Cryo Graphite - [Product Image]
Dream PC 2009

 "Brutally fast...",
"Cryo PC has been able to massively overclock the CPU...",
"the highest overclock of any Dream PC...",
"the Graphite came in top in our Media Benchmarks",

from Custom PC, Dec 2009

The Cryo Graphite is born out of the Custom PC Magazine Dream PC 2009. All that has made Cryo PC’s special has been used to maximum effect in the Graphite. The design goals were aligned to the aims of the competition and distilled down to five key objectives:

1. Achieve the maximum reliable performance available balanced across the CPU, 3D graphics acceleration, memory bandwidth and storage subsystem,

2. Create a practical machine in a similar sized case to a conventional tower sized PC

3. Minimise noise and use standardised components that can easily be upgraded to new future technologies,

4. Create a plain and simple, but elegant look with little fuss, convenience and practicality. A machine that would look at home in the home office or the workplace,

5. Minimise the cost and the need for professional technical maintenance or intervention.

Using the record breaking Cryo Velox Phase design as a base Cryo PC were able to get a stunning machine with breathtaking performance.

The Graphite has not only met the design goals but in every department it has exceeded expectations.  Before the first prototype was released to Custom PC magazine in July its performance envelope was pushed to its practical limit and tested against a number of synthetic benchmarks.  In two of those benchmarks it immediately broke the current performance records in many others it matched or closely rivalled current records.  The new records included Custom PC benchmark where it scored 2,990 and 3DMark Vantage where it scored 43,321!  Clock speed stability was achieved at close to 5GHz while running all known stability tests to ensure ongoing reliability the final version released to Custom PC was dropped to a more modest 4.7GHz.

In the competition it was way out in front in terms of performance benefits with a core clock speed almost 300MHz higher than any other manufacturer was able to produce.  In Custom PC's varied benchmarks it dominates all categories with HyperThreading enabled, see test results tab for more details.

Cryo Graphite

What you get

  • The base unit with the above specification plus any options you have selected below, or customisations you have asked for
  • We assume you already have your own preferred keyboard, mouse and monitor
  • Our Two Year RTB Warranty (T&C's available on request)
  • Our Cryo Obsolescence Assurance policy and component upgrade support

Key Benefits

  • The most processing power available in an water cooled desktop PC, outperforming anything else on the market
  • Already 2-3 years ahead of all the main manufacturers PC technology providing you with a high performance PC with an extended lifetime
  • Offering typically 40% or more performance benefits over a standard PC of the same configuration
  • Obsolescence designed out so that your investment lasts longer, and you feel greener
  • A careful and deliberate choice of emerging technologies is designed into the Cryo Velox (i.e. DDR3, SLI/Crossfire, 45nm CPU support, modular components, excess cooling capacity)
  • RAID5 over three high speed drives designed in for a combination of maximum performance and resilience (a failed drive can be 'hot swapped' without loss of any data)
  • Cryo Boost™ - Overclocking and Optimisation for unrivalled performance and stabilityy
  • Personal service and support by one of our experts assigned to your build - NOT a telesales agent
  • 20 years of practical design expertise from our industrial and commercial performance critical background
  • Fully braided internal Cable Management included at no extra cost

See our design and build Ethos for further benefits offered by a Cryo PC.

Cryo Graphite

   

Cryo Graphite

Technical Specification (A)

Operating SystemStorage
  • Windows 7 all Editions
  • Windows XP all Editions
  • 64 bit, 6GB available memory as standard (to 24GB memory optional)
  • Dual boot to two install Operating Systems optional
  • Rapid system recovery option available to be used in the event of a system disaster
  • Overclocking Tools
  • Hardware monitoring onboard and tools (temperature, clocks, voltage and fans)
  • Optional Backup and Disaster recovery
  • High speed (<0.1ms avg seek time) 512GB SSD primary RAID0 array
  • High performance RAID10 set of four Seagate 7200.12 drives, 2TB resilient & redundant capacity
  • SATA-II interface to 300MB/s bandwidth (optional discrete RAID adapter)
  • Up to 10-ports (including external)
  • JBoD, RAID 0/1/5 and optionally 1+0 or 10
  • Solid State drives supported (SSD)
  • Disks up to 15k rpm and 32MB drive cache memory
  • Optical storage BluRay Combo rewriter includes standard 22x DVD-RW
  • Blu-Ray Reader and Rewriter, combo HD / DVD-RW
  • Optional Enterprise Class storage and 15k rpm drives
Processor, Chipset & MemoryCooling technology
  • Intel Core i7 975 EX processor 'Nehalem'
  • Standard and Extreme Edition processors
  • Quick Path Interconnect to (QPI) 6.4GT/s+ (3200 FSB equivalent)
  • Clock Speeds from 3.33GHz standard, Cryo Boost™ to 4.8GHz+
  • Intel X58 Chipset with nVidia SLI and ATI Crossfire multi-GPU support
  • Up to 24GB Triple Channel ECC DDR3 at 1333MHz, low latency
  • 12 dedicated DIMM slots for Triple Channel DDR3 Memory
  • PCIe v2.0, typically PCIex16 channel x 2, 1 PCIex8, 1PCIex4, 2xPCI slots
  • 6GB PC3-15000 1866MHz+ low latency memory, 6 memory slots, half populated, expandable to 24GB
  • Sub-zero Phase cooling on the CPU (-40C or below), performance enhancing
  • Over engineered cooling solutions onboard to enhance over performance capability
  • Over engineered water cooling fitted to Northbridge/Southbridge/MOSFETs
  • Use of small high speed fans minimised or completely eliminated
  • Water cooling used on all the hotspots i.e. GPU, Chipset and MOSFETs where appropriate
  • High head, high volume pumps, half inch pipes, and efficient radiator design for maximum heat exchange
  • Large low rpm high cfm (>50cfm) fans used for case cooling
  • CPU waterblock used with high grade silver thermal compound for efficient heat transfer and durability
  • Oversized 1000W power supply (PSU) used to minimise heat generated in use and provide ample headroom for expansion
  • Optional Passive Water, Thermoelectric and Phase Change cooling available
  • Passive water cooling virtually eliminates fan noise completely
  • Cooling available for the complete system GPU/CPU/Motherboard
  • Temperature monitoring, management and alerting

