PC build thread

[noiseredux]

Are you interested in an i5 2500?

[marlowe221]

Are you interested in an i5 2500?

I don't know, is that better than what I have now? The 2500 is getting a little long in the tooth isn't it?

[noiseredux]

I am really not familiar enough w AMD to compare. Just thought I would mention since I have a spare.

[emwearz]

Are you interested in an i5 2500?

I don't know, is that better than what I have now? The 2500 is getting a little long in the tooth isn't it?

Depends what you are doing. Single core performance, the Sandy Bridge pull away by like 15-20%,thus in most games (that use 4 or less cores) you will see the Sandy bridge on par or pull ahead by 15-20%, if the game is being bottle necked by the CPU, however the 8320 shits it in with Cache, etc.

You can also overclock the FX-8320, it would be the first thing I did if you have not already? People use to get the FX-8320 to like 3.8ghz on the stock cooler (which is much better than intels stock).

[marlowe221]

I am really not familiar enough w AMD to compare. Just thought I would mention since I have a spare.

That's cool, I'm honestly not very familiar with Intel's line of CPUs. I'll have to do a little homework.

Depends what you are doing. Single core performance, the Sandy Bridge pull away by like 15-20%,thus in most games (that use 4 or less cores) you will see the Sandy bridge on par or pull ahead by 15-20%, if the game is being bottle necked by the CPU, however the 8320 shits it in with Cache, etc.

You can also overclock the FX-8320, it would be the first thing I did if you have not already? People use to get the FX-8320 to like 3.8ghz on the stock cooler (which is much better than intels stock).

What am I doing? I'm gaming!

I have not overclocked the FX-8320 - I don't actually know how to do that.

I don't have the stock cooler though. I forget what it is, even though it's sitting right here beside me as I type, staring at me through the side window of my tower. It is definitely a 3rd party air cooler though.

[emwearz]

Look up a guide, it is simple if you are not upping voltages and what not (which you don't have to do for a small overclock and the dangers of overclocking only come from voltages, not actually overclocking).

You will most likely find people have videos or guides with close to your exact setup. I would always overclock (I do the second I get hardware anyhow) before upgrading.

[Jmustang1968]

My new PC:

[noiseredux]

What a beast! Nice dood!

[Xeogred]

Can it handle all the TERAFLOPS?

[Xeogred]

Ordered the 1060.

I'm not sure if this will be a huge jump from my Radeon 7950, but it should bump me over the PS4 and maybe be a little future proof. Really can't beat the price either way.