PC Gamer Presents - PC Hardware Handbook - May 2018

INTEL

so far in the workstation environment? We know what

the situation is with our synthetic benchmarks, and

for gaming, but what about the real-world tests? What

about situations that really matter? Gaming is great

and all, but it’s in the 3D workshops, the VR

laboratories, the photomanipulation bunkers and the

video-editing powerhouses that these processors are

truly designed to shine.

This all caused something of an argument in the

office. So, to stop the squabble, we got a hold of

ourselves and decided to settle the debate. A build-off,

to the death. One side Intel, one side AMD. No budget

constraints, no fluff, just a pure, fair, and balanced

battle between processor, chipset, and GPU type, to

decide, once and for all, which platform is the better

workstation standard.

So, then, the rules: Storage would be the same for

each system, but we’d have free rein over the choice of

processor, memory, motherboard, GPU, and cooling

• and, of course, we’d have full access to any system
  and OS tinkering we wanted, including overclocking
  and memory frequency. With both builds completed,
  it was time to benchmark the mighty beasts to settle
  the quarrel, and put an end to the bickering.

INTEL

BUILD IT!

Step-by-step guide

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PART Street PRICE

Case Raijintek Asterion Plus £140

Motherboard Asus X99-E-10G WS £500

CPU Intel Core i7-6950X £1,630

Memory G.Skill Trident Z 64GB (4x 16GB)

DDR4-3200 £900

GPU Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB

Founder’s Edition £750

PSU EVGA SuperNova T2 1,600W 80+ Titanium £440

Storage 1 Samsung 960 Pro 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD £276

Storage 2 Western Digital Black 2TB 7,200rpm HDD £102

Cooling Noctua NH-D15 CPU heatsink £83

OS Windows 10 Home 64-bit OEM £80

To t al £ 2 , 4 6 6

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