Guru3D Rig of the Month - April 2011 - Page 3

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/25/2011 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

7. Why ATI or NVIDIA, why Intel or AMD?

I chose NVIDIA and AMD for cost savings. At the time, I was trying to get some benchmarks that were close to an Intel 980x. I went with the hexacore because it was only the third of the cost of the Intel chip. As a result, I can get a healthy 75GFLOPS in LinX (Linpack) testing. In Sandra 2010, I get a peak of 103GFLOPS! It puts a nice dent into a stock 980X in the multimedia benchmark. Even better, my max CPU temps never go over 40 degress C. Currently since it is a little cold outside, I idle at 16 degrees C and get a full load of 36 degrees C. Not bad for about third the price. Thanks NVIDIA and AMD!

Guru3D Rig of the Month April 2011

8. Does your PC live up to your expectations ?

Yes. I use my pc everyday. It can do basically anything I throw at it which is what I like to have. It doesnt have to be the fastest, but I loathe waiting for stuff to load. This system boots fast despite the 5 drive raid 0 array and plays any game I currently own just fine. Nice.

9. What's the best part of your rig?

I think the best part about my rig is my raid array. With the 5 drives, Sandra reports that I can get up to 1.2GB/sec random WRITE AND READ. Holy cow these Caviar Black drives are fast.whew

Guru3D Rig of the Month April 2011

10. What sucks and should not have been bought?

My case is nice, but I think I outgrew it. I would say a nice Corsair would be a good upgrade. It would be fun to remount everything :p

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