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PCSpecialist Magnus Spark Review (i5-12400F/RX 6600)

Software and Games

To test the PCSpecialist Magnus Supreme, we used the following software/games:

  • 3DMark Time Spy
  • AIDA64 Engineer
  • Cinebench R23
  • CrystalDiskMark
  • PCMark 10
  • Cyberpunk 2077 (DX12)
  • Dying Light 2 (DX12)
  • F1 2021 (DX12)
  • Far Cry 6 (DX12)
  • Forza Horizon 5 (DX12)
  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits (DX12)
  • Rainbow Six Siege (Vulkan)

We used the AMD Adrenalin 22.3.1 driver, which was the latest as the time of testing.

Comparison Systems

Not every system below is compared against the Magnus Spark in every benchmark, but where applicable we have used the following systems as a point of reference:

Box Titanium X

  • Corsair 5000X Case
  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
  • Corsair H150i Elite Capellix RGB 360mm AIO Cooler
  • MSI MAG X570 Tomahawk WIFI Motherboard
  • Corsair RGB PRO SL 32GB 3200MHz DDR4 RAM
  • Corsair 1TB MP600 NVMe Gen 4 M.2 SSD
  • Seagate 1TB HDD
  • MSI RTX 3080 TI Gaming X Trio 12GB
  • Corsair RM850w PSU
  • Corsair SP120 RGB Elite 120mm Fans

Cyberpower Ultra 33

  • Cyberpower Auron Mid-Tower OEM Case with ARGB fans and an external RGB remote
  • AMD Ryzen 3 3200G – 4-Core 3.6Ghz, 4Ghz turbo
  • AMD Ryzen Wraith CPU cooler
  • Palit GeForce GTX 1650 GP 4GB
  • MSI B450 Tomahawk Max II
  • Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB 3200Mhz RAM
  • WD SN550 1TB NVME
  • InWin A45 450W 80+ PSU
  • N300 Wireless adapter
  • Windows 10

Cyberpower Ultra 9 RTX

  • Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Gaming Mid-Tower w/ Tempered Glass Side Panel
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900 – 12-Core 3.10GHz,
  • Corsair Hydro Series H100i RGB Pro XT
  • ASUS TUF X570-Plus Gaming
  • 500GB (1x500GB) Seagate Firecuda 520 M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
  • 2TB Seagate BarraCuda SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 7200RPM Hard Drive 1 Drive
  • 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4/3200mhz Dual Channel Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX w/Heat Spreader
  •  MSI GeForce® RTX 2080 Super 8GB – Ray Tracing Technology, DX12®, VR Ready, HDMI, DP – 4 Monitor Support Single Card
  • Corsair RM750x 750W 80+ Gold Modular Gaming Power Supply
  • Intel® Wireless 3168 Wi-Fi 802.11ac Dual Band (2.4 GHz & 5GHz) up to 433Mbps w/ PCI-E Adapter & Dual Antennas

PCSpecialist Fusion Spark

  • ASUS TUF Gaming B560-PLUS WiFi motherboard
  • Intel Core i5-11400F six-core processor
  • 4GB AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT GPU
  • 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3200MHz, 2x 8GB sticks
  • 512GB PCS-branded PCIe M.2 SSD
  • 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM HDD
  • Corsair 750W TXm semi-modular 80 Plus Gold PSU
  • PCS FrostFlow 100 RGB V3 CPU cooler
  • 3 PCS ARGB LED fans + controller kit
  • Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
  • PCS Prism X RGB mid tower case

We also use some data from Leo's Alder Lake reviews, using his test bench setup:

  • Intel Core i7-12700K and i5-12600K
  • Corsair H150i Elite LCD
  • MSI Z690 Unify
  • 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200
  • Palit RTX 3080 Gaming Pro 10GB
  • Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
  • 500GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 M.2 NVMe
  • Windows 11

And some of my own data from our GPU reviews has also been used, with the following hardware configuration:

  • Intel Core i9-10900K
  • ASUS ROG Maximus XII Hero Wi-Fi
  • Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3600MHz (4 X 8GB) CL 18-22-22-42
  • AMD RX 5600 XT, AMD RX 6600 XT and Nvidia RTX 3060
  • 500GB Samsung 970 Evo Plus M.2
  • 2TB Samsung 860 QVO 2.5″ SSD
  • Fractal Meshify S2 Blackout Tempered Glass
  • Corsair H115i RGB Platinum Hydro Series
  • Corsair 1200W HX Series Modular 80 Plus Platinum

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