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hi peeps 

 

I bought a cheap second-hand pc with a am3+ motherboard

 

There is now a fx 4300 in it will a upgrade to a fx 8320 give me double the performance ?

 

PC costs € 150 the new cpu wil be +144€

 

worth it or not end let the fx4300 run 24/7 + a gtx 570 

 

it is for folding btw  B)

 

please let me know thx

 

 

 

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Nah. Better get like a r7 260 for that money if you are only folding on that rig.

Oh btw, how many ppd is your 570 pushing? :)

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Don't get a CPU for Folding

Always get GPUs. 

 

But make sure your PSU will be able to drive the cards.

 

One litte recommendation to everyone wo is willing to build a folding rig on the cheap: Ebay. Some guys are selling old GPUs for cheap there. For example a friend of mine (folding for an other team ;-() bought 3x  GTX 580 for 20€...

I don't know the exakt PPD he is getting but its huge (and only 30€)...

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Nah. Better get like a r7 260 for that money if you are only folding on that rig.

Oh btw, how many ppd is your 570 pushing? :)

 weird enough sometimes 23k sometimes 33k  I'm new to folding I'm still trying to figure out :D

fractal define r4 - msi z77 mpower - i5 3570k 4.5ghz -alphacool water cooling+noctua -gtx 780ti-1323mhz-1.25v - corsair ax760i -vertex 4 120gb x2 - 840 evo 500gb - asus xonar dgx 

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Don't get a CPU for Folding

Always get GPUs. 

 

But make sure your PSU will be able to drive the cards.

 

One litte recommendation to everyone wo is willing to build a folding rig on the cheap: Ebay. Some guys are selling old GPUs for cheap there. For example a friend of mine (folding for an other team ;-() bought 3x  GTX 580 for 20€...

I don't know the exakt PPD he is getting but its huge (and only 30€)...

o oke thx 

psu is 550watt silver so hmm maybe another 550 ti 

fractal define r4 - msi z77 mpower - i5 3570k 4.5ghz -alphacool water cooling+noctua -gtx 780ti-1323mhz-1.25v - corsair ax760i -vertex 4 120gb x2 - 840 evo 500gb - asus xonar dgx 

corsair k70 - logitech g502 - sennheiser game zero - logitech z906 5.1 -samsung 46" iiyama 27"144hz - http://gabegaming.com/

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o oke thx 

psu is 550watt silver so hmm maybe another 550 ti 

as others have mentioned when it comes to folding you wont see a big return in getting a new cpu, considering that you will spend alot more money on a entierly new motherboard and a new cpu compared to that of just adding a second gpu to a existing system, buying a gpu is alot more economic and will probably contribute alot more to the projects.

 

you could buy the cpu if you want a new cpu though, and not for the sake of folding, buying a new cpu now and adding a beastly gpu later and you got yourself a beefy computer.

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as others have mentioned when it comes to folding you wont see a big return in getting a new cpu, considering that you will spend alot more money on a entierly new motherboard and a new cpu compared to that of just adding a second gpu to a existing system, buying a gpu is alot more economic and will probably contribute alot more to the projects.

 

you could buy the cpu if you want a new cpu though, and not for the sake of folding, buying a new cpu now and adding a beastly gpu later and you got yourself a beefy computer.

got a asus gtx 560ti dc2 for 50€  :huh:  i will spend the extra euro,s on a beefy psu for more or better gpu,s later on 

 

not a bad folding pc for 200€ 560ti+570+fx4300 :P

 

thx for the help peeps 

fractal define r4 - msi z77 mpower - i5 3570k 4.5ghz -alphacool water cooling+noctua -gtx 780ti-1323mhz-1.25v - corsair ax760i -vertex 4 120gb x2 - 840 evo 500gb - asus xonar dgx 

corsair k70 - logitech g502 - sennheiser game zero - logitech z906 5.1 -samsung 46" iiyama 27"144hz - http://gabegaming.com/

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