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Example: I have a FX 8320 because I stream and its a great chip for the money.

PC Specs  Case: Corsair 760T  CPU: i7 4790k @4.0GHz And Cooled By The H100i  Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Hero GPU: EVGA GTX 980 KINGPIN 4GB  RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LP 2x8GB  SSD: 128 Boot Drive  HDD: 1TB WD 7200RPM  PSU:  750w Corsair RM  OS: Windows 8.1 (64bit)

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Intel's Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge chip. Overclocks okay (confirmed 4.6GHz on 1.25V, 4GHz on .938V, unconfirmed 4.2GHz on .938V.), great per-core performance, great multitasker, awesome for gaming and it was purchased for the sum of $189.99 with $40 off a motherboard.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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3570k because i feel like i am able to play games and have a ton of other programs open and not have to worry about it affecting performance. I also have it because i like to use Adobe Photoshop occasionally for school. So i think that the 3570k pretty much meets my needs.

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i3 2120, cant be bothered to upgrade

cpu: intel i5 4670k @ 4.5ghz Ram: G skill ares 2x4gb 2166mhz cl10 Gpu: GTX 680 liquid cooled cpu cooler: Raijintek ereboss Mobo: gigabyte z87x ud5h psu: cm gx650 bronze Case: Zalman Z9 plus


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Cpu: intel i7 4770k @ 4.2ghz Ram: G skill  ripjaws 2x4gb Gpu: nvidia gtx 970 cpu cooler: akasa venom voodoo Mobo: G1.Sniper Z6 Psu: XFX proseries 650w Case: Zalman H1

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Intel Core i3-2120 because I couldn't afford a Core i5-2500K or Core i7-2600K.

DESKTOP - Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H Processor - Intel Core i5-2500K @ Stock 1.135v Cooling - Cooler Master Hyper TX3 RAM - Kingston Hyper-X Fury White 4x4GB DDR3-1866 Graphics Card - MSI GeForce GTX 780 Lightning PSU - Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850w  HDD -  WD Caviar  Blue 500GB (Boot Drive)  /  WD Scorpio Black 750GB (Games Storage) / WD Green 2TB (Main Storage) Case - Cooler Master 335U Elite OS - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate

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2600k

because amd sucks

Sucks is a strong word....

PC Specs  Case: Corsair 760T  CPU: i7 4790k @4.0GHz And Cooled By The H100i  Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Hero GPU: EVGA GTX 980 KINGPIN 4GB  RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LP 2x8GB  SSD: 128 Boot Drive  HDD: 1TB WD 7200RPM  PSU:  750w Corsair RM  OS: Windows 8.1 (64bit)

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AMD A6 just cause i was stupid and wanted to build straight away, but for what i do its fine.

Main: AMD Athlon X4 750K| Coolermaster Hyper TX3 EVO | Gigabyte GA-F2A75M-HD2 | 8GB Kingston 1333mhz | WD Caviar Green 1tb | Coolermaster N200 | OCZ coreXstream 500w | Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB | |Kingston 3k ssd 128gb |

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AMD Phenom x4 965 BE because that was the best chip for my price point and I'm kinda a AMD fan and someone told me that i3s weren't a great option. If i had more money I'd go 8350. I am open to options thou so I will try out Intel when or if i have the moneyzzz to do so :)

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AMD A6 just cause i was stupid and wanted to build straight away, but for what i do its fine.

That's why I got a 8320 and not a 8350 I needed a new computer so bad.

PC Specs  Case: Corsair 760T  CPU: i7 4790k @4.0GHz And Cooled By The H100i  Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Hero GPU: EVGA GTX 980 KINGPIN 4GB  RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LP 2x8GB  SSD: 128 Boot Drive  HDD: 1TB WD 7200RPM  PSU:  750w Corsair RM  OS: Windows 8.1 (64bit)

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Example: I have a FX 8320 because I stream and its a great chip for the money.

 

I have Phenom II x6 1045t because it was the cheapest upgrade path from my Phenom II x5 545 without changing motherboard. Since new mobo+cpu aren't really worth it compared to Phenom II x6 1045t performance and it only costed 130$ NEW! (example, FX 6300 new costs 15$ more here and is slower than Phenom in many tasks), I preffered to just get a cheap CPU 2 weeks ago.

 

Now i sit and wait until there's something ground-breaking in CPU industry that i can upgrade to. Not interested in AMD CPUs at all since they aren't really faster than Phenoms anyway, and Intel is too expensive for too little performance jump.

 

Bottom line:

 

In Intel Skylake we trust... unless AMD APUs offer ground-breaking computing performance in near future which is very unlikely, I say it's possible but... meh. It's just AMD, they haven't made a well-competing chip since Phenom II. Let's hope it changes.

So... If Jesus had the gold, would he buy himself out instead of waiting 3 days for the respawn?

CPU: Phenom II x6 1045t ][ GPU: GeForce 9600GT 512mb DDR3 ][ Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P ][ RAM: 2x4GB Kingston 1333MHz CL9 DDR3 ][ HDD: Western Digital Green 2TB ][ PSU: Chieftec 500AB A ][ Case: No-name without airflow or dust filters Budget saved for an upgrade so far: 2400PLN (600€) - Initial 2800PLN (700€) - Upgraded already: CPU

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Sucks is a strong word....

