Aria Gladiator Juggernaut System Review
Up Close - The Internals
Published: 5th September 2012 | Source: Aria | Price: £1295 |
Up Close - Internals
One of the very few issues we have with the Carbide 500R was the cable routing options, so Aria have done a good job getting everything tucked neatly away as much as possible. The dangling cable by the drive-bays is for the side fan which has obviously been removed for these pictures.
Two cards of gorgeousness. Even with the rather strange power cable arrangement the cards just visually dominate proceedings. The Be Quiet PSU is one that we've always rated highly, and has plenty of efficient power for the whole Juggernaut system.
The G45 is good enough considering that all of the Z77 motherboards are solid performers. You could quibble about a GD65, but realistically the MSI is plenty. The Exceleram White Sark is a new kit to us at OC3D, but being 1600MHz @ 9-9-9-24 it is dependable if unspectacular.
A small niggle has to be the transparent nature of the PSU cables. Given how well the rest of the system blends together we'd prefer to see either some BitFenix extensions, or even a PSU that has more opaque cables.
Speaking of blending together, the combination of the white RAM, white Arctic Cooling CPU fan, and the white surrounds on the Corsair AF120 quiet edition roof fans, really looks awesome. It would be easy to just throw bits in a case when the main event (SLI GTX660Ti's) is so appetising, but Aria have gone the extra mile.
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really not good for modders IMHO...
On the whole component selection is sound although I think they could have made more of that CPU overclock. I do have a little issue with providing 16gb of RAM. There's a lot of PC builds available on the market which provide i7 CPUs and 16gb of RAM and frankly it's just a marketing ploy and and a waste of money for a dedicated gamer's build. Bigger numbers aren't always useful and certainly aren't necessary.
I'd prefer to see 7950s wth 3rd party cooling in there instead of the 660s personally, especially given the price these days (at least from a retail perspective) but it's not a deal breaker.
The OCZ SSD though..for me that is. I was on the phone to Aria just this week and it was mentioned that they are still seeing high RMAs for OCZ SSDs and also that all the staff there have M4s in their own rigs. Speaks volumes to me. I can't see why they would risk the extra inconvenience for both themselves and the customer. I guess the margins must be worth the hassle and reputation.
Great to see good packaging and nice cable management too.
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Originally Posted by Master&Puppet
To be honest that's a pretty decent build for a sensible price.
On the whole component selection is sound although I think they could have made more of that CPU overclock. I do have a little issue with providing 16gb of RAM. There's a lot of PC builds available on the market which provide i7 CPUs and 16gb of RAM and frankly it's just a marketing ploy and and a waste of money for a dedicated gamer's build. Bigger numbers aren't always useful and certainly aren't necessary. I'd prefer to see 7950s wth 3rd party cooling in there instead of the 660s personally, especially given the price these days (at least from a retail perspective) but it's not a deal breaker. The OCZ SSD though..for me that is. I was on the phone to Aria just this week and it was mentioned that they are still seeing high RMAs for OCZ SSDs and also that all the staff there have M4s in their own rigs. Speaks volumes to me. I can't see why they would risk the extra inconvenience for both themselves and the customer. I guess the margins must be worth the hassle and reputation. Great to see good packaging and nice cable management too. |
The OCZ SSD issue was down to the SandForce controller issues on the older SSDs. The new Agility 4 (& Vertex 4) SSDs are nice and stable after our testings with them, and thankfully do not use a SandForce controller.
7950s we do have an alternative CF spec, bit pricier though - http://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/Gaming...roductId=51643.
This particular review system was sent before the price drops recently.
I couldn't agree more regarding the memory. Many including us do it, but as it's so cheap now (RAM), it's getting to that stage now with a system of this price - why not?
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Originally Posted by SnW
Do all GTX660Ti's have those power connections at the side ?!
really not good for modders IMHO... |
Anyone else with this issue?
And I have to come to the forum to post this reply. If I try on the review, sends me to that site. And someone on facebook is having the same problem, so it isn't just me.
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And I have to come to the forum to post this reply. If I try on the review, sends me to that site. And someone on facebook is having the same problem, so it isn't just me. |
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