Today we are checking out the CyberPowerPC Infinity U7 Plus, a gaming prebuilt that comes with Intel’s 270K Plus CPU, an RTX 5070 Ti and 32GB of DDR5. What makes this interesting, though, is that it’s priced at £2099 – the exact same figure as the last CyberPower system we reviewed, but that only came with an RTX 5070… so how has CyberPower done it? We’re going to take a close look at this system and find out…

Timestamps

00:00 Intro
00:47 Recapping our last CyberPower review
01:41 New MA-01 chassis
02:18 CPU, AIO, memory
03:18 SSD + GPU
04:19 Mobo, PSU + build
05:16 CPU, GPU behaviour
06:27 Noise and thermal imaging camera
07:03 CPU + system benchmarks
07:27 Gaming benchmarks: 5070 Ti vs 5070
10:22 4K gaming performance
12:25 Closing thoughts

• Special offers: Norton 360 VPN & Security for Gamers (1-year licence), Treeapp tree planting contribution
• Case: CyberPowerPC MA-01 Mid-Tower Gaming Case (Steel Gray, includes 6x ARGB 120mm fans)
• Processor (CPU): Intel® Core Ultra 7 270K Plus (24 cores: 8P up to 5.50GHz, 16E up to 4.70GHz, 125W TDP, 40MB cache, Intel Graphics)
• CPU promotion: Intel 26Q2-05 Spring Game Bundle (digital)
• CPU cooling: CyberPowerPC Elite ARGB 360mm AIO liquid cooler (black)
• Cooling upgrades: Thermal Grizzly premium thermal paste
• Motherboard: MSI PRO Z890-S WiFi (ATX, PCIe 5.0, USB 3.2, 3x M.2)
• Freebies: Intel 26Q2-10 Motherboard Game Bundle
• Memory (RAM): 32GB DDR5 5600MT/s (2x16GB)
• Graphics card (GPU): NVIDIA® GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
• Power supply: Cooler Master Elite 850W 80+ Gold fully modular
• Primary storage: 2TB NVMe Gen4 SSD
• Sound: High-definition onboard audio
• Bluetooth: USB Bluetooth dongle
• Operating system: Windows 11 Home (no recovery media)
• Fast track service: Ready to ship same business day if order confirmed by 2PM
• Warranty: 5 years labour, 2 years parts, 12 months collect & return, lifetime technical support

You can buy the Infinity U7 Plus from CyberPowerPC for £2099 HERE.

Pros

• Cheaper than building it yourself.
• Clean chassis with knob-controlled RGB.
• Great for 1440p or 4K gaming.
• RTX 5070 Ti offers peace of mind with its 16GB framebuffer.
• Runs quiet and cool.
• Tidy cable management on front and back.

Cons

• Memory isn't the fastest at DDR5-5600 CL40.

KitGuru says: It's very hard to argue with the spec on offer from the Infinity U7 Plus, and the fact that it's cheaper to buy this than build an equivalent system yourself makes it a bit of a no-brainer.

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UPDATE: PCSpecialist has now issued a full response to our findings. You can read what they had to say – including a full statement from John Medley, Head of Sales & Marketing, in our follow up article HERE.

Today's article was originally meant to be an in-depth analysis of PCSpecialist's Element Elite R – a prebuilt PC packing a Ryzen 7 9700X and RTX 5070 into the mini-ITX TR100 chassis from Thermaltake. However, it quickly became obvious that something was not right with this system, so instead of a traditional review, we'll be highlighting what happened, how we fixed it, and the questions raised by this incident…

Timestamps

00:00 Intro
01:00 We found a fundamental issue
02:20 How we fixed it
02:51 Before/after thermals
04:37 Noise levels + fan RPMs
05:07 Two issues raised by the error
06:24 Closing thoughts

If you're not familiar with the Thermaltake TR100, it uses a split-chamber layout with the GPU in a separate compartment, connected to the motherboard via a PCIe riser. Unfortunately, that PCIe riser is the cause of the system's problems, as it has not been routed properly – or even routed at all – and has instead simply been jammed into one of the radiator fans, stopping it from spinning entirely.

I'd not used this case before but it was immediately obvious upon removing the side panel that something wasn't right. Re-visiting James' build in the TR100 from last year showed me that there's actually a dedicated crossbar, or bracket, for the PCIe riser, designed to prevent this exact thing – but here the riser has simply been looped over the top.

Fixing it took me about five minutes – I removed the radiator mount, reseated the riser properly, then secure the bracket on top, and that was job done. But clearly this is a huge oversight from PCSpecialist that raises significant questions.

We also ran thermal tests on the CPU to see the impact of this error. Here's a quick breakdown of what we found, but be sure to watch the embedded video for the full analysis:

• Cinebench, before fix: 66C steady-state, 73.6C peak
• Cinebench, after fix: 58C steady-state, 61.6C peak
• Cyberpunk 2077, before fix: 70C steady-state, 71.C peak
• Cyberpunk 2077, after fix: 65C steady-state, 69.6C peak

This raises two key issues that I expand on in the video – the first being how much training are PCSpecialist builders given, considering something like this occured. And secondly, how extensive are the company's testing and quality control procedures? PCSpecialist's website talks about ‘extensive' stress tests and says all systems go through ‘a quality control checklist to ensure all components are correct and follows our stringent guidelines'. But clearly, the guidelines can't be that stringent if something like this slipped through from start to finish completely unnoticed.

Indeed, you could consider PCSpecialist ‘fortunate' that the system we received has a relatively low-power 9700X pulling approx 88W. However, you can manually configure builds in the TR100 with up to a 9950X, a CPU that draws well over 200W, and losing half your radiator airflow with that CPU would have a far more detrimental effect.

KitGuru says: PCSpecialist needs to do significantly better.

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