Upgrading my computer to 2015

[Schony125]

Hello Linustechtips forum this is my first topic in the community and I would like to say a big hello to every body.

 

My system is:

 

Case:      cooler master haf 932 (4 fans : front 230mm, side 230mm, back 140mm, top 230mm)

Psu:        cooler master m2 silent pro 1000w

Mobo:     asus p9x79

Cpu:        intel i7-3820 (stock cooler)

Ram:       corsair vengeance 16gb 4x4 (cmz16gx3m4a1600c9)

Gpu:        xfx 7970

Hd:          WD greenpower 2tb and SSD corsair force 120gb (boot drive)

 

My graphics card died after 2/3 years and I decided to buy a Asus Strix r9 390 8gb OC and maybe go with a xfire set up.

 

I upgraded the stock cpu cooler with a Bequiet! dark rock pro 3 I hope it fist because my ram is quite high.

 

I have 2 questions and 2 answers for them but I wanted to know what other people might advice.

 

 

 

I am a gamer and use my computer exclusively for gaming and occasionally watch videos in highres as I have a laptop for working and browsing.

 

I wanted to step in the 4k thing now that prices for monitors dropped. I am very picky with graphics and while playing main stream games I want to play at the highest res I can (max to ultra).

I play mostly: bf3, arma 3, assetto corsa, euro truck simulator 2, evolve, metro last light, Beam ng, cod, interstellar marines.

I dont do many things while gaming no more than some times music playing via web. (no anti virus and no streaming/recording) So other than the normal apps playing in the back ground I don't use many cores in my cpu so I think a 4 core is best for me. I want to start over clocking will do just cpu and gpu with moderate OC.

 

I was looking at my cpu on ark and found out that it only supports pcie 2.0 and my mother board supports 3.0 and I think it would be a big waste of money putting such nice graphics cards on a 2.0 while I can benefit of the 3.0 so I had the idea of changing cpu and here is the first question.

 

 

 

 

 

1. my socket is lga 2011 and I wanted to change the cpu: I ether go with a i7-4820k for 369 fr.

or go into amd side and buy a asus crosshair v formula-z and a amd fx 9590 for 520 fr.

 

I would like to go to AMD processors just to try, but I think that 8 cores are 2 much for me and will never use the processor at full of its capability, and probably benefit more from the intel cpu with 4 cores.

 

 

 

 

 

2. Second question is can I cut or remove the fins on the ram if they interfere with the cpu cooler or ram need heat dissipation? (I dont oc ram)

 

sorry for the long post.

 

 

 

[arvark]

Don't upgrade CPU... i7 3820 is a whole lot faster than FX 9590, upgrading to 4820k isn't worth either.

[Hman1250]

4820k is pretty much the same as your CPU. FX 9590 is worse and consumes double the power. I'd get the 4930k in your case

[Streetguru]

Hello Linustechtips forum this is my first topic in the community and I would like to say a big hello to every body.

PCI-e Gen 2 doesn't bottle neck GPUs yet

Otherwise you probably don't really need a new CPU for a good while.

Otherwise just make sure your power supply can handle the 390, grab one that's 1000W or so for the crossfire set up.

 

What's your budget for all the upgrades?

[Schony125]

PCI-e Gen 2 doesn't bottle neck GPUs yet

Otherwise you probably don't really need a new CPU for a good while.

Otherwise just make sure your power supply can handle the 390, grab one that's 1000W or so for the crossfire set up.

 

What's your budget for all the upgrades?

 

 

Budget for upgrades depends on factors, wont spend more than 600 fr for a cpu but its ok to spend 800 for 2 390's. There is not actually a budget limit for the fact that I buy for specs not for price.

 

I have a 1000w power supply.

 

If I put 2 390 they will be in both in x16 3.0

but CPU will only have 2.0 if you say it doesn't bottleneck.

[Streetguru]

Budget for upgrades depends on factors, wont spend more than 600 fr for a cpu but its ok to spend 800 for 2 390's. There is not actually a budget limit for the fact that I buy for

So long as your motherboard supports x8 x8, it doesn't really matter if it's gen 2 or gen 3

[Schony125]

So long as your motherboard supports x8 x8, it doesn't really matter if it's gen 2 or gen 3

my mother board has: 2 PCIe 3.0x16

1 3.0x8

2 2.0x1

1 PCI