Desktop PC -- CyberPower Gamer Xtreme 2000 Value
CyberPower Gamer Xtreme 2000 Delivers on Value
One doesn't always associate the word "value" with "gaming." But CyberPower has delivered a phenomenal, high-performance desktop catering to smaller budgets. At $1100 (as of November 15, 2009), the Gamer Xtreme 2000-i5 sits on the high end of the value spectrum. But no competing PC is able to offer as balanced a mix of high-performance computing as this one. If you want stronger gaming performance out of a value PC, you'll have to sacrifice some general performance--and pay more.
The Gamer Xtreme is one of the first value PCs in PC World's database that makes use of Intel's new 2.66GHz Core i5 750 CPU. The results are of this choice are fairly significant. We've tested a number of different systems across a wide range of processor models but similar speed. Yet, only a system running a 3.06GHz Core i7 950 CPU is able to top the Gamer Xtreme's general performance--and barely. It's not as if the rest of the Gamer Xtreme's build is that jaw-dropping: 4GB of DD3-1600 memory represents an average amount for a value PC. The system's 1TB of hard-disk space is notable, but hardly unprecedented.
As mentioned, the Gamer Xtreme beats out every other value PC for general performance save one--Micro Express' MicroFlex 95B desktop ($1500 as of 8/23/2009). The $400 price difference translates into only a 4 percent performance difference in our WorldBench 6 suite of tests.
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