Custom PC - UK (2020-05)

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can’s pricey 3XS Vengeance RTX Ti system tries

to serve up enough power for work and play

without making too much of a racket. It comes

equipped with AMD’s monster Ryzen 9 3950X CPU, which

has 16 cores (and 32 threads via SMT), 64MB of L3 cache

and respective base and boost clocks of 3.5GHz and

4.7GHz. It’s designed for content creation and other tough

work applications, but it can also be used for gaming.

The high-end CPU is joined by an EVGA GeForce RTX

2080 Ti card. Despite Super-branded GPUs arriving further

down the pack, the RTX 2080 Ti remains one of Nvidia’s more

powerful options, with its 4,352 stream processors and 11GB

of memory. Scan’s engineers have also tweaked the boost

clock by 100MHz to 1645MHz, and

added 50MHz to the memory speed.

The rest of the specification is well

chosen. There’s 32GB of 3200MHz

DDR4 memory, which is overkill for

gaming but useful for productivity

software, and the 2TB Corsair MP600

SSD uses the high-speed PCI-E 4

interface. It’s a minor shame that

there’s no hard disk to offer more

space for large files and games, but

2TB is more than enough for most

people’s needs, especially if you use

a NAS box. Meanwhile, the Corsair

RM650x power supply is fully modular

and has an 80 Plus Gold certification,

which is all good to see.

It all connects to an Asus ROG Strix

X570-F Gaming motherboard, which

has the requisite hefty heatsinks and

RGB LEDs – there are two vacant

memory slots, a free M.2 port and a

16x PCI-E 4 slot with SLI support.

There are plenty of free SATA ports

and fan headers as well, along with

four USB 3.1 ports, plus three USB 3.2

Gen 2 Type-A ports and a Type-C

socket on the rear. The SupremeFX

S1220A audio is good too, and Scan

has added its own dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi card. The

motherboard’s feature set isn’t huge, and there are no

on-board buttons or displays, but it covers the essentials.

Meanwhile, the NZXT H710i chassis is sturdy and smart,

with subtle sandblasted metal on the outside and a neat cover

to hide cables on the inside. Scan has fitted the Corsair Hydro

H150i CPU cooler’s radiator to the front of the chassis, where it

extends into the PSU shroud’s cutaway. Scan’s cable tidying is

impeccable, and nearly all of the motherboard’s upgrade

paths easy to reach – it’s a very neat interior.

Three 2.5in drive bays adorn the PSU shroud, and there are

two more at the rear, alongside two free 3.5in bays. Scan has

kept the cables neat at the back as well, with the help of NZXT’s

cable-routing trenches. A band of RGB LEDs illuminates the

internals in blue, and the colour is matched by the lights on the

motherboard, CPU cooler pump block, memory and GPU.

Finally, Scan’s warranty remains one of the best deals around,

with three years of parts and labour coverage with a year of on

site service. That’s important if your PC is a key work tool.

Performance

The 16-core CPU is a beast. In our heavily multi-threaded

Handbrake video encoding test, this Scan PC scored 959,116,

which is around 350,000 points higher than systems with

REVIEWS / PC SYSTEMS

SCAN 3XS VENGEANCE

RTX TI /£3,200 inc VAT

SUPPLIER scan.co.uk

GAMING PC

SPEC

CPU

3.5GHz AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Motherboard

Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming

Memory

32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro

RGB 3200MHz DDR4

Graphics

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB

Storage

2TB Corsair MP600 M.2 SSD

Networking

Gigabit Ethernet, dual-

band 802.11ac Wi-Fi

Case

NZXT H710

Cooling

CPU: Corsair Hydro H150i RGB

Pro with 3 x 120mm fans; GPU: 2

x 90mm fans; rear: 1 x 140mm

PSU

Corsair RM650x 650W

Ports

Front: 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1, 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2

Type-C, 1 x audio; rear: 3 x USB 3.2 Gen

2, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 4 x USB

3.1 Gen 1, 1 x optical S/PDIF, 5 x audio

Operating system

Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit

Warranty

Three years parts and labour, first

year on site, then return to base

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can’s pricey 3XS Vengeance RTX Ti system tries

to serve up enough power for work and play

without making too much of a racket. It comes

equipped with AMD’s monster Ryzen 9 3950X CPU, which

has 16 cores (and 32 threads via SMT), 64MB of L3 cache

and respective base and boost clocks of 3.5GHz and

4.7GHz. It’s designed for content creation and other tough

work applications, but it can also be used for gaming.

