Boasting an Intel Core i5, GTX 1660 Super, 16GB of DRAM and plenty of storage, the Infinity X66 GTX Super appears to offer excellent value for money, let’s throw some tests at it and see what’s what.
Product on Review: Cyberpower PC Infinity X66 GTX Super
Manufacturer: Cyberpower PC
Street Price: £799.00
Gaming, whether on a console, handheld device or on the PC, has become increasingly expensive over the years, largely due to the exponential growth of processing power and the R&D required, however, Cyberpower PC have provided us with a system for review that somewhat bucks the trend, coming in at under £800 for a very capable gaming system.
Sporting an Intel Core i5 9400F, based on Intel’s 9th Generation Core technology, with clock speeds up to 4.1GHz across 6 cores, paired to 16GB of CORSAIR RAM and a 240GB Western Digital SSD, the system certainly isn’t wanting for processing power to run the latest games with reasonable loading times. An NVIDIA MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Super is equipped to power through 1080p gaming with ease, thanks to the 6GB of GDDR6 memory and 1408 CUDA cores.
Harnessing all of that power is the Thermaltake Versa J24 chassis with tempered glass side panel, RGB fans and lighting, ventilation coming out the wazoo and plenty of room for future upgrades. We also get an INWIN 450W A-Series A45 power supply with 85% efficiency for improved thermals and lower costs at the socket.
With plenty of the obligatory RGB lighting, ample cooling fans, well-regarded components and a nifty price tag, the Infinity X66 Super is certainly shaping up to be a decent little machine, but is it all it appears to be? Let’s find out.
About Cyberpower PC
Originally founded in the United States, Cyberpower Inc is one of the leading brands in the competitive US computer market. With vast global backing from leading technology brands such as Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Asus and Microsoft etc, we aim to deliver the most up to date hardware for your needs at wholesale prices, and bring the well renowned name of Cyberpower Inc to the UK. With vision, commitment and determination we can manufacture a vast range of custom built PC systems to suit the needs of any individual or company. Our PC systems are built with up-most care and attention as we strive towards making this not just our profession, but our obsession.
Technical Specifications
Processor:[b/] INTEL CORE I5 9400F
Motherboard:[b/] ASUS PRIME H310M-R R2.0
Memory:[b/] 2 x DDR4 8GB 3000MHZ CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX
Storage:[b/] SEAGATE BARRACUDA 1TB
WESTERN DIGITAL GREEN SSD 240GB
Graphics Card:[b/] NVIDIA MSI GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB 256BIT VENTUS XS OC 6G
Case:[b/] CTHERMALTAKE VERSA J24 TG CASE BLACK
RGB 2 X LED STRIPS W/ RADIO FREQUENCY REMOTE CONTROL
3 x CYBERPOWER 120MM ARGB FAN W/ Remote
CPU Cooler:[b/] INTEL LGA1155/1151 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Power Supply:[b/] INWIN 450W A SERIES A45
Operating System:[b/] MICROSOFT WINDOWS 10 HOME
Motherboard:[b/] ASUS PRIME H310M-R R2.0
Memory:[b/] 2 x DDR4 8GB 3000MHZ CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX
Storage:[b/] SEAGATE BARRACUDA 1TB
WESTERN DIGITAL GREEN SSD 240GB
Graphics Card:[b/] NVIDIA MSI GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB 256BIT VENTUS XS OC 6G
Case:[b/] CTHERMALTAKE VERSA J24 TG CASE BLACK
RGB 2 X LED STRIPS W/ RADIO FREQUENCY REMOTE CONTROL
3 x CYBERPOWER 120MM ARGB FAN W/ Remote
CPU Cooler:[b/] INTEL LGA1155/1151 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Power Supply:[b/] INWIN 450W A SERIES A45
Operating System:[b/] MICROSOFT WINDOWS 10 HOME
Packaging & Bundle
As we see from almost all system integrators, there’s no better way of shipping a system than its original box. Not only does it help the environment, it’s designed to fit the chassis perfectly with the polystyrene inserts and carry handles. (Regarding the DPD tape, the system was involved in a whoopsie in the depot but everything is absolutely fine inside the box, working to prove the packaging does its job.)
