8 Core Gaming Rig

[Shipley]

Hi this is my first post sorry if I have placed it in the wrong place,

 

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Is it as easy as it is put setting up a machine like this? I am looking to do something like this but I want it to be a plug and play type of thing. Please let me know if it more than just a plug and play i.e. you need to code in stuff and or you need to download programs.... I am not sure about any of this stuff really sorry if I have used the wrong terms.

 

I play Arma 3 a lot and heard that it is very CPU intensive and not that GPU.

 

Finally out of 10 could people please rate how good the AMD Sapphire R9 290 as a GPU if it is possible to rate it like that (0 being the worst - 10 being the best)

 

Thanks,

 

Greg Shipley

[007agentHP]

r9 290 gets an 8 cause of 1080p and 1440p gaming capable

[Atmos]

Multiple cores for arma is a complete waste.

The game BARELY utilizes more than a single thread or core. It would plainly not run that well on this machine since the singlethreaded performance of these kinds of xeon cpus is pretty poor.

 

Get yourself a cheap i5 like the 4690, 6500/6600 and be done w/ it. Dual cpu builds are not for the feint of heart. In arma three those i5's will destroy the dual xeon builds.

[Shipley]

Multiple cores for arma is a complete waste.

The game BARELY utilizes more than a single thread or core. It would plainly not run that well on this machine since the singlethreaded performance of these kinds of xeon cpus is pretty poor.

 

Get yourself a cheap i5 like the 4690, 6500/6600 and be done w/ it. Dual cpu builds are not for the feint of heart.

 

I have a i5 4430 right now what cpu do you recommend to upgrade to next?

[ThinkWithPortals]

 

R9 290, 7 or 8. 1080p beast and can even handle itself at 1440p.

[Atmos]

I have a i5 4430 right now what cpu do you recommend to upgrade to next?

 

Well, if you really want more performance, then getting an i5 4690k that should be compatible with your motherboard is going to be the best bet, and the cheapest solution.

If you're on a z97 chipset then you can even overclock a little, but something tells me you're not, so just the base increase in clock speed and ipc of the 4690k will help some in terms of performance.

[Hiebly]

More cores are good unless you have to sacrifice a lot of per-core performance to get it. There's a reason that Intel's Core i3 (dual-core) lineup still performs similarly (usually better, although a few games where it's worse) than AMD's 8-core lineup... even though a lot of modern games can use eight cores, the massive (~40%) loss to single-threaded performance causes the game to run poorly unless in a very GPU bound scenario (like playing at 4K).

 

High core count CPUs with low clock speeds or IPC (such as low clocked Xeons or AMD's FX lineup) are great for productivity... some scientific calculations, video encoding, file compression etc... but crap for gaming.

[Clear17Mud]

I still think a 8350 would be a better way to get 8 cheap cores, and it would be Easier to set up. It would also support more main strpeam things.

[Shipley]

Well, if you really want more performance, then getting an i5 4690k that should be compatible with your motherboard is going to be the best bet, and the cheapest solution.

If you're on a z97 chipset then you can even overclock a little, but something tells me you're not, so just the base increase in clock speed and ipc of the 4690k will help some in terms of performance.

 

I have this

 

I know I said I had a R9 290 I have to use the 645 because the R9 290 is broken right now

[Clear17Mud]

You'd lose performance going with something like the cheap 8 core gaming machine.

[Hiebly]

An i5-4430 is pretty solid. If you want a good CPU upgrade save up for an i5-4690K, 4770K, 4790K (any of these can be overclocked on your motherboard) or one of the quad-core Xeons like the Xeon E3-1231V3

 

The low speed eight cores would be a downgrade.

[Atmos]

I have this

 

I know I said I had a R9 290 I have to use the 645 because the R9 290 is broken right now

 

Then yes, the 4690k should work just fine, you should even be able to overclock slightly.

Assuming my sick mind isn't completely ruining me right now.

[LokiFire]

Honestly ARMA is the most boring POS i have ever had the sadness to play, and i have tried some POS in my time.