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With the added weight from
liquid cooling the GPU, we
could have done with a GPU bracket to
level it out. This slight sagging on the
card is frustrating, to say the least.
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BENCHMARKS
ZERO
POINT
CineBench R15 Multi (Index) 4,189 3,859 (-8%)
CrystalDisk Q32T1 Sequential Read (MB/s) 3,344 6,845 (105%)
CrystalDisk Q32T1 Sequential Write (MB/s)2,911 5,140 (77%)
3DMark: Fire Strike (Index) 37,817 37,890 (0%)
Rise of the Tomb Raider (fps)^78131 (68%)
Total War: Warhammer II (fps)^98101 (3%)
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands (fps)^69 74 (7%)
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Our zero-point conists of an Intel Core i9-12900K, 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR5 @5200, an ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080
and a 2TB WD_BLACK SN750 M.2 PCIe 3.0 SSD. All game tests are performed at 3840 x 1600 at the highest graphical profile.
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Custom white cables
would have really
pieced this build together
nicely and matched the
aesthetic of the build.
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We mixed and matched
our 14mm fittings but
this build probably would
have benefited from
choosing just one color.
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We know RGB divides
opinions but this is a bold
colorful build. We could have gone
all-out and opted for Corsair’s
Dominator DDR5 RGB sticks.
JUN 2022 MAXIMU MPC 25
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