PCSpecialist Cruiser Elite Review
Up Close
Up Close
PCSpecialist always give you the parts left over from the build. With today’s specification there isn’t much that goes unused, but you get it nonetheless.
As always the Instapak foam insert guarantees your system will arrive in mint condition. We’ve reviewed dozens and never had a single issue.
The Corsair 3000D is very much at the affordable end of the world. As we’ll see in a moment, the lack of Type-C port at the front is problematic on this build.
Around the back you can see that the ASUS B760M Prime motherboard has six USB Type-A ports, a PS/2 port as well as WiFi and audio. Without a Type-C port at the back, and the 3000D not having one at the front, it means you’re without a USB Type-C port despite the motherboard supporting one. Worth noting.
Inside
It would be easy to assume a single 120mm intake fan isn’t going to be enough cooling. Clearly you can add more in the PCSpecialist configurator if you wish. However, this is actually all the cooling this Cruiser Elite needs.
Fitting very much at the affordable side of the price spectrum, the Cruiser Elite doesn’t really take up that much room in the case. An mATX motherboard and small RTX 4070 GPU combine with the Corsair H60X to give high performance in a tiny footprint. You can also see in the middle right that the front USB Type-C header is empty because of the case.
As always PCSpecialist tidy the cables incredibly well regardless of price point. You don’t have to spend thousands to get neat routing. It’s indicative of their attention to detail.
Taking advantage of the 120mm exhaust, the Corsair H60X is in a double fan configuration. As we’ll see near the end of today’s review, it works wonders on the temperatures.
With just the pump and a single fan handling the RGB duties it’s surprising how brightly lit the interior of the Cruiser Elite is.
