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Review: PCSpecialist Infinity LC

by Parm Mann on 24 September 2021, 14:01

Tags: PC Specialist, AMD (NYSE:AMD)

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Conclusion

...the £3,299 rig succeeds in demonstrating chart-topping performance more often than not.

PCSpeciailst's intention with the Infinity LC base unit is to showcase the best of AMD's current CPU and GPU hardware. To that end, the £3,299 rig succeeds in demonstrating chart-topping performance more often than not.

There's still nothing better than Ryzen 9 5950X when it comes to multi-core capabilities on a consumer platform, and for enthusiast gamers, the liquid-cooled Radeon RX 6900 XT represents the best that team red has to offer.

An inevitable price premium is attached to such top-end parts, yet if you're willing and eager, there are few boxes left unchecked. 32GB of RAM and a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD are expected at this end of the market, cooling is more than adequate, and there are few areas in which we feel the Infinity LC falls short. The default fan configuration really should to be quieter, and we're getting to the point where systems of this ilk ought to feature faster 2.5GbE networking as a minimum standard.

Bottom line: a powerhouse of a system that's a couple of refinements short of being brilliant.

The Good
 
The Bad
Chart-topping performance
AMD's best CPU and GPU combine well
Fast PCIe 4.0 storage and 32GB RAM
Tidy build and three-year warranty
 
Ought to be quieter
2.5GbE would have been nice



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most ISP's do not provide beyond 1000mbit yet, so why the worry about 2500mbit?
I have had really good service from PCSpecialist - in fact im away from home and commenting via my PCS laptop now.
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most ISP's do not provide beyond 1000mbit yet, so why the worry about 2500mbit?

It is more about home/home-office networking. Mid range NAS appliances now sport 2.5Gb ethernet as standard and can often be upgraded to 10Gb. Restricting a 3000+ ukp PC to 1Gb is (as Hexus rightly point out) a weakness, and will be more so in a year or two.

I'm just building a similar tier PC for someone, and even a decidedly mid-range Asrock matx board (their choice) packed 2.5G ethernet. That was admitedly Intel side, but I checked out AMD recently too for my own use, and 2.5G was pretty common, esp on B550. X570 is a touch older so it does seem slightly less common on that, to be fair, but google showed a number of keenly priced models.
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most ISP's do not provide beyond 1000mbit yet, so why the worry about 2500mbit?

It is more about home/home-office networking. Mid range NAS appliances now sport 2.5Gb ethernet as standard and can often be upgraded to 10Gb. Restricting a 3000+ ukp PC to 1Gb is (as Hexus rightly point out) a weakness, and will be more so in a year or two.

I'm just building a similar tier PC for someone, and even a decidedly mid-range Asrock matx board (their choice) packed 2.5G ethernet. That was admitedly Intel side, but I checked out AMD recently too for my own use, and 2.5G was pretty common, esp on B550. X570 is a touch older so it does seem slightly less common on that, to be fair, but google showed a number of keenly priced models.

It still is very limited use to a private person, especially if not using CAT7 cables and the likes, especially if you are not running a full SSD on the homeserver to be able to benefit from the speed proper.

Would rather see the full leap of 10gbit instead.

And people love WiFi… I mean it is not the most stable solution still in the world, likewise exposing the home and self to additional radiowaves.