- Mar 30, 2015
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Hello all,
I'm new to this forum but I came here because of the great reputation this site has. I'm doing an upgrade to the wife's gaming machine. I'm going to lay out it's current specs and what I've done and plan to do and the experience I've had.
Purpose of system - Wife likes to play MMO's, she likes WoW, Terra (graphic heavy) and Diablo 3. I'm trying to build a system that will have very high FPS in games like this. I also want Windows to function seamlessly, no system lag.
History of system - This PC was bought prebuilt from iBuyPower nearly 3 years ago.
Old/Current Specs
Experience
I installed the Sapphire Vapor X R9 280X 3GB, Corsair CX600 psu and the FX - 6300 Black Edition all at the same time and got no post, just black. After hours of troubleshooting I finally wiped the system, fresh Win 7 w/ all drivers w/ Sapphire R9 280X and still NO POST. I took the Saphire out and replaced with the old Power Color 6670, it posted, booted and logged into windows perfectly. But now I have bad stuttering in Diablo 3 and Windows is generally moving slower than it ever has. I seem to be getting worse performance with the FX 6300 than I ever got with the FX 4100.
I'm guessing it's the mobo bottle necking, the mobo in this machine is micro ATX entry level and is old. So folks, what do you think?
Is it the mobo? My mobo budget is $150.00 plus whatever shipping is. If it is the mobo, what mobo can I cram in this case? What mobo is a good fit for the Sapphire R9 280X Vapor and the FX - 6300 Black edition? Future proof would be nice but not required. I'd prefer to order from a place like Newegg.
Side note - I RMAed the Sapphire r9 280X just to be safe.
Side note - My current FX 6300 systen lag is even worse when using Firefox w/ multiple tabs opens, browser freezing constantly, this never happened with the FX - 4100
I'm new to this forum but I came here because of the great reputation this site has. I'm doing an upgrade to the wife's gaming machine. I'm going to lay out it's current specs and what I've done and plan to do and the experience I've had.
Purpose of system - Wife likes to play MMO's, she likes WoW, Terra (graphic heavy) and Diablo 3. I'm trying to build a system that will have very high FPS in games like this. I also want Windows to function seamlessly, no system lag.
History of system - This PC was bought prebuilt from iBuyPower nearly 3 years ago.
Old/Current Specs
Win 7 - 64
Azza Solaris Mid ATX case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811517025
ASrock N68-VS3 FX - http://www.asrock.com/mb/nvidia/n68-vs3%20fx/ **Updated to latest bios **
8 Gig DDr 3 budget ram - Not sure, it's not high performance.
Old - FX4100 replaced -------> New FX - 6300 <------ Thermal Take aftermarket Cooler
Power Color Radeon 6670 1 Gig DDr3
1 TB Seagate Mechanical HD
450W Artic PSU replaced -----------> 600W CXCorsair
Experience
I installed the Sapphire Vapor X R9 280X 3GB, Corsair CX600 psu and the FX - 6300 Black Edition all at the same time and got no post, just black. After hours of troubleshooting I finally wiped the system, fresh Win 7 w/ all drivers w/ Sapphire R9 280X and still NO POST. I took the Saphire out and replaced with the old Power Color 6670, it posted, booted and logged into windows perfectly. But now I have bad stuttering in Diablo 3 and Windows is generally moving slower than it ever has. I seem to be getting worse performance with the FX 6300 than I ever got with the FX 4100.
I'm guessing it's the mobo bottle necking, the mobo in this machine is micro ATX entry level and is old. So folks, what do you think?
Is it the mobo? My mobo budget is $150.00 plus whatever shipping is. If it is the mobo, what mobo can I cram in this case? What mobo is a good fit for the Sapphire R9 280X Vapor and the FX - 6300 Black edition? Future proof would be nice but not required. I'd prefer to order from a place like Newegg.
Side note - I RMAed the Sapphire r9 280X just to be safe.
Side note - My current FX 6300 systen lag is even worse when using Firefox w/ multiple tabs opens, browser freezing constantly, this never happened with the FX - 4100
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