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Review: PC Specialist Vanquish Mini 130

by Parm Mann on 27 January 2014, 16:50

Tags: PC Specialist, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

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Test Methodology

Comparison Systems
System Name Chillblast Fusion Stealth Intel NUC D54250WYK PC Specialist Vanquish Mini 130 PC Specialist Vanquish Prodigy Scan 3XS Nanu Gamer Zotac Zbox Nano ID69 Plus
Overclocked Yes No No Yes No No
Processor Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.3GHz Intel Core i5-4250U @ 2.6GHz Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.4GHz Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.4GHz Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.8GHz Intel Core i7-4500U @ up to 3.0GHz
Cooler Gelid Tranquillo Intel NUC Reference Intel Reference Corsair Hydro Series H40 Intel Reference Zotac Zbox Nano Reference
Motherboard Asus P8Z77-V NUC QS87 reference Asus H81I-Plus Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe Asus H81I-Plus Zotac reference
Memory Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 Corsair 8GB DDR (2x4GB) (added) Kingston Hyper-X Genesis 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 Kingston Hyper-X Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 Crucial 4GB DDR3 (1x4GB)
Memory Speed 10-10-10-27-2T @ 1,600MHz 11-13-13-30-2T @ 1,600MHz 11-11-11-28-1T @ 1,600MHz 11-13-13-30-2T @ 2,400MHz 9-9-9-24-2T @ 1,600MHz 11-11-11-28-1T @ 1,600MHz
Graphics Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 2GB Intel HD 5000 Palit GeForce GTX 660 2GB Palit GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB EVGA GeForce GTX 760 ACX Intel HD 4400
Sound Card Onboard audio Onboard audio Onboard audio Onboard audio Onboard audio Onboard audio
Primary Storage 120GB Intel 330 SSD 180GB Intel mSATA SSD (added) 1TB Toshiba HDD 120GB Kingston V300 SSD 2TB Seagate Hybrid drive Samsung ST500LM012 500GB HDD
Secondary Storage 2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD - - 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD - -
Optical Drive LG Blu-ray Drive - Lite-On DVD Writer LG DVD Writer Samsung DVD Writer -
PSU be quiet! Straight Power E9 CM (680W) Intel NUC (65W, external) Corsair VS 450 (450W) Corsair TX650 (650W) Corsair VS450 (450W) Delta Electronics (65W, external)
Chassis Fractal Design Define R4 Intel NUC Cooler Master Elite 130 BitFenix Prodigy Cooler Master Elite 130 Zotac Zbox Nano
Operating System Windows 8 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit, added) Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 8 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit, added)
Standard Warranty Two years (collect-and-return) Two years Three years (one-year collect-and-return, one-year parts, three-year labour) Three years (one-year collect-and-return, one-year parts, three-year labour) Three years (first year onsite, second year return-to-base with parts and labour, third year return-to-base with labour only) Two years
Review MSRP £1,200 £450 £549 £899 £800 £520

Benchmarks
HEXUS PiFast Our number-crunching PiFast test is used to benchmark the computational power of each system's CPU.
Cinebench Using Cinebench's multi-CPU render, this cross-platform benchmark stresses as many cores as possible.
PCMark 7 PCMark 7 combines various single- and multi-threaded CPU, Graphics and HDD tests to score overall system performance.
Aliens vs. Predator 1,920x1,080 resolution, 2xAA, 16xAF, very high quality.
Just Cause 2 1,920x1,080 resolution, 4xAA, 16x AF, very high quality.
3DMark 11 Run using the 'extreme' preset.
Temperature Noted for CPU idling, under Prime95 all-core load, and for GPU playing Aliens vs. Predator.
Power Consumption Noted for system idling, under Prime95 all-core load, and for GPU playing Aliens vs. Predator.

Notes

To add a little extra intrigue to our benchmarks, we're including comparisons against a range of machines that range from full towers such as Chillblast's Fusion Stealth to ultra-mini PCs such as Zotac's Zbox Nano. It's interesting to note that the latter is priced in line with PC Specialist's Vanquish Mini 130.


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