Meet The New MMORPG.com Hardware Test Bench - 2025 Edition

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As the impending launch of new GPUs is now upon us, we're refreshing our hardware test bench to put the new AMD, Nvidia, and Intel cards (among other hardware reviews) through their paces this year. While our old test bench was no slouch, powered by an i9-13900K CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and more, we're going to be pushing the limits of the next generation of GPUs with slightly newer hardware to further eliminate the possibility of bottlenecks in our testing. 

This has always been our goal with our test bench: to push hardware to its limits without any bottlenecking that could hamper results. While the main component this is meant for graphics cards, as they tend to drive the most interest from our readers, this drive to eliminate bottlenecking also benefits other hardware testing, from NVMe drives and more.

This year's test bench upgrades the CPU and RAM specifically, though the motherboard, NVMe m.2 drive, and overall cooling solution within the case will also help give us blistering framerates to record. 

It also helps that I didn't build this test bench, unlike our 2023 model. That isn't to say I don't know what I'm doing — I do, and I build PCs all the time for friends and family that work just fine. But our test bench this time around was built and designed by professionals who excel at creating powerful machines for any purpose. 

Starforge Systems Voyager II PC — The New MMORPG.com Test Bench

Last year, we reviewed a couple of Starforge Systems' PCs: the Navigator and the Voyager II line. While the Navigator is a fine machine and worth the cost if you're looking for a good mid-range tower to power your games, the Voyager II line was the entry-level in their line of Creator-class PCs. This PC effortlessly threw every game I had at it over the course of the review and the subsequent months (this is the PC where I did many game reviews afterward),  all while not breaking a sweat under pressure. 

Specifications:

• CPU: Intel Core i7-14700K
• CPU Cooler: Starforge