OcUK Titan Goliath Desktop Review
Synthetic Benchmarks
Published: 13th October 2009 | Source: Overclockers UK | Price: £1300.95 |
Synthetic Benchmarks
SiSoft Sandra
SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility capable of benchmarking the performance of individual components inside a PC.
CPU Arithmetic
CPU Multimedia
Memory Test
The Core i7 LGA1366 platform's Triple Channel Memory controller's capabilities become quite evident in this test, offering a considerably higher bandwith compared to equivlent Dual Channel kits. Note that due to the CPU overclock, the RAM operates at DDR3-1360, 240MHz down from it's rated frequency.
CinebenchR10
CinebenchR10 analyses the speed at which a processor renders a high resolution image and outputs a score accordingly. The test was carried out in singlethreaded and multithreaded mode.
Passmark
Passmark is an "all round" system benchmark, which puts all core components through it's paces. While synthetic, it offers some insight into the capabilities of a particular system. A near perfect score is a testiment of the Titan Goliath's performance.
HDTune
HDTune shows that Gigabyte EX58 UD3R's Southbridge does not struggle to handle today's Hard Disk Drives. One would be surprised if it did but hey ho...Let's proceed to gaming performance.
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Nice review Mul,
Good to see that off the shelf pc's can be good. But near enough a £300 premium on having it built
Good to see that off the shelf pc's can be good. But near enough a £300 premium on having it built
Blimey. Are OCUK in danger of improving their quality? It's tough to fault the cable management and even their old "ramp the vcore to obtain the OC" problem seems to be missing.
Definitely though that's a serious wedge of cash for a mid-tower air-cooled machine. I'd definitely love to see a 750 or 850 Corsair in there (30 extra), a Blu-Ray reader instead of the DVD (another 30) and a 1TB minimum (another 20). I could always live without the Antec cases. They don't make one I find even remotely attractive. Ok they offer a HAF, but that's the only case if you don't want an Antec one.
And using the el-cheapo Gigabyte worries me a little. Especially for that kinda wedge. Self building I could easily slot a Asus P6TD in there, at retail pricing.
So basically it's fine as an off-the-peg product, but to this particular audience it doesn't contain many elements we'd actually choose to put in a system. Apart from the 5870 obviously. No actually only the 5870.
Definitely though that's a serious wedge of cash for a mid-tower air-cooled machine. I'd definitely love to see a 750 or 850 Corsair in there (30 extra), a Blu-Ray reader instead of the DVD (another 30) and a 1TB minimum (another 20). I could always live without the Antec cases. They don't make one I find even remotely attractive. Ok they offer a HAF, but that's the only case if you don't want an Antec one.
And using the el-cheapo Gigabyte worries me a little. Especially for that kinda wedge. Self building I could easily slot a Asus P6TD in there, at retail pricing.
So basically it's fine as an off-the-peg product, but to this particular audience it doesn't contain many elements we'd actually choose to put in a system. Apart from the 5870 obviously. No actually only the 5870.
No. No, no no - no.
Great review btw.
Still - NO.
Great review btw.
Still - NO.
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Originally Posted by name='Rastalovich'
No. No, no no - no.
Great review btw. Still - NO. |
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Originally Posted by name='Rastalovich'
No. No, no no - no.
Great review btw. Still - NO. |
and i 2nd that
Cash sum versus items used for me.
Fair shout. 
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Please? Can't just be me.
Have abs-o-lutely no idea what u mean m8.
However I have heard of the Family Guy, just never liked it.
However I have heard of the Family Guy, just never liked it.
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Either I watch too much Family Guy, or someone else read that in Clevelands "falling out the bath during Peters shenanigans" voice too.
Please? Can't just be me. |
I thought he was doing an impersonation of the bloke off Vicar of Dibley!
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Originally Posted by name='VonBlade'
Either I watch too much Family Guy, or someone else read that in Clevelands "falling out the bath during Peters shenanigans" voice too.
Please? Can't just be me. |
Great review, but still would build my own for that wedge. At least that way I can specify my own components. Maybe for the £300 difference, I might stick an EVGA Classified in there, a TB drive, a 850HX and a bluray drive instead.
Nice review Mul...
Gotta say nicely written.
Pre-builts certainly aint for me but as one goes, it isn't too bad.
That said £1300 does seem like an awful lot for some reason.. Spose the 5870 takes up quite a chunk of that.
Gotta say nicely written.
Pre-builts certainly aint for me but as one goes, it isn't too bad.
That said £1300 does seem like an awful lot for some reason.. Spose the 5870 takes up quite a chunk of that.
Cheers Bungral.
If I remember right, it's on special offer for around £1175 at the moment?
If I remember right, it's on special offer for around £1175 at the moment?
If there's an expectation out there that £1000+ will be paid for a "play anything at high/extreme quality", it may be time to start a business.
To that end, I'd love to see their sold unit figures.
To that end, I'd love to see their sold unit figures.
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