AMD or Intel?

[holdin09]

Hi I currently have a fx-4100 OC to 4.1Ghz. I want to upgrade but should I stick with AMD or switch to Intel? My board is an ASUS m5a78l-m/usb3

 

[D1craig]

that board is amd only mate.

all boards i have seen are not interchangeable between amd and intel.

 

[kayomani]

You'll want to pretty much replace the whole rig bar graphics. I'd wait a few months for Intel's new Skylake chips. Previous gen prices will drop if you are on a budget.

 

[Dave2150]

You'll want to pretty much replace the whole rig bar graphics. I'd wait a few months for Intel's new Skylake chips. Previous gen prices will drop if you are on a budget.

+1. Wait for 5-6 weeks for Intel's mighty new Skylake to launch for an awesome upgrade and all the latest technologies.

 

[Jonahun]

Depends on the budget and what for you need a new rig How "future proof" you want it.

 

[pastymuncher]

You'll want to pretty much replace the whole rig bar graphics. I'd wait a few months for Intel's new Skylake chips. Previous gen prices will drop if you are on a budget.

Don't bet on a price drop. Ivybridge didn't drop when Haswell came out and I doubt if Haswell will drop when Skylake launches as they will want to keep upgraders paying a premium who already have DDR3 and don't want to make the switch to a new socket and DDR4.

 

[cheesyboy]

Need to know budget and what you use the PC for before we can make useful recommendations.

 

[Sandycheeks]

Need to know budget and what you use the PC for before we can make useful recommendations.

+1

Please list your full specs including monitor and typical usage.

Will cost a fair whack to upgrade to intel but if you normally game on a 1080p 60hz monitor with a R9 270 you would probably be better off dropping a FX6300 in there or 8320e in there.

Also, do you WANT to upgrade or do you NEED to upgrade?

 

[Davedree]

It's going to be a ground up build as even your current motherboard won't support a fx6300 without throttling.

Here's someone with same board and shows how crap the board is.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18639472

 

[holdin09]

I have a R9 280 gpu, 1080p 60hz monitor 8GB vengeance RAM. I can stretch my budget up to £400 if I want to change to Intel but not sure whether I will be getting a good enough board and cpu, or stick with AMD and get a 8320e?

 

[holdin09]

Also I feel the cpu is holding me back in games I find some games the frame rate is lower than the benchmarks for the gpu.

 

[Streetlight]

I would pop a 8370E in there(and overclock it), And maybe add a R9 290 or 970/980 to fit the Budget...

and then wait for Skylake chips or Zen and go from there

 

[RJC]

Problem with your board you don't have any heatsinks on the cpu VRM'S and this will course higher end AMD cpu's to throttle.

 

[holdin09]

Problem with your board you don't have any heatsinks on the cpu VRM'S and this will course higher end AMD cpu's to throttle.

So you think I should switch to Intel?

 

[holdin09]

I have been looking at an asus Z97-K board as I will be able to use my RAM but which cpu to get?

 

[ukxenon]

I hold no love for either side but this time around I would say Intel all the way

 

[Huntyz]

Intel is the better option at the moment.

 

[faceman123]

Intel

 

[Sandycheeks]

So you think I should switch to Intel?

Intel i5 4690K + a decent board will cost around £250
AMD FX 8320e + decent board will cost around £200

Wait for skylake to drop and look at the options.

The FX series is not a good option right now as there's no upgrade path.

Shame your board can't handle anything better than your current CPU.

 

[holdin09]

Ok I will wait and see. What is the best intel motherboard to go with the i5 4690k?