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Next upgrade should I go i5 or SLI my 760?

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March 4, 2014 10:19:01 AM

I know a lot of you guys are pretty much against the Fx-6300... Well I have one lol. But a lot of people keep saying "Your fx-6300 is bottlenecking your 760 in gameplay!"

CURRENT SPECS:
fx-6300
ga-990fxa-ud3
zotac 760 AMP!
8GB DDR3 RAM at 1866

Now should my next move be getting an i5 3570k and decent motherboard? Or should it be SLI my 760?

REASON I play games at ultra presets usually and turn MSAA to FXAA and I get good FPS in most games I max them with 50-110FPS but SKYRIM... Umm sits at 60 but I modded it and now it sits at 20-40 lol because my PC doesn't like the mods... if I SLI my 760 will I get more FPS in Skyrim or is my CPU the bottleneck in that case lol...

The only games I struggle to get a smooth FPS on are Skyrim while modded, Ghost (bad port but is it the CPU or GPU?) and BF4 is good 90% of the time I'm 45-110FPS

I play at 1080p

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March 4, 2014 10:23:04 AM

get new proc and mobo 1st before doing SLI or if you have budget you can do all at the same time ;)  well you have 900w PSU though
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March 4, 2014 10:27:39 AM

aerys said:
get new proc and mobo 1st before doing SLI or if you have budget you can do all at the same time ;)  well you have 900w PSU though


I won't be able to do both for awhile... thats why I'm asking is will i5 3570k make that big of a difference in my games with current setup or only after SLI?

I really just want higher FPS in Ghost and my modded skyrim lol.
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March 4, 2014 10:38:18 AM

You are not bottle necking your games don't worry about it.
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March 4, 2014 10:40:20 AM

Ortiz94x said:
aerys said:
get new proc and mobo 1st before doing SLI or if you have budget you can do all at the same time ;)  well you have 900w PSU though


I won't be able to do both for awhile... thats why I'm asking is will i5 3570k make that big of a difference in my games with current setup or only after SLI?

I really just want higher FPS in Ghost and my modded skyrim lol.


well do SLI maybe?
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March 4, 2014 11:04:54 AM

I would go with sli you really wont notice much difference in real world applications between the i5 and the 6300. I have been watching lots of videos and lots of reviews and amd is not as bad as people make them out to be. Heck I got a i5 3570k and did not notice much of a difference from that and an i3 2320 and the 6300 kills the 2320. I still run Intel and like Intel but I don't think for everyday use they are that much better benchmarks don't tell the whole story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCrOAng0kdQ
https://teksyndicate.com/videos/pistols-amd-workstation...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu8Sekdb-IE
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March 4, 2014 11:10:06 AM

I'd first add a decent CPU cooler and overclock the current FX6300 before laying any large amounts of cash down.
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March 4, 2014 11:49:10 AM



coozie7 said:
I'd first add a decent CPU cooler and overclock the current FX6300 before laying any large amounts of cash down.


I can sit at a steady 4.5GHz at 41 degrees under load... Overclocking caused instabilities as my motherboard SUCKS and needs a fan on the North bridge heat sink (good motherboard bad revision)
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