CLX Horus TGMHORRTU5106BM Black 2025

Insane specs, shame about the execution. The CLX Horus is a beast if you're willing to replace its potato-slow hard drive and cross your fingers on reliability. Most people should run, not walk, to an HP or Lenovo instead.

I was floored by how well the liquid-cooled 9950X held up under sustained loads, our database puts it in the absolute top tier. But then I tried installing a game to that 8TB HDD. Write speeds tanked to 10Mbps, turning a 10GB download into an 8-hour ordeal. That's not just 'slow,' it's outright broken for modern gaming. The RTX 5080 pushes gorgeous frames, but the whole experience gets kneecapped by a part that should've never left the factory.

The HP OMEN 45L gives you similar performance with far better build quality and customer support, often for a comparable price. The ASUS ROG GM700TZ might cost a bit more, but you're buying peace of mind and a chassis that doesn't feel like a science experiment. Even the Lenovo Legion Tower 5i Gen 10 would be a safer bet. The CLX only wins if you're okay rolling the dice to get that RAM and CPU combo.

At $4440, you're paying top dollar for top-tier silicon, but that price feels insulting when the PC ships with a hard drive that can't keep up with a budget NVMe from five years ago. If you immediately swap the HDD for a proper SSD, you're looking at extra cost and hassle. It's not worth it unless you find a steep discount and have a spare SSD lying around.

The CLX Horus is the poster child for 'great on paper, messy in reality.' Packing an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, 96GB of DDR5, and an RTX 5080, it sounds like a dream machine. But that dream gets sucker-punched by a garbage-tier hard drive and reliability so low it's practically underground. If you're okay with tinkering, this might be your diamond in the rough. For everyone else, it's a high-stakes gamble.

If you want a PC that just works out of the box without requiring a hard drive transplant, skip this. Go for an HP OMEN 45L or Lenovo Legion Tower instead. You'll lose a bit of RAM but gain actual reliability and a drive that won't make you scream.

Don't buy this unless you're a PC enthusiast who enjoys cracking open a case and swapping parts on day one. The spec sheet is a siren song, but the atrocious HDD and terrible reliability scores mean this pre-built is anything but 'pre-built' for real-world use. You're essentially paying for a project.