Project Cortex
About this project:
So I kinda decided to build my own sort of value oriented AMD desktop PC, and my intention was to make a build that would run todays games at high settings at an acceptable framerate. Plus, with great cooling so that I would be able to overclock the system quite a bit.
Specs:
CPU: AMD FX-8350 (currently clocked to 4,5Ghz)
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 (to be replaced)
GPU: AMD Radeon R9 280 (Sapphire OC Edition)
RAM: 2 x 4GB HyperX Fury Blue 1866Mhz
Storage: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.14
PSU: 650 watt Fractal Design Integra R2
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro
Cooling: Cooler Master Nepton 140XL + Artic Silver 5
Fans: Phanteks 140mm and 200mm fans
Overclock:
CPU: 4,5Ghz (500Mhz extra)
GPU: 1100Mhz core clock
Going to fine tune it a bit more once I got the time to do so, and once I get a better motherboard I'll max the CPU out.
Performance and benchmark results (1920x1080):
3DMark Firestrike 1.1:
6608
Unigine Valley:
1542
36,9FPS
Bioshock Infinite (ultra, ddof):
Min FPS = 33 FPS
Max FPS = 87 FPS
Avg FPS = 65 FPS
Tomb Raider (ultra):
Min FPS = 66 FPS
Max FPS = 100 FPS
Avg FPS = 84 FPS
Battlefield 3 (Ultra, vsync):
60 FPS
What the build looks like (sorry for bad picture quality):