The high-end CPU is joined by an EVGA GeForce RTX

2080 Ti card. Despite Super-branded GPUs arriving further

down the pack, the RTX 2080 Ti remains one of Nvidia’s more

powerful options, with its 4,352 stream processors and 11GB

ofmemory.Scan’sengineers have also tweaked the boost

clock by 100MHz to 1645MHz, and

added 50MHz to the memory speed.

The rest of the specification is well

chosen. There’s 32GB of 3200MHz

DDR4 memory, which is overkill for

gaming but useful for productivity

software, and the 2TB Corsair MP600

SSD uses the high-speed PCI-E 4

interface. It’s a minor shame that

there’s no hard disk to offer more

space for large files and games, but

2TB is more than enough for most

people’s needs, especially if you use

a NAS box. Meanwhile, the Corsair

RM650x power supply is fully modular

and has an 80 Plus Gold certification,

which is all good to see.

It all connects to an Asus ROG Strix

X570-F Gaming motherboard, which

has the requisite hefty heatsinks and

RGB LEDs – there are two vacant

memory slots, a free M.2 port and a

16x PCI-E 4 slot with SLI support.

There are plenty of free SATA ports

and fan headers as well, along with

four USB 3.1 ports, plus three USB 3.2

Gen 2 Type-A ports and a Type-C

socket on the rear. The SupremeFX

S1220A audio is good too, and Scan

has added its own dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi card. The

motherboard’s feature set isn’t huge, and there are no

on-board buttons or displays, but it covers the essentials.

Meanwhile, the NZXT H710i chassis is sturdy and smart,

with subtle sandblasted metal on the outside and a neat cover

to hide cables on the inside. Scan has fitted the Corsair Hydro

H150i CPU cooler’s radiator to the front of the chassis, where it

extends into the PSU shroud’s cutaway. Scan’s cable tidying is

impeccable, and nearly all of the motherboard’s upgrade

paths easy to reach – it’s a very neat interior.

Three 2.5in drive bays adorn the PSU shroud, and there are

two more at the rear, alongside two free 3.5in bays. Scan has

kept the cables neat at the back as well, with the help of NZXT’s

cable-routing trenches. A band of RGB LEDs illuminates the

internals in blue, and the colour is matched by the lights on the

motherboard, CPU cooler pump block, memory and GPU.

Finally, Scan’s warranty remains one of the best deals around,

with three years of parts and labour coverage with a year of on

site service. That’s important if your PC is a key work tool.

Performance

The 16-core CPU is a beast. In our heavily multi-threaded

Handbrake video encoding test, this Scan PC scored 959,116,

which is around 350,000 points higher than systems with

REVIEWS / PC SYSTEMS

SCAN3XS VENGEANCE

RTX TI/£3,200 inc VAT

SUPPLIER scan.co.uk

GAMING PC

SPEC

CPU

3.5GHz AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Motherboard

Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming

Memory

32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro

RGB 3200MHz DDR4

Graphics

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB

Storage

2TB Corsair MP600 M.2 SSD

Networking

Gigabit Ethernet, dual-

band 802.11ac Wi-Fi

Case

NZXT H710

Cooling

CPU: Corsair Hydro H150i RGB

Pro with 3 x 120mm fans; GPU: 2

x 90mm fans; rear: 1 x 140mm

PSU

Corsair RM650x 650W

Ports

Front: 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1, 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2

Type-C, 1 x audio; rear: 3 x USB 3.2 Gen

2, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 4 x USB

3.1 Gen 1, 1 x optical S/PDIF, 5 x audio

Operating system

Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit

Warranty

Three years parts and labour, first

year on site, then return to base

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