OcUK Titan 8350a King Cobra MK2 (3.6GHz FX-8120 / 2GB Radeon 7850)

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.

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