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Hi,
I had a 2-page thread that basically summed up to my best bang for buck would be an FX-8350 in a sabertooth 990fx R2.0 with Hyper evo 212 to get a stable 4.5 Ghz OC.
Sorry, I know this is an OCing forum, but I don't even want to bother OC'ing. I'm considering just keeping the FX-8350 at stock 4GHZ on a M5A97 mobo ($45 used vs sabertooth is like $145 used and harder to win ebay bidding wars on). If I wanted to OC, I'd get a used FX-8320 since it OCs right around the FX-8350 anyway and saves me like $40 and less of a bidding war that I might lose and have to wait for another to pop up for sale.
Since AMD's new processors/prices go down tomorrow, I'm considering just getting an FX-9590 and not even OC'ing it and keeping it at stock 4.7GHz. The 9590 price drop is a lot, like $300 to $215 and used prices should start coming down significantly to around $175.
I'd rather spend $175 for a 9590 vs $75 for an 8350 plus the extra $100 for a sabertooth vs the M5A97 and have 4.7GHz without even Oc'ing which should last me like 3 years.
But my PSU is this 550W antec basiq 80 PLUS Certified http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016
I got it like 9 months ago new for like $80 but they sell used for like $25 shipped.
I don't plan on upgrading from my Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB for two years which might make running the 9590 on this current PSU possible?
Other than that, I have the basic 3 fan case, backlit keyboard, optical drive, ssd, but I'll be plugging in a usb-powered midi keyboard (musical piano keyboard), something basic though like this http://alesis.com/qx49
So what are your thoughts considering I really don't want to bother OCing? I might be okay for a while with a stock FX-8350 @ 4GHZ on a M5A97 but don't really want to pull all the parts out and take pictures and weights and reformat a new motherboard in a year or so when my gaming, DAW music production and possibly HD video editing might require more than 4Gghz, but I'm thinking it should be fine for at least a year since I'm not heavily into all that stuff currently.
Can I get something like a 700W certified PSU to run the 9590 and all the other stuff?
Or maybe I should see what AMD is coming out with since it might require less PSU power and get the 8350 & M5A97 until prices drop for the 2015 CPUs used?
I had a 2-page thread that basically summed up to my best bang for buck would be an FX-8350 in a sabertooth 990fx R2.0 with Hyper evo 212 to get a stable 4.5 Ghz OC.
Sorry, I know this is an OCing forum, but I don't even want to bother OC'ing. I'm considering just keeping the FX-8350 at stock 4GHZ on a M5A97 mobo ($45 used vs sabertooth is like $145 used and harder to win ebay bidding wars on). If I wanted to OC, I'd get a used FX-8320 since it OCs right around the FX-8350 anyway and saves me like $40 and less of a bidding war that I might lose and have to wait for another to pop up for sale.
Since AMD's new processors/prices go down tomorrow, I'm considering just getting an FX-9590 and not even OC'ing it and keeping it at stock 4.7GHz. The 9590 price drop is a lot, like $300 to $215 and used prices should start coming down significantly to around $175.
I'd rather spend $175 for a 9590 vs $75 for an 8350 plus the extra $100 for a sabertooth vs the M5A97 and have 4.7GHz without even Oc'ing which should last me like 3 years.
But my PSU is this 550W antec basiq 80 PLUS Certified http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016
I got it like 9 months ago new for like $80 but they sell used for like $25 shipped.
I don't plan on upgrading from my Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB for two years which might make running the 9590 on this current PSU possible?
Other than that, I have the basic 3 fan case, backlit keyboard, optical drive, ssd, but I'll be plugging in a usb-powered midi keyboard (musical piano keyboard), something basic though like this http://alesis.com/qx49
So what are your thoughts considering I really don't want to bother OCing? I might be okay for a while with a stock FX-8350 @ 4GHZ on a M5A97 but don't really want to pull all the parts out and take pictures and weights and reformat a new motherboard in a year or so when my gaming, DAW music production and possibly HD video editing might require more than 4Gghz, but I'm thinking it should be fine for at least a year since I'm not heavily into all that stuff currently.
Can I get something like a 700W certified PSU to run the 9590 and all the other stuff?
Or maybe I should see what AMD is coming out with since it might require less PSU power and get the 8350 & M5A97 until prices drop for the 2015 CPUs used?