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WellyBob

WellyBob

WellyBob

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Hi all,

Started upgrading an old E8500 PC last year with a Radeon 7870XT and also recently got a SSD. Makes sense now to pretty much start from scratch with a case, PSU, CPU, RAM, motherboard and HDD for extra storage. Was looking at the FX8350 but from what I can see there may not be any future potential upgrades for the motherboard but please correct me if I'm wrong. Instead started looking at a Z97 to work with a reasonable CPU to match the 7870XT for now with Broadwell being a future upgrade along with a new graphics card if needed. Looking to spend around £500, maybe less but that may not be possible. Not really in to overclocking and am looking to use for gaming, especially Battlefield.

Thanks for any help!
 
 
 
What monitor/screen resolution are you using? Also what OS?

BF4 is pretty well optimised for Intel and AMD CPUs. Assuming 1080p, you could save a huge amount of cash and go with the AMD FX 6300 (£72), as it performs just as well as an Intel 4770K (£246).

http://www.hardwarepal.com/battlefield-4-benchmark-mp-cpu-gpu-w7-vs-w8-1/8/ Look at the 7870 chart as that's very close to what you're using (convenient!).

Also notice that the improvement in performance going from Win 7 to Win 8 is larger than the performance difference between processors.
 
Some good info there, thanks.

Monitor is 1080p but I am thinking long term so could upgrade but not for a while. Currently using Win 7.

What is putting me off the AMD CPUs is longevity but have no preference either way as I was all set to get the FX8350 and parts but couldn't see any details of future plans.

As far as overclocking is concerned I have no problem having a go if there are some easy guides to help correct the wonky thinking :D

Looking to get fairly soon as although it is useful to have something to blame for my poor Battlefield skills it is killing the fun.
 
WellyBob said:
Some good info there, thanks.

Monitor is 1080p but I am thinking long term so could upgrade but not for a while. Currently using Win 7.

What is putting me off the AMD CPUs is longevity but have no preference either way as I was all set to get the FX8350 and parts but couldn't see any details of future plans.

As far as overclocking is concerned I have no problem having a go if there are some easy guides to help correct the wonky thinking :D

Looking to get fairly soon as although it is useful to have something to blame for my poor Battlefield skills it is killing the fun.
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As you can afford it you are better of staying away from the FX series, to weak in single core performance, good if you have only £100 for a CPU though.

With a i7 you won't have any problems I wouldn't imagine for another 5 years, although that is just a guess as I can't predict the future :p (Even though I would like to be able to do)
 
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