Hey guys, I'm an engineering College Student, but Im in a Co-op that pays pretty well before I finish my degree. I want to upgrade my computer since its used for just about everything from word, to multiple monitor research, spreadsheets to 3d rendering in Autocad and Solid Works, and when I want to stay in and be a bum playing BF4 etc. My goal is to get it to the best point now that I can and not worry about upgrading for a few years. When I do upgrade in a few years I want to be able to limit costs and not have to rebuild system and Im wondering what to base my system on now to help in the future when it comes to CPU?
Current system:
FX 8320 8 Core Processor
EVGA GTX 760 GPU
8Gb Gskill DDR3 Ram
GA-970a-ud3 v1.0 Mobo
Mod Xtreme Pro 600W PSU
120Gb Samsung EVO SSD
500Gb 7200rpm barracuda
Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooling Fan
Current Dilema:
-stick with 8 core FX 8320 and upgrade to a much better mobo, that will handle a future AMD upgrade (probably look at a better PSU as well)
-Make the jump to Intel and drop $500 for I7 4770k and Intel Mobo so that I can have an Intel upgrade in a few years.
AMD info that I've gathered:
Discusion I've heard so far is that for future, AMD is going to take market for gaming and to stick with them and see what their new chips will be like, I've also heard the argument that you don't always have to buy a new Mobo with AMD but you do more frequently with intel. Also, when it is time to upgrade to the better CPU, you won't be dropping $300-$400 everytime. AMD also has more cores and higher clocks even if they aren't as powerful or nearly as efficient now.
Intel info:
Currently much much more efficient and powerful than AMD, even AMD 8 core FX cards cant compare to single thread performance with Intel. Huge performance difference with programs that werent originally built to utilize multithreads efficiently. Have hogged the CPU market for quite awhile and have a proven track record. Immensly more expensive, and you tend to have to upgrade mobo whenever you want to upgrade CPU making each upgrade very pricey. Also I have heard that AMD is taking over gaming market while Intel is taking over laptop/tablet devices (useless to me)
So here is what my decision will be based on, right now Intel is far ahead AMD, but it seems like AMD is making more progress in the areas of my interest over intel at a more competitive price. 3 years from now will Intel still be way ahead of AMD in a gaming build?
Current system:
FX 8320 8 Core Processor
EVGA GTX 760 GPU
8Gb Gskill DDR3 Ram
GA-970a-ud3 v1.0 Mobo
Mod Xtreme Pro 600W PSU
120Gb Samsung EVO SSD
500Gb 7200rpm barracuda
Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooling Fan
Current Dilema:
-stick with 8 core FX 8320 and upgrade to a much better mobo, that will handle a future AMD upgrade (probably look at a better PSU as well)
-Make the jump to Intel and drop $500 for I7 4770k and Intel Mobo so that I can have an Intel upgrade in a few years.
AMD info that I've gathered:
Discusion I've heard so far is that for future, AMD is going to take market for gaming and to stick with them and see what their new chips will be like, I've also heard the argument that you don't always have to buy a new Mobo with AMD but you do more frequently with intel. Also, when it is time to upgrade to the better CPU, you won't be dropping $300-$400 everytime. AMD also has more cores and higher clocks even if they aren't as powerful or nearly as efficient now.
Intel info:
Currently much much more efficient and powerful than AMD, even AMD 8 core FX cards cant compare to single thread performance with Intel. Huge performance difference with programs that werent originally built to utilize multithreads efficiently. Have hogged the CPU market for quite awhile and have a proven track record. Immensly more expensive, and you tend to have to upgrade mobo whenever you want to upgrade CPU making each upgrade very pricey. Also I have heard that AMD is taking over gaming market while Intel is taking over laptop/tablet devices (useless to me)
So here is what my decision will be based on, right now Intel is far ahead AMD, but it seems like AMD is making more progress in the areas of my interest over intel at a more competitive price. 3 years from now will Intel still be way ahead of AMD in a gaming build?