System Builder Marathon, Sept. '09: $2,500 Performance PC
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Thomas Soderstrom
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$2,500 Portable Performance PC Test Settings | ||
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Row 0 - Cell 0 | Standard Speed | Overclocked |
Motherboard | MSI 790FX-GD70 Socket AM3 Chipset: AMD 790FX/SB750 | Unchanged |
Processor | AMD Phenom II X4 955 Four Cores, 3.2 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache | 3.91 GHz at 1.4875V, 206 MHz HT Clock |
Memory | 2 x Crucial 4GB DDR3-1333 Kit 4 x 2GB (8GB Total), CAS 9-9-9-28 | DDR3-1648 at 1.65V, CAS 8-7-7-18 |
Graphics | 3 x MSI R4890-T2D1G OC (CrossFireX) 880 MHz GPU, GDDR5-3996 | GDDR5-4600 930 MHz GPU |
Hard Drives | 2 x Intel X25-M SSDSA2MH080G1 (RAID 0) 80GB per drive, MLC, 160GB total | Unchanged |
Optical | LG GGW-H20L BD-RE / HD-DVD ROM 6x BD-R, 2x BD-RE, 16x DVD±R | Unchanged |
Case | NZXT Panzerbox ATX Mid-Tower | Unchanged |
Power | Corsair CMPSU-1000HX Modular 1,000 W ATX12V 2.2, EPS12V 2.91, 80 PLUS Certified | Unchanged |
CPU Cooler | Swiftech H20-220 2 x 120mm Liquid Kit | Unchanged |
Component Cooling | Antec SpotCool LED Cooling Fan | Unchanged |
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Benchmark Configuration | |
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3D Games | |
Crysis | Patch 1.2.1, DirectX 10, 64-bit executable, benchmark tool Test Set 1: High Quality, No AA Test Set 2: Very High Quality, No AA |
Fallout 3 | Patch 1.0.0.17, Saved Game "Capital Wasteland" (60 sec) Test Set 1: Highest Details, No AA, No AF Test Set 2: Highest Details, 4x AA, 15x AF |
Far Cry 2 | DirectX 10, in-game benchmark Test Set 1: Very High Quality, No AA Test Set 2: Ultra High Quality, 4x AA |
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X | DirectX 10.1, in-game benchmark Test Set 1: Highest Settings, No AA Test Set 2: Highest Settings, 4x AA |
World in Conflict | Patch 1009, DirectX 10, timedemo Test 1: Very High Details, No AA / No AF Test 2: Very High Details 4x AA / 16x AF |
Audio/Video Encoding | |
iTunes 8 | Version: 8.1.0.52 (x64) Audio CD (Terminator II SE), 53 min Default format AAC |
Lame MP3 | Version: 3.98 64-bit (07-04-2008) Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min wave to MP3 |
TMPEG 4.6 | Version: 4.6.3.268 Import File: Terminator 2 SE DVD (5 Minutes) Resolution: 720x576 (PAL) 16:9 |
DivX 6.8.5 | Encoding mode: Insane Quality Enhanced multithreading enabled using SSE4 Quarter-pixel search |
XviD 1.2.1 | Display encoding status = off |
MainConcept Reference 1.6.1 Reference H.264 Plugin Pro 1.5.1 | MPEG2 to MPEG2 (H.264), MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec, 28 sec HDTV 1920x1080 (MPEG2), Audio: MPEG2 (44.1 kHz, 2 Channel, 16-Bit, 224 Kb/s), Mode: PAL (25 FPS) |
Productivity | |
Adobe Photoshop CS4 (64-bit) | Version: 11.0 Extended, Filter 15.7 MB TIF Image Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Median, Polar Coordinates |
Autodesk 3ds Max 2009 | Version: 11.0, Rendering Dragon Image at 1920x1080 (HDTV) |
Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus 8.5 | Version: 8.5.287, Virus database 2094, Benchmark: Scan 334 MB Folder of ZIP/RAR compressed files |
WinRAR 3.80 | Version 3.80, WinZIP Commandline Version 3.0, Compression = Best, Dictionary = 4,096 KB, Benchmark: THG-Workload (334 MB) |
WinZip 12 | Version 12.0, Compression = Best, Benchmark: THG-Workload (139 MB) |
Synthetic Benchmarks and Settings | |
3DMark Vantage | Version: 1.01 |
PCMark Vantage | Version: 1.00, System, Memory, Hard Disk Drive benchmarks, Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3646 |
SiSoftware Sandra 2009 SP3 | Version 2009.4.15.92, CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / Multimedia, Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
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Thomas Soderstrom is a Senior Staff Editor at Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews cases, cooling, memory and motherboards.
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The Quality of video on ATI streem is shit on sticks and doesn't even support high profile.Reply
The last build was a bit too odd for me but this one seems like a very nice chose of parts and on a larger screen set up makes a lot of sense the loss of i7 for AMD only build was a bit sad but the addition of those great SSD kind of makes up for me along with the nice chose of case and cooling. That case looks like it is very nice to work on. -
dirtmountain The Corsair CMPSU-850HX is rated Silver, not Gold. Nice build, good results, great work.Reply -
@DirtmanReply
http://www.80plus.org/manu/psu/psu_detail.aspx?id=25&type=2
Check your sources because you have it wrong
CMPSU-850HX ATX12V 850 90.38% Gold -
dirtmountain http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011Reply
Newegg says differently. I did check sources. -
dirtmountain So does JonnyguruReply
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story2&reid=153
I guess you just can't believe everything you find on a brands site. -
WINTERLORD now that is one slick gaming machine! could'nt imagine them frames rates on a big monitor. love the insides water cooling 3 radeon 4890's with room for a 4th. great pictures by the way lots of eye candy. you can tell alot of work went into tis kmonster. great article.Reply
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