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I play modern triple AAA titles and some of your more popular Indie titles like Ark at 3840x2160p, I don't do any programming or video editing, and I have an AIO cooler so overclocking is an option. I'm using an R9 390 and an MSI 970 gaming mobo which I imagine will have to go in order to do any serious upgrades. Let's try to keep this under $350 for both the CPU and the mobo, I plan on buying used from trusted vendors.

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Xeon 1231 V3 and H97 board

Edit: This is too much lmao

Get 4460 or something, that will likely fit in the budget with a nice H97 board

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Xeon 1231 V3 and H97 board

20 dollar mobo?

 

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Intel Core i3 4370 + Asus z97m-plus.

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If it's $250 for mobo and $250 for cpu, then 4690k/z97

If it's $250 for mobo and cpu, then 4460/h97

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20 dollar mobo?

 

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Intel Core i3 4170 + Asus z97m-plus.

Oh shit lmao forgot :/

4460 and decent mobo will be good for the budget I suppose

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1231+h81 board

this ^^^

it will be ~$100 over budget but definitely worth it in the long run

 

OH and if you sell your 8350+motherboard on craigslist you can probably make that $100  back quickly

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this ^^^

it will be ~$100 over budget but definitely worth it in the long run

 

OH and if you sell your 8350+motherboard on craigslist you can probably make that $100  back quickly

I'll update the post to reflect that.

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I play modern triple AAA titles and some of your more popular Indie titles like Ark at 3840x2160p, I don't do any programming or video editing, and I have an AIO cooler so overclocking is an option. I'm using an R9 390 and an MSI 970 gaming mobo which I imagine will have to go in order to do any serious upgrades. Let's try to keep this under $350 for both the CPU and the mobo, I plan on buying used from trusted vendors.

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($112.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $342.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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mobo is a bottleneck so is the processor get a amd fx 9590 if ur haveing a fixed budget :)

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I play modern triple AAA titles and some of your more popular Indie titles like Ark at 3840x2160p, I don't do any programming or video editing, and I have an AIO cooler so overclocking is an option. I'm using an R9 390 and an MSI 970 gaming mobo which I imagine will have to go in order to do any serious upgrades. Let's try to keep this under $350 for both the CPU and the mobo, I plan on buying used from trusted vendors.

you might still need to upgrade..... even with new mobo/cpu.... playing AAA at 4k you need a 980/ti/fury/390x to have decent frames at medium or high still....

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you might still need to upgrade..... even with new mobo/cpu.... playing AAA at 4k you need a 980/ti/fury/390x to have decent frames at medium or high still....

You don't, at least with no AA enabled. I do plan on crossfiring 390's unless NVIDIA or AMD make something truly badass.

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Some excellent options posted op.Choose one of them and be happy

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20 dollar mobo?

to OP:

Intel Core i3 4370 + Asus z97m-plus.

Non OCable CPU and Z97 board? Lmao.
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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($112.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $342.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-24 01:45 EDT-0400

 

I think this is the one

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Overclock that thing you weak girl! thats the reason its "underperforming"

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Non OCable CPU and Z97 board? Lmao.

Ugh, I'm not going to explain myself., but:

UGRADE-A'F*CKING-BILITY

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mobo is a bottleneck so is the processor get a amd fx 9590 if ur haveing a fixed budget :)

Mobo's don't really bottle neck. The 9590 needs an amazing mobo and amazing cooling for it to run semi cool and it isn't much better than a 8350 for gaming. Something from intel would be much better.

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I play modern triple AAA titles and some of your more popular Indie titles like Ark at 3840x2160p, I don't do any programming or video editing, and I have an AIO cooler so overclocking is an option. I'm using an R9 390 and an MSI 970 gaming mobo which I imagine will have to go in order to do any serious upgrades. Let's try to keep this under $350 for both the CPU and the mobo, I plan on buying used from trusted vendors.

 

Why are you disatisfied with the FX8350 in this scenario?

I think its just a placebo effect.

 

Your cpu is not the bottleneck, but your GPU is the limmited factor.

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Why are you disatisfied with the FX8350 in this scenario?

I think its just a placebo effect.

I see people with worse GPU's get better frame rates with identical settings, this means they either have the best overclock ever recorded on their R9 280x's or I have a weak CPU.

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I see people with worse GPU's get better frame rates with identical settings, this means they either have the best overclock ever recorded on their R9 280x's or I have a weak CPU.

 

i call that nonsense.

Then they simply dont play 4k.

Since the 280X is not 4k capable at all.

The R9-390 GTX970 on their own are also not 4k capable realy, unless you call 25fps as playable.

You realy would need to put two 390´s in crossfire to get reasonable frame rates at 4k.

 

4k is so gpu heavy, that the cpu doesnt realy make any significant diffrence anymore.

Even not with a 980Ti.

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i call that nonsense.

Then they simply dont play 4k.

Since the 280X is not 4k capable at all.

The R9-390 GTX970 on their own are also not 4k capable realy, unless you call 25fps as playable.

 

4k is so gpu heavy, that the cpu makes doesnt realy make any significant diffrence anymore.

Even not with a 980Ti.

Either you're cranking up MSAA or your knowledge doesn't reflect my experiences. 

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