The Second Monkey is part of a new custom rig line up called Gorilla EX.

Gorilla EX is made for IT savy gamers, looking for a base build they can customise over time.

The range is designed in the way that none of them come with dedicated graphics cards installed, but are still fully working PC suitable for home or student uses if needed – really though, it wouldn't be putting the 650 watt power supply to good use now would it?

The Second Monkey specifically comes fitted with our favourite AMD A8–6600K APU which gives exceptional performace. You will also find a 128GB SSD with the OS loaded on it to get super fast boot times and loading times in general. There is plenty more space for storage expansion when the time comes.

When we benchmarked the rig it scored a very respectable 2941 in the Final Fantasy Benchmark. Totally more than capable of getting your game on! And with an additional AMD GPU added you could run both together in dual graphics mode, like we did with The First Monkey to get an even greater performance boost.

Remember, these builds are intended for computer enthusiasts who want a base system to customise and improve on – if you are after a no fuss complete custom build with all the trimmings check out our Gorilla in the Mist which can be anything you want :)