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The tests were performed in a controlled environment with the temperature maintained at a constant 21°C. Idle temperatures were measured after sitting at the desktop for 15 minutes. Load measurements were acquired by running FurMark and Prime95's Small FFTs setting together for 15 minutes. As this is a gaming system, we also decided to measure the temperatures while playing Battlefield 3.
We allowed the CPU and graphics card coolers to operate at their default settings.
Firstly, as pointed out earlier in the review, the CPU temperature sensors of the ASRock 990FX Extreme 3 motherboard and readings from HWMonitor, Speccy and CoreTemp were all displaying incorrect figures. For this reason, we cannot report the CPU temperature during each test.
Without any type of intake fan, a demanding load sees the GPU temperature rise to levels in excess of 60°C. We can only estimate that the CPU exhibited similar behaviour, based on the grounds that the incorrect reading's 27°C increase may be linearly proportional to the actual rise in processor temperature.
The system's HDD temperature rises steadily as additional heat is dumped inside the chassis. We would recommend investing in a cheap 120mm front intake fan to offer a more balanced cooling configuration. An additional 120/140mm exhaust fan placed in the roof would also help to further reduce component temperatures.
Why mount the power supply with the fan upwards? it won’t be sucking in cold air from outside. Fair, very honest review Luke, id like to see more from you in future.
Not impressed with this build at all, although I like the AMD processors, good value for money.
well thats disappointing. Nice components though, but ill build it myself thanks.
I would never order a system from OCUK, their customer support is rude. I had a failed motherboard over a year ago and the hassles I had to go through for a reaplcement were incredible.
Build your own system I say, if you can’t then go to a proper system builder like PC Specialist or Cyberpower
This is rather devious of ocuk, naming it 8350. People will immediately think they are getting a fx8350 processor!
This is just terrible, first of all, what drivers did you really use with the 7850, was is the 12.11?!
Second of all, why in the world name it 8350a…Epic.
Third, i have a similar system, i5 2400 3.2(4 cores) + Asus 7850 2GB V2, guess what?!My 3dmark11 score is http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5473705 – 5841.
Shame on AMD…
you need a better gpu like nvidia 660Ti or amd 7950 .
you can save money replace the useless and small 60GB SSD drive with a 750GB WD BLACK.