considering move AMD - Intel need help

NoobCannon · 6 Sep 2012 at 14:58

Hi all,

bit dissapointed in my current rig playing bf3 i get massive FPS drops at some points sometimes dropping to 30fps on certain maps [looking out over river on seine crossing and inside the tower on sharqi]

ive been thinking about a move to intel for a while now as i cant get any further than 4ghz on my current machine even under water and hearing of 5ghz on the intel cpus makes me want one!. Unfortunatly i know absoutly nothing about intel, no idea what board i need what cpu to buy or anything!

from recording gcard usage on afterburner my g card seems to hit 95%-99% usage so is my cpu holding me back somehow? i honestly thought that going from a 6950 - 7970 [espically an overclocked 7970] i would be able to **** on bf3 from a great height at ultra - 1080p.

would a change to intel make a difference? or cant it really be answered and i just need to find out? my pc is used for gaming/browsing only and ideally id like to keep my current ram and PSU and just change out the mboard and CPU.

Current rig :-

Amd phenom x6 @ 4.0ghz
ASUS sabertooth 990fx mboard
8gb corsair 1866mhz ram [can only get stable 4ghz at 1333mhz]
gigabite windforce 7970 1200/1650 @ 1.250v
700wat corsair PSU
watercooled cpu on custom loop

so to cut a long story short

would i notice a difference AMD - intel

can i use my current RAM and PSU

and can someone please spec me a mboard/ cpu budget £300-£400 ideally around the £300 mark unless i can some how sell my current boarad and CPU

thanks in advance,

Steve

passey89 · 6 Sep 2012 at 15:04

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £108.98
Total : £288.97 (includes shipping : FREE).

yeh intel will make a difference.
Everythign else can be re-used

Edit: depending what cpu block you have that might be able to be re-used as well

nitram100 · 6 Sep 2012 at 15:26

I moved from an AMD Phenom II 955 to i5 3570k using my 7950 MSI and Battlefield is like night and day, maxed it rarely drops below 50 and that is only on the heavy maps from B2K. I would definitely do it if I were you.

dunn2010 · 6 Sep 2012 at 15:50

passey89 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £108.98
Total : £288.97 (includes shipping : FREE).

yeh intