Extreme Performance Designs (over £1500)

Cryo TetradCryo VeloxCryo Octane

Best performing air cooled Quad processor desktop PC using new Core i7 Extreme technology with eight effective processing threads.  With built in SAS RAID for blazing storage speeds and scalability.More performance squeezed out of Extreme edition components with the aid of water cooling on all parts of the machine. This is the fastest single Core2 processor system available Currently the most powerful desktop PC available with two Quad core Cryo Boosted processors for 8-way compute power.
Price from £1900Price from £1900Price from £2855
ValueValueValue
ProcessingProcessingProcessing
AudioAudioAudio
3D Graphics3D Graphics3D Graphics
GamingGamingGaming
QuietQuietQuiet
Feature comparison:
Intel Core i7 Extreme 3.2GHz
Cryo Boost @ 4.3GHz+
(4 cores + Hyperthreading)
Intel Quad Core
Extreme
Cryo Boost @ 4.3GHz+
Two Intel Quad Core
Extreme
Cryo Boost @ 4GHz+
Intel X58 chipset (Crossfire or SLI support) Data Rate 6.4GT/s
 
Intel X48 or nVidia 790i chipset
FSB 2000MHz+
Intel Skulltrail 5400XS
FSB 1800MHz+
Cryo nVidia GTX 260Cryo nVidia GTX 280ATI Radeon 4870X2
2GB 1600MHz+ DDR3
 low latency CB overclocked
2GB 1800MHz+ DDR3
low latency CB overclocked
2GB 800MHz+ FB-DIMM
 latency CB overclocked
1TB (1000GB) SATA-II
(SAS RAID 0/1/5 optional)
1TB (1000GB) SATA-II
(RAID 0/1/5 optional)
1TB (1000GB) SATA-II
with SAS HBA RAID 0/1/5/10
Performance Air CooledExtreme Water Cooling (TEC)Performance Air Cooled
Lian-Li P60 case in Black/SilverLian-Li X2000 case in Black/SilverLian-Li P80 case Black or Red special edition as pictured
Onboard HD 7.1 SoundAsus Xonar HD 7.1 soundAsus Xonar HD 7.1 sound
800W PSU1200W PSU1500W PSU
Many other options are available to personally customise your Cryo Build...
Take a look at our Benchmark scoresSome examples of our cooling systems 
 


High Performance Designs (under £1500)

Cryo Quad

Cryo ArachnidCryo Extreme

Entry level high performance-to-value ratio Quad Core desktop PC.  A standard Core 2 Quad processor that runs like a Core 2 Extreme!Best performing air cooled AMD Phenom true Quad processor desktop PC, using the AMD Spider template with a few of our own modifications.More performance squeezed out with the aid of a multiplier unlocked Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme processor. Simply the best performance possible with an air cooled Core 2 quad, keeping the cost low.
Price from £800Price from £950Price from £1300
ValueValueValue
ProcessingProcessingProcessing
AudioAudioAudio
3D Graphics3D Graphics3D Graphics
GamingGamingGaming
QuietQuietQuiet
Feature comparison:
Intel Quad Core CB @ 3.7GHz+AMD Phenom Quad Black Edition
Cryo Boosted @ 3.2GHz+
Intel Quad Core
Extreme Cryo Boosted @ 3.9GHz+
Intel P45 or nVidia 750i chipset
FSB 1600MHz+
AMD 790/SB750 Chipset, Socket AM2
4000MHz Bus (Hyper Transport)
 
Intel X48 or nVidia 790i chipset
FSB 1800MHz+
ATI Radeon 4850ATI Radeon HD4850X2 (Crossfire support)Cryo nVidia GTX 280
2GB 1100MHz+ DDR2 memory
 low atency, CB overclocked
2GB 1200MHz+ DDR2 memory
 low latency, CB overclocked
2GB 1200MHz+ DDR3
 latency Cryo Boost overclocked
Spinpoint F1 500GB SATA-II
(RAID 0/1/5 optional)
1TB (1000GB) SATA-II
(RAID 0/1/5 optional)
1TB (1000GB) SATA-II
(RAID 0/1/5 optional)
Performance Air CooledPerformance Air CooledPerformance Air Cooled
Lian-Li PC7YCF case in Black/SilverLian-Li V1010 case in Black/SilverLian-Li V2010Z case in Black/Silver
Onboard HD 7.1 SoundOnboard HD 7.1 SoundOnboard HD 7.1 multichannel sound
600W PSU (Power Supply)850W PSU1000W PSU
Many other options are available to personally customise your Cryo Build...
Take a look at our Benchmark scoresSome examples of our cooling systems 
 

Specialised Designs

Cryo Custom PC - We appreciate not everyone's needs are the same.  So with the Cryo Custom you start with a very basic Quad Core build using best of breed components then you can build your own Custom Built PC using our carefully selected optional components to suit your needs.  Just about every component is interchangeable so you can mix and match whatever suits you.

