CyberPower is a company that manufactures and distributes various customized high-end gaming machines, notebook systems and high performance workstations to meet the unique needs of gamers, businesses, government agencies, educational institutions and other high end-users. We have seen a couple of gaming notebooks lately like the iBuypower’s Battalion, Sager NP9280, Alienware M17x, etc. Now, CyberPower has come up with its own version of a 17-inch gaming behemoth called the Xplorer X7-Xtreme S1. It is powered by Intel Core i7 processor; the users can choose between 2.66GHz Core i7-920, 2.93GHz i7-940, or the 3.2GHz i7-965 processor. The chipset used in this notebook is Intel X58 + ICH10R.

The Xplorer X&-Xtreme S1 has a 17-inch (16:10 aspect ratio) WUXGA TFT LCD display with a resolution of 1920x1200 pixels. Since this is a gaming notebook, it supports up to 6GB (2GBx3) of PC3-8500 DDR3-1066MHz/1333MHz RAM (Corsair or Major Brand). Graphics are provided by the dedicated NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M GPU which offers 1GB of DDR3 virtual memory and supports DirectX 10.1 and HDCP. It will run most of the modern games quite effortlessly. For storage this device offers the users three 2.5-inch hard disk slots (support RAID 0/1/5, SATA interface). The rich audio is provided by built-in AC 97 sound and stereo speakers with support for 5.1 channel audio output.

Other features on this gaming monster include:

·         Four USB ports

·         eSATA port

·         HDMI port, DVI-I output port

·         Audio in/out and S/P DIF output jack

·         CATV input jack (Function option with TV-Tuner module)

·         Mini IEEE 1394a port

·         7-in-1 Card Reader (MS/MS Pro/MS Duo/MS Pro Duo/SD/Mini-SD/MMC)

·         ExpressCard (54/34) slot

·         Three MiniCard slots (1st for WLAN module with USB/PCIe interface,2nd for TV-Tuner card with USB interface,3rd for Intel Turbo Memory with PCIe interface )

·         Ethernet, WiFi 802.11a/g/n, and Bluetooth V2.1 + EDR module with USB interface

·         8x DVD rewritable drive

·         3MP webcam

·         Kensington lock

·         Windows Vista operating system

The Xplorer X7-Xtreme S1 gaming notebook runs on a 12-cell (6600mAh) battery which the company claims can offer a runtime of 1 hour (which seems quite less but then, this one is a desktop replacement). This notebook is quite huge with the dimensions 15.5-inch x 11.75-inch x 2.35-inch and a weight of 5.4Kg. It comes with a standard 1-year limited warranty, lifetime technical support, and a free deluxe carrying bag. The base model will be available at a price of $2,335.

So how do you think about it?