OK this website and forum has been my go to site to read about new tech. I've never contributed or asked any questions here.
I build computers as a hobby for people I know and people they know and so on. Now I'm upgrading my aging system.
I have priced out and compared many different build over the last few weeks.
I should say what I have now and what will be staying.
Corsair 600t case
corsair 1050w psu
2 ocz 60gb agility 3 ssd's run in raid 0
many spare hdds
liquid cooling set up with blocks for amd and intel cpu's
that's all staying. now for what im looking to replace
I have an asus mht-37n mobo (may have the model number fucked up)
amd phenom 2 x4 940 be curently running at 3.75 ghz
4 gb corsair 1066 ddr2 ram
2x gtx 285 in sli
now I really want to replace the cpu and mobo.
the Gpu's out perform a 560 but get beat handily by the 660 ti. So I may keep them till the 600 series price drops
now I think I have narrowed my list down to 2 potential builds
the first one is an amd fx-8120 with an asrock mobo and 16 gb ram
second is an i5 3570k with an asrock mobo and the same ram.
the intel build is $100 more than the amd build.
I am a student so I use my computer for web surfing and various low demand tasks but I also game and do some video editing on occasion.
Also heat is not an issue for me
For the $100 difference I can get a 670 over the 660ti or wait a few months and get 2 660's for sli.
So my main question is would a better gpu setup be able to off set the fact that cpu to cpu the i5 destroys the fx-8120?
I have used the i5 in builds for other people and Its a phenomenal cpu. I thinks its the best cpu you should buy.
I have also used the fx-4100 in budget builds because I can oc it and its is a better buy that the i3
I have never used a bulldozer cpu above a 4100 I usually go intel for that.
Any thoughts or recommendations are welcome.
I build computers as a hobby for people I know and people they know and so on. Now I'm upgrading my aging system.
I have priced out and compared many different build over the last few weeks.
I should say what I have now and what will be staying.
Corsair 600t case
corsair 1050w psu
2 ocz 60gb agility 3 ssd's run in raid 0
many spare hdds
liquid cooling set up with blocks for amd and intel cpu's
that's all staying. now for what im looking to replace
I have an asus mht-37n mobo (may have the model number fucked up)
amd phenom 2 x4 940 be curently running at 3.75 ghz
4 gb corsair 1066 ddr2 ram
2x gtx 285 in sli
now I really want to replace the cpu and mobo.
the Gpu's out perform a 560 but get beat handily by the 660 ti. So I may keep them till the 600 series price drops
now I think I have narrowed my list down to 2 potential builds
the first one is an amd fx-8120 with an asrock mobo and 16 gb ram
second is an i5 3570k with an asrock mobo and the same ram.
the intel build is $100 more than the amd build.
I am a student so I use my computer for web surfing and various low demand tasks but I also game and do some video editing on occasion.
Also heat is not an issue for me
For the $100 difference I can get a 670 over the 660ti or wait a few months and get 2 660's for sli.
So my main question is would a better gpu setup be able to off set the fact that cpu to cpu the i5 destroys the fx-8120?
I have used the i5 in builds for other people and Its a phenomenal cpu. I thinks its the best cpu you should buy.
I have also used the fx-4100 in budget builds because I can oc it and its is a better buy that the i3
I have never used a bulldozer cpu above a 4100 I usually go intel for that.
Any thoughts or recommendations are welcome.
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