Cyberpower Ultra Fusion Review

👤by David Mitchelson Comments 📅08-01-14
Interior

Lifting the side panels away from COSMOS SE we can reveal how neat and tidy Cyberpower have built the system inside and we can confidently approve of their efforts here. Both the front and back side of the case feature good cable management practise, with everything tucked away neatly.

Incidentally, Cyberpower supply the original motherboard box along with the system. Inside the box are the instructions manuals and all additional cables for the modular power supply – should you choose to attach additional devices.


An attractive looking system



Behind the motherboard tray


Cyberpower has picked a number of reputable brands to form the basis for Ultra Fusion. At the heart of this system is AMD FX-9590 which is an 8-core processor operating at 4.7GHz and consisting of 8MB L3 Cache. Cooling this processor is the Cooler Master Seidon 120M which is a closed loop, liquid cooler. Cyberpower has attached two Akasa LED fans onto the radiator of this cooler which emit a blue glow when powered up.

In terms of memory, Cyberpower has given our system Kingston HyperX Genesis 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 which is generally regarded as customary nowadays for mid-range configurations.

All of these components are accommodated by GIGABYTE’s GA-990FXA-UD3 which is a feature-packed offering, giving plenty of features which come in extremely useful and of course, GIGABYTE are a reliable brand when we’re talking motherboards.


The core components inside Ultra Fusion


Forming the basis for 3D processing is the 4GB PowerColor R9 290X which is AMD’s latest high-end graphics card. As we outlined in our launch review of AMD R9 290X, this card is very capable and will play the latest gaming titles at high frame rates.

All of this hardware is sustained by Corsair’s RM850 modular power supply unit. This PSU is modular and can therefore have its cables detached – allowing for a clean and tidy interior. The RM850 is well-known for its reliability and low-noise, so this is a good choice as far as we’re concerned – if not slightly overkill for the specification, but it does allow for upgrade headroom.


Graphics power via AMD R9 290X


Cyberpower provide two units for storage – the primary drive is a Crucial 120GB M500 SSD offering SATA 3 (6GB/s) performance and then the secondary drive is a Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD. The Seagate offering will be the go-to for games storage and the bulk of applications since 120GB with Windows 8.1 installed leaves very little surplus.


SSD and HDD storage


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