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welcome back to harbor unbox today I have what should be a rather impressive pre-built system from PC case here we're going to unbox it check it out and of course play a few games on it I did just finish downloading the new Middle Earth shadow of war game as well so I'm keen to see how that plays on this system but of course before we can do that we do need to unbox it and check out what is inside of this new gaming rig how well this system already looks very impressive the in wind 303 in video edition case it's certainly very striking and I love the green highlights along the front here and of course who doesn't like a nice big tempered glass panel this one's even branded with the geforce gtx logo so you know there's something good inside at this point you probably realized this is a very Nvidia themed system and that's for good reason this is a battle box for those of you who don't know and video created the battle box certification to ensure gamers what they're buying is ready for serious gaming action although I obviously like to build my own pcs and I know many of you do as well I understand that not everyone wants to invest the time researching components and going through the process of building their own gaming rig for those I just want to lay down the cash and in return get something that's ready for action well there's the pre-built however not all pre-built are built equally I've come across plenty of gamers in my time they've defected from consoles or just getting into PC gaming for the first time and they've made the mistake of buying an expensive gaming system only to find out that while it does come with an expensive core i7 processor it's paired with an entry-level graphics card you certainly can't blame novice users for seeing core i7 and geforce on the specs list and believing their set this is where the battle box certification comes in there are two types of battle boxes the ultimate and essential the ultimate is what we have here today to play with and it calls for a core i7 or Rison 7 CPU as the minimum 16 gigabytes of ddr4 memory and SSD Windows 10 and AG sync display if the system comes with a display so any retailer selling a battle box ultimate must meet or exceed those specifications so what's in our system from PC case gear then the brains of this operation is a core i7 a 700 K and I might have the last remaining one in Australia right now anyway with its six highly clocked cores and twelve threads the 87 okay a beast and the undisputed fascist gaming sepia on the planet right now the 8700 k is plugged into a very sensible MSI z3 70 PC pro motherboard but you could up for something like the gaming Pro carb and if you wanted a few extra features cooling the six core CPU is the deep cool gamers still Maelstrom 240 T and I'm keen to see what temps we get when gaming an even more bling to this build is the team force Nighthawk ddr4 3000 memory kit and of course we have sixteen gigabytes II for the boot drive the Samsung SSD 850 Evo 500 gigabytes been installed and for secondary storage we have a much larger but slower Seagate Barracuda 2 terabyte then powering the system is the in winning classic Series C 900 watt power supply an insane 80 + Platinum certified unit that delivers up to 92% efficiency what else what else is inside this impressive gaming rig yes of course and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 T I found Edition graphics card yep that'll do nicely the 1080i really needs no introduction at this point if you haven't seen my account less benchmark videos featuring this beast then really what have you been doing with your time I'll link some of the videos in the description below go check them out anyway we've unboxed the battle box so it's now time to do battle and see what this thing's really capable of unfortunately I don't have a g-sync display on hand right now but I do have a very impressive a soos 1440p 144 Hertz display so I'll connect that up and we'll get gaming Middle Earth shadow of wall was tested at 1440p using the ultra quality preset and unfortunately overlay software isn't working right now afterburner would cause the game in a crash but I'm sure there'll be a river tuna update in the not-too-distant future anyway in the meantime you can use the built-in benchmark to gauge performance and here the battle box spat out an average of 94 FPS while never dipping below 65 fps here's a quick look at some gameplay footage captain leading the search is in the lower city player unknowns battlegrounds was also tested at 1440p and again I'm using the ultra quality preset the game's still really not that well optimized but even so we did see an average around 75 FPS when in the busy areas and the game never dipped below 58 fps I really wish I had more time to play overwatch or really play overwatch at all it seems like a really fun game and I find myself fully captivated every time I test out new hardware with this title using the epic quality preset at 1440p we averaged around a hundred and 70 FPS and in the thick of it we never dip below 140 FPS ignore the thirty-nine FPS minimum that happened when alt tabbing to the desktop via 140 FPS was the minimum I almost didn't get a chance to try at the new Star Wars Battlefront 2 beta results pretty busy testing your 8th gen core processor series but I did seize my opportunity when testing the battle box and I had a few games the game looks incredible and it seems to be a heap of fun with the quality things maxed out framerate stayed above a hundred FPS at all times and we averaged around 120 fps so a very smooth and enjoyable experience then for someone looking to invest in a high-end gaming rig but doesn't have the time I do all the necessary research or certainly build one themselves then I think getting a certified battleblock system it's a surefire way of knowing that you're getting something very capable like we just saw 1440p high refresh rate gaming isn't a problem I guess it kind of goes without saying the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and the core i7 combo really is as good as it gets for gamers right now this battle box system for me really kills the notion that all pre-built sar bad I priced up all the components individually it looks like you're paying PC case gear about a hundred and fifty dollars Australian to build and configure the system for you and I have to say they do a very nice job of it the cable management here was excellent something I really appreciate about this pre-built system is the fact that it's using the kind of components that enthusiasts like myself would put in there anyway if I was to build the system so it doesn't have a sort of custom motherboard or something that's a bit strange or sort of limits your ability to upgrade the system in the future with the platform the way it is you really could upgrade the graphics card two or three times into the future before you need to get a whole new platform so there's plenty of future proofing if you will in this system but anyway the system worked exceptionally well frame rates were silky smooth as you just saw the operating temperatures were really good and something I really liked was the system was virtually silent I suppose you should probably expect that with an all-in-one liquid cooler but even so very nice quiet system and in case you haven't noticed the system itself looks quite sweet I think you'll probably agree well I hope you guys enjoyed the video on a big thank you to PC case key if not only building the battle box but for sending it over and giving us a chance to play with it and check it out speaking of which if you want to check out any of their pre-built systems and I will provide a link in the video description this system here is now going to be heading into Melbourne for the PAX 2017 trade show so if you're heading to the event you can check this thing out in the flesh thanks for watching I'm your host Steve I'll see you again next time guys