Aria Gladiator HD2-K Review
Far Cry 2 and Metro 2033
Published: 20th June 2011 | Source: Aria | Price: £1399 |
Far Cry 2
With so much performance available from the combination of the heavily overclocked Core i5-2500K and the HD6870 CF, Far Cry 2 is clearly no match and the results reflect this with the HD2-K beating both of the powerhouse twin-GPU cards.
Metro 2033
This incredible performance is further emphasised by Metro 2033. The HD2-K beats the HD6990, the GTX590. In fact it's on a par with the everything except the insanely pricey GTX580 SLI setup.
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Monster of a machine and not that different from my current setup 
Is 1.4v a 24/7 safe voltage for an i5 2500k?
Is 1.4v a 24/7 safe voltage for an i5 2500k?
nice rig for the bucks
would be even better underwater
well done aria
would be even better underwater
well done aria
Nice Looks, great performance and competative price- Nice rig Aria! 
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Originally Posted by BigIan88
Monster of a machine and not that different from my current setup Is 1.4v a 24/7 safe voltage for an i5 2500k? |
Brains sure can build a nice looking system can't he
Very nice, Aria does it again 
if i lived in the uk and didnt happen to build my own rigs....id be there in a flash with a bundle a cash
nice system
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Originally Posted by marsey99
Brains sure can build a nice looking system can't he |
I'm looking forward to building these though
Quote: "would be even better underwater"
Aria means air...
Aria means air...
Hi, bought one of these systems, clocked at 4.7 It came in at £1200. Iassume it was a return or something so I got a bit of a deal.
Anyway, it’s a good system. Though I’ve had my problems with it. Firstly the secondary HDD wasn’t connected or initialised for use. That's a bit shabby imho.
Also I’ve suffered frequent of crashes & BSOD's when using it. It’s completely frozen with monotonous regualarity whilst watching blu-ray discs & while gaming requiring a full power off at the plug. It suffers from the ‘sleep problem’ that afflicts these sort of systems & while pressing buttons trying to 'wake up' the system I've had bios reports of overclock fail. Oh and & well, it’s a bit noisy. Especially if you turn the fans up on the graphics cards but that might just be me, I guess it’s what you’re used to. I usually build my own.
On the plus side it does run at a very good lick & games look stunning on my TV when it's buzzing away happily.
But….the worst thing about this system isn’t the system itself but the….you guessed it….customer services. Or lack of it.
12 days after emailing 4 named members of Aria staff (from their website forum) & the generic customer services address I’m yet to get a reply....from anyone, apart from the automated ‘we’ll try & reply within a day’ drivel ofc.
So I’m just going to assume I built this thing myself & sort out it’s problems, I’m used to it but if you’re after a problem free expensive games station & you're thinking of buying just be aware that after you’re money has gone out of your account more than likely you’ll be on your own unless you know what you're doing. You could always ring the 60p per minute technical services number. I daresay thay have someone on hand to respond to you.
Having spent £1200 or even £1400 if you did at the full price you’d be entitled to expect to be treated a little better than that. I don’t recall customer services being all that unavailable when they were emailing me & calling me to arrange the purchase & delivery.
Just a word of truth from a(nother) slightly disgruntled customer, and it's not the first time for me either but I won't go into that.
Peace, and have fun.
Anyway, it’s a good system. Though I’ve had my problems with it. Firstly the secondary HDD wasn’t connected or initialised for use. That's a bit shabby imho.
Also I’ve suffered frequent of crashes & BSOD's when using it. It’s completely frozen with monotonous regualarity whilst watching blu-ray discs & while gaming requiring a full power off at the plug. It suffers from the ‘sleep problem’ that afflicts these sort of systems & while pressing buttons trying to 'wake up' the system I've had bios reports of overclock fail. Oh and & well, it’s a bit noisy. Especially if you turn the fans up on the graphics cards but that might just be me, I guess it’s what you’re used to. I usually build my own.
On the plus side it does run at a very good lick & games look stunning on my TV when it's buzzing away happily.
But….the worst thing about this system isn’t the system itself but the….you guessed it….customer services. Or lack of it.
12 days after emailing 4 named members of Aria staff (from their website forum) & the generic customer services address I’m yet to get a reply....from anyone, apart from the automated ‘we’ll try & reply within a day’ drivel ofc.
So I’m just going to assume I built this thing myself & sort out it’s problems, I’m used to it but if you’re after a problem free expensive games station & you're thinking of buying just be aware that after you’re money has gone out of your account more than likely you’ll be on your own unless you know what you're doing. You could always ring the 60p per minute technical services number. I daresay thay have someone on hand to respond to you.
Having spent £1200 or even £1400 if you did at the full price you’d be entitled to expect to be treated a little better than that. I don’t recall customer services being all that unavailable when they were emailing me & calling me to arrange the purchase & delivery.
Just a word of truth from a(nother) slightly disgruntled customer, and it's not the first time for me either but I won't go into that.
Peace, and have fun.
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