Cyberpower PC Hyper Liquid X139 Review

👤by Tim Harmer Comments 📅31-03-23
Closer Look (internal)



Starting at the top and working our way down, two 8-pin CPU power connectors in the top-left feed power directly to the exceptionally thirsty Intel i9-13900KS, ensuring that it doesn’t stumble for headroom when pushing the maximum single- and all-core frequencies. The EK Velocity2 waterblock once again looks fantastic placed on top of the processor, with the hardlined tubing winding its way across the rest of the system.

The first of two illuminated flow indicators sits next to the rear fan, making it easy to check the CPU loop’s status at a glance. A slim 360mm radiator is installed at the top of the chassis, once again dedicated to cooling the CPU.

Installed alongside the CPU is 32GB of Kingston’s Fury Renegade DDR5 memory clocking in at 6000MHz. Two DIMM slots remain unpopulated if you wish to expand this for more demanding tasks, though this will tend to limit the operating frequency of the DDR5 memory as a whole. Both are factors to consider if you want to upgrade to 64GB RAM.



Located behind the built-in NVMe heatsink is a 2TB Solidigm P44 PRO M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD. Additional M.2 drives can be installed in the three spare slots, although the one directly below the GPU will require a lot of dexterity to utilise. Mounting points for 2.5” and 3.5” drives are located on the rear of the motherboard tray behind the right-hand side panel, the hardware for which is supplied by Cyberpower UK in a separate box.

It gets a little complex to the right of the motherboard. Cyberpower have installed three fans rather than a radiator here, and used the section just behind the front tempered glass panel to place both EK Pump and Reservoir combo units (one per loop) which are mounted with EK hardware. Just below these two units is the second of the two flow indicators, this one for the GPU loop and visible through the front of the case.



As well as taking advantage of the Vector2 full cover waterblock and dedicated water cooling loop, the graphics card also utilises the much-discussed 12+4-pin power connector through a native cable to the PSU rather than the ugly 3-to-1 adaptor NVIDIA supplies with the card.

Sitting at the bottom of the case is the second CORSAIR 360mm radiator and three Cyberpower 120mm LED fans, configured to pull air up and through the radiator.

Here's a quick look at some of the internal components with the LED illumination active.






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