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Some system builders we have worked with in the past don't like images of their bios configurations detailed in a review as they claim a competitor can ‘steal them', but we received no request from PC Specialist to hide the settings.
The Asus P8Z68V Gen 3 is a fully featured motherboard, built for overclocking. As I have said in previous reviews, I really do love their bios configurations. They are exceptionally intuitive to configure and rock solid in power hungry situations.
A general overview of the system on the main page.
The system was configured at 4,800mhz as described by PC Specialist.
PC Specialist have tweaked the power settings to allow for the heavily overclocked Vortex configuration. Phase control is set to extreme and Duty control is set to extreme with CPU current capability raised by 10% to 110%. CPU voltage is configured to 1.4 and CPU PLL voltage is also increased to 1.77500.
Most of the other bios settings are left as standard and there isn't really a need to focus on them. We can see from the image above that the Kingston 120GB SSD is configured as the boot drive.
System validation at 4.8ghz is available here. We left the system running stress tests for several hours before we started the review, and it passed with flying colours.
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?
I like that CPU cooler, seems brilliant. dont think our local store has them however.
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.
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.