dani72
Silver Level Poster
Since I have had the PC for nearly one month I thought that I would post a review of it. I've listed the specs at the bottom.
The case is definitely stylish and so easy to use. The airflow seems really good and the side panel easily opens up to access all the internals without the need for taking out screws. The PC is fast. It loads very quickly and everything runs smoothly. I can't say for sure if it's faster than my previous PC, which was only bought in late 2017. I hadn't used my old PC for some time before I got my new one but videos do seem to export somewhat faster. The fans are fairly quiet although they do seem to ramp up randomly at times, even when I'm not doing anything intensive. Note that I do not use the PC for gaming at all, only for video editing & audio mixing.
There are a few negatives. The front USB ports are useless. When they work they are much slower than the red ports at the back. From looking at the specs of the motherboard I had thought that the front ports would be USB 3.2 Gen 2 but this is obviously not the case. Having run several large backups (450gb+) I have found that it's at least twice as slow when my external drive is plugged into one of the 3 front ports. This is slightly annoying as the front ports are easier to plug into than the ones at the back. The other slight annoyance is the RGB lights on the processor cooler always stay on, even when the PC is off. It means that I have to turn off the PSU if I want the RGB lights to turn off. It's not a huge deal but it just seems like a waste of energy having them on when the PC is not in use. I couldn't find a setting to change this in iCUE. The RGB lights on the 3 fans at the front worked for about 10 minutes after I got the PC before turning off. I can't seem to get them to turn back on but it's hardly a big deal since I'm not a gamer and lighting doesn't interest me too much.
(Apologies for the quality of the photos but the camera on my phone isn't great.)
Case
CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 500D SE CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR VIII HERO WIFI (DDR4, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX/SLI) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st Storage Drive
250GB Samsung 870 EVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 5000MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
2 - 3 DAY DELIVERY TO REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Build Time
Standard Build - Subject to stock availability on pre-order products
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Logo Branding
PCSpecialist Logo
The case is definitely stylish and so easy to use. The airflow seems really good and the side panel easily opens up to access all the internals without the need for taking out screws. The PC is fast. It loads very quickly and everything runs smoothly. I can't say for sure if it's faster than my previous PC, which was only bought in late 2017. I hadn't used my old PC for some time before I got my new one but videos do seem to export somewhat faster. The fans are fairly quiet although they do seem to ramp up randomly at times, even when I'm not doing anything intensive. Note that I do not use the PC for gaming at all, only for video editing & audio mixing.
There are a few negatives. The front USB ports are useless. When they work they are much slower than the red ports at the back. From looking at the specs of the motherboard I had thought that the front ports would be USB 3.2 Gen 2 but this is obviously not the case. Having run several large backups (450gb+) I have found that it's at least twice as slow when my external drive is plugged into one of the 3 front ports. This is slightly annoying as the front ports are easier to plug into than the ones at the back. The other slight annoyance is the RGB lights on the processor cooler always stay on, even when the PC is off. It means that I have to turn off the PSU if I want the RGB lights to turn off. It's not a huge deal but it just seems like a waste of energy having them on when the PC is not in use. I couldn't find a setting to change this in iCUE. The RGB lights on the 3 fans at the front worked for about 10 minutes after I got the PC before turning off. I can't seem to get them to turn back on but it's hardly a big deal since I'm not a gamer and lighting doesn't interest me too much.
(Apologies for the quality of the photos but the camera on my phone isn't great.)
Case
CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 500D SE CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR VIII HERO WIFI (DDR4, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX/SLI) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st Storage Drive
250GB Samsung 870 EVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 5000MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
2 - 3 DAY DELIVERY TO REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Build Time
Standard Build - Subject to stock availability on pre-order products
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Logo Branding
PCSpecialist Logo
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