Bang for the buck the best deal is a FX 6300, Gigabyte 970-UD3 and a 7850 with 2 gig. This will let you run at stock speeds most games with high detail level at 1080 and give some overclocking headroom for a bit more horsepower. That setup comes in around $400 giving you room for a nice case, PSU and cooler.
Bang for the buck the best deal is a FX 6300, Gigabyte 970-UD3 and a 7850 with 2 gig. This will let you run at stock speeds most games with high detail level at 1080 and give some overclocking headroom for a bit more horsepower. That setup comes in around $400 giving you room for a nice case, PSU and cooler.
Looking at your sig rig, is this new AMD build going to be for you? Why not just upgrade your system? For gaming a 3570k is hard to beat for gaming performance, especially multiplayer, large (like BF3) games.
Here is a chart mainly breaking down the specifics, and here are some benchmarks. I only did a quick google search though, you could probably find many more benchmarks on your own. Just know a 3770k is probably about exactly the same performance as the 3570k in benchmarks, +/- 1-3 FPS.
Looking at your sig rig, is this new AMD build going to be for you? Why not just upgrade your system? For gaming a 3570k is hard to beat for gaming performance, especially multiplayer, large (like BF3) games.
Here is a chart mainly breaking down the specifics, and here are some benchmarks. I only did a quick google search though, you could probably find many more benchmarks on your own. Just know a 3770k is probably about exactly the same performance as the 3570k in benchmarks, +/- 1-3 FPS.
I hate direct CPU comparisons because they lie. An I5 3750 is a faster chip in benchmarks but in 90% of the games they are nearly identical and in the ones where the i5 is faster the game play feels no different no matter what the benchmarks say. Also on newegg you are comparing a $220 chip in the i5 to a $120 chip in the 6300.
ComputerParts that is a solid build but unless you plan to crossfire I would save the $30 and get the 970, you will never be able to tell the difference.
I hate direct CPU comparisons because they lie. An I5 3750 is a faster chip in benchmarks but in 90% of the games they are nearly identical and in the ones where the i5 is faster the game play feels no different no matter what the benchmarks say. Also on newegg you are comparing a $220 chip in the i5 to a $120 chip in the 6300.
To be fair. Math doesn't lie. However, the usage in what those numbers are for can vary. Those direct CPU comparisons are 100% true and aren't a lie. It just depends how you want to read them.
Something I didn't think of prior is you might possibly want to buy the SSD first THEN with the credit buy the HDD.
Also the RAM is free but it appears to be getting decent DoA amounts so might need to use that G.Skill RAM anyway.
Lots of stuff you can do with that free credit money, just make sure you don't rely on it for time essential parts though.
For example If you/he doesn't want a SSD you can drop the CPU cooler for now, upgrade the 7950 reference design to a sapphire 7970. Then with the credit get the CPU cooler of your choice or whatever you want to do with the credit.
Total price with the 7970 if you remove the GPU+CPU cooler in the build above is $800 exactly.
*edit* now that I look at it, you might want to use a 760, they're looking VERY NICE, they also bring the cost way down(but you lose your free games). They also let you keep your cooler.
To be fair. Math doesn't lie. However, the usage in what those numbers are for can vary. Those direct CPU comparisons are 100% true and aren't a lie. It just depends how you want to read them.
I will agree, the math does not lie however the interpretation needs a lot of work. At the end of the day for 99.5% of users the benchmarks mean nothing only the daily use and in that criteria the FX, APU and Intel processors all stay about even. The problem is people forget that using trhe computer is what it is all about at the end of the day, not how fast it is in a benchmark.
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