Buying a new processor

Blackburn65 · Jun 9, 2014

So I bought a prebuilt avatar gaming pc and I upgraded my GPU to a gtx 760 and my PSU to a seasonic 2mll bronze 620W. I am now upgrading to a i7 4770k, just needing to know what after market cooling do I need, is it compatible and is it good for gaming... Cause I run an amd fx6300 and that gtx760 on dayz and got horrible fps... So hopefully the i7 will help with that... And I was looking into an ssd to.. Any suggestions for those three items ?

logainofhades · Jun 9, 2014

You will need a new motherboard as well. I don't think a 4770k is necessary either.

Blackburn65 · Jun 9, 2014

Why not? My amd can't even run dayz?

Wisecracker · Jun 9, 2014

If you are having problems with DayZ you likely have other system/ping problems ...

Saberus · Jun 9, 2014

Intel chips currently get much better performance ratings than AMD. An older i7-2600 outperforms your FX6300 by about 133% per Passmark, and the i7-4770 is nearly 150%.

These are the non-K procs and they already do better.

You will need a new mobo because Intel and AMD use different sockets, and you may also need to get different RAM.

As far as SSD, that might speed up loading, but won't have much effect if any on the FPS.

How much memory do you have?

Check your CPU/Mem loads when you play, that might give you an idea of where the real bottleneck is, it could even be your network if you're running online.

logainofhades · Jun 9, 2014

Blackburn65 :

Because you don't really need to waste money on a K series, unless you have a Microcenter nearby.

Wisecracker · Jun 9, 2014

Go ahead and spend $400+ dollars on a new CPU/mobo/OS ... when your frames show little improvement, Saberus will reimburse you the expense.

logainofhades · Jun 9, 2014

If you really want to go with Intel, get this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.66 @ Newegg)
Total: $339.64
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-09 14:45 EDT-0400)

Saberus · Jun 9, 2014

Wisecracker :

When did I agree to this? D8

Wisecracker · Jun 9, 2014

From Tom's Forums: Dayz performance ?

I'm not sure if you have optimised your graphics settings for performance yet but I find that doing the following helps:
- Turn Object Detail to Very Low (this reduces the amount of grass and the distance that buildings are rendered in high quality - can give a big performance boost)
- Turn HDR Quality to Normal
- Turn Anti-Aliasing to Low
- Turn ATOC to All Trees (All Trees + Grass will drop fps a lot)
- Turn PPAA to SMAA Low
- Turn Post Processing to Disabled

Blackburn65 · Jun 9, 2014

My network is fine.. 6.0 Mbps and my ping is 70 at highest... My shit amd gets 14 frames in town on low.. And that's with spending 1500 oh this rig.. So I'm sure spending 4-500 isn't that much of a gamble

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