 

 

AMD is slowly leaving high end  mainstream cpus

i was disappointed at the lackluster performance piledriver delivered

i wanted to switch

If your grave doesn't say "rest in peace" on it You are automatically drafted into the skeleton war.

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AMD is slowly leaving high end  mainstream cpus

i was disappointed at the lackluster performance piledriver delivered

i wanted to switch

I can't argue there

PC Specs  Case: Corsair 760T  CPU: i7 4790k @4.0GHz And Cooled By The H100i  Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Hero GPU: EVGA GTX 980 KINGPIN 4GB  RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LP 2x8GB  SSD: 128 Boot Drive  HDD: 1TB WD 7200RPM  PSU:  750w Corsair RM  OS: Windows 8.1 (64bit)

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FX 8350, because I am smarter than my wallet, and I'm a noob.

Air 540, MSI Z97 Gaming 7, 4770K, SLI EVGA 980Ti, 16GB Vengeance Pro 2133, HX1050, H105, 840 EVO 500, 850 Pro 512, WD Black 1TB, HyperX 3K 120, SMSNG u28e590d, K70 Blues, M65 RGB.          Son's PC: A10 7850k, MSI A88X gaming, MSI gaming R9 270X, Air 240, H55, 8GB Vengeance pro 2400, CX430, Asus VG278HE, K60 Reds, M65 RGB                                                                                       Daughter's PC: i5-4430, MSI z87 gaming AC, GTX970 gaming 4G, pink air 240, fury 1866 8gb, CX600, SMSNG un55HU8550, CMstorm greens, Deathadder 2013

 

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3770K because I like/need the hyperthreading and while I would recommend AMD CPU's to anyone, I wouldn't buy one myself

I am good at computer

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Motherboard: Gigabyte G1 sniper 3 | CPU: Intel 3770k @5.1Ghz | RAM: 32Gb G.Skill Ripjaws X @1600Mhz | Graphics card: EVGA 980 Ti SC | HDD: Seagate barracuda 3298534883327.74B + Samsung OEM 5400rpm drive + Seatgate barracude 2TB | PSU: Cougar CMX 1200w | CPU cooler: Custom loop

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3770K because I like/need the hyperthreading and while I would recommend AMD CPU's to anyone, I wouldn't buy one myself

That's like me with AMD GPU's I'll recommend to people but I will not personally buy them

PC Specs  Case: Corsair 760T  CPU: i7 4790k @4.0GHz And Cooled By The H100i  Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Hero GPU: EVGA GTX 980 KINGPIN 4GB  RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LP 2x8GB  SSD: 128 Boot Drive  HDD: 1TB WD 7200RPM  PSU:  750w Corsair RM  OS: Windows 8.1 (64bit)

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A10 5700 cuz` i was on a budget and it has a better GPU build in than an i3  so I didn`t buyed a GPU I just run games of the APU 

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I will probably get a 4670K, cause it performs good in games. :)

WIP: Ryzen 5 3600@4,2ghz | G.Skill 8GB DDR4 3200Mhz | Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1070 Xtreme Gaming | ASRock B450M Steel Legend

Corsair Crystal 280X | Cooler Master MWE 550W | Gigabyte CV27F 1080p 165hz

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3770k Cuz Video and 3D stuff. And some streaming when I feel like it. And Lower power consumption but my GPU made up for that lol.

My rigs

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Desktop CPU: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 @ 4.4GHz cooled by a Corsair H105 | Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X79 | RAM: 32GB G.Skill Sniper DDR3 1600 | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 SC3 Ultra Gaming | SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 1TB + Crutial M500 240GB + Samsung 840 120GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM + WB Black 4TB 7200RPM | Case: Fractal Design Meshify C | Mouse: Logitech G402 & MX Master | Keyboard: Poker II  MX Blue & Leopold 10-key pad Box Royals | Monitor: LG 34UB88-P | Audio: Audio-Technica ATH-M50 + FiiO E5 DAC + Rode NT-USB Mini

 

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i7 3770k instead of i7 4770k and replaced the thermal compound on the cpu so it runs cool, i use it because it handles anything i throw at it and its more than enough, i could have gotten a i5 3570k but i think i wanted to show off i have a i7 :P

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3570k, mainly for gaming and eventual video editing. Didn't go for (cheaper and on stock) 2500k/2600k cause of the worse memory controller, didn't go for the i7 cause hyperthreaded cores can bottleneck some games and it was a just good price/performance ratio, a good all rounder. I though about the 8350 but for some reason i prefeer PCI-E 3.0 and i've never had good experiences with friends's AMD builds (fx-7300 + 8gb 1866 ram + msi 7750 had alot of OC issues and we had to RMA the first graphics card cause one the voltage regulators caught on fire)

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4670k, Because I can.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7950X3D | Cooler: NZXT Kraken 360 2023 Edition | Motherboard: Asus X670-P Wi-Fi |  RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance 6000MT/s

GPU: XFX AMD Radeon 7800XT | PSU: NZXT C1000 | Storage: Corsair MP600 Core XT 2TB | Case: NZXT H7 Flow

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