PCSpecialist Necron Pro R System Review
Introduction and System Specifications
Introduction
We’ve reviewed plenty of PCSpecialist systems here at OC3D. Generally the rules of economics are in play. By which we mean PCSpecialist are a business and want to sell the most systems possible. The way you sell a lot is to hit the meat of the market. Think of a car. Yes a Ferrari is desirable and fast but expensive. Few people grow up dreaming of owning a Citroen but they sell in the millions.
One of the big benefits of the power available on modern hardware is the price performance equation. Many of the PCSpecialist systems we review come with the Ryzen 9600 or Intel Core i5 processors, and those are incredibly capable and yet also affordable. The ASUS TUF range is all the motherboard you actually need. Of course graphics are when the big ticket items reside, but even here a RTX 5060 or RX 9060 XT handle nearly anything without breaking into a sweat.
All of that means most systems we review are around the £1000 price point, and the few above that tend to be flagship demonstrations of the builders prowess. What do you do if you want a great performing gaming system that doesn’t really compromise in the name of a low price, but yet also don’t want to be needlessly bled dry?
Enter The PCSpecialist Necron Pro R
A good solution has always been to get the model below the very best. For example, the RTX 5090 is for people with infinite cash or extreme requirements. The RTX 5080, on the other hand, is all the graphics card you actually need. That logic can apply to the processor in today’s review system, the PCSpecialist Necron Pro R. AMD’s Ryzen X3D range is comfortably the best selling processor around. The 9950X3D is expensive and loses some absolute clock speed for thermal reasons. A perfect choice would therefore be the Ryzen 9 9900X3D.
That approach can be seen throughout the Necron Pro R specifications. A magnificent choice of components without ever straying into the territory of having more for the sake of more. The ASUS Crosshair Apex is more than twice the price of the TUF motherboard at the heart of this, but are you actually getting twice as much ‘stuff’? We don’t think so, and neither do PCSpecialist.
Apropos of nothing, as a massive Warhammer fan the fact this is called the Necron meant I expected it to be in a pyramid.
System Specifications
Case : LIAN LI O11DYNAMIC EVO RGB GAMING
CPU : AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D 12 Core CPU (4.4GHz-5.5GHz/128MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard : ASUS® TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, M.2 PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 7)
Memory : 32GB Corsair DOMINATOR TITANIUM DDR5 6400MHz CL32 (2 x 16GB) KIT
GPU : 16GB PALIT GEFORCE RTX 5080 GAMINGPRO V1 – HDMI, 3 x DP
Storage : 2TB SAMSUNG 9100 PRO M.2, PCIe 5.0 NVMe (up to 14,700MB/R, 13,400MB/W)
Power Supply : CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ ATX 3.1, MODULAR, CYBENETICS GOLD
CPU Cooling : PCS FrostFlow 360 Series ARGB High Performance Liquid Cooler
System Cooling : 4 x PCS ARGB LED Fan + Controller Kit
Operating System : Windows 11 Home 64 Bit – inc. Single Licence
