CyberPowerPC Hyper Liquid Infinity PC Review

Interior

The inside really is what draws you in, because in terms of the styling, CyberPower have clearly thought out the design and location for the custom loop watercooling hardware and tried to utilise the space extremely well so that there’s mass amounts of airflow while also keeping a keen eye on the aesthetics. Nothing looks out of place and the components flow into each other well. Couple this in with 2 individual loops, one for the CPU and one for the GPU, they also sent us this build with 2 different colours, with blue for the CPU loop and red for the GPU, though if I was being picky, I would have gone with green to match in with the choice of NVIDIA graphics card, but again, this is something you could configure yourself on the CyberPower website.

Not content on going lacklustre in terms of keeping temperatures down, they’ve utilised the watercooling in an extremely good way, plumping for a motherboard monoblock opposed to just a standard, and smaller CPU block. This should aid in not only keeping the 14900KS cool, but the surrounding VRMs too along with looking pretty spectacular at the same time.

The motherboard in the system is the MSI Z790 ACE which is a premium, high-end board with a robust VRM solution that will provide more than enough power to our CPU while also giving us lightning fast features and connectivity and a unique colour scheme of black and gold with some added lighting on the dragon logo on the VRM heatsink that sits by the rear I/O and the ACE logo that covers the utmost M.2 heatsink and this pulses in and out with a yellow-gold effect that ties in really well.

For the CPU, you have choices, but again, CyberPower wanted to show off the best of the best and for Z790, that means we have a 14900KS, of which we can’t show you as it’s covered by the monoblock, but with 24 cores, split between 8 performance cores (with hyperthreading) and 16 E-Cores giving us a total of 32 threads that can boost up to 6.2GHz, it’s no slouch, whether you’re gaming, streaming or even content creating. The only gripe with this CPU is that it does run hot thanks to its maximum turbo power of 253W but under a full custom loop, that’s going to fully negate that issue, leading to longer sustained levels of boost when you need it most.

For the memory, there’s that extra added touch of RGB, which as we all believe, makes any system better and adds at least 10% more performance (I joke of course) but the Kingston FURY Renegade 32GB DDR5 6400MHz kit definitely ties in well and is fast enough to keep up with modern demands in terms of the system as a whole. I could argue that 6400MHz is quick but there’s faster memory out there, but CyberPower only give you the option for up to 6400MHz, though in their defence, unless you’re a hardcore overclocker, anything above 6400MHz enters the land of diminishing returns as you’ll be paying a lot more money, for not much extra performance so I do see it from multiple angles.

For storage, which is found under that top M.2 heatsink, which of course, features a quick release connector, is a WD Black SN850X 2TB drive, so plenty of room for the latest games, especially as some games are now pushing over 150GB, though there’s plenty of room for more drives as the ACE board features a single Gen5 drive (of which it is populated by the WD Black SSD) as well as 4 further Gen4 slots, though if you’re rocking older hardware, there’s also 6 SATA ports, so no problem with storage options, and again, you can configure all of this when buying the system or add them in at a later date, though you will be restricted by the GPU and watercooling components in trying to get to the other M.2 slots.

So the big one if you’re looking at buying a hardcore all-out gaming system, of course comes down to the graphics card, and for this, we have the MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Suprim with EK waterblock strapped to it. I’ve long been a fan of the Suprim version of cards, and while it’s a shame to have that shiny, bulky looking air cooler removed, because it’s typically regarded as one of the best looking cards on the planet, the hardware is still underneath the block, you just can’t see it, but again, much like the CPU, having a GPU waterblock mounted to it, means that we’re going to see sustained levels of boosting for a prolonged amount of time, especially as the Suprim range of cards come with a pretty healthy overclock as standard.

So with big components comes big power requirements and the Corsair RM1000e 1000W 80+ Gold ATX 3.0 fully modular PSU comes into play. Being ATX 3.0 means that we have no issue with transient spikes and 1000W gives us more than enough power to cater for the components inside the system.

CyberPower have also utilised Corsair’s premium individually sleeved pro cable kit in black to add another element of customisation to the build, and when configuring, you do get the choice of black, white or blue to make the whole build a little more unique.

So how about the cooling? Well when it comes down to the watercooling and there’s a lot to go through, because CPU monoblock and GPU waterblock to one side, when building a custom loop build, you have a lot of choices in terms of radiators, reservoirs, pumps, combos, tubing and fittings.

For the radiators, there’s two EK Quantum Surface P360M X-Flow’s, with one at the top and one at the bottom, so again, having a split loop design means that we have a dedicated 360mm for the top loop, for the CPU, and another at the bottom for the GPU.

Reservoir wise, we have 2 FLT 120 pump/reservoir combos, one handling the flow of the coolant for the CPU loop, while the other caters for the GPU loop with again, different colours per run.

CyberPower have also used EK Quantum Torque fittings in black, though I do feel they may have missed a trick as these fittings allow you to use coloured collars to add an extra level of customisation to the build, and from looking at the configurator, it doesn’t seem like this is an option, though it it were, of course, that would come at an extra cost anyway.

In terms of the tubing, CyberPower have done a great job of bending the 16mm tubing accurately and by keeping the visuals on point with no unnecessary twists or turns and in terms of the angles, it’s pretty close to what I’d do myself.

They’ve also included a flow meter on each of the loops so you can double check that your system is working correctly, because if you’re buying a system like this, it’s likely that you’re not in the know when it comes to watercooling, so having that visual aid most definitely helps, not to mention that flow meters do look pretty cool too, if you can excuse the pun.

The last component to talk about comes down to the fans, and keeping the parts consistent, CyberPower have opted to use the EK 120 D-RGB black fans.

These are 120mm fans and there’s a total of 10 fans pre-installed in glorious ARGB, though again, colours can be changed through the included remote.

There’s 3 fans on each radiator, 2 in the rear, as the Evo XL supports it, and 2 on the side behind each FLT120 pump/reservoir. Due to the amount of fans, there should be no issue with keeping things running at a lower fan speed, while still keeping our components cool at the same time by striking that balance of noise and cooling capabilities.