CyberPower adds USB 3.0 and SATA 6G to entire Gamer Xtreme desktop line
By Darren Murph 
posted November 17th 2009 10:46AM
posted November 17th 2009 10:46AM
While we wait for the big boys to get their acts together and standardize around USB 3.0 and the newest SATA protocol, the more nimble outfits are already looking to capitalize. Take CyberPower, for instance, who has just announced that its entire Gamer Xtreme desktop range will soon boast USB 3.0 and SATA 6G as standard features. In fact, prospective buyers can customize a rig right now with both of those features onboard, and of course, both are backwards compatible in order to work with your existing slate of accessories and peripherals. The Gamer Xtreme line gets going at $749, and yes, we too hope this introduction sparks a revolution across the board. CyberPower's Gamer Xtreme Series to Feature Super-Speed USB 3.0 and SATA III
BALDWIN PARK, CA (November 16, 2009) -- CyberPower Inc. www.cyberpowerpc.com, a manufacturer of custom gaming machines, has added zip across its Gamer Xtreme line when it today announced that USB 3.0 and SATA-III will be standard features on all models.
CyberPower customers can configure and order a Gamer Xtreme system with the super speed USB 3.0/SATA III interface today. With Intel's latest i5/i7 processors and P55/X58 chipsets, you'll enjoy maximum performance today and be ready for tomorrow. Both USB 3.0 and SATA III are backward compatible to assure users their current peripherals will not become obsolete.
You can transfer all your multimedia such as music, photos, and movies at speeds up to 6GB/s with SATA-III. In most cases the file transfer will be complete before you realize it started.
Pricing for the Gamer Xtreme starts as low as $749. All CyberPower gaming systems come with a 3-year warranty and lifetime toll-free tech support.
BALDWIN PARK, CA (November 16, 2009) -- CyberPower Inc. www.cyberpowerpc.com, a manufacturer of custom gaming machines, has added zip across its Gamer Xtreme line when it today announced that USB 3.0 and SATA-III will be standard features on all models.
CyberPower customers can configure and order a Gamer Xtreme system with the super speed USB 3.0/SATA III interface today. With Intel's latest i5/i7 processors and P55/X58 chipsets, you'll enjoy maximum performance today and be ready for tomorrow. Both USB 3.0 and SATA III are backward compatible to assure users their current peripherals will not become obsolete.
You can transfer all your multimedia such as music, photos, and movies at speeds up to 6GB/s with SATA-III. In most cases the file transfer will be complete before you realize it started.
Pricing for the Gamer Xtreme starts as low as $749. All CyberPower gaming systems come with a 3-year warranty and lifetime toll-free tech support.
Now, if only the majority of their products weren't incredibly gaudy.
They offer 1 or 2 conservative cases.
Ah well.. It's cheaper to make your own anyway.
I agree with that gaudy part. And the towers are huge! I bought one last year from cyber power. I got a silver tower thats very plain, but big. It was the only plain looking one. But I gotta tell you, the machine is a beast. Running xp prp with amd phenom x4 black edition. Im not going to give you a full spec list but im very satisfied with my purchase and will upgrade this monster for at least 4-5 years. Next up, win7 and 2 more gb of ram. that should hold me over for 2 more years.
Their designs remind me of the classic Simpson's line "My eyes! The googles do nothing!"
Yeah, the search engines aren't working! What the heck?!1!
Goggles, bunghole.
Why do these people think that all gamers want their systems to look like a reject from a Transformer movie?
"fiya powwaaa"
Cyberpower is a great place to build a computer to try things out, then go to NewEgg and other websites and buy your components for cheaper and do it yourself!!!
i tried and went over 150$ :(
Did you buy all OEM parts? You should be able to do this for all parts except for monitor, case, keyboard, mouse, and speakers.
The trick is OEM.
While I agree building it yourself is great fun [And I've done it a lot] I've been heavily considering just ordering myself a vendor machine, simply because i just don't have the time to devote to get everything right, And I'm also not eager to do my own water cooling setup and would rather have a vendor do that for me
But i do agree on the Gaudy thing, Why don't they offer the Antec 900/1200 cases? At least they're fairly conservative and reserved compared to those abominations...
