The Beast lives

alistairrarh

Active member
This is my computer which came today. I previously mentioned in a post a few days ago I would load some pictures up, so i will, however I am going to start a new post so you can cut to the chase if you get me.

This is the Spec:

Case: COOLERMASTER COSMOS 1000 SILVER SILENT CASE

Overclocked CPU Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.80GHz)

Motherboard: ASUS® SABERTOOTH P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR!

Memory (RAM): 16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card: 2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6950 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

2nd Graphics Card: 2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6950 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

1st Hard Disk: 120GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 130MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk: 2TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive: 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader: INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply: CORSAIR 850W TX SERIES (TX850) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£99)

Processor Cooling: COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£49)

Thermal Paste: bARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card: ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities: ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Warranty 3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£69)

Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days

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PC Review:

Have not as of yet put it through its paces, however judging by the start-up speed (less than 20 seconds was fastest (Thats from off to my computer open on properties screen)) its going to ease through all the programs I use.
I currently have a dual screen set-up, and the graphics cards in crossfire mode. This gives me just under 8GB graphics card. Partnered with the 16GB of ram and the currently overclocked to 3.4GHz processor (soon to be slightly increased within reason) is going to be an insane combination. (Will update this review after some testing (e.g playing games as Im cool)

If you can see from the pictures it was a absolutely huge machine, standing about 50cm tall with almost equal to or more depth. The fans run lovely and quiet in my opinion and keep the computer temp right down.

Delivery:

Delivery of this PC was under 24 hours from dispatch. Packaged EXCEEDINGLY well, very well protected and I am pleased with the care from PC specialist in packing this computer.

Customer Service:

Again this is out of this world. I had two problems when it arrived, one being it would start up but no display, and the other 2nd graphics card not being detected. Rang up for both and within an hour they were fixed. (No display was something to do with the ram, well it involved the ram being taken out. The graphics card was dislodged a bit in transit, easily put back into place.)

Very well spoken representatives on the end of the phone, knew exactly what they were doing. Almost 0 waiting time at the time I called.

Verdict:

Build Quality : 9.5 / 10 (due to the issue with the graphics card slightly coming out (not Specialist fault though)

Delivery: 9 / 10

Customer Service: 10 / 10

Overall: 9.5 / 10

Will definitely use Pc Specialist in the future. Will Reccomend.


Big Thanks To:

Built By James Nisbet
Tested By Zbear Ramzan
QC'd By Craig Whiteley
Packed By Anthony Cunliffe

Great Job Guys! :)
 

Nemesis

Moderator
Moderator
Almost perfect review... except you didnt mention the great forums ;)

+rep for the review and pics.....
 

FacetiousPizza

Silver Level Poster
Very nice setup you have there. I'll be very interested to see what temperatures the CPU and graphics cards reach when gaming, as I have ordered the same case. +rep for pics
 

psycho

Member
Great looking Pc, Good reviews, Pc specialist Really know their Stuff.
My Pc was dispatched today, Just in time for the weekend. Can't wait.
+ 1 rep for the pic's :winkiss:
 

alistairrarh

Active member
The wait for the computer is unbearable, guaranteed you will be checking the DHL delivery every 15 minutes in excitement :L
 

alistairrarh

Active member
Its suddenly deciding to skip the bios screen and load straight up to the windows screen, any ideas for this problem?
 

alistairrarh

Active member
Again this is now fixed :L i just hit buttons till it decided to show it again :) (e.g re-installed graphics cards and re-did crossfire mode)

All is well with the pc :) :turned:
 
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