Included inside a matte-textured resealable bag are all of the accessories. These are tucked away inside the chassis behind a mountain of bubble pockets.
You receive all of the pieces you’d get from the individual components, including a small tube of Cooler Master thermal paste, an RGB controller, screws and cable ties and a UK kettle lead.
Ensuring the PC arrives without any detached components, Cyberpower PC have rammed the inside full of packaging. Make sure you remove all of this before going anywhere near the power cord!
Closer Look
Starting with the front of the chassis, Cyberpower PC have branded the case with their own logo, but for whatever reason, it’s not in the centre. That might annoy you, you might not even notice, but it’s our job to point it out.We were able to remove the badge, clean off the sticky residue and re-apply it but, as you’ll know, nothing ever sticks as well the second time around. The case features vertical lines on the front intake which make lining up the badge an incredibly easy task, so to mess this up in the factory is baffling. Perhaps including a free badge and allowing you to place it wherever you fancy would be a better idea.
The entire front is a large perforated mesh used as the main intake for the entire chassis, backed up by 3x 120mm fans behind.
Round the side is a full-length tempered glass panel which allows you to peer inside.
On top, covering most of the upper surface is a removeable dust filter. It’ll allow components a little bit more fresh air to help with cooling but keep the dust out. Towards the front are a pair of USB 3.0 ports, HD audio ports, HDD and power indicators and a power/reset button.
Looking round the back, the motherboard features a PS/2 keyboard and mouse port (if you still live in the 90s), a DVI, VGA and HDMI out, four USB ports, an Intel Gigabit RJ45 port and the three 3.5mm audio ports.
The GPU houses a trio of DisplayPort and a single HDMI.
Closer Look (Internals)
Sliding off the case side, the internals almost look a little lost, plenty of empty space, but this should help thermals and noise somewhat, with less turbulence and more empty air to play with. Plenty of room for any potential upgrades too.
Zooming in on the components, Cyberpower PC have decided to use the ASUS Prime H310M-A R2.0 as the backbone of the system, featuring the Intel H310 chipset and support for 9th generation Intel Core processors.
Plugged into that motherboard is an Intel Core i5 9400F, based upon Intel’s 14nm architecture with 6 cores clocked at up to 4.2GHz. Feeding the CPU with information is a dual-channel 16GB CORSAIR Vengeance LPX kit at 3000MHz, finished in a stealthy black colour.
Packed with 1408 CUDA cores and 6GB of GDDR6 memory, the NVIDIA GeForce MSI GTX 1660 Super is there to provide plenty of frames in the latest games, with a focus on the 1080p resolution. The GPU is equipped with an MSI Ventus cooler with dual fans for improved thermals.
Mounted under the shroud at the bottom of the chassis is an INWIN A45 450W power supply, boasting a bronze standard 80 PLUS efficiency rating to help reduce energy costs and keep thermals at bay.
Invisible from the front, but definitely present, is a 1TB Seagate Barracude HDD, giving you all the room you need for big game downloads, and a 240GB Western Digital Blue SSD for the operating system and your favourite games that you’d like to load up quickly.
Three CyberpowerPC RGB 120mm fans are bolted to the front of the case, drawing in cooling air for all of the components and providing ample illumination that’s visible through the tempered glass side panel. The RGB lights are controlled using a small remote that can be done from a distance without any fiddly buttons.
Benchmarks: Temperatures & Boot Time
For our first benchmark test we observe the max. CPU/GPU temperatures of the system while allowing Unigine Heaven 4.0 to run on a 30-minute loop. To report back on the temperatures we use RealTemp and GPU-Z which provide the peak figures.
In this test we observe how fast the boot into Windows 10 is by using a digital stopwatch.
