thatchoicemakesa colossal

differenceingames.To putitsimply,

thisPC canrundemandingtitlesat

1440p,whileGTX 1660 -powered

rivalsareonlytruly happyat1080p.

Theotherbigbenefitishardware

supportforraytracing.

TakeWolfenstein:

Youngbloodat

1440p.TheInfinity

X105managed

111fpswith

raytracing

andDLSS

activated,

comparedto

19fpsforthe

Fusion.We

sawa similar

gapat1080p,

with 1 59fps

versus31fps.

Moveawayfrom

raytracingandthe

differenceislessdramatic.

InMetro:Exodus, thescoresat

1440pwere64fps fortheCyberpower

and42fps fortheFusion.Shadowof

TombRaidertellsanalmostidentical

story,with 9 0fpsat 1440p

against61fpsfor thelessermachine.

ThegoodnewsforCyberpower,

andforbuyersofthissystem,isthatit

wasn’theldbackingamesbya tenth-

generation IntelCorei5processor

versusthe11th-genchipinsidetheHP

Omen25L(seeissue323,p88),which

alsoincludedanRTX3060.Infact, the

Cyberpowerconsistentlyhelda lead

ofa coupleofframespersecondover

theHP.Itsothermainadvantageis

thatit’sactuallyavailabletobuy,

whereastheHP Omen25Lhas

nowdisappearedfrom

retailers’stores.

WhereIntel’s

newerprocessor

showedits

powerwasin

thePCPro

benchmarks,

withthe

Infinity

scoring 233

versusthe

HP’s 270. This

strengthwas

echoedin

Geekbench5,with

single-corescores

of1,185 against1,494and

a multicoreresultof6,319

against 7 ,351.Onceagain,though,the

Corei5-10400Fholdsthedistinction

ofbeing readilyavailable.

CyberpowerbasestheInfinity

arounda mid-rangeMSIB560M-APro

microATXmotherboard,and with

roomforonly twoDIMMsocketsthe

onlywaytoupgradethe16GBof

3,200MHz DDR4 RAMistoreplace

them.Don’tthrowthemaway,as

thesearehigh-quality

componentscomplete

withheatspreaders.

TheMSIboardalso

includesa heat spreader

forthe singleM.2SSD

slot,which is occupied

bya mid-range WD Blue

NVMeSSD.This

produced2,226MB/sec

readsand 2 ,020MB/sec

writesinourtests,but

youmightwantto

supplementits 1TBof

storageviathetwo2.5in

SSDcaddiesinthecase

(afurthertworeveal

themselveswhenyou

removetheright-hand

sideofthechassis).

Thecaseisnomatch

fortheOmen’selegance

orcompactness,but

witha temperedglass

sideandfront– allowing

youto viewtheRGBfans

inalltheirglory– it

doesn’tlackimpact.

Removing bothsides

involvesnotoolsandnoscrews,

whilea remotecontrolgives you

accesstoRGB lightingandfanspeed.

Ifthiscasedoesn’tappeal, youcan

selecta different onefroma huge

rangeofoptions.Oryoumight

choosetoadda Wi-Fi6 cardtoslip

intothesolePCI-Ex1slotsitting

spare, as thatcosts a reasonable£ 35

andprovidesusefulredundancyfor

the 2 .5GbEsocketintegratedinto

themotherboard.

Yourwholepurchasewillthenbe

coveredbythePC’sfive-year

warranty,withthefirstsixmonths

collect-and-returnandtherest

return-to-base(where youcover

couriercosts);it’sworth pointingout

Cyberpower’sHighly

Commendedperformance

inthisyear’sPCPro

Excellenceawards(see

p26).Butessentially,

you’rebuyinga vehicle

fortheRTX 3060 graphics

card.To keep theprice

down,therearecompromises over the

processorandyourupgradepath,but

itsgaming performancehereandnow

won’tdisappoint.TIMDANTON

CyberpowerInfinity

X 105 GTGamingPC

You’repayingapremiumfor

theRTX 3060 graphicscard,

butitmorethanshowsits

worthingames

PRICE£916(£1,099incVAT)from

cyberpowersystem.co.uk

“Thegoodnewsfor

Cyberpoweristhatit

wasn’theldbackingames

byatenth-generation

IntelCorei 5 processor”

SCORE

SPECIFICATIONS

6-core2.9GHz(4.3GHzboost)IntelCore

i5-10400FprocessorMSIB560M-APro

motherboard16GBCorsairVengeanceLPX

3,200MHzDDR4RAM12GBNvidiaGeForce

RTX 3060 graphicsIntelstockaircooler

1TBWDBlueSN550M.2NVMeSSD

CyberpowerOnyxiaIIIBlackMid-Tower

GamingchassisInWinA65650WPSU

Windows 10 Home 21 6x4 30 x4 60 mm

(WDH)5yrwarranty(6monthsC&R,2yr

parts,5yrlabour)

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LEFTTheInfinityX105

GTisessentiallya

vehiclefortheRTX

3060 graphicscard

ABOVEThetempered

glasscaseallowsthe

RGBfansandlighting

toliterallyshine