- Joined
- Jul 14, 2013
- Location
- Holed up in Branford, CT
My single playing thought process got me a A8-6600K on the Gigabyte F2A88X-D3H and since it had 4 or 6 gpu somethings I tried playing my Steam games sans dedicated video card, quickly realized I had made another bad choice I added the MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming card. Playing Crysis 2 and BF4 at 20-30 fps is no joy, BF4 slowed to stopping many times but I played my library anyway. Metro LL was playable but soon I was thinking about making another bad choice - buying a new system with a FX-9570 with my new 290 Gaming card, 4GB and 1007 oc'd core does wonders with my current playing set, all my games are now at least a solid 60 frames or better, have yet to play BF4 but I've decided to wait and see if I can be happy with my current setup, so no Cyberpower yet. I ask our APU community if the 6600K is going to sputter and freeze when I finally do play BF4, is the 6600 the bottleneck in my system? Is there hope that the 6600K + 290 + 8GB 2133 vengeanceLP with a good CS650M watts will let me play my games happily? I've been playing Crysis 2 on the highest settings and it's a steady 100 fps! Would getting a A10 APU really make a difference, since spending another $300 for that 290 has made all my games playable and they look great using the MSI gaming app. I'm poor and I told myself the $300 for the 290 was all that reason should permit. So unless somebody can convince me that sinking more money into a system that I should not have bought in the first place, I'm sitting on this system for as long as I don't break it. Last thought, I've had this ASUS 24" monitor for @5yrs and it still does the job, but with the 290 is it possible that I can get a larger monitor, say 27-30 in. If someone can recommend a cheap larger monitor I'd be set, I figured a budget system only gets a 24" but I've always wanted a good reason to go large and now with the 290 ....I'm going to research this and will update. This forum is great I've been kicking myself ever since I got this APU and just the second time I'm online I find this thread, sympatico.
Your post is impossible to read or follow. At least for me.
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A8-3850 De-lidded as depicted. Runs OCed 3200mhz daily from 2.9ghz 111 reference clock.
The board is Asus F1A75-V PRO.
Faster than a FX-4300 at similar clocks having the 32nm Phenom type core config.
It's a good Cpu. Been holding up daily since release.
Not much room between the edge of the heat spreader and those transistors. Do you use a razor or utility blade ShrimpBrime?