upgrade?

[Arcanekitten]

so i see alot of people posting "what should i upgrade" and so i started thinking about what should i upgrade ? (almost know for sure that everybody says cpu )

 

build :

cpu :Fx 8350

mobo : asrock 970 extreme3 R2.0

gpu : MSI r9 290 4G

Psu : CM G750M

cpu cooler : Hyper 412S

case : CM force 500

storage:

1.  128GB SSD samsung 840 pro (i think its is a 840 pro but not sure)

2.  3TB WD Green (5400RPM)

3. seagate 500GB (7200RPM)

Two fans

 

peripherals:

Mouse : R.A.T 7 black

keyboard : Razer Deathstalker (non-ultimate)

monitor : some samsung tv 20" 1080p 60hz with two HDMI, one vga but with lots of RCA stuff ofcourse which can come in handy

speakers : logitech Z323

And not to forget a nice chair

 

what should i upgrade i listed EVERYTHING

i was thinking to upgrade the monitor to A LG 29um67-p some nice ultrawide 

[ADZ_123_!"£]

I would go and get an I5 and mobo to replace the FX8350.

[WhatComesAround]

Motherboard and CPU

[mantylt]

His CPU is fine. Stop fanboying. To be honest your build looks very decent to me, I would think about better sound system. And what RAM are you using?

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[Humbug]

Don't upgrade anything.

[ADZ_123_!"£]

His CPU is fine. Stop fanboying. To be honest your build looks very decent to me, I would think about better sound system. And what RAM are you using?

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He is asking for an upgrade so we are telling him what a good upgrade to do would be.

[mantylt]

He is asking for an upgrade so we are telling him what a good upgrade to do would be.

There isn't a single I5 worth money if you have 8350.

[Humbug]

If you must upgrade that monitor you mentioned LG 29um67-p would be a lot of fun and a very interesting project. Has freesync too... Or you could get some nice speakers.

I wouldn't waste money on anything else in your build at this time as it's extremely diminishing returns.

[ADZ_123_!"£]

There isn't a single I5 worth money if you have 8350.

Games really do benifit from the much higher IPC of an I5.

[Arcanekitten]

His CPU is fine. Stop fanboying. To be honest your build looks very decent to me, I would think about better sound system. And what RAM are you using?

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I am using 8 gb of ram 2x2GB sticks and one 4gb when i builded it i got 4gb for it (2x2) but later upgraded to 8gb so added 4gb stick

[Arcanekitten]

His CPU is fine. Stop fanboying. To be honest your build looks very decent to me, I would think about better sound system. And what RAM are you using?

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i was thinking of a new monitor like the LG 29um67-p 

[Arcanekitten]

If you must upgrade that monitor you mentioned LG 29um67-p would be a lot of fun and a very interesting project. Has freesync too... Or you could get some nice speakers.

I wouldn't waste money on anything else in your build at this time as it's extremely diminishing returns.

true probable should wait for the r9 3xx series

[mantylt]

I am using 8 gb of ram 2x2GB sticks and one 4gb when i builded it i got 4gb for it (2x2) but later upgraded to 8gb so added 4gb stick

Wow. You should get that fixed. Drop those 2x2 and get another 4 for proper channeling.

 

i was thinking of a new monitor like the LG 29um67-p 

Ultra wides are matter of taste. I tried and i prefer 2 monitors.

[Arcanekitten]

Games really do benifit from the much higher IPC of an I5.

yeah oke but it probable wouldn't be worth the money idk

[Arcanekitten]

Wow. You should get that fixed. Drop those 2x2 and get another 4 for proper channeling.

 

Ultra wides are matter of taste. I tried and i prefer 2 monitors.

what would the improvement be ? i mean dual channeling doesn't give you loads of benefits only a small boost right? 

[Arcanekitten]

what would the improvement be ? i mean dual channeling doesn't give you loads of benefits only a small boost right? 

(only editing and extracting stuff have get benefits from it)

[InterError]

I don't think that an I5 is worth the money because: https://cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-4590+%40+3.30GHz&id=2234look for the FX 8350 and all the other I5's, You'll see

[Trik'Stari]

I would go and get an I5 and mobo to replace the FX8350.

^what he said.

 

I don't think that an I5 is worth the money because: https://cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-4590+%40+3.30GHz&id=2234look for the FX 8350 and all the other I5's, You'll see

Synthetic benchmarks don't translate into real world performance.

