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- Oct 31, 2002
i know there are some benchmark websites i can check out but many of them haven't updated all the benchmarks to show me what i want to see.
basically i need a new core system this year. i wont be upgrading my graphics as i don't bother with modern games. i do play guildwars 2 and vrcpro which is directx9. runs perfect on my 5850.
these are both single threaded apps so from what ive been reading the amd is NOT suitable for these..
but on the other hand, i plan to do quite a lot of solidworks cad and slicer for 3dprinting which can definitely make use of threads.
originally i had decided an i5 4670k would be the best overall buy but noting that i can get into a very nice amd for over $100 less, im back on the fence...
seems most of these amds can overclock extremely well? which i guess catches me up to the i5 performance advantage but not i7.. im not really in the market for the i7 unless i get in on one of those crazy bundle deals..
was looking at 990fxa boards like the gigabyte. dont wanna spend more than $170 for a board and similar or maybe just over $200 for the cpu if i go amd. that would be around fx8320/50 territory i guess.
i guessssss im looking to see if i am crazy to be considering what most people consider the inferior product.. but in the past ive been buying the low end and overclocking the snot out of it heh.
im less interested in the tweaking these days and more with stability but i like to play sometimes.
cant think of a better place to post this heh.
basically i need a new core system this year. i wont be upgrading my graphics as i don't bother with modern games. i do play guildwars 2 and vrcpro which is directx9. runs perfect on my 5850.
these are both single threaded apps so from what ive been reading the amd is NOT suitable for these..
but on the other hand, i plan to do quite a lot of solidworks cad and slicer for 3dprinting which can definitely make use of threads.
originally i had decided an i5 4670k would be the best overall buy but noting that i can get into a very nice amd for over $100 less, im back on the fence...
seems most of these amds can overclock extremely well? which i guess catches me up to the i5 performance advantage but not i7.. im not really in the market for the i7 unless i get in on one of those crazy bundle deals..
was looking at 990fxa boards like the gigabyte. dont wanna spend more than $170 for a board and similar or maybe just over $200 for the cpu if i go amd. that would be around fx8320/50 territory i guess.
i guessssss im looking to see if i am crazy to be considering what most people consider the inferior product.. but in the past ive been buying the low end and overclocking the snot out of it heh.
im less interested in the tweaking these days and more with stability but i like to play sometimes.
cant think of a better place to post this heh.