- Feb 27, 2014
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Hey guys, once again I appreciate the help. This is an awesome active forum and community.
Right now I have a pretty decent Co-op position and I have the extra cash on hand but I have to go back to school and finish my degree in Aerospace Engineering in the Fall. So my goal is to really build my PC so that it will be a high quality machine for the next atleast 3 years while I can. The computer is used for Engineering programs Autocad etc, rendering type stuff and a passion of mine is Simulation Games such as FSX as well as FPS games like BF4.
Here's my current system:
FX 8320 8 Core Processor 4.1 OC
EVGA GTX 760 GPU
8Gb Gskill DDR3 RAM
GA-970a-ud3 Mobo
600W PSU
120Gb Samsung EVO SSD Boot Drive
500Gb 7200rpm barracuda HDD
I was strongly thinking of switching out the Mobo and CPU with I7 4770k and Z87 Plus Combo from Tigerdirect. Here is the link. I almost hit the checkout button before I decided to check and see if anyone had any better ideas than the CPU. The reason I was thinking CPU is because Simulation games such as FSX require a ton of CPU power
Z87 & I7 4770k: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8511379&SRCCODE=WEBGOOPA&cm_mmc_o=mH4CjC7BBTkwCjCV1-CjCE&gclid=COGSieqJwb0CFVBgfgodnn4Ajw
Also the PSU is 600W, should I look at switching that out first?
I have a Hyper 212 EVO aftermarket cooler right now on the CPU and one thing I've noticed is that even OC to 4.1 Ghz the Core 3 temp seems to heat up. Also my system seems unstable past 4.3Ghz and I was getting some weird stuff happening when the CPU was 100% loaded and I was trying to fly FSX with a framerate of 10fps. On FSX the CPU was 100% loaded, and I was getting crashes so thats why I was thinking about chucking out AMD for the 4770k since I've read it has 32% higher multithread performance and 75% higher single thread. so do yall think I should stick with the AMD and problems are being caused by the board? Or should I make the Jump to Intel?
Right now I have a pretty decent Co-op position and I have the extra cash on hand but I have to go back to school and finish my degree in Aerospace Engineering in the Fall. So my goal is to really build my PC so that it will be a high quality machine for the next atleast 3 years while I can. The computer is used for Engineering programs Autocad etc, rendering type stuff and a passion of mine is Simulation Games such as FSX as well as FPS games like BF4.
Here's my current system:
FX 8320 8 Core Processor 4.1 OC
EVGA GTX 760 GPU
8Gb Gskill DDR3 RAM
GA-970a-ud3 Mobo
600W PSU
120Gb Samsung EVO SSD Boot Drive
500Gb 7200rpm barracuda HDD
I was strongly thinking of switching out the Mobo and CPU with I7 4770k and Z87 Plus Combo from Tigerdirect. Here is the link. I almost hit the checkout button before I decided to check and see if anyone had any better ideas than the CPU. The reason I was thinking CPU is because Simulation games such as FSX require a ton of CPU power
Z87 & I7 4770k: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8511379&SRCCODE=WEBGOOPA&cm_mmc_o=mH4CjC7BBTkwCjCV1-CjCE&gclid=COGSieqJwb0CFVBgfgodnn4Ajw
Also the PSU is 600W, should I look at switching that out first?
I have a Hyper 212 EVO aftermarket cooler right now on the CPU and one thing I've noticed is that even OC to 4.1 Ghz the Core 3 temp seems to heat up. Also my system seems unstable past 4.3Ghz and I was getting some weird stuff happening when the CPU was 100% loaded and I was trying to fly FSX with a framerate of 10fps. On FSX the CPU was 100% loaded, and I was getting crashes so thats why I was thinking about chucking out AMD for the 4770k since I've read it has 32% higher multithread performance and 75% higher single thread. so do yall think I should stick with the AMD and problems are being caused by the board? Or should I make the Jump to Intel?
I am too in the final year of my MEng course in aeronautics. Well go for a high quality psu like corsair, seasonic or xfx. Also a 4770k would be a top choice since it significantly outruns the amd one and you will notice a huge performance increase. Btw please reattach the combo link since it won't show up.
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