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Will the i3 4130 bottleneck XFX R9 280X? and would using a high end or low end mobo affect this?
makishima
June 30, 2014 10:01:46 PM
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Primordial Genesis
June 30, 2014 5:09:58 PM
makishima said:
I mean B85, my badWhat's this like? http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASRock-H81-BTC-Motherboard-Expr... Nice and cheap. I've heard the Audio is abit...mediocre. but other than that, it's pretty solid as a board.
makishima
June 30, 2014 4:29:23 PM
Primordial Genesis
June 30, 2014 7:43:55 AM
makishima said:
Don't listen to that guy, i3 isn't a low-end processor, you'll have a better performance in i3+280x than pairing a mid-range card to a high-end processor. You can get a B75 chipset for your i3, no need for a high-end mobo since you will not overclock but if have the money don't hesitate to buy an i5. That guy above me doesn't know what he's saying.B75 Chipset doesn't have the right socket type for the 4th gen CPU.
maddogfargo said:
It will be OK in most games. But it will hold you back a bit in newer titles that want 4-8 cores for the best performance.If you can upgrade to an i5 in the near future, that would be a very good match for an R9 280. I'd recommend the Devils Canyon i5 4690k coming out, sinbce it is the same price as haswell.
Planning to upgrade within 1 year, I've seen the results of the i3 in gaming, so i know exactly where it lands in terms of "high end or low end". It smashed every AMD CPU (Including 8320/8350) for gaming even in bigger titles such as BF4. And it even gave the i5 a run for it's money, but considering it's £40 cheaper, that's what's swayed me towards it. I'd rather take my £40 that I saved from the CPU and bucket it into the GPU, same goes for the mobo, the case and everything else tbh. Only exception I will make is for an SSD for quick OS Boot up times.
It will be OK in most games. But it will hold you back a bit in newer titles that want 4-8 cores for the best performance.
If you can upgrade to an i5 in the near future, that would be a very good match for an R9 280. I'd recommend the Devils Canyon i5 4690k coming out, sinbce it is the same price as haswell.
If you can upgrade to an i5 in the near future, that would be a very good match for an R9 280. I'd recommend the Devils Canyon i5 4690k coming out, sinbce it is the same price as haswell.
makishima
June 30, 2014 5:49:20 AM
makishima said:
Don't listen to that guy, i3 isn't a low-end processor, you'll have a better performance in i3+280x than pairing a mid-range card to a high-end processor. You can get a B75 chipset for your i3, no need for a high-end mobo since you will not overclock but if have the money don't hesitate to buy an i5. That guy above me doesn't know what he's saying.oh ok, take the advice of a complete noob that can't even type complete sentences.
makishima
June 30, 2014 5:31:11 AM
Don't listen to that guy, i3 isn't a low-end processor, you'll have a better performance in i3+280x than pairing a mid-range card to a high-end processor. You can get a B75 chipset for your i3, no need for a high-end mobo since you will not overclock but if have the money don't hesitate to buy an i5. That guy above me doesn't know what he's saying.
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