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We tested out the Power consumption on the Magma LX to ensure that the Power supply chosen to power the build provides sufficient power while not being too overkill. The Magma XL is kitted out with a good quality power supply from Corsair. The 650W TXm semi-modular Power supply is 80 Plus Gold rated and scored highly in our review which can be found HERE.
Our tests showed that the PC when idle was drawing about 85 watts. This is expected. The maximum wattage used by the PC was 296W. This was recorded when the PC was gaming or under load to complete our tests. Although it may sound like a 650W power supply is a bit overkill it is actually a good choice for this Gaming PC as power supply's are most efficient between 40%-60% load.
If a Power supply with less Wattage had been used it would have to work harder when the PC is under load and would therefore get hotter and the fans would be noisier. The extra wattage also means there is room for any potential upgrades in the future.
Why is this potent machine falling down so hard in the combined firestrike score? My laptop with a GTX 1070 beats the score overall and I cannot work out why – https://www.3dmark.com/fs/14356419
your laptop got an Intel CPU?
Yeah, but the CPU score for the Magma with AMD beats my CPU score by 3,000+ points.
The call of duty bemchamek was practically done ay 4k as the render resolution was set to 3840×2160. This should have been mentioned as it gives the card a bad look if people where thinking it got those fps at 1080p. As that would mean even my 1070 performs better.
Yea I was wondering the same thing why a system with a 1070Ti and a CPU that has a fair amount of grunt & COD getting such a low FPS score. Then after seeing your comment I went and looked and there it was. Heck even my Over clocked 390x with this game maxed out gets way more than this for FPS at 1080p.