Labo Fnac: M.RED CBT030-03 PC in 4K, 5/5

The new generation, first

In the space of a few months, Intel and NVIDIA renewed everything: the Core Ultra 200 series processors at the end of 2024, the GeForce RTX 50 and their DLSS 4 at the start of 2025. The CBT030-03 brings the two together, and the Fnac Labo counts it among the very first towers of this generation to pass through its test bench.

On the programme: a Core Ultra 7 265K with twenty cores, up to 5.5 GHz, a GeForce RTX 5080 with 16 GB of GDDR7, 32 GB of DDR5-5600 and a 2 TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD. All cooled by a 240 mm all-in-one watercooler and powered by an M.RED 1,050 W, modular, 80 PLUS Gold, to the ATX 3.1 standard.

What the Labo notes

overall score from Labo Fnac: 5/5
in 4K, at very high quality: 60+ fps
in file processing: 10/10
in web applications: 10/10
of NVMe SSD from the outset: 2 TB

Three uses, one tower

The Labo praises its versatility. Here’s what that covers.

More than 60 frames per second

That’s the promise of an RTX 5080, and the Labo confirms it: games run at very high quality beyond 60 frames per second on a 4K display. DLSS 4 and Reflex 2 do the rest.

M.RED tower at three-quarter view, glass side: AIO liquid cooling, GeForce RTX graphics card and front fans lit in purple

The Labo, in two sentences

lets you play at very high quality, at more than 60 frames per second, on 4K displays
Labo FnacL’Éclaireur Fnac, 15 June 2025
Impossible to fault, this tower obviously stands out for its all-round versatility.
Labo FnacL’Éclaireur Fnac, 15 June 2025

The price of excellence

The review notes a single weak point, and it isn't a technical one: the configuration is deemed very expensive. That's the price of an RTX 5080 and a Core Ultra 7, which is only fully justified on a 4K screen or for heavy applications.