X-Cube review

OK. I'm very happy with my new system, I placed my order on the 20th of November:
X-Cube P55
Chassis: X-CUBE SFF Chassis - Black

Power Supply: 550W Silverstone Element ST50EF-PLUS SC

Graphics and GPGPU Accelerator: ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB GDDR5 DX11

Motherboard: Intel P55 Media Series DP55WB mATX

Processor: Intel Core i7-860 2.8GHz
Quad-core Processor

Processor Cooling: MAINGEAR Certified Intel
Retail Cooler

Memory: 8GB Kingston HyperX Dual-Channel
DDR3-1333MHz Low Latency

MAINGEAR Redline Overclocking Service:
Turbo Boost Advanced Automatic Overclocking

Hard Drive Bay One: 1.0TB Western Digital Caviar
Black SATA 7200rpm 32MB Cache

Memory Card Reader: All-in-One Integrated USB 2.0
Flash Card Reader & Writer

Optical Drive One: 22X Dual Layer DVD RW Drive w/
LightScribe Technology

Audio: 7.1+2 Channel High Definition Surround
Sound Supporting S/DIF Optical In and Out

Network Adapter: On-board Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless Network Adapter: [PCI Internal]

D-Link® Xtreme N™ 802.11n DWA-552
Wireless Adapter

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home
Premium 64-bit

Primary Display: SAMSUNG 2243BWT Matte Black 22"
5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor

I recieved the system on the 16 of Dec. The monitor shipped separately and arrived on the 17th. After an agonizing 24 hour wait I hooked everything up and fired it up. This baby is fast! Although I'm not using it for much more than general computer use, and watching movies, the only game I have been playing on it is Fallout 3 and it runs great. It's pretty quiet too, there is some fan noise after playing Fallout 3 for a few hours, but it's minor. Fallout 3 also freezes randomly, but I'm sure this is a problem with the game and Windows 7, not the system. I only spoke to two people from Maingear - Chris, when I bought the system, and one other person when I called to find the order status. Both persons were very cordial.

I was a little miffed when I saw the Vybe after I bought my X-Cube. I would have liked to have checked one of those out, but I am VERY happy with my X-Cube. It sits on my desk and take up very little room. It's really cool-looking too.









I'm a Maingear customer for life, definitely be buying my next system from them again. I was talking to my brother a week ago, he's looking around for a new system and I recommended Maingear.

Thanks a lot Maingear, I love my new computer!