Switch to intel?

[trentklein]

Hi everyone, I have a strong feeling I need to upgrade my pc now that forza horizon 3 is about to come out. My current pc build is a fx-6350 watercooled, gigabyte 990fxa-ud3 mobo, 8gb of 1866 ram, and a xfx 290 watercooled (via the g10). I really don't want to upgrade my gpu, but I feel the need to upgrade my cpu. I know AMD will be releasing their new cpu's soon-ish, but I am thinking about switching to intel. The recommended cpu for horizon 3 is the 3820 or the 9590. Is there a cheaper option on the intel side? Will the 6400 suffice even being an i5? Other recommendations? I really don't want to spend more than $300 on a cpu and motherboard if I absolutely don't have to.

[SLAYR]

An i5 6400 should be enough, the recommended specs are always overkill.

[it_dont_work]

Why not wait till the game is out and see how it plays on your system?

[trentklein]

1 minute ago, it_dont_work said:

Why not wait till the game is out and see how it plays on your system?

Yeah, am going to. I am just thinking about things ahead of time.

[RS2007GOD]

Does forza horizon require you to use and sign into the microsoft games store? 

[Earnhardt]

The minimum recommended CPU is an Intel Core i5 3570 and the Recommended is a Intel Core i7 3820

Forza 3 system specs

 

Try it 1st and see how it plays on what you have as it_dont_work said.

 

 

[trentklein]

1 hour ago, RS2007GOD said:

Does forza horizon require you to use and sign into the microsoft games store? 

I BELIEVE so? i know you need to have a gamertag and all.

[trentklein]

1 minute ago, Earnhardt said:

The minimum recommended CPU is an Intel Core i5 3570 and the Recommended is a Intel Core i7 3820

Forza 3 system specs

 

Try it 1st and see how it plays on what you have as it_dont_work said.

 

 

Yep! I am going to. I just don't know intel too well.. always have been AMD. Just thought I'd see if i could get some advice? I did watch Linus' Intel CPU video from a few weeks ago but I am still kinda in the dark.

[RS2007GOD]

1 hour ago, trentklein said:

I BELIEVE so? i know you need to have a gamertag and all.

Well i wont be playn then. The microsoft gaming store is a nightmare and when you do sign in to it, it litteraly hijacks your pc as a microsoft slave and uses your details for everything and is basicaly immpossible to undo it. I registered one of my pcs thru it and litteraly did everything to try delete my email tied to that pc. I ended up fresh installing the os in the end.

 

FUCK MICROSOFT 

[Mira Yurizaki]

52 minutes ago, RS2007GOD said:

Well i wont be playn then. The microsoft gaming store is a nightmare and when you do sign in to it, it litteraly hijacks your pc as a microsoft slave and uses your details for everything and is basicaly immpossible to undo it. I registered one of my pcs thru it and litteraly did everything to try delete my email tied to that pc. I ended up fresh installing the os in the end.

 

FUCK MICROSOFT 

Uh, no?

 

I have Forza Apex installed on my machine and my local account wasn't converted into a Microsoft account.

[RS2007GOD]

10 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Uh, no?

 

I have Forza Apex installed on my machine and my local account wasn't converted into a Microsoft account.

Then why under user accounts was i unable to remove the assigned email? All i could do was log in localy but was unable to delete the user account. I even removed it on microsofts end on there website and it persisted. All becouse i had to create an acc for there store. Nope ill pass.

[Nena Trinity]

With that CPU I would just OC it and keep it until Zen comes and see if you can get that or a Intel CPU then...

[Thinkfreely]

8 hours ago, trentklein said:

Hi everyone, I have a strong feeling I need to upgrade my pc now that forza horizon 3 is about to come out. My current pc build is a fx-6350 watercooled, gigabyte 990fxa-ud3 mobo, 8gb of 1866 ram, and a xfx 290 watercooled (via the g10). I really don't want to upgrade my gpu, but I feel the need to upgrade my cpu. I know AMD will be releasing their new cpu's soon-ish, but I am thinking about switching to intel. The recommended cpu for horizon 3 is the 3820 or the 9590. Is there a cheaper option on the intel side? Will the 6400 suffice even being an i5? Other recommendations? I really don't want to spend more than $300 on a cpu and motherboard if I absolutely don't have to.

Having come from Amd in the beginning and then going to Intel 4 years ago ( And never going back) it's all about what your using it for. You can build a decent gaming rig for less with AMD. However as you start getting into higher performance, graphics, usage then Intel kicks AMDs ass all day long. My experience is also that Intel is more reliable. But that doesn't mean AMD is bad, again I started with AMD cause it was cheap and ran things just as good for what I did. But once you start getting into again higher levels of performance, they start to fall behind Intel. I have also had two AMD chips and Two graphic cards for AMD fail on me, never had anything with Intel go bad.

[trentklein]

On 9/21/2016 at 8:36 PM, Thinkfreely said:

Having come from Amd in the beginning and then going to Intel 4 years ago ( And never going back) it's all about what your using it for. You can build a decent gaming rig for less with AMD. However as you start getting into higher performance, graphics, usage then Intel kicks AMDs ass all day long. My experience is also that Intel is more reliable. But that doesn't mean AMD is bad, again I started with AMD cause it was cheap and ran things just as good for what I did. But once you start getting into again higher levels of performance, they start to fall behind Intel. I have also had two AMD chips and Two graphic cards for AMD fail on me, never had anything with Intel go bad.

Which intel cpu would you suggest?? 

