• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

am3+ cpu advice

dgcm0ndo

dgcm0ndo

dgcm0ndo

Associate
Joined
23 Feb 2015
Posts
3
hi i am building my new mid range gaming pc i been advised to get a asus m5a97 evo motherboard and just wondering what cpu to go for as i want to run advanced warfare and battlefield hardline and want to get a cpu which will last me and not need upgrading in like 6 months to play lastest games

thanks
 
8320/8350/8370 or any of the e chips and for the motherboard it should handle them chips fine (have a google search) if your not going to go with that board you could get the gigabyte 970a-ud3p or the msi gaming or the asrock performance
 
From what I've learnt on here so far, get the 8320e as you can overclock the hell out of it and it's a newer chip from a better bin. Will give you same performance (thereabouts) as 8350 8370 for less cost.

As for your mobo, look at getting the evo board of that type available at a certain tax dodging site! Edit - seen you said the evo one - good choice!
 
agree with the above posts! with the well binnned 8320e chips just overclock them if you ever feel like you're lacking performance.

Gives you a bit of future proofing, cpu's don't make a huge difference to fps but every little helps as they say - I've found with my overclocking that it really brings up my minimum fps
 
8320e is the best budget AMD cpu atm - if you overclock.

The m5a97 evo R2 is a good board, I'm currently using it and I'm running 4.5GHz with my 8320. However to get the most out of this board ensure you have a decent cooler and adequate cooling over the socket area. This is dependent on the case having enough space to blow fans over the socket area.

I'm getting my results with a pretty small case that isn't so well ventilated with no direct socket cooling however. Considering the 8320e also runs faster for the same voltage I'd be surprised if you can't get more than 4.5 out of it.
 
As other have said, smart money goes on the 8320E. The MB is good as long as you don't plan on dual GPU at a later date.

I would disagree with the recommendation for an MSI board though, or the lower priced asrocks. They don't have a good track record with these chips. ASUS seems to be preferred, followed closely by the Gigabyte.
If you plan to dual GPU, you will need one of the 990 mbs.

Just to add some balance, and before a certain someone shouts about "out dated tech" If you are prepared to spend £100+ extra, an intel i5 with a z97 board is also an option but only if it does not compromise your GPU budget I think is the general consensus.
 
Last edited:
Scurburg said:
Just to add some balance, and before a certain someone shouts about "out dated tech" If you are prepared to spend £100+ extra, an intel i5 with a z97 board is also an option but only if it does not compromise your GPU budget I think is the general consensus.
Click to expand...

Spot on. ;)
 
Scurburg said:
As other have said, smart money goes on the 8320E. The MB is good as long as you don't plan on dual GPU at a later date.

I would disagree with the recommendation for an MSI board though, or the lower priced asrocks. They don't have a good track record with these chips. ASUS seems to be preferred, followed closely by the Gigabyte.
If you plan to dual GPU, you will need one of the 990 mbs.

Just to add some balance, and before a certain someone shouts about "out dated tech" If you are prepared to spend £100+ extra, an intel i5 with a z97 board is also an option but only if it does not compromise your GPU budget I think is the general consensus.
Click to expand...

Interesting fact is that the board does support crossfire in x4/x16 mode. On AMD cards it makes practically no difference between PCI-E 2.0 x4 and x16:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Ivy_Bridge_PCI-Express_Scaling/15.html

Something like 4% slower.
 
Scurburg said:
As other have said, smart money goes on the 8320E. The MB is good as long as you don't plan on dual GPU at a later date.

I would disagree with the recommendation for an MSI board though, or the lower priced asrocks. They don't have a good track record with these chips. ASUS seems to be preferred, followed closely by the Gigabyte.
If you plan to dual GPU, you will need one of the 990 mbs.

Just to add some balance, and before a certain someone shouts about "out dated tech" If you are prepared to spend £100+ extra, an intel i5 with a z97 board is also an option but only if it does not compromise your GPU budget I think is the general consensus.
Click to expand...

you do know the asrock board only come out around 2 months which it can take 220w cpus, it can also do crossfire @ x8 x8,

here the link to the board, remove the link if its not allowed to posted on here

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/Fatal1ty 970 Performance/
 
fx63007850 said:
you do know the asrock board only come out around 2 months which it can take 220w cpus, it can also do crossfire @ x8 x8,

here the link to the board, remove the link if its not allowed to posted on here

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/Fatal1ty 970 Performance/
Click to expand...

No I was not aware so thanks for sharing but I did say based on their previous track record. I'd hesitate to recommend any of their lower boards based on that alone, especially considering other manufacturers offerings have shown to be excellent choices with less issues. The new one may be the dogs danglies, but since its only been out 2 month its a bit early to say IMO. I must admit though it does look interesting with the x8 x8 how much does it cost in comparison to other boards and the 990s?
 
Last edited:
fx63007850 said:
you do know the asrock board only come out around 2 months which it can take 220w cpus, it can also do crossfire @ x8 x8,

here the link to the board, remove the link if its not allowed to posted on here

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/Fatal1ty 970 Performance/
Click to expand...

The fatl1ty 970 performance doesn't have LLC, but it does have an m2 slot which i'm sure dave2150 will be delighted about.
The vrms and phases although 8+2digi are comparable to an asus 6+2 digi.
They are gaming boards, providing sli/cf on a 970 chipset. They are painted all pretty but lack the oomph when overclocking fx8's which require lot's of juice.

The same applies to the msi 970 gaming it lacks llc.
 
It's a good board but i binned mine and went for the 990 version - its a much better board for my 8320 (much better power delivery) but thats reflected in the price. Perfect coupled with an AIO cooler.
 
CapitalOne said:
It's a good board but i binned mine and went for the 990 version - its a much better board for my 8320 (much better power delivery) but thats reflected in the price. Perfect coupled with an AIO cooler.
Click to expand...

I find this interesting as I was lead to believe the power delivery was the same on those 2 boards when I was asking which one (they are both 6+2 digi). Does the 990 clock better that the 970 or how have you noticed the difference?
 
Last edited:
The power delivery is identical and so are the BIOS options concerning the power delivery however the 990 version has a heatpipe linking the VRM heatsink to the NB heatsink. This does help with keeping the VRM temps down which as I said earlier is very important. However, this can be mitigated with a fan blowing on the socket.
 
dgcm0ndo said:
hi i am building my new mid range gaming pc i been advised to get a asus m5a97 evo motherboard and just wondering what cpu to go for as i want to run advanced warfare and battlefield hardline and want to get a cpu which will last me and not need upgrading in like 6 months to play lastest games

thanks
Click to expand...

Agree with above. FX8320E for me and overclock it. :)
 
Scurburg said:
I find this interesting as I was lead to believe the power delivery was the same on those 2 boards when I was asking which one (they are both 6+2 digi). Does the 990 clock better that the 970 or how have you noticed the difference?
Click to expand...

It is. He might be referring to the m5a97 r2.0 which is a 4+2.
There's so many variations I never can remember without looking :-)
 
dgcm0ndo said:
hi i am building my new mid range gaming pc i been advised to get a asus m5a97 evo motherboard and just wondering what cpu to go for as i want to run advanced warfare and battlefield hardline and want to get a cpu which will last me and not need upgrading in like 6 months to play lastest games

thanks
Click to expand...

The AMD CPU's perform very poorly in the majority of latest games.

You mention in your opening post that you want a build a 'midrange gaming pc', so the I5 4690K will probably be in your price range.

You'll get way better performance in all the new games, and it will last you many years of GPU upgrades.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom