fx-8120 | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:52:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png fx-8120 | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 OcUK Titan 8350a King Cobra MK2 (3.6GHz FX-8120 / 2GB Radeon 7850) https://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/gaming-rig/luke-hill/ocuk-titan-8350a-king-cobra-mk2-gaming-system-review-3-6ghz-fx-8120-2gb-radeon-7850/ https://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/gaming-rig/luke-hill/ocuk-titan-8350a-king-cobra-mk2-gaming-system-review-3-6ghz-fx-8120-2gb-radeon-7850/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:51:54 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=121243 The first system to hit our labs in 2013 is OverclockersUK's Titan 8350a King Cobra MK2. Featuring an overclocked octa-core processor from AMD and a 2GB Radeon HD 7850, can the Titan 8350a King Cobra MK2 plough its way through our set of tests? Based around an AMD backbone, the Titan 8350a King Cobra MK2 …

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The first system to hit our labs in 2013 is OverclockersUK's Titan 8350a King Cobra MK2. Featuring an overclocked octa-core processor from AMD and a 2GB Radeon HD 7850, can the Titan 8350a King Cobra MK2 plough its way through our set of tests?

Based around an AMD backbone, the Titan 8350a King Cobra MK2 Gaming System aims to offer solid performance at a very competitive price point. Ensuring that good performance is achieved, OcUK has overclocked the FX-8120 processor to 3.6GHz by pairing it with a high-end 990FX motherboard from ASRock – the 990FX Extreme 3. Add Sapphire's 2GB Radeon HD 7850 Dual-X graphics card, a 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD and Samsung's overclocking-friendly Green 30nm DDR3 memory into the mix, and the Titan 8350a King Cobra MK2 starts to look like a real gaming powerhouse.

With tough competition coming from system builders such as Cyberpower and DinoPC as well as Aria's Gladiator range, can the OcUK Titan 8350a King Cobra MK2 Gaming System offer performance good enough to beat down its rivals?

Specifications:

  • Processor: AMD Bulldozer FX-8120 3.10GHz overclocked to 3.60GHz
  • Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme 3
  • Memory: 8GB Samsung Green DDR3 1600MHz 30nm
  • Graphics Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB Dual-X
  • Solid State Drive: 60GB OCZ Vertex 2
  • Hard Disk Drive: 1TB Seagate ST1000DM003 Barracuda 7200.14
  • CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS 14X
  • Case: BitFenix Shinobi USB 3.0 Gaming Case
  • Power Supply: OCZ ZS Series 750W
  • Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB 24x DVDRW
  • Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
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AMD FX-8120 Black Edition CPU Review (with Asus M5A99X EVO) https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/henry-butt/amd-fx-8120-black-edition-cpu-review-with-asus-m5a99x-evo/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/henry-butt/amd-fx-8120-black-edition-cpu-review-with-asus-m5a99x-evo/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:20:16 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=95087 Back in October we conducted an in-depth test of AMD's FX-8150 Black Edition, the range topping processor based on their latest Bulldozer architecture.  We were reasonably impressed with the chip as it overclocked well and outperformed the Intel Core i5-2500K in a number of tests. Over the last few weeks, AMD has adjusted the pricing of …

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Back in October we conducted an in-depth test of AMD's FX-8150 Black Edition, the range topping processor based on their latest Bulldozer architecture.  We were reasonably impressed with the chip as it overclocked well and outperformed the Intel Core i5-2500K in a number of tests.

Over the last few weeks, AMD has adjusted the pricing of both the AMD FX-8150 Black Edition and the AMD FX-8120 Black Edition to make them more competitive against the Intel Core i5 2500K and 2400.

While we covered the FX-8150 Black Edition in depth when Bulldozer launched, we haven't had a chance to test the slightly less powerful FX-8120 Black Edition until now.

Aside from the lower base clocks and turbo clocks, the FX-8120 Black Edition is essentially the same as the FX-8150 Black Edition. They both feature eight cores, 8 MB of L2 and L3 cache and a TDP of 125W.

The FX-8120 Black Edition is clocked at 3.1 GHz with a turbo core frequency of of 3.4 GHz and a maximum turbo frequency of 4.0 GHz.  The FX-8150 Black Edition, on the other hand, is clocked at 3.6 GHz with a turbo core frequency of 3.9 GHz and a maximum turbo frequency of 4.2 GHz.

We have already taken an in-depth look at the Bulldozer architecture in our launch review over here, so we won't be covering this in the review today.

AMD have kindly supplied us with an Asus M5A99X EVO motherboard for this review, featuring the AMD 990X Chipset. We will be comparing the AMD FX-8120 Black Edition with an Intel Core i5-2500k in this review.

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