[Thinkfreely]

If your budget is $300 then go with the I5 4670k. Its a great gaming CPU for about $250, and you can pair it with a great board for about $70, so that puts you just a little over your $300 mark.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899&cm_re=i5-4670K-_-19-116-899-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130700

 

If your willing to spend more money right now the i7 6700k Unlocked Skylake is on sale.  It's the CPU I use and Intel's most recent architecture for consumer PC CPU's and it has great overclocking capacity so you can stretch its performance out without have to upgrade for a while. If you pair it with a good mobo then your paying about $150 more, but you will get a lot of life out of the build since its still really new, and for gaming you don't need more than 4 cores anyways. I don't plan on upgrading it for at least 2-3 years and I bought it just 6 months ago.

 

Here is a good combo for it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2507948

 

Hope this helps.

[trentklein]

57 minutes ago, Thinkfreely said:

If your budget is $300 then go with the I5 4670k. Its a great gaming CPU for about $250, and you can pair it with a great board for about $70, so that puts you just a little over your $300 mark.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899&cm_re=i5-4670K-_-19-116-899-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130700

 

If your willing to spend more money right now the i7 6700k Unlocked Skylake is on sale.  It's the CPU I use and Intel's most recent architecture for consumer PC CPU's and it has great overclocking capacity so you can stretch its performance out without have to upgrade for a while. If you pair it with a good mobo then your paying about $150 more, but you will get a lot of life out of the build since its still really new, and for gaming you don't need more than 4 cores anyways. I don't plan on upgrading it for at least 2-3 years and I bought it just 6 months ago.

 

Here is a good combo for it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2507948

 

Hope this helps.

Hmm, anything a bit cheaper? Maybe around the 6500 price range?

[Thinkfreely]

1 hour ago, trentklein said:

Hmm, anything a bit cheaper? Maybe around the 6500 price range?

Ya the 6500 isn't a bad choice, but if I were you I would spend an extra $20 and get the i5 6600k Skylake instead. It's unlocked so you can overclock it when performance starts to dip, so that way you don't have to go out and buy another GPU soon, and you can stretch that one out for a while.

[CAPCOM UK]

On 9/21/2016 at 5:24 PM, trentklein said:

Hi everyone, I have a strong feeling I need to upgrade my pc now that forza horizon 3 is about to come out. My current pc build is a fx-6350 watercooled, gigabyte 990fxa-ud3 mobo, 8gb of 1866 ram, and a xfx 290 watercooled (via the g10). I really don't want to upgrade my gpu, but I feel the need to upgrade my cpu. I know AMD will be releasing their new cpu's soon-ish, but I am thinking about switching to intel. The recommended cpu for horizon 3 is the 3820 or the 9590. Is there a cheaper option on the intel side? Will the 6400 suffice even being an i5? Other recommendations? I really don't want to spend more than $300 on a cpu and motherboard if I absolutely don't have to.

Wait for ZEN.

[Thinkfreely]

29 minutes ago, Thinkfreely said:

Ya the 6500 isn't a bad choice, but if I were you I would spend an extra $20 and get the i5 6600k Skylake instead. It's unlocked so you can overclock it when performance starts to dip, so that way you don't have to go out and buy another GPU soon, and you can stretch that one out for a while.

If you go either 6500 or 6600k then this is a good value mobo. https://pcpartpicker.com/product/kGcMnQ/msi-motherboard-b150mmortar

[i_build_nanosuits]

On 2016-09-21 at 0:24 PM, trentklein said:

x-6350 watercooled, gigabyte 990fxa-ud3 mobo, 8gb of 1866 ram, and a xfx 290 watercooled (via the g10). I really don't want to upgrade my gpu, but I feel the need to upgrade my cpu.

yes you do...i would advise you wait for kabylake and get an i7-7700K with a new motherboard and some fast DDR4 ram that way you'll be set for years to come.

[trentklein]

20 hours ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

yes you do...i would advise you wait for kabylake and get an i7-7700K with a new motherboard and some fast DDR4 ram that way you'll be set for years to come.

Ehh, don't think I wanna blow that much money haha

[i_build_nanosuits]

7 hours ago, trentklein said:

Ehh, don't think I wanna blow that much money haha

then, i would advise you hold on to what you have until you think you do haha

[trentklein]

1 hour ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

then, i would advise you hold on to what you have until you think you do haha

Hahaha I was thinking about making a new thread for this question but I'll just ask it here. Can you, your someone else help me with Intel chipsets? I'm looking at cpu's now and I'm pretty lost since I've always had amd. I don't want to get new ram since I have 4x4 sticks of 16gbs of 1866 ram (earlier I made the mistake of saying 8gbs) but it seems like almost all new Intel boards are ddr4?? Sorry for being a noob haha

[RS2007GOD]

4 minutes ago, trentklein said:

Hahaha I was thinking about making a new thread for this question but I'll just ask it here. Can you, your someone else help me with Intel chipsets? I'm looking at cpu's now and I'm pretty lost since I've always had amd. I don't want to get new ram since I have 4x4 sticks of 16gbs of 1866 ram (earlier I made the mistake of saying 8gbs) but it seems like almost all new Intel boards are ddr4?? Sorry for being a noob haha

Yes all new intel boards are ddr4 and some ddr3L bit generaly dont suppory ddr3. Have to go back to last gen haswell or earlier to continue using the ddr3

[trentklein]

10 minutes ago, RS2007GOD said:

Yes all new intel boards are ddr4 and some ddr3L bit generaly dont suppory ddr3. Have to go back to last gen haswell or earlier to continue using the ddr3

Thanks!!