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Wired2Fire Diablo Skylake Chillblast Fusion Krypton Vibox Spawn X Mesh Elite Skylake <strong>PC</strong>A Eclipse SuperNova i566n970OC<br />
Price £899 inc VAT £869 inc VAT £979 inc VAT £999 inc VAT £899 inc VAT<br />
Website Wired2fire.co.uk Chillblast.com Vibox.co.uk Meshcomputers.co.uk Eclipsecomputers.com<br />
Build rating<br />
Features rating<br />
Performance rating<br />
Value rating<br />
Overall rating<br />
Processor<br />
3.5GHz Intel Core i5-6600K<br />
(OC 4.4GHz)<br />
3.5GHz Intel i5-6600K<br />
(OC 4.2GHz)<br />
3.5GHz Intel Core i5-6600K<br />
(OC 4.5GHz)<br />
CPU cooler Prolimatech Basic 68 Akasa Nero Coolermaster Seidon 120v<br />
3.5GHz Intel Core i5-6600K<br />
(OC 4.4GHz)<br />
Raijintek Triton 240mm<br />
AIO Water Cooling Solution<br />
3.5GHz Intel Core i5-6600K<br />
(4.2GHz OC)<br />
Zalman CNPS11X Performa<br />
Memory 16GB DDR4 16GB DDR4 8GB Patriot Viper Xtreme 16GB DDR4 16GB DDR4<br />
Storage 1TB HDD + 250GB SSD 2TB HDD + 128GB SSD 2TB HDD + 240GB SSD 1TB SSHD + 250GB SSD 1TB HDD + 240GB SSD<br />
Power supply 500W FSP 600W Aerocool Integrator 650W Superflower HX65<br />
Motherboard Asus Z170-P Asus Z170M-Plus MSI Z170A Gaming Pro<br />
750W FSP Quiet<br />
Power Supply<br />
Gigabyte<br />
GA-Z170X-Gaming 3<br />
500W Corsair VS Series<br />
Asus Z170-P<br />
Operating system Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Home<br />
Screen Asus VS247HR 28in AOC U2868Pqu None supplied None supplied 26in HKC 2615<br />
Graphics<br />
MSI nVidia GeForce<br />
GTX 970<br />
MSI nVidia GeForce<br />
GTX 970<br />
MSI nVidia<br />
GeForce GTX 970<br />
Palit nVidia<br />
GeForce GTX 970<br />
Palit nVidia<br />
GeForce GTX 970<br />
Sound Onboard Onboard Onboard Onboard Onboard<br />
Connectivity Gigabit ethernet Gigabit ethernet Gigabit ethernet Gigabit ethernet Gigabit ethernet<br />
Ports<br />
1x USB 3.1 Type-C, 4x USB<br />
3.0, 4x USB 2.0<br />
1x USB 3.1 Type-C, 3x USB 3.0, 4x<br />
USB 2.0, 2x DVI, HDMI, 2x DP<br />
2x USB 3.1 Gen2, 6x USB 3.1<br />
Gen1, 6x USB 2.0<br />
3x USB 3.0 ,2x USB 2.0, USB 3.1 Type-A,<br />
USB 3.1 Type-C, HDMI, DVI-D, D-Sub<br />
1x USB 3.1 Type-C, 3x USB 3.0, 3x<br />
USB 2.0, DVU, HDMI, 2x DP<br />
Optical drive DVDRW None DVDRW DVDRW DVDRW<br />
Case Zalman Z11 Neo Chillblast Kube Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Aero Cool DS 200 Corsair Carbide Spec-03<br />
Keyboard & mouse<br />
Cooler Master Devastator<br />
Keyboard and Mouse<br />
Thermaltake E-Sports<br />
Commander Gaming Set<br />
Cooler Master Devastator<br />
Keyboard and Mouse<br />
Roccat Isku Keyboard,<br />
Roccat Lua Mouse<br />
Thermaltake E-Sports<br />
Commander Gaming Set<br />
Other None None None None None<br />
<strong>PC</strong>Mark 8<br />
2.0 Home score<br />
Alien vs Predator score<br />
(720p/1080p)<br />
Final Fantasy XIV<br />
(Maximum)<br />
Sniper Elite V2<br />
(Low/Medium/Ultra)<br />
5434 5332 5327 5316 4575<br />
172.6/90.1fps 173.4/90.7fps 169.7/89.8fps 169.6/89.6fps 170.3/88.8fps<br />
133.2fps 134.6fps 132.8fps 130.4fps 128.3fps<br />
461.4/208.5/49fps 459.6/201.8/49.2fps 447.3/205.9/49fps 444.7/203.2/47.6fps 356.4/203.9/47.7fps<br />
Power Consumption 5/295W 55/303W Not tested 63/251W 51/264W<br />
Warranty<br />
2 years parts, 3 years<br />
labour<br />
5 years: first 2 years C&R +<br />
labour, remaining 3 labour<br />
Vibox Evolution<br />
Lifetime Warranty<br />
Lifetime labour, 2 years<br />
parts, 1-year C&R<br />
3-year RTB (1-year parts<br />
only), 30-day C&R<br />
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