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PC Specialist Vortex XT-270FB System Review

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell March 1, 2012 Featured Announcement, Gaming PC

The tests were performed in a controlled air conditioned room with temperatures maintained at a constant 23c – a comfortable environment for the majority of people reading this.

Idle temperatures were measured after 30 minutes of ‘resting' in the Windows 7 environment. System temperatures were measured by running Furmark with Cinebench R11.5 64 bit in a loop for 30 minutes then recording the maximum temperatures during this time period.

We attached 5 diodes to the internal of the chassis.

1: next to the optical drive at the top of the case.
2: Above the motherboard, between the CPU cooler and the top fan.
3: Above the 1TB hard drive.
4: above the memory close to the right side of the motherboard.
5: above the power supply and below the graphics card.

The Cooler Master HAF case produces a high level of airflow which helps maintain very impressive temperatures across the range of components listed above.

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8 comments

  1. Dustin
    March 1, 2012 at 10:51 am

    very nice build indeed. They could have saved a few quid with the 2600k, as it hits the same speeds. maybe used a slightly better SSD?

  2. Brian Davis
    March 1, 2012 at 10:52 am

    I like that CPU cooler, seems brilliant. dont think our local store has them however.

  3. Colin Mortimer
    March 1, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    normally I have a chuckle at systems you review, such as the ever crap DELL, but when the insides were opened, that is a better wiring job than I could do.

    Nice pictures by the way.

  4. Iiona
    March 1, 2012 at 4:33 pm

    It is a very good system, no doubt about it, but I think to be a successful system builder in the UK (i mean really successful) then you need to do something different. Something no one else is trying.

    Dell and Alienware may get slated, however they have their own case designs which you cant get elsewhere (alienware anyway). This is why Dell bought them out, they work well as a system builder and offer something that no one else can.

    I dont mean to sound like im discrediting PC SPECIALIST, but really I think anyone can make a system like this in, pick good components, and a nice case and get the best motherboard for overclocking then copy settings over. Its not that hard.

    In closing, good review, nice system, but nothing that I will remember in a day or two.

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