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PC Specialist Enforcer-X review

£1379 inc VAT and delivery

Manufacturer: PC Specialist

Our Rating: We rate this 4 out of 5

By | PC Advisor | 14 February 12

The Enforcer-X offers excellent application performance and a step-up in gaming frame rates from those equipped with the lesser GeForce GTX 560Ti graphics card. It lacks Blu-ray support but comes with a well-chosen set of gamer-oriented peripherals and a premium motherboard.

The Enforcer-X falls in the middle of the range price-wise, but delivers excellent application performance, matching CyberPower’s Cobra at nearly £2000. The system pushes the Intel Core i5-2500K from 3.3GHz up to 4.6GHz and adds to it 16GB of 1600MHz RAM, all housed in a premium Asus P8Z68-V motherboard. See also Group test: what's the best desktop PC?

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Scoring 217 points in WorldBench 6, the Enforcer-X is the joint fastest system in this review when it comes to application performance, despite its middle-of-the-road overclock. This is largely due to the 16GB of memory and 80GB Intel 320-series SSD. Visit Group test: What's the best £1,000 PC?

Gaming performance isn’t up to the standard of those systems fitted with an AMD Radeon 7970, but the nVidia GeForce GTX 570 used here offers a noticeable improvement of around 7-10fps over the GTX 560 Ti used in most of the lower-priced gaming PCs. The P8Z68-V motherboard supports SLI, so you could add a second GTX 570 later if you want to improve gaming speed.

The system is housed in a tidy, yet impressive Cooler Master Storm Enforcer case. It features a windowed side-panel and access to the front drive bays and DVD writer is via a large, curved hinged door. A large Titan Fenrir processor cooler is complemented by modest case fans and we were pleased to see dust-filters in place to help maintain optimum air flow over time.

Iiyama's 24in LED-backlit full-HD display includes VGA, DVI and a pair of HDMI inputs for good connectivity options; you could hook up an external Blu-ray player to make up for the lack of Blu-ray drive in the system itself.

PC Specialist has gone to town with the gaming peripherals by including a Razer Arctosa keyboard and Razer Deathadder ReSpawn mouse, both of which are designed specifically for gaming and offer improved responsiveness and programmability. These are complemented by a Logitech H350 USB headset.

PC Specialist Enforcer-X Expert Verdict »
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Processor type: Intel Core i5 2500K
Processor speed: Overclocked @ 4.6GHz
CPU Cooler: Titan Fenrir CPU Cooler + Arctic MX-4 Thermal Paste
RAM: 16GB Kingston Hyper-X 1600MHz RAM
Hard disk capacity: 1TB HDD + 80GB Intel 320-series SSD
Motherboard Make and model: ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3
External USB 2.0 ports (rear / front / other): 8 (6/2/0)
External USB 3.0 ports (rear / front / other): 4 (2/2/0)
Monitor (size and model): 24inch Iiyama E2473HDS
Native resolution: 1920 x 1080
Graphics card: nVidia GeForce GTX 570 (x1)
Sound card (or on-board chipset): Onboard Audio 7.1
Optical Drive Type and model: 24x DVD-RW/16x DVD-ROM
Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Network connectivity: Gigabit x 1
I/O ports (audio): Optical, HDMI Audio
I/O ports (video): VGA, HDMI 1.4a, DVI
  • Build Quality: We give this item 8 of 10 for build quality
  • Features: We give this item 8 of 10 for features
  • Value for Money: We give this item 8 of 10 for value for money
  • Performance: We give this item 8 of 10 for performance
  • Overall: We give this item 8 of 10 overall

The Enforcer-X offers excellent application performance and a step-up in gaming frame rates from those equipped with the lesser GeForce GTX 560Ti graphics card. It lacks Blu-ray support but comes with a well-chosen set of gamer-oriented peripherals and a premium motherboard.

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