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Project Cortex | AMD Value build

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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):


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Good build, but the brown PCB on the motherboard hurts my eyes. :D

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 - 3900x @ 4.4GHz with a Custom Loop | MBO: ASUS Crosshair VI Extreme | RAM: 4x4GB Apacer 2666MHz overclocked to 3933MHz with OCZ Reaper HPC Heatsinks | GPU: PowerColor Red Devil 6900XT | SSDs: Intel 660P 512GB SSD and Intel 660P 1TB SSD | HDD: 2x WD Black 6TB and Seagate Backup Plus 8TB External Drive | PSU: Corsair RM1000i | Case: Cooler Master C700P Black Edition | Build Log: here

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Good build, but the brown PCB on the motherboard hurts my eyes. :D

Yeah, I know, I'm going to replace it soon as this board isn't any good.

 

Love this build! Overall, how was building in this case? 

 

Building in this case was really nice and a easy thing to do, as there's a ton of space for cable managment and premounted velcrostraps etc. I must say it's one of the best cases I've ever built a PC in and I really recommend this case :)

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