AMD’s new FX processors are not the V8 monsters we all expected. Simply put, they lag behind Intel’s Core i7 2600K
and end up battling it out for sloppy seconds with the Core i5-2500K. AMD systems have their benefits, chief of
which is the ease with which they can be upgraded. With the death of the LGA1155 socket already on Intel’s roadmap,
the benefit of supporting AMD is the kindness shown to your wallet. Evetech’s FX 8-Core HD 6950 Gamer machine is
seemingly built around your bank balance even if the price tag of R10,000 doesn’t initially seem so.
The Evetech FX 8-Core HD 6950 Gamer is a decent machine and for a complete system that manages to deliver a
respectable performance in all the tests, Evetech has managed to balance the components perfectly and the
result is a system that does away with the fluff and delivers Performance.
Read Full Review - PCFormat JAN 2012 Issue, Page No 38, All contents copyright of Panorama Publications.
PCFormat Verdict:
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+Decent Performance
- +Good Specifications
- -Tad Pricey
- -CPU cooler sucks (STOCK AMD Cooler)
Score: 75
A decent AMD FX rig, But should you be really be looking at AMD?
Specifications:
- AMD FX™ 8120 (3.1GHz, 16M Cache, 8x Cores, 4.0GHz Turbo) Eight Core CPU
- ASUS M5A97 970GX AM3+ SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
- AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB 256bit DDR5 DX11 Graphics Card
- Bitfenix Survivor Professional Gaming Case
- Corsair TX650M 650W 80+ Modular High Performance Power Supply
- Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz High Performance Gaming RAM
- Seagate 500GB 7200RPM Cache SATA3 6.0Gb/s Hard Drive
- 24X Dual Layer DVD Writer
- Stock AMD Cooler
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