jmke

We're also slightly concerned with the test platform, as an MSI 790GX-G65 motherboard was used. There's nothing wrong with this board as such, but the person who tested the CPU decided to use the IGP of the chipset which will cause a slight overall system performance degradation. It seems odd to test a high-end CPU using the motherboard IGP and the CPU was also tested using two mismatched sets of DDR3 1333MHz memory, which some purists might frown upon. Rather impressively, the PSU used was a meagre 300W unit which shows that if you don't have a high-end graphics card in your system, you don't need a very powerful PSU.

http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/04/...-tested-early/

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