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Post by Ed.Venture on Aug 23, 2015 19:49:22 GMT -5
Yeah i just cant go Intel. Been building AMD for 20 years and always been happy. Just don't see the point in spending twice as much on Intel just to gain 5 frames per second. Yeah, the price difference is what kills it for me too. If I was doing something that required more CPU, like professional video editing or something of the like, I could maybe see it. For gaming though, intel just wants too much damn money for their product. For example, I actually built an i7 rig back in 2010. I put a mid level processor in it, because I wasn't going to pay the $800.00 to $1,000.00 that they wanted for their top end unlocked CPU's. They were right on the cusp of releasing Sandy Bridge, but I didn't want to wait and my logic was that Intel's top end CPU's would have to come down in price for my particular architecture since everyone would be moving on to Sandy Bridge, and so the demand would be less for the older Gulftown processors. Well all of that happened except Intel never lowered their price on any of their previous generation hardware. If you look up those top end Gulftown processors today, despite doing poorly when compared to their modern AMD and Intel equivalents and despite being obsolete as all hell, Intel still expects at least upwards of $600.00 for 'em. It's insane. Plus the socket design that intel used proved to be weak. I had a pretty beefy motherboard. It was thick, way more rigid than anything I had previously put together, and over time the tension of the CPU cooler actually warped the CPU socket itself. Made the system do all sorts of funky stuff. Anyway, I went with AMD for all of the replacement hardware. I'm just not going to spend intel money on a gaming rig again. That's not to say intel is bad, just that my experience was bad and that I don't see where the small performance difference justifies the additional cost. Plus the additional headaches that came with my particular system... Really soured me on using intel again in the future.
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Post by deathdime on Aug 26, 2015 18:21:22 GMT -5
I actually just ordered a FX-6300 , and a R9 - 270x 4gb. I don't have the processor yet, but the video card came in two days ago. I can play the game at 30 fps steady with settings @ mostly 'very high' @ 1080p. I can play Far Cry 4 with the settings max @ 60fps. For both the processor and the GPU, I paid about $250 for both.
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jam442
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Post by jam442 on Aug 28, 2015 20:11:14 GMT -5
I think when i built my 8350 the CPU was $300 range. The Intel equivalent was somewhere in the $800 range.
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Post by sebastheuniballa on Sept 9, 2015 17:31:46 GMT -5
Hoping to get back to Los Santos soon.... I did well with the build, but didn't choose too well when it came to powersupply. I managed to burn up the 1000w supply with fairly decent efficiency Evidently, the trio of Razer green-glowing devices (Deathstalker, Naga, Tarterus) along with keeping my PS4 controller (used for GTA) plugged in really sucks a good bit of power. So...within only a few more days, I will have the chance to get the new supply and go through the hell of replacing it and rewiring the damned case. Ugh.
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Post by Alex8008 on Sept 10, 2015 0:12:59 GMT -5
Well, PC problems are usual stuff. Too usual, damn it. After reviving my SSD to some degree and attending that last F&F meet it has gone kaputt again just yesterday. Guarantee is still in effect, but being stuck with a conventional HDD isn't exactly a dream after being used to a fast solid-state. And that's the second SSD gone awry on me, the previous one lasted 1,5 years. This - just under a year. And that's on some of the most reliable components available anf Crucial's software attached to those - Sandforce controller and 16nm MLC NAND chips totalling 512GB. Well, at least the other components in the laptop are still functioning the way they should =)
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Post by soilworker on Sept 10, 2015 22:31:48 GMT -5
Hoping to get back to Los Santos soon.... I did well with the build, but didn't choose too well when it came to powersupply. I managed to burn up the 1000w supply with fairly decent efficiency Evidently, the trio of Razer green-glowing devices (Deathstalker, Naga, Tarterus) along with keeping my PS4 controller (used for GTA) plugged in really sucks a good bit of power. So...within only a few more days, I will have the chance to get the new supply and go through the hell of replacing it and rewiring the damned case. Ugh. Yeah PSUs can be a major pain, especially since when it goes bad it can take everything else with it. Always good to get those higher rated PSUs. Best to spend more on it then to buy a cheap one and lose your system.
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