i7 Hits 5GHz - Cryo Velox 975 Quad SLI

With the arrival of another advance in Phase power, a new Intel 975 Extreme CPU and new Elpida Hyper IC memory the temptation was too great not to build another monster machine to offer our customers, and of course for crunching some more benchmarks. A new high for i7 CPU speeds breaking the 5GHz barrier, and records galore. Here they are, not bad for a retail machine!

Cryo Velox (Phase option) - sets new Custom PC Benchmark record scoring 2813

The Velox sets another new record in March 2009 using our best extreme water cooling technology combined with sub-zero minus 40C phase cooling on the CPU to wring every drop of performance out of the Intel Core i7 965 Extreme processsor. Not only is it a new record but it sets a new level for performance several hundred points ahead of anything else. In Dec 2008 nthe extreme water cooled version set the record first and it was only right that the Phase option should reinforce the Velox right to hold the benchmark crown. The good newss is this same technology is used throughout the range from teh Tetrad up to the Velox Phase.

Cryo Velox Custom Phase 4.8GHz - nVidia GTX295

Running at 4.8GHz with Custom Phase and Water cooled graphics its no surprise that the Velox yet again puts in leading Futuremark benchmark scores. With a 3DMark06 score of over 29K and a Vanatge score over 25K, from a single GTX295 its an impressive feat. Though its the CPU thats leading the way, not surprisingly. It might even be able to run the next version of Crysis at an acceptable frame rate!

Cryo Extreme GTX 295 Quad SLI

The new nVidia GTX 295 cards really have seized back the top spot in 3D graphics performance terms. The Cryo Extreme with GTX 295 Quad SLI setup posted this incredible 3DMark Vantage score of almost 40,000 and averages almost 60fps with Crysis set to maximum at 1900x1200 resolution.

Cryo Tetrad 4870X2 Quad Crossfire

The Radeon 4870X2 in Quad crossfire mode still shows its more than ample performance posting a 3DMark Vanatge score of over 22,000.

Cryo Tetrad - Core i7 920 and GTX 280

This is one of the earliest Tetrad builds we shipped with a GTX 280. Delivering on the great performance promise of the new Intel Core i7 even with only the entry level 920 CPU with a stunning 3DMark score of over 20K. The build included a WD 640GB RAID0 array of two drives.

Cryo Velox 5.4GHz with Custom Phase (sub-zero cooling -40C)

This was one of those dream PC build requests from one of our best customers. The brief was make it as quick as is technically possible exclusively for gaming. Nothing runs faster than a Core 2 Duo E8600 on Phase if its speed rather than multiple cores your after, so thats what we built. A VelociRaptor x3 RAID0 raidset at almost 300MB/s transfer rates, an Intel SSD drive at 200MB/s, the processor at 5.4GHz, 2GHz DDR3 memory and overclocked GTX295 graphics (though on an Intel P45 board for max FSB/CPU overclock, so no SLI suppport).

Cryo Quad Q9550

A welcome addition to the new Yorkfield Quad CPU line-up. The 45nm Hi-K prefab ensures cool running and the new half step multiplier (8.5) gives new heights to multiplier locked overclockability limits @ a stunning 3.8GHz. Benchmarked with the stunning ATI4870X2 it acheived a 3Dmark06 score of 22,277 and a Vantage score of 15972. Almost as good as an Extreme Edition costing £500 more!

Cryo Quad Q9550 - GTX 280

This Cryo Quad build posts a score very close to the Extreme builds with Cryo nVidia GTX 280 card installed. What's most impressive about this nVidia card is that it acheives this card with a single GPU unlike the similar performing ATI cards. Scoring a 3DMark06 of 18802 and 3DMarkVantage of 14119. Take note as many applications and games scale better on a single GPU!

Cryo Octane - Areca RAID0 VelociRaptor x4

Our flagship multiprocessor machine the Octane demonstrates the impressive sustained read transfer rates and average seek times possible with a high quality discreet RAID controller and four Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB drives. At almost 400MB/s it saturates the maximum bandwidth of SAS technology and is well beyond standard SATA-II speeds.

Cryo Velox QX9650

Water cooled for maximum performance this Velox was running with a 2007 Cryo nvVidia water cooled Ultra card with boosted clocks, and the QX9650 with its huge 12MB of L2 cache was Boosted to 4.3GHz. The final 3DMark06 score posted was 16193, incredible for a single 2007 Ultra card.

Cryo Extreme QX6850

A 2007 Cryo Extreme with the Core 2 Extreme QX6850 CPU Boosted to 3.9GHz and the phenominal ATI 4870X2 graphics card posting an incredible 3DMark06 score of 21423, the card was not acheiving its full potential with this CPU, the score was CPU bound.

Cryo Extreme QX6850

Cryo Extremne QX6850 Cryo Boosted to 3.9GHz with a single Cryo nVidia Boosted 9800 GX2 graphics card. Posted a 3DMark06 score of 19392, one of the highest recorded for this configuration.

Cryo Quad Q9550 - GTX 260+

This is the current (Sep 2008) Cryo Quad standard build and the Cryo nVidia GTX 260 is only a smidgen behind the GTX 280, a good value card. Posting a 3DMark06 score of 18483 and 3DMarkVantage 11958. You can expect Crysis frame rates over 30fps average with all settings on max, 1280 x 1024 resolution and 2x anti-aliasing set!

Cryo Velox QX6850

Intel QX6850 3GHz overclocked to 3.9GHz with a Cryo nVidia 8800 Ultra Water Cooled installed. Posted a respectable 3DMark06 score of 16032.

Cryo Velox QX6850

An Intel Core 2 Quad QX6850 3GHz overclocked to 4.42GHz, with two Cryo nVidia 8800 Ultras installed in SLI configuration posting an impressive 3DMark06 score of 21645. In early 2007 when this was posted it was well inside the top 50 performing PC's in existence.

Cryo Pentium 4 HT

A Pentium 4 HT 3GHz overclocked to 5GHz with a Cryo 8800 GTX installed. The last Pentium we overclocked and still the best overclocking CPU's ever made. This version could get close to 6GHz with Phase Change cooling! With only one core though the 3DMark06 score is very modest at 8523.