14 DAY TRIAL // Unveiled during this year’s CES fair, iBuyPower’s Erebus GT liquid cooled gaming system has now become available for purchase from the company’s website with prices starting at $899 (roughly 690 EUR).
The Erebus GT was developed as a more price friendly alternative to the company’s original, and much larger, Erebus system which was now renamed the “Erebus XL.”
Despite the lower price point, the GT still sports a proprietary liquid-cooling solution powered by Koolance that includes three large radiators and 13mm high flow tubing to circulate 4.5 gallons of coolant per minute.
“Our engineering team worked hard to get Erebus GT to market quickly after receiving such a warm reception at CES 2012,” said Darren Su, executive vice president of iBuyPower.
“The improvements from the first generation Erebus were the direct result of customer feedback and include a smaller footprint without sacrificing cooling ability and a lower starting price,” concluded the company’s rep.
Like its larger sibling, the Erebus GT features a steel chassis frame, with aluminum top and front paneling.
In addition to the case, a series of other features were also transitioned from the original Erebus desktop, such as the top fill port, the built-in reservoir that can be checked through the front panel, and the transparent top fins that help redirect exhaust and noise to the rear of the chassis.
The Erebus GT’s compact cooling system features wider radiators than the XL’s (140mm vs 120mm) to offset the cooling capacity loss from overall shorter radiators (top radiator from 4×120 to 3×140, rear from 2×120 to 1×140), as well as the removal of the front radiator.
According to iBuyPower, the end result is a unique case design that creates unidirectional air flow to help the cooling system reach a maximum rated heat dissipation of 2,500W.
The entry-level Erebus GT desktop that iBuyPower sells for $899 packs an AMD FX-4100 processor, Nvidia GeForce GTX 550Ti graphics, 8GB of system memory and a 1TB hard drive. Upgrading to an Intel LGA 1155 configuration raises the starting price to $1099.
