CyberpowerPC Gamer Infinity 3300 Budget Desktop Personal Computer

10/16/08 - CyberpowerPC's Gamer Infinity 3300 claims to be a budget oriented gaming desktop PC, but it lacks the dedicated graphics card to really live up to that claim. What it does offer though is one of the strongest processors to be found in a budget segment with the quad core Q6600 from Intel. This gives it some unrivaled performance but consumers will need to add a variety of software or hardware to round out the systems features.

10/16/08 - CyberpowerPC's Gamer Infinity 3300 is touted as a budget gaming desktop. This would be an excellent assessment of the system if it actually came with a graphics card that could handle PC games. The system instead ships with the Intel GMA X3100 integrated graphics processor that can't handle pretty much any current 3D game. Users looking to this system for gaming will have to purchase a PCI-Express graphics card to really use it for this purpose.

Outside of the graphics, the Gamer Infinity 3300 has probably the best performance that can be found in a system for under $600. This is achieved thanks to the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor. While this doesn't have an extremely high clock speed, it still outperforms just about every processor found in this price segment. It also allows for extremely fast performance with multitasking or multithreaded applications. Add to this the 4GB of memory and this system should fly through pretty much all the applications thrown at it.

There are other minor issues that some may find with the Gamer Infinity 3300. Two small items that could be an issue for folks are the peripheral ports and the software. The system does not feature a FireWire port that may make it less useful as a digital video editing platform even though it has the performance. Similarly, the system only comes with the 32-bit version of Vista without any productivity, multimedia or security software.

The Gamer Infinity 3300 really needs to be looked at as a base platform that is extremely affordable for the performance it provides. It can then be built upon to better suite the intended purpose of the machine, whether it be via a graphics card or peripherals. The system has lots of potential, it just requires extra expense to flush it out.

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