Benchmarks: Cinebench R20 & 7-zip
Cinebench is a real-world cross-platform test suite that evaluates your computer’s hardware capabilities. Improvements to Cinebench Release 20 reflect the overall advancements to CPU and rendering technology in recent years, providing a more accurate measurement of Cinema 4D’s ability to take advantage of multiple CPU cores and modern processor features available to the average user.
7-zip is an open-source piece of software which unpackages zipped files. It also features a benchmark which measures your systems ability to unpack files.
Benchmarks: PCMark 10, Unigine Heaven & 3D Mark
PCMark 10 combines performance benchmarking with battery life measurement and includes tests based on popular Adobe and Microsoft applications. Whether you are looking for long battery life, or maximum power, PCMark 10 will help you find the devices that offer the perfect combination of efficiency and performance for your needs. It’s the complete PC performance benchmark for home and business.
Time Spy is a DirectX 12 benchmark test for gaming PCs running Windows 10. With its pure DirectX 12 engine, built from the ground up to support new API features like asynchronous compute, explicit multi-adapter, and multi-threading, Time Spy is the ideal benchmark for testing the DirectX 12 performance of the latest graphics cards.
Extreme performance and stability test for PC hardware: video card, power supply, cooling system. Check your rig in stock and overclocking modes with real-life load! Also includes interactive experience in a beautiful, detailed environment.
Benchmarks: Gaming (1080p)
The CyberPowerPC Infinity X66 GTX Super uses the NVIDIA GTX 1660 Super for graphics delivery, in this section we test the latest gaming titles to see how effective the 3D capabilities are. We report on the average framerate using FRAPS.
Conclusion
PC Gaming has become increasingly expensive over the years, making consoles look more appealing as time has gone on, but recently, thanks to a lot of competition between AMD and Intel in the CPU market, and AMD and NVIDIA in the GPU segment, as well as price reductions on DRAM, flash memory and other associated components, prices have been tumbling in the budget-end of the market. That’s good news for you, if you’re interested in this system.Provided by Intel, the i5 9400F produces some decent performance in multi-threaded tasks, as well being more than capable of high-framerate gaming with its 4.2GHz clockspeed across 6 physical cores. That’s further backed up by a CORSAIR 16GB DRAM kit, running at a speedy 3000MHz.
The MSI Ventus OC 1660 Super that Cyberpower have chosen is excellent for 1080p gaming, being able to crank up the detail settings while maintaining an easy 60FPS in recent titles; way more graphical fidelity than you’ll find on any current console, and probably more than the next-gen that’s just around the corner.
A 240GB SSD, with 1TB of spinning storage to augment that for larger files, is a great inclusion. This allows a snappy, responsive operating system with short loading times, but also loads of space for larger games such as Battlefield V or the Call of Duty.
While the system, on the whole, is well thought out, there are some downsides. Chief amongst which are the audibles; the machine is noisy while idle and horrible when under load; if you’re moving from a console then you might not notice the noise too much, but a cheap aftermarket CPU cooler, a different brand of GPU (we’re not a fan of the Ventus heatsinks), and some tweaking to the front fan profiles would make the world of difference. We’d also like to see the Cooler Master 120mm fan, at the rear, swapped out for another RGB fan like the front, just to complete the look.
We set about tallying up the component costs, if you were to try and build the same, or very similar. Including the Windows 10 Home licence, you’d be unable to purchase this for the price, not to mention the 3-year warranty and time taken to piece the components together.
The Infinity X66 GTX Super represents great value for money, looks excellent and pulverises any title at 1080p.
Pros
+ Great performance
+ RGB lighting illuminates more than just the case
+ Excellent value for money
+ SSD provides a snappy, responsive experience
+ 3-year warranty
Cons
– Front badge isn’t centred
– Noisy when idle
– Poor temperatures
– Rear fan isn’t RGB
– Case looks empty
+ Great performance
+ RGB lighting illuminates more than just the case
+ Excellent value for money
+ SSD provides a snappy, responsive experience
+ 3-year warranty
Cons
– Front badge isn’t centred
– Noisy when idle
– Poor temperatures
– Rear fan isn’t RGB
– Case looks empty
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