Review: Scan 3XS Vengeance RTX Fluid Extreme

Conclusion

It would be easy to dismiss the 3XS Vengeance RTX Fluid Extreme as overly extravagant, yet the exaggerated specification speaks volumes of how far AMD Ryzen has come since its launch back in 2017.

The arrival of the 16-core, 32-thread Ryzen 9 3950X earlier this month has raised the bar for non-HEDT platforms, and when it comes to multi-threaded prowess, there's simply nothing better on a mainstream chipset.

Riding the Ryzen wave, Scan's lavish base unit is aimed squarely at those wanting to join the 3950X party to maximum effect. Said chip is paired with 64GB of DDR4 memory, an insanely fast 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD and a 24GB Titan RTX graphics card, all brought together in an eye-catching chassis filled with an abundance of RGB lighting and a custom Corsair Hydro X cooling loop.

There will be those who like the fact that Fluid Extreme goes over the top in every area, while for the rest of us, there's a slightly more modest variant that cuts system memory in half, swaps the Titan RTX for a GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, and saves £2,500 in the process.

Bottom line: power users and content creators may be better served by Threadripper, but for gaming enthusiasts looking to spend big, an extreme Ryzen 9 3950X base unit is a prime candidate in late 2019.

Scan 3XS Vengeance RTX Fluid Extreme

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The reviewed 3XS Vengeance RTX Fluid Extreme base unit is available to purchase from Scan Computers.

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