Which combo gives me the best performance (+ upgrade tips)

Thomas_213 · Dec 23, 2016

Hello,

So I am wondering about something with my build. I have some different parts, but I dont know which combo which gives me the best performance in gaming.

I got these parts:

- XFX R9 390 8GB (GPU)
- Sapphire Radeon HD7970 6GB (GPU)

- AMD X4 840 (CPU)
- AMD A10 7890K (APU)

- MSI A88X Gaming MOBO
- 16 GB of DDR3 RAM

I`ve done some tests and benchmarks which results I were not happy with.

+ Also what do you guys recommend if I were to look at an upgrade?
I am for example considering an R9 FURY STRIX 4GB

Thanks for any answers!

(I whish to play in 40-50fps ing GTA V and basically just run newer games mooth and with good fps while on high graphics)

amtseung · Dec 23, 2016

You have bought two really, really powerful graphics cards, and two ridiculously weak CPU's. They're so weak, in fact, I once bought one as a toy, in an attempt to overclock it as fast as it would go and light it on fire. Even when overclocked to its breaking point, it was painfully slow, and the 760k > 840.

Here's what I would do: Sell the HD7970, both CPU's, and that motherboard, and get a Haswell Refresh i5 and a half decent motherboard, so something like an i5 4590 and an H97 chipset motherboard, and run it with your 16GB of RAM and your R9 390. Then you will begin to see what you've been missing this whole time: a good CPU.

Thomas_213 · Dec 23, 2016

Thanks for your input! So a better CPU will do the trick basically? I got a i7-2600k (i think) but it`s a 1155 socket and I can`t find any motherboards that supports that sadly.

I have not bought any of these parts btw, work at a computer shop so I happen to get stuff for cheap/free.

amtseung · Dec 23, 2016

Thomas_213 :

Yup. Look at finding a better CPU. If you can find an overclocking-friendly LGA1155 board, oc the living hell out of that i7-2600k, if it's a k sku. Even if it's not a k sku, or if you can't find an OC-friendly board, it'll still give great performance compared to the children's toys that are the piledriver/bulldozer/garbage based CPU's of the past 5 years. Edit: Unless, of course, every game you play has native DX12 support, which is like... three games in the world?

Assuming 1080p60 to be the average gamer's "good enough" standard, an overclocked 2600k paired with your R9 390 should be a really, really beastly gaming rig. Even the HD7970 is a really beastly GPU, I mean, it's EXACTLY the same thing as an R7 280X, and right on the tail of the R9 390. I bet you can make a pretty penny reselling that HD7970; it's one of the most popular mining/folding GPU's ever.

Thomas_213 · Dec 23, 2016

amtseung :

Thomas_213 :

Yup. Look at finding a better CPU. If you can find an overclocking-friendly LGA1155 board, oc the living hell out of that i7-2600k, if it's a k sku. Even if it's not a k sku, or if you can't find an OC-friendly board, it'll still give great performance compared to the children's toys that are the piledriver/bulldozer/garbage based CPU's of the past 5 years. Edit: Unless, of course, every game you play has native DX12 support, which is like... three games in the world?

Assuming 1080p60 to be the average gamer's "good enough" standard, an overclocked 2600k paired with your R9 390 should be a really, really beastly gaming rig. Even the HD7970 is a really beastly GPU, I mean, it's EXACTLY the same thing as an R7 280X, and right on the tail of the R9 390. I bet you can make a pretty penny reselling that HD7970; it's one of the most popular mining/folding GPU's ever.

Okay I see. Thanks alot, really!

So an i5-6600k with 16GB of DDR4 3200 MHz and a ASUS Z170-P 1151 overclockable MOBO with my R9 would do fine together?

amtseung · Dec 27, 2016

Thomas_213 :

I think you'd be damn near maxing out 1440p 60hz, or doing some nice 120hz 1080p with that combination. That would definitely work.

Be sure to remember to get a CPU cooler for the 6600k, since it doesn't actually come with one iirc (intel assuming you buying a k sku CPU will be for overclocking, and thus already have something better). The Cryorig H7 and Hyper 212 EVO (or X if it's the same~ish cost as an EVO) would be my recommendations for the 120mm fan coolers, or anything from Noctua if you're willing to pay more.

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