Cryo Graphite

Technical Specification (B)

Graphics & VideoAudio
  • Pair of Standard Dual GPU Graphics Cards
  • Cryo modified nVidia GTX 295 Infinity Quad SLI single PCB 1.8GB DDR3
  • All current alternative cards available as options
  • Dual, Triple and Quad GPU configurations available
  • Both Crossfire and nVidia SLI supported
  • Latest GF 100 Fermi (55nm) and ATI RV770 GPU's available
  • nVidia cards pre overclocked with Cryo Boost™ technology
  • Additional card water or air cooling options available for further performance enhancement
  • Onboard Physics processing available
  • Dual DVI, PureVideo HD (nVidia), Cinema 2.0, S-Video or HDMI output, DirectX 11
  • Max resolution 2560x1600 pixels (DVI)
  • Audiophile High Quality soundcard
  • Multichannel 7.1 sound
  • Low signal to noise, hi definition
  • Front panel Azalia header for Mic, Headphones, Line-in and Line-out
  • CODEC enables high-quality 192KHz/24-bit audio, typically
  • Rear panel SPDIF digital IO to preserve sound quality
  • Soundcard with AV200 processor reduces SNR to 120db with Dolby True HD, DTS-HD Hi-Fi sound
  • and unloads Audio processing form the CPU freeing up processing cycles
ChassisNetworking & Peripheral Interfaces
  • Lian-Li A70, Black, full tower chassis
  • 6x 120mm fans, quiet low speed, high cfm (volume), adjustable speed
  • 2x 12cm front quiet blue fans mounted behind mesh and filter
  • Triple radiator and fans fitted to top panel blow holes
  • All aluminium construction, tool-less maintenance, drive bay with anti-vibration drive mounts
  • Hot swap drives for redundant RAID configurations, and quick 'zero downtime' change in the event of failure
  • Removable motherboard tray
  • Elegant carbon fibre and chrome finish to side panels
  • Dimensions: 210 x 810x 569mm (W, H, D)
  • Typically Dual Gigabit LAN RJ-45, aggregatable for 2GB/s bandwidth
  • IEE1394 Firewire
  • eSATA for hot plug-in of external SATA devices, including backup/restore
  • USB2 typically 6+ ports
  • Front panel ports for Mic, Headphones, 4x USB2, Firewire and eSATA

Take a guided tour of the Cryo Graphite:


Video Courtesy Custom PC / Bit-tech

Custom PC ran all the 2009 Dream PC's through a series of tests and published the results. We thought you would find these results interesting if we included them here and useful in making your own decisions as to what component choices will work best for you. When Custom PC ran our tests they did not also run them with HyperThreading on, as was the case with the other PC's in the group test. We left HyperThreading off as for most games it is less than useful, or worse still aggravates performance, but over time that situation is improving.  We have since run these very same tests on the Graphite for you with HyperThreading Enabled (HT is a simple BIOS CPU configuration that can be simply enabled or disabled as required). Test results are as follows (Graphite HT indicates HT enabled):

We were very pleased to have our high performance results independently verified (demonstration or source verification SS of our own HT tests available on request).

Below is our quotation request form which you can use to select from a large variety of options to customise your Cryo Velox to your very own personal requirements.  Once your done hit at the bottom of the form and we will send you a no obligation price quotation.  Alternatively Contact Us directly and we can help you select your custom built computer components with you.

 

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