[REX.exe]

Honestly, I don't like that mouse

 

That's about it, maybe an i5 or something but that's not that necessary.

[InterError]

^what he said.

 

Synthetic benchmarks don't translate into real world performance.

They're the same in gaming performance+ these benchmarks tell that an I5 can't et even close to the FX 8350 with multitasking ect, and that's what he want to do right? Or am I wrong?

[Arcanekitten]

They're the same in gaming performance+ these benchmarks tell that an I5 can't et even close to the FX 8350 with multitasking ect, and that's what he want to do right? Or am I wrong?

i game alot but the multitasking that i do i mostly chrome+game+skype+other program from extracting to virus scanning to defragmenting 

[Trik'Stari]

They're the same in gaming performance+ these benchmarks tell that an I5 can't et even close to the FX 8350 with multitasking ect, and that's what he want to do right? Or am I wrong?

Synthetic benchmarks are not representative of real world in game performance. That's why people like LTT do benchmarks with games, as well as the synthetic benchmarks. Remember that most games aren't built to use more than two cores, so having 8 cores does nothing for gaming, especially when those cores have a lower IPC.

 

It's also worth taking into consideration that intel offers a better upgrade path, as well as newer technologies on their motherboards like SATA-E, M.2, NVME, etc.

 

Not saying the 8350 is bad, not by any means. Especially because I've never used one, just saying that intel seems to offer a better bang for your buck value.

 

i game alot but the multitasking that i do i mostly chrome+game+skype+other program from extracting to virus scanning to defragmenting 

 

All at the same time? how? or better yet....why? Why would you be virus scanning and or defragging while gaming?

 

Chrome and skype I get. I do those with my I5 and it works just fine. Other than a lot of games not being that great at alt+tabbing

[InterError]

Synthetic benchmarks are not representative of real world in game performance. That's why people like LTT do benchmarks with games, as well as the synthetic benchmarks. Remember that most games aren't built to use more than two cores, so having 8 cores does nothing for gaming, especially when those cores have a lower IPC.

 

It's also worth taking into consideration that intel offers a better upgrade path, as well as newer technologies on their motherboards like SATA-E, M.2, NVME, etc.

 

Not saying the 8350 is bad, not by any means. Especially because I've never used one, just saying that intel seems to offer a better bang for your buck value.

 

 

All at the same time? how? or better yet....why? Why would you be virus scanning and or defragging while gaming?

 

Chrome and skype I get. I do those with my I5 and it works just fine. Other than a lot of games not being that great at alt+tabbing

As he said He does a lot of multitasking sooo I think the FX 8350 is better. What you were saying was also correct and it's also very nice to have but Does he really need that? An FX 8350 should do fine for a long time

[Arcanekitten]

Synthetic benchmarks are not representative of real world in game performance. That's why people like LTT do benchmarks with games, as well as the synthetic benchmarks. Remember that most games aren't built to use more than two cores, so having 8 cores does nothing for gaming, especially when those cores have a lower IPC.

 

It's also worth taking into consideration that intel offers a better upgrade path, as well as newer technologies on their motherboards like SATA-E, M.2, NVME, etc.

 

Not saying the 8350 is bad, not by any means. Especially because I've never used one, just saying that intel seems to offer a better bang for your buck value.

 

 

All at the same time? how? or better yet....why? Why would you be virus scanning and or defragging while gaming?

 

Chrome and skype I get. I do those with my I5 and it works just fine. Other than a lot of games not being that great at alt+tabbing

thats true that the intel is better and also it has a better upgrade path but i own a fx 8350 right now so would the upgrade to a i5 be mind blowing probable not idk 

[Trik'Stari]

As he said He does a lot of multitasking sooo I think the FX 8350 is better. What you were saying was also correct and it's also very nice to have but Does he really need that? An FX 8350 should do fine for a long time

Indeed, it is better for multi-tasking. But I would still be worried about the next gen of games (next gen for PC, not what console calls a gen lol)

 

Things like Star Citizen etc. Unless they end up optimizing for more than 2 cores.

 

thats true that the intel is better and also it has a better upgrade path but i own a fx 8350 right now so would the upgrade to a i5 be mind blowing probable not idk 

 

To an I5? Not sure.

 

I know I had an A-10 5700 APU and I was blown away by the upgrade to my I5, but that would have probably been the same as upgrading to an 8350 lol