A brief review of my new pc purchased from PC Specialist
Case InWIN GT1 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4790 (3.6GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® Z97-P: ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM) 16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - DVI, HDMI, mDP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk 250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 1TB WD BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W VS SERIES, VS-650 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Thermal Paste STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD) Wireless/Wired
Networking 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79) DVD Recovery Media Windows 10 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
As I am not a pc expert this will be more about my experiences than a technical review.
I first started to think about buying a gaming and media pc about a year ago and started searching the internet to find a pc builder as I didn’t feel confident enough to build my own and didn’t want to buy anything from PC World or the like.
I was regularly visiting loads of websites but always kept coming back to PCS because I liked the ease of use of the pc configurator, the prices and the forums.
After spending a few months saving some money and browsing the forums to see what kind of pc I should buy I finally took the plunge on 14/10/15 and placed my order (this was about 7pm).
A few email updates from PCS later and my pc was ready for dispatch on 16/10/15 (about 7 am), 36 hours after placing my order. Because of the weekend my pc spent more time at the DPD depot than it took to build but I received more updates that it would be delivered on 19/10/15 and given a one-hour time slot which was kept to and the pc arrived in excellent condition and the delivery guy was very nice.
Unpacking everything was easy and everything I needed was included (thankfully because during setup I realised I needed a vga-dvi converter for my monitor and it was in the welcome pack with everything else).
As soon as I had connected everything and powered on there was a couple of minutes of Windows 10 finishing the install then it was ready to use. By the way, having Windows 10 on the Samsung ssd is amazing and boots up so fast (7-8 seconds) that using a pc is a pleasure again.
I have only tried a few games over the past week but Dayz plays like a dream and looks amazing even on my old monitor which I will replace on Black Friday.
The pc is incredibly quiet, super-fast and looks fantastic (inside and out) and it’s great to be able just keep opening games and programs and docs and not worry about the pc slowing down.
To summarise, I couldn’t have had a better experience buying from PC Specialist and I am so happy with my pc. I would like to thank everyone who helped to build and deliver my pc and kept me up to date with constant emails as well as the people on the forums who inspired my build. :tt1:
Case InWIN GT1 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4790 (3.6GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® Z97-P: ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM) 16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - DVI, HDMI, mDP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk 250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 1TB WD BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W VS SERIES, VS-650 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Thermal Paste STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD) Wireless/Wired
Networking 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79) DVD Recovery Media Windows 10 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
As I am not a pc expert this will be more about my experiences than a technical review.
I first started to think about buying a gaming and media pc about a year ago and started searching the internet to find a pc builder as I didn’t feel confident enough to build my own and didn’t want to buy anything from PC World or the like.
I was regularly visiting loads of websites but always kept coming back to PCS because I liked the ease of use of the pc configurator, the prices and the forums.
After spending a few months saving some money and browsing the forums to see what kind of pc I should buy I finally took the plunge on 14/10/15 and placed my order (this was about 7pm).
A few email updates from PCS later and my pc was ready for dispatch on 16/10/15 (about 7 am), 36 hours after placing my order. Because of the weekend my pc spent more time at the DPD depot than it took to build but I received more updates that it would be delivered on 19/10/15 and given a one-hour time slot which was kept to and the pc arrived in excellent condition and the delivery guy was very nice.
Unpacking everything was easy and everything I needed was included (thankfully because during setup I realised I needed a vga-dvi converter for my monitor and it was in the welcome pack with everything else).
As soon as I had connected everything and powered on there was a couple of minutes of Windows 10 finishing the install then it was ready to use. By the way, having Windows 10 on the Samsung ssd is amazing and boots up so fast (7-8 seconds) that using a pc is a pleasure again.
I have only tried a few games over the past week but Dayz plays like a dream and looks amazing even on my old monitor which I will replace on Black Friday.
The pc is incredibly quiet, super-fast and looks fantastic (inside and out) and it’s great to be able just keep opening games and programs and docs and not worry about the pc slowing down.
To summarise, I couldn’t have had a better experience buying from PC Specialist and I am so happy with my pc. I would like to thank everyone who helped to build and deliver my pc and kept me up to date with constant emails as well as the people on the forums who inspired my build. :tt1:
