AMD to Intel Switch?

[aaronk84]

Hi! I have a $350 (US) budget. I want to upgrade something, but I need your guys' awesome input - would a new CPU or graphics card influence my performance more? Here is my current build - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PGKc8d

 

I've wanted to move from and AMD chip to an Intel chip and board, and I have the opportunity now, and also the chance to upgrade the graphics card too but I can't afford both. So it's either

- http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YN6BhM

 

or

 

- http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cwyy23

 

Which would yield more performance for my money?? Feedback is very appreciated

[Dabombinable]

Hi! I have a $350 (US) budget. I want to upgrade something, but I need your guys' awesome input - would a new CPU or graphics card influence my performance more? Here is my current build - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PGKc8d

 

I've wanted to move from and AMD chip to an Intel chip and board, and I have the opportunity now, and also the chance to upgrade the graphics card too but I can't afford both. So it's either

- http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YN6BhM

 

or

 

- http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cwyy23

 

Which would yield more performance for my money?? Feedback is very appreciated

I'll have a look into it, but after you upgrade you could then sell your FX8350+990FX Sabertooth for enough to buy a decent graphics card.

[aaronk84]

Yes, I would sell it. 

[piromane666]

get the gpu naw and wait to see dx12 and your cpu performance  

[Suika]

Despite what the slew of incoming shitposts will say, upgrading to, say, something like a GTX 970 would be far more beneficial than moving to Z97 or Intel in general.

[Dabombinable]

Despite what the slew of incoming shitposts will say, upgrading to, say, something like a GTX 970 would be far more beneficial than moving to Z97 or Intel in general.

Only if you be happy with it performing as well as an R9 280X. And the truth is not shitposting - its the truth.

[aaronk84]

Despite what the slew of incoming shitposts will say, upgrading to, say, something like a GTX 970 would be far more beneficial than moving to Z97 or Intel in general.

OK, my FX-8350 is pretty decent anyway. And I did consider the GTX 970, but the MSI R9 390 beats it any day.

[Suika]

Only if you be happy with it performing as well as an R9 280X. And the truth is not shitposting - its the truth.

Think for a half second - OP is running a GTX 560 Ti. What sort of FPS will he see if they were to move to Intel? I don't want to ruin the surprise, but... none. 

 

If OP is looking to improve his FPS with his current setup, new GPU wins hands down. If OP already had an R9 290 or higher, I'd argue in favor of Intel, but that isn't the case.

[Suika]

OK, my FX-8350 is pretty decent anyway. And I did consider the GTX 970, but the MSI R9 390 beats it any day.

In benchmarks utilizing high-end Intel. You're running low-end AMD, or in general, AMD. NVIDIA's drivers handle CPU overhead significantly better, and with your CPU, you'll encounter CPU overhead.

[Dabombinable]

Think for a half second - OP is running a GTX 560 Ti. What sort of FPS will he see if they were to move to Intel? I don't want to ruin the surprise, but... none. 

 

If OP is looking to improve his FPS with his current setup, new GPU wins hands down. If OP already had an R9 290 or higher, I'd argue in favor of Intel, but that isn't the case.

Straight up-why buy a new graphics card when it will be bottlenecked to the performance of a graphics card that is a lot cheaper?

[i_build_nanosuits]

GPU

 

 

Straight up-why buy a new graphics card when it will be bottlenecked to the performance of a graphics card that is a lot cheaper?

please...please...his CPU can handle MUCH stronger graphics cards and you know it...560ti...COME ON.

 

In benchmarks utilizing high-end Intel. You're running low-end AMD, or in general, AMD. NVIDIA's drivers handle CPU overhead significantly better, and with your CPU, you'll encounter CPU overhead.

this is also true.

I would get a 970 as well.

[FAQBytes]

The 8350 should be decent enough for all but the most CPU intensive games, and even then, an overclock should bring it up to work well enough, and with DX12 games soon to become prevalent, the 8 cores will be much more useful. 

 

You can get r9 290/x's or a 300 series equivalent quite cheap now, so for $200, an r9 290x would be more beneficial than a better CPU.

 

Do you notice that the CPU is running at 100%? If not, I see no reason to upgrade.

 

Straight up-why buy a new graphics card when it will be bottlenecked to the performance of a graphics card that is a lot cheaper?

As far as I'm aware, the 8350 will not bottleneck games at 1080p... My 8-core Xeon at 2.7GHz doesn't bottleneck my r9 290x.

[jimakos234]

GPU, but let me correct you a little.

You need a better psu

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($294.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $334.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-27 20:54 EST-0500

[Suika]

Straight up-why buy a new graphics card when it will be bottlenecked to the performance of a graphics card that is a lot cheaper?

Because the CPU can still be upgraded at a later date. If you get a 280X now and buy a i5-4690k, you aren't going to get the same performance as an R9 390 or GTX 970.

[aaronk84]

OK, thanks guys. So what I'm reading is that my old-as-dirt graphics card will bottleneck an i5 4690k if I upgrade that. That makes a lot of sense and frankly, I can always upgrade to Intel later. And I like the PSU idea too - this one is really sketchy because I had only $600 to work with a year ago when I build this; I got the 560ti from a friend BTW.

[piromane666]

cmon guys ....http://www.overclock.net/t/1534128/vishera-vs-devils-canyon-a-casual-comparison-by-an-average-user

[i_build_nanosuits]

OK, thanks guys. So what I'm reading is that my old-as-dirt graphics card will bottleneck an i5 4690k if I upgrade that. That makes a lot of sense and frankly, I can always upgrade to Intel later. And I like the PSU idea too - this one is really sketchy because I had only $600 to work with a year ago when I build this; I got the 560ti from a friend BTW.

read my PM.