Reviews - PC Specialist Vanquish R4

[HEXUS]

Is fourth-generation Haswell a good fit for a high-end gaming rig?

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[3dcandy]

Seems to me that the whole world is going mobile and at an increasing rate. The logs from the websites Iadmin are showing the same too

[Bagpuss]

..only 4.2Ghz!!

..seems even the system builders aren't too confident in these chips.

[JSanders]

..only 4.2Ghz!!

..seems even the system builders aren't too confident in these chips.

Stability.

[ajax2061]

will be sticking to my 4.8Ghz OC 2600k for a while longer I thinks

[Willzzz]

..only 4.2Ghz!!

..seems even the system builders aren't too confident in these chips.

Well they have to be don't they, more so than home builders.

Firstly they have to choose an overclock that works across every system they build, secondly they have to sort it out if anything goes wrong.
Plus they are only using an H60.

[cjs150]

The cooling system makes little sense. Water cooling the CPU only looks good but rarely delivers significantly better results at lower noise than air cooling (unless you go for a 240mm radiator). But if you watercool both GPU and CPU you get much better overall performance both in terms of noise and (if done correctly) ensuring the rest of the computer gets cooler air