Received my new order last Saturday but haven't gotten around to posting about it until today. My review will be in two parts: the Desktop and PCspecialist service.
Specifications
Pictures
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Desktop
The desktop is simply amazing! It runs really quietly (save the occasional loud hard disk activity) and seems have excellent cooling in place (possibly also because of the huge ass heat sink that I added). The casing looks pretty bad-ass with the red lights and overall, I am very, very satisfied with the build quality.
Performance is top-notch. I manage to average 50 FPS on Battlefield 3 at 1920 x 1080 with High settings on multiplayer. In Single player, I can even reach 60 fps with ultra settings. Everything runs smoothly and very quickly. The only bottleneck to the whole machine would be the hard disk. I guess you can blame it on my wanting more capacity rather than spending on a faster SSD.
Maybe because I haven't built my own desktop for a while, I was genuinely amazed when I say that BIOS had an actual GUI that had mouse access. I was wow'ed. Faced with so many complicated options, I had to tread carefully while reading the documentation. A good experience, because I learnt a lot more about the features of the motherboard I chose, admittedly, without knowing much about its features.
My only gripe with the system is the time it takes for the machine to boot through BIOS. It literally takes about 15 seconds to get through BIOS before Windows is loaded. Other than that, this is a fine machine and I love it!
PCSpecialist Service
It took six working days for the machine to be dispatched, pretty fast I might add. The build quality was really excellent. I was surprised to find the machine so neatly packed in the big box I received along with a professional "starter kit" included. The components are very neatly build and wires are arranged very neatly. Very professional and high standard.
Delivery was fine. The Saturday courier was late and only came at 130 pm. But since I was the among the last batch of computers to be delivered by Yodel, the new courier should be better.
Specifications
Pictures
https://picasaweb.google.com/lawlie...authkey=Gv1sRgCJugnZbh44urlwE&feat=directlink
Desktop
The desktop is simply amazing! It runs really quietly (save the occasional loud hard disk activity) and seems have excellent cooling in place (possibly also because of the huge ass heat sink that I added). The casing looks pretty bad-ass with the red lights and overall, I am very, very satisfied with the build quality.
Performance is top-notch. I manage to average 50 FPS on Battlefield 3 at 1920 x 1080 with High settings on multiplayer. In Single player, I can even reach 60 fps with ultra settings. Everything runs smoothly and very quickly. The only bottleneck to the whole machine would be the hard disk. I guess you can blame it on my wanting more capacity rather than spending on a faster SSD.
Maybe because I haven't built my own desktop for a while, I was genuinely amazed when I say that BIOS had an actual GUI that had mouse access. I was wow'ed. Faced with so many complicated options, I had to tread carefully while reading the documentation. A good experience, because I learnt a lot more about the features of the motherboard I chose, admittedly, without knowing much about its features.
My only gripe with the system is the time it takes for the machine to boot through BIOS. It literally takes about 15 seconds to get through BIOS before Windows is loaded. Other than that, this is a fine machine and I love it!
PCSpecialist Service
It took six working days for the machine to be dispatched, pretty fast I might add. The build quality was really excellent. I was surprised to find the machine so neatly packed in the big box I received along with a professional "starter kit" included. The components are very neatly build and wires are arranged very neatly. Very professional and high standard.
Delivery was fine. The Saturday courier was late and only came at 130 pm. But since I was the among the last batch of computers to be delivered by Yodel, the new courier should be better.
