System Builder Marathon, Q4 2012: $1,000 Enthusiast PC
Benchmark Results: Adobe CS6
We're also adding a number of applications from Adobe's Creative Suite 6, in addition to the processor-bound Photoshop test that you're accustomed to from past System Builder Marathons.
On top of that one, we have an OpenCL-accelerated Photoshop test able to help us derive graphics card compute performance. That's something we've been missing in the past, and it'll now be part of our evaluation criteria.
The classic Photoshop test is the only one we have comparison data for, and we can see the FX-8350 doing exceptionally well against Intel's Core i5. It even picks up some additional performance from our dialed-in overclock, subtle though it may be.
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CaptainTom So a 600w PSU for one 670? Get a 500w, get kingston RAM that is $20 cheaper, a $50-$70 liquid cooler for the FX, and BOOM! More performance for the same price. I get you wanted to test a similar system, but just make that a different article...Reply -
serhat359 Could have used a 6 or 4-core FX and made more money for a better cpu cooler and case. You have already demonstrated that more than 4 cores aren't used in gaming and here you have an 8 core CPU...Reply -
boulbox @Serhat i agree with you but this would be a better all around build. I think he could have done better thoughReply -
dkcomputer Swap mobo for ASRock Z68 PRO3 GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 and processor for a sandybridge i5-2500. No overclocking needed.Reply -
wolley74 Dat hitachi HDD, you guys do know that Seagate Barracudas are around $70 for 64MB cache 1TB storage and SATA 6 right? and arguably are far more reliableReply -
aznshinobi Why wouldn't you drop down a bit to the FX-8320, that's about $40 saved, that could save you enough money to get the 7970 which clock for clock is better than the GTX 670.Reply -
mouse24 serhat359Could have used a 6 or 4-core FX and made more money for a better cpu cooler and case. You have already demonstrated that more than 4 cores aren't used in gaming and here you have an 8 core CPU...Reply
Its not 8 core, its 4 core with dual modules per core. Shared resources. Its why you see an increase in performance between a 4300 and an 8320 -
yyk71200 mouse24Its not 8 core, its 4 core with dual modules per core. Shared resources. Its why you see an increase in performance between a 4300 and an 8320No, its other way around. It is 4 module cpu. Each module contains two integer cores (thus 8 cores total) and one FPU. It is more like reduced 8 core than full 8 core. Neverthles, Intel still is better.Reply