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Core i5, nVidia GTX285 on Asus Clear Case

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief December 2, 2009 · 1 min read

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Asus Philippines put up this dream team gaming rig with the new Intel Core i5 750, Asus nVidia Geforce GTX 285 and Asus Maximus III Formula.

To top it off, the gaming system came with a custom polymer Asus Clear PC Case which makes all the peripherals visible from all sides. Doesn’t look that pretty at first but wait ’til you boot it up in the dark.

Although the design is a bit interesting, the hard plastic case seemed a little brittle and prone to cracks and scratches. What’s lacking here actually is a transparent CD/DVD writer you can include in the rig.

Check out the specs:
Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.66GHz
2GB DDR3 RAM
Asus nVidia GeForce GTX285 1GB 512-bit
Asus Maximus Formula
Western Digital 640GB

Used a samsung 32″ LCD TV with screen resolution of 1366×768. The Windows Experience Index gives it a pretty nice score although I’m a little surprised the DDR3 RAM got the lowest sub-score in the bunch.

We got some 3DMark scores below:

3DMark Score: 16,907

SM2.0 Score: 6798
GT1 – Return to Proxycon 57fps
GT2 – Return to Proxycon 56fps

HDR/SM3.0 Score: 8394
HDR1 – Canyon Flight 94fps
HDR2 – Deep Freeze 74fps

CPU Score: 4170

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42 Comments

JJ · 14 years ago

GTX 280? So old school… hahaha can’t beat my dual GTX 660 Ti Phantom SLI haha

Nikola · 14 years ago

What is name of this Case?Pls tell

Carlo · 17 years ago

How much would this rig cost you?

kerov7 · 17 years ago

master yuga, how much?? are they selling it to d public??

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 17 years ago

@kerov7 – not really sure how much but will ask them.

roj · 17 years ago

nice heatsink.. is that fanless? what brand is that and where can i buy it here?

berkano · 17 years ago

loving it…

eithan · 17 years ago

@TurboSlice
Hey where in Angeles City your store located @? Im plaaning to buy wifi router. wala na bang discount?
hahahahaha =)

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drew · 17 years ago

wow a case mod from asus.. cool

Jhay · 17 years ago

What I’d like to see is what a baseball bat would do to this rig. *evil grin*

mAdden · 17 years ago

wow this is nice. how much kea to estimated?

Turboslice · 17 years ago

For those in Angeles City who’re planning to build a rig, here’s a link to Enigma’s price list:

http://enigma-phil.com.ph/Downloader.php?PL=ret

chris · 17 years ago

Wow 5.5 Base score. I’m also planning to grab bestbuy.com offer til january 10 and plan to buy a hp intel core i7.

daddy joey · 17 years ago

how much? ok nako kahit sa crystal case. lol!

Reel Advice · 17 years ago

I’m against this here! ahaha! I’d rather get the ATI-AMD combo any day! :P

Turboslice · 17 years ago

Oh, and btw, abe, I’ve seen this before a couple of times with my other friends’ PCs. The only bottleneck to that Windows Experience Index is the hard disk.

I’ve yet to purchase a Raptor HDD to make that Index go higher. Those HDDs are monsters in data transfer rates, I tell ya.

Turboslice · 17 years ago

Very, very nice rig. Though some people say that the i5 was really meant only for mainstream computers, still, pairing it with a powerful graphics card means it’s not only mainstream, it’s a powerhouse!