Summary Specification & Features

  • Core 2 Quad Processor - Cryo Boosted to over 3.5GHz
  • 2GB 1066MHz DDR2 memory, low latency
Benefits
  • Highly customisable, effectively your own design but with the well designed fundamentals taken care of
  • component based design minimises risk of early obsolescence
  • as with the desktop builds it leads the competition on value-performance, ensuring it has a longer useful life
  • all service options available, onsite warranty, warranty extension and upgrade assurance
  • huge range of garish to conservatively styled cases available to suit your taste
  • full range of cooling options available to increase performance and reduce noise levels

Price Starting from £750

  

Cryo Home Theatre PC - Get a surround sound processor, video and DVD player / recorder, digital / analogue TV tuner, access the Internet, store you music collection, be a complete home theatre setup all rolled into your PC.  These systems are carefully selected and tuned to be no bigger than a large DVD player or video recorder.  They come with multimedia setup and a remote control.

Summary Specification & Features

  • Core 2 Duo E8200 - dual core
  • Asus Radeon HD 3650 Silent graphics card
  • 2GB 1066MHz DDR2 memory, low latency
  • Small footprint with micro ATX motherboard installed (small form factor)
  • Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 sound card
  • Compro Videomate Hybrid TV tuner
Benefits:
  • Manage all your music and films on a single specialised PC
  • Distribute your music all around the home using WiFi from your HTPC
  • Smart looking low profile case fits nicely in your HiFi rack or video/DVD cabinet
  • Replaces a digital TV tuner box, DVD recorder, mp3 player all in one
  • Component based so that future TV and Audio upgrades and additions can be made
  • Incredible HiFi and Audio quality standard will compliment an existing high quality audio visual setup
  • Can simultaneously be used as a PC for office productivity tools, the Internet, email, forums and chat

Price from £795

  

Extreme Graphics cards

Cryo nVidia GTX 280 - We are pleased to now be able to offer our own modified versions of popular high-end graphics cards to create the ultimate in benchmark blazing performance.  You can drop these straight into your existing custom extreme gaming pc, order 2 and we can set them up matched for best SLI performance.  Modified and tuned to outperform any standard nVidia 9800 card on the market.

Summary Technical specification:

  • 675MHz+ GPU core clock
  • 1600MHz+ shader clock
  • 1GB 2300MHz+ DDR3 memory
  • Triple SLI support
Benefits
  • Card runs much cooler - lasts longer, enables higher performance levels
  • Enhanced cooler is almost silent, stock cooler is very noisy
  • Cooler operation means reduced stress on the semiconductors which gives you more life and stability out of the card
  • all games and 3D graphics applications can be used at their highest possible settings
  • incredible fully immersive graphical experience
  
Cryo Radeon HD 4870X2 - based on the new R770 GPU processor from AMD/ATI.  This card has a number of technical firsts to its release:
  • The first GPU to break the 1 Teraflop (1 trillion FLoating point Operations Per Second) barrier.  As if that's not enough they put two of them on the X2 to make it a 2.4 teraflop card as standard. 
  • first card to offer 2GB of DDR5 RAM
  • highest core clock speeds of any current GPU

So what does all this mean, it means cinematic quality real-time 3D graphics and rendering.  The nirvana for all gamers and 3D graphics engineers.  With a whopping 2GB of onboard RAM this card will not wilt even at the highest possible screen resolutions.

Summary Technical Specification:

  • 800MHz GPU core clock
  • 750MHz shader clock
  • 2GB 3800MHz DDR5 memory
  • Crossfire support
Benefits
  • Quieter operation - enhanced cooler is far quieter and more efficient than the stock cooler
  • Cooler operation means reduced stress on the semiconductors which gives you more life and stability out of the card
  • More performance - with the enhanced cooling this gets close to 3 teraflops!