Also noteworthy is this system's excellent wiring job, which leaves plenty of room for either air or hands to move throughout the insides of the case. Additionally, the system's preinstalled water-cooling setup is both unobtrusive and unique--we don't often see liquid enter the picture outside of the performance-desktop category. A big drawback, however, is the lack of any manuals or driver CDs. (Note to CyberPower: Not every consumer is a power user.)

The available connection options leave no stone unturned--in this respect, the Gamer Ultra 9000 is one of the most versatile systems we've ever reviewed. The front of the PC is home to two USB ports, the aforementioned hotswappable drive connector, an eSATA port, and a multiformat card reader. On the rear are four USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, a gigabit ethernet port, integrated 7.1 surround sound, HDMI, an S/PDIF optical out, and a DVI and VGA connector. The graphics board, for its part, comes with two DVI connectors, an HDMI port, and a DisplayPort connector. Will we miss FireWire much? Not with that loadout.

CyberPower's Gamer Ultra 9000 delivers excellent general performance and offers some of the mainstream-PC category's best performance to date. The connection options are as numerous as they are encompassing. Storage is ample, too, and the PC's multimedia support is tip-top. You truly get what you pay for with this machine--its price is just right for the category, and it delivers in every major way for a desktop of this caliber.