Introduction

Cryo PC are one of the gaming system manufacturers plugging away in the shadow of the giants, but they seem to put together some nice pieces of kit; for not too high a price either. Today we're looking at a machine called the Tetrad, which promises good performance, in a quiet and well put together machine. Of course every single gaming PC manufacturer says that, so it needs to be put to the test. Let's get on with it.

Cryo's Take on the Tetrad

"The Cryo Tetrad exploits the new Intel Core i7 technology and performance of the Quad with its Hyper Threading (HT), Triple channel memory and Quick Path Interconnect (QPI) bus speeds to its limit.  New extremes of power from a custom built PC for extreme gamers and power users."

Specifications

• Lian Li PC9 case
• Core i7 920 D0 cpu, Cryo Boost (OC) 3.9GHz+
• Asus P6T6 WS Revolution motherboard
• 6GB Corsair PC3-12800 memory, Cryo Boost latency overclocked
• Seagate 7200.12 RAID0 1TB storage
• Corsair H50 Water based cooling
• Zotac GTX260 Core216 card, Cryo Boost overclocked (700MHz+ core)
• Corsair 650W PSU
• Samsung S223 DVD-RW
• Windows 7 Ultimate Premium 64-bit
• Cable Management included (braiding etc)
• 3yr Upgrade Assurance Policy included (buy back of parts for upgrade)
• RTB Two Year Warranty included, all parts and labour
• Unlimited parts warranty where manufacturers warranty is greater than 2 years, only labour charged