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Let's Bottleneck! mATX style.

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I need some advice.

 

Current Build:

 

Seasonic M12II-620
XFX Radeon HD 7970
Gigabyte Z87M-D3H
Intel Core i3 4130(Upgrade to i5 4670K)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB
Fractal Design Core 1000

 

I can either go with above build, or a i5-4430 + 270X. A balanced build, or a GPU heavy build.

 

Not going AMD mATX since the motherboards are low in quality.

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mATX boards are NOT low on quality...

P.s buy some cheap AMD CPU and 280x

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I recommend you dont get the core 1000, its horrible to cable route with

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I'm talking about AM3+ mATX boards.

They are still great boards.

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I'm talking about AM3+ mATX boards.

 

This is true. The 97/990X boards are not found in mATX flavors

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I need some advice.

 

Current Build:

 

Seasonic M12II-620

XFX Radeon HD 7970

Gigabyte Z87M-D3H

Intel Core i3 4130(Upgrade to i5 4670K)

Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB

Fractal Design Core 1000

 

I can either go with above build, or a i5-4430 + 270X. A balanced build, or a GPU heavy build.

 

Not going AMD mATX since the motherboards are low in quality.

if its not going to be a dedicated gaming build I would go balanced.  

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No point going i3 and upgrading later.

Grab a 6300 and a M5A78L-M/USB3.

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if its not going to be a dedicated gaming build I would go balanced.  

It's going to be a dedicated gaming build. I won't be doing anything else on it.

Could I even use a G3320? I've heard the performance is about 90% of an Haswell i3, but half as cheap.

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No point going i3 and upgrading later.

Grab a 6300 and a M5A78L-M/USB3.

 

i3 and 6300 is roughly same in performance. That motherboard is horrendous. And if I'd only get the FX chip so I can overclock, which is fair to say that that motherboard does not support overclocking. AM3+ is a dead socket.

 

It'd be a much wiser decision to go with a decent Z87 mATX motherboard which allows future chips to be overclocked, namely the i5-4670K.

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It's going to be a dedicated gaming build. I won't be doing anything else on it.

Could I even use a G3320? I've heard the performance is about 90% of an Haswell i3, but half as cheap.

well, then I would say an i5 for Intel or a 8320 for AMD, and going with either a r9 270x for Intel, or a Nvidia 670.  Or going with a r9 280x with AMD or a 7970

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i3 and 6300 is roughly same in performance. That motherboard is horrendous. And if I'd only get the FX chip so I can overclock, which is fair to say that that motherboard does not support overclocking. AM3+ is a dead socket.

It'd be a much wiser decision to go with a decent Z87 mATX motherboard which allows future chips to be overclocked, namely the i5-4670K.

The motherboard does the job. The mobo is enough for a small oc. 

Looking back at the parts, I'm pretty sure the OP can fit an i5 in the build. 

same performance

Games aren't that cpu heavy. The more cores would be better in the long run especially with a decent oc. 

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i heard this several years ago.nothing changed.when you have to upgrade,you have to upgrade. (loool wtf )

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take a look at phenom 2 x4.its a quad core.it doesn`t matter,couse now you have to upgrade

That doesn't oc nearly as well as the 6300. 

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