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About RyanoStorrs

  • Birthday Jan 08, 1997

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia
  • Interests
    Video games, basketball, cars, pop culture.
  • Occupation
    Full-time student

System

  • CPU
    Intel Pentium G3258 @ 4.5GHz
  • Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H-A
  • RAM
    8GB DDR3
  • GPU
    Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 Windforce
  • Case
    Deep Cool Smarter Mid
  • PSU
    Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 650W
  • Cooling
    Deep Cool 200
  • Mouse
    Logitech G402 Hyperion Fury
  • Operating System
    Windows 10

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  1. RyanoStorrs
    I am definitely not the most deserving of entrants in this fine competition, but here is my sob story regardless: at the moment I have a Gigabyte R9 270 that crashes whenever it's run at >80% usage for an extended period, which is a real shame, because it's a fine card and I would be happy to keep it if this weren't the case. I was planning an upgrade to a 480 somewhere down the line, but so long as you're offering, I won't pass on the opportunity.
  2. RyanoStorrs
    Yes, it is definitely a CPU bottleneck. You might consider going for a quad core around the i5 2400 mark, as Fallout 4 scales well with multiple threads. I would also suggest upgrading to at least 8GB of ram when you can, as I know that I rarely see my ram usage dipping below 4GB while playing FO4.
  3. RyanoStorrs
    My GPU is a Windforce R9 270, and for the most part it is not showing any signs of bottlenecking (usually 50-80% GPU usage in most games), whereas I am finding that certain games (particularly Far Cry 3 and Fallout 4: the latter running sub 60 fps even on the lowest setting and resolution) which are showing 100% CPU usage, and much lower framerates compared to games like Shadow of Mordor on the same hardware.
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  5. RyanoStorrs
    The motherboard enables overclocking, hence why I have my G3258 running at 4.5GHz: despite this, is there something about my motherboard that would restrict overclocking on the 4690K in particular? Until more demanding DX12 games start showing up, I understand it's hard to quantify the benefit of the extra threads for gaming, but I just thought I would ask someone who knows more than I.
  6. RyanoStorrs
    Motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H-A. I would rather not buy a new motherboard while my current one still works, or until Intel (or AMD) provides a valid reason to upgrade: the difference between Skylake and Haswell/Devils Canyon doesn't justify the expense on a new MB and CPU. 4690K is $365; Xeon is $379. I might also consider a 4690 at $335, if that's not giving up too much.
  7. RyanoStorrs
    With DirectX 12 games slowly making their way in to the market, I have been looking to move up from my enthusiastic, though often under powered G3258 (4.5GHz @ 1.3V). After looking at some benchmarks (images of which are attached), I am now trying to decide between two main options: The i5 4690K, and the Xeon E3 1231 V3. In my local Australia, the two are separated by only 14 Australian doubloons, with the 4690k being the slightly more affordable of the two. I don't do any content creation or heavily multi threaded tasks outside of gaming, so it's really a question of overclocking v. hyperthreading for DX12. Any insight would be appreciated.
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