Gaming upgrade advice

[Dkozak]

Hello,

 

I'm currently running a AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ 3.2Ghz, 16 GB Ram (1333 DDR3) and a HD 7950 Boost edition.

I have a budget of about €270-320 and I'm considering the AMD FX 8350 with a Gigabyte 970A-UD3P.

The main purpose of the pc is gaming (GW2 , GTA5, CS:GO Dying light).

 

 

Is it worth the upgrade or is there something better at the intel side of the story. 

 

TL;DR

I need a new CPU and mobo max price is € 320

 

thanks in advance

[RedSphyxis]

i'd go for an i5 maybe a 4690k + a decent mobo with OC, find a bundle of that combo and your good to go if you don't have an aftermarket cooler try the non k-series one's.

 

so i5 it is

[Dkozak]

Thanks for the advice. The price for the 4690K is €259 and the cooler that I have atm is the Zalman cnps5x Performa which is combatible with the 1150 socket but will it be able to cool enough? The 4690 is € 239. 

 

For the Mobo: Do you happen to know of any good mobo for this cpu? I assume I need a Z-type for the OC if I go with the 4690K.

[Dezz]

Thanks for the advice. The price for the 4690K is €259 and the cooler that I have atm is the Zalman cnps5x Performa which is combatible with the 1150 socket but will it be able to cool enough? The 4690 is € 239. 

 

For the Mobo: Do you happen to know of any good mobo for this cpu? I assume I need a Z-type for the OC if I go with the 4690K.

 

If you want to OC, then get the Z97 mobo, not sure about the cooler, if you find some money under pillow go get hyper 212.

 

If you don't want to OC you can get 4460 or 4690, cheaper (not Z) mobo and stock cooler would be enough (if you can live with that feeling of having it in your pc )

[Dkozak]

I probably won't be OC'ing the CPU so. 

Can you take a look at this build?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Q3DBzy

 

The Zalman cooler got my 1055T from 2.8Ghz to 3.2 Ghz and the temp is about 30°c idle so I guess it will perform better than the Intel stock cooler.

I saw the price for a Z97 but I don't really see any advantages for a casual gamer compared to the Z87.

 

And the 4690K doesn't have HT, does that matter for gaming?

[Dezz]

If you won't OC then you can look at some cheaper H97 boards and also non-K CPU.

 

Z87 is very similar to Z97 but if you will go with 4690k you will probably need to update bios (which requires buying a supported CPU and then updating bios)

 

If you can check with the shop, which Bios does the board uses (out of box) it would help you.

Here is the tab of supported CPUs for board you stated: http://www.msi.com/support/mb/Z87-G41-PC-Mate.html#support-cpu

As you can see 4690k requires newer bios

 

SNPS5X should be fine if you will run at stock clocks (not sure how it would perform if you try to OC the CPU)

 

As was many times discussed not many games nowadays can use more that 4 cores (or threads) therefore you should be fine without HT

But if you want to make a lot of video editing you can buy 4790k (i7) which has HT

 

TL;DR If you're not gonna OC, take 4460 or 4690 with H97 and SNPS5X will be fine

[Dkozak]

Well I've been looking on the local PC store's website and an i5 4690K (better take that one incase I do want to OC) with a Z97 is above the budget.

 

If I take a 4690 and a MSI H97 PC Mate I'm a little above budget so that's not a big deal.

But are there any other alternatives?

[i_build_nanosuits]

Hello,

 

I'm currently running a AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ 3.2Ghz, 16 GB Ram (1333 DDR3) and a HD 7950 Boost edition.

I have a budget of about €270-320 and I'm considering the AMD FX 8350 with a Gigabyte 970A-UD3P.

The main purpose of the pc is gaming (GW2 , GTA5, CS:GO Dying light).

 

 

Is it worth the upgrade or is there something better at the intel side of the story. 

 

TL;DR

I need a new CPU and mobo max price is € 320

 

thanks in advance

your parts are balanced, you won't see any noticeable improvement in games upgrading either the CPU or the GPU you'll need to upgrade both...an high-end GPU (GTX 780/780ti , GTX 970/980 or R9 290/290X) and an intel i5 or i7 CPU is what you would need to get noticeably better performance in games across the board.

 

...and no the AMD FX line-up is in no way a worthy upgrade to your phenom X6...in most cases it's actualy a downgrade.

 

That said...the games you've mentionned are CPU intensive and would probably see a benefit from moving to a faster intel platform...so i'd start by getting a Z97 board and the best chip you can afford for it and then you'll want a more powerful GPU.

[Dkozak]

Ok thank you all for the advice, I'm going to see if I can earn some more and get an upgrade then.