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i3-4360 + GT1030
I would update if the TDP
goes below 45W or more.
AMD APU looking very possible.
I'm not much of a gamer.
My rig is a monster:
i3-4360 + GT1030
I would update if the TDP
goes below 45W or more.
AMD APU looking very possible.
I'm not much of a gamer.
I'm using an i7 6700k, mainly for streaming music and studying languages.I don't do gaming so it's more than enough for me, no upgrades needed in the immediate future.
What's your reasons, and which Xeon are you using? I also like mine for video editing too, especially the 8 core one paired with a 64GB RAM set, the quad channel setup is preferable to what 'upgrading' to Z390 offers in those regards.Originally Posted by azrael-
Good to see I'm not the only one here using a Xeon, albeit for different reasons.
2500k, usually stock but with a stable OC profile at 4.4GHz if required (I'm looking at you Cities Skylines).
At eight years old and giving me no real cause to upgrade yet, it must be the single best value thing I've ever purchased.
Ryzen 7 1700X - Does everything I want, no problems in games or 3D apps.
However will be looking at the new Ryzens when they come out.
Jon
Ryzen 1600, replaced a Phenom 965be because 64 player servers were a no no.
Very happy with it. Will probably upgrade to Zen2.
2600K @ 4.3GHz for the last few years, then bumped up to 4.9GHz earlier this year under a custom water loop. Seems I've degraded it, so down to 4.7GHz and a more reasonable voltage now.
Paired it up with a 980Ti, and it does everything I need it to. Would like a few more FPS in ARK: Survival Evolved (because it's a terribly optimised game).
Due an upgrade but it's hard to justify when nothing out there provides good bang for the buck. Watching for Zen2 and Intels 10nm with interest.
i7 3930K @4.2ghz 24/7 (4.6ghz capable) for a few more weeks with 64GB of DDR 3 2400 CL 10 ...I picked up a E5 1680 V2 this weekend for a couple hundred online for two more cores/four more threads and I plan on overclocking it to hopefully 4.4ghz +/- .2ghz to tide me over till PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 drop. I wish i had grabbed one six months ago when they could be had for under $100 but this is still far cheaper then a platform upgrade which makes my wife smile. Also having native PCIe 3.0 support will be nice as I have to use the PCIe 3.0 nvidia "patch" nearly every-time I update my display drivers. If I don't patch, my performance takes a major hit as i am using GTX 1080s in SLI (about a 8%+ FPS decrease when on PCIe 2.0 with one GPU on a 16x link and the other an 8x but only when gaming at 4K, lower resolutions don't take such a hit).
I had planned on Ryzen 2 build later this year but after seeing some benches of a 2700x vs E5 1680 v2 vs i9 9900K (all OC'd 4.2ghz vs 4.6ghz vs 5ghz). While I do still render/encode, I do them less then I use to and gaming has become more of my primary concern for performance (4k60hz). Point being even with Ryzen's 2700x series IPC increase vs 1st gen 1700x...in gaming, ivy-bridge based CPUs Oc'd still beat AMD's top mainstream OC'd chip released last year in games. Gotta love the ring bus!! Plus Xeons have much better .1% lows then their i7 equivalents when matched clock for clock by a hefty chunk (and even better against Ryzen though clocks clearly are not same). I figure this should hold me over til 2021 or so as a 4K60hz gamer a handful of games I have now could use those extra threads and my guess is that number of games will grow over the next year or so (plus I do multitask while gaming). On top of hearing rumors the next xbox is using Zen 3 with 8 cores and 24 threads (1 core with 3 threads) to help with the ray tracing which will drive game dev's to use more threads...I do believe the next "AMD 64/conroe/sandy bridge/Ryzen" performance increase moment may well be coming up again very soon with 3d chip stacking on the very near horizon (2020-21). Which inspired me to make a gamble. I made a similar bet when I built this PC in 2012 and have got more life out of it then i honestly hoped for or expected.
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AMD Phenom II X4 965 stock.
It does all I need. No plans to upgrade soon.
Got one of those in my music pc - not fast enough any more as I get artifacts when playing heavy cpu bound VSTi's
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
Some pretty old iron in my machines 2013/2012 vintage
an i5 4670K in my games machine - why change when I can still get 50+ fps in XPlane...
and an even older i7 3520M in my development/mail/office Macbook.
Both still go fast enough for my liking and my wallet!
Amazon have the FX8350 for £57 if your motherboard can take it. It gets tarred with the same brush as Bulldozer, but is really a significant upgrade on Phenom II. When I went Ryzen I handed down my 8350 to my daughter who was on a 955BE. Her image editing software went from applying filters in minutes to seconds, I just didn't realise how badly the lack of recent SSE and AVX instructions in Phenom was crippling her work so feel bad about not upgrading her earlier.
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
Because it still works fine. Only for a handful of games do I need to overclock it (where I go to 3GHz). When I built my PC beginning of 2009 I got a good heatsink, so I've never had issues.
Q6600 because Moore's Law ended long ago
... no, it didn't.
8700k Oc'd to 4.8
A question to the ppl with K series chips which aren't Oc'd. Why pay more for a chip and not overclock it?
Sometimes its just nice to have the option. I have an unlocked 1700X but mine isn't overclocked however I know I can if I felt like I wanted to one day
Jon
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