Agree on the water cooling. If I ever go water cooled, I'll have to buy from a place like Cyberpower.
Perhaps a better alternative would be industry adoption of both Intel's light peak technology and Bluetooth 3.0. If computers, smart phones and smart cable boxes were standardized with both systems, the synergies would be terrific. Think of using your phone as a very smart remote control that will take your video & audio with you - to the kitchen & other rooms, tethering your computer & cable box to your phones, enabling multiple 802.11n connections to one mobile phone & multiple other uses. -- John Hite, retired, Oklahoma City
I think scan.co.uk are one of the best for high spec. reasonably priced machines and their customisation is good too.
I really want a high end beast for music production - I'm tired of having to use multiple PCs to get more power!?
Scan do a nice job of overclocking the i7 975 with 1600Mhz RAM and Motherboard combo.
Of course if I had unlimited funds I'd go for a "Home Super Computer"
I can but dream ...
What has been the barrier to having esata flash drives in production?
Probably the small number of cases/mobos with eSATA ports. I mean, both of mine respectively have eSATA, but I'm an enthusiast.
I never had a worse PC buying experience in my life than with Cyberpower. Ordering was easy. Delivery took a while via pony express from west coast to east, but it arrived.
However, the cooling unit wasn't properly attached and rattled around in shipment. It bent over and destroyed the motherboard and memory. (The gaudy blue light was stuck on with 2 sided sticky tape and came loose too)
Ok, S-it happens. However, it took days to get through to a human to even take my call. Then the best they could offer was to charge me again for all the motherboard components, ship it out ground, and then have me ship back my stuff for a credit.
Then they ship the parts out signature only so I have to sit home and prey it arrives today.
IF, it all works, it will have taken 6 weeks from order to a working computer, about 7 nasty messages, and then about 2 hours of my time disassembling and basically building the computer from scratch.
I guess I got what I paid for. This is why they are cheap. They have like 1 person in all of customer service and do everything on the super cheap. Take my advice, spend a little more for a more reputable vendor.
And I've bought multiple machines of various vintages from them without a single problem I didn't create for myself, and when I did have a question, they responded about as quickly as I expect a company to respond to such e-mails. I'm not saying your experience doesn't count, but I don't know that it's necessarily representative.
Justin.
This is my 3rd CyberPower.
My first had sporadic freezups. Never could nail it down and I didn't turn the screws enough so I lied with it.
The 2nd was good for about 2 years. Than the USB blew out. LIterally saw melted chip on the mobo. Not blaming them. It was out of warranty and an Acer motherboard.
My latest (which replaces a unit I assembled myself from parts I bought at newegg but it started having issues) is the one that arrived DOA.
It wasn't their product I'm complaining about. It's their customer service. You didn't have any DOA units.
If somebody ships me a DOA product (I even sent them hires photos of everything and a video), than they should bend over backwards to make good. My credit card was charged almost a month ago. Now new buyers get free USB3 and Sata 6. I essentially am struggling to get a now, less that state of the art computer, that I paid for a month ago, operational. I know have to go because I have to disassemble and re-assemble it myself.
Their only other option was to send the defective back (UPS ground across the us) and then they would fix and send back. So instead of an extra 10 days, it was probably like 25 or more. I'd be lucky to have a new computer, ordered mid-October, by Xmas. WTF??
Oh, and I just discovered they never put screws into the drive rails. They were just sitting in there by gravity...
Seriously shoddy assembly work.
I love that show/hide press release button.
Ok, just spent 3 hours disassembling and re-assembling. Still dead. I even swapped out the video card. Smells like somehow either the replacement motherboard has a defect or the CPU, which is the only component they didn't replace, got damanged when the poorly installed heatsink came lose in shipment.
Now I called them and will be lucky to get a call back in 72 hours. Then they will say, just ship it back UPS ground (8 days from the call to arrival to them,) then they will spend 2 or 3 days fixing/replacing, then 8 days back again.
So it will be like 45 days from order to a working computer. Since then, I could probably get a 20% faster computer with USB 3.0 built in.
Thank god I bought this on Amex. Time to let them fight it out and for me to buy another computer elsewhere.