- Joined
- Jan 9, 2012
- Location
- Massachusetts
Ok first this is what I have now............. The motherboard I have was a quick replacement for an Asus board I have that was out for RMA at the time I wanted a quick replacement so I did not incur any downtime.
My computer is all play, heavy gaming, video encoding, movies. Right now it does everything very very well. I play most every game on Ultra to high settings with FPS to spare. I like everyone else just want more. lol. Everything right now is stock cooled although I have fan controller and 7 case fans. As I go forward Im looking to go with some extra cooling either water or decent air setup for the CPU.
AMD Phenom II 965BE C3 125W Deneb
ASRock i870 Cafe R2.0
8 Gig Crucial DDR3 1333
EVGA GTX 570 1280
Xion Predator Case AXP 970
WD 1TB 7200RPM Caviar Black
Antec Neo Eco 620 W PSU
Windows 7 Home 64 Bit
HP 2311X 23" 1920x1080 HD monitor
So here is what Im looking for thoughts on.. Im looking at going forward with a new CPU/mob/memory combo. I will also add an SSD or 2 along with a new storage drive(s) but I want to get my sytems core done first
So far here are my thought scenarios.
Scenario A
This motherboard will accept FX chips with a Bios flash (I already flashed it)
Get a FX chip either FX8120 or 8150 with some better memory (it's cheap now) and a water cooler and overclock the snot out of my CPU. The upside here is this is a reletively low cost solution however It's a cross fire only board and not a great OC board but most likely doable.
Scenario B
Get a new 990 chipset board new memory and an FX chip and another GTX570 along with my water cooling. If I do this I want it to be good for a couple years but not really sure if FX is worth it.
Scenario C
Get a new Z77 mobo and get an Ivy bridge CPU and memory along with another GTX 570 and be good for hopefully like 3 years taking advantage of PCIE 3.0 etc.
My only issue with A&B scenario is the reported lack of performance from the FX chips. Is it really that bad ?? I have always like AMD stuff but my gut tells me I should pass on the Dozer line.
My heart and head tell me to go scenario C
Are my thoughts on the FX chips off base ?? should I go ahead with AMD again ? Or will I be disapointed and not see any real gains from my 965 to the FX series ?
Any of you have thoughts on this ??
My computer is all play, heavy gaming, video encoding, movies. Right now it does everything very very well. I play most every game on Ultra to high settings with FPS to spare. I like everyone else just want more. lol. Everything right now is stock cooled although I have fan controller and 7 case fans. As I go forward Im looking to go with some extra cooling either water or decent air setup for the CPU.
AMD Phenom II 965BE C3 125W Deneb
ASRock i870 Cafe R2.0
8 Gig Crucial DDR3 1333
EVGA GTX 570 1280
Xion Predator Case AXP 970
WD 1TB 7200RPM Caviar Black
Antec Neo Eco 620 W PSU
Windows 7 Home 64 Bit
HP 2311X 23" 1920x1080 HD monitor
So here is what Im looking for thoughts on.. Im looking at going forward with a new CPU/mob/memory combo. I will also add an SSD or 2 along with a new storage drive(s) but I want to get my sytems core done first
So far here are my thought scenarios.
Scenario A
This motherboard will accept FX chips with a Bios flash (I already flashed it)
Get a FX chip either FX8120 or 8150 with some better memory (it's cheap now) and a water cooler and overclock the snot out of my CPU. The upside here is this is a reletively low cost solution however It's a cross fire only board and not a great OC board but most likely doable.
Scenario B
Get a new 990 chipset board new memory and an FX chip and another GTX570 along with my water cooling. If I do this I want it to be good for a couple years but not really sure if FX is worth it.
Scenario C
Get a new Z77 mobo and get an Ivy bridge CPU and memory along with another GTX 570 and be good for hopefully like 3 years taking advantage of PCIE 3.0 etc.
My only issue with A&B scenario is the reported lack of performance from the FX chips. Is it really that bad ?? I have always like AMD stuff but my gut tells me I should pass on the Dozer line.
My heart and head tell me to go scenario C
Are my thoughts on the FX chips off base ?? should I go ahead with AMD again ? Or will I be disapointed and not see any real gains from my 965 to the FX series ?
Any of you have thoughts on this ??
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