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PC Specialist Inferno 11.6 inch Laptop review

The tests were performed in a controlled air conditioned room with temperatures maintained at a constant 24c – a comfortable environment for the majority of people reading this.

Idle temperatures were measured after sitting at the desktop for 30 minutes. Load measurements were acquired by running Furmark and Cinebench together. Room ambient temperatures were 23c.

We measured results with CPUID Hardware Monitor software. The CPU was loaded with Cinebench in a loop and Furmark stress test.

The small chassis cooling system has to work hard to ensure the system is stable, which is why the noise levels are a little higher than usual. The Core i7 3630QM is a powerful QUAD core chip with hyperthreading, however the fan works well, maintaining a load threshold around 80c in our test environment.

We attached five diodes to the back of the chassis and measured the temperature (Celcius) after one hour of intensive work and gaming.

The underside of the chassis gets very warm under load and is rather uncomfortable to use long term. We would recommend using a gel based cooling pad between legs and machine if this is important.

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5 comments

  1. Well this is rather daring from PC Specialist. never heard of them before, but thats a heck of a move. I know a lot of people who would love this, even with a bit of extra heat.

    Only issue I could see would be a long term fan dust clogging issue, and this machine would overheat very soon. I suppose many laptops are like that however so nothing that big a deal.

  2. Thats a great little system, id probably opt for a slightly lesser CPU though to keep down temps.

  3. I really like this too, great price. Shame they dont ship outside UK.

  4. @Mannacua, while they don’t personally ship outside the UK I have heard of people getting the confirmation from PCS that it is ready (and arranging for them to hold onto it) and then sending in their own couriers to pick it up and ship it out as self pickup is an option!

    So far heard great things about this and having owned a Viper III from PCS am sorely considering getting this as a travelling companion!

  5. Joaquim Albertino das Couves

    Any way to adjust the fan speed on this? I have the same one and my fans dont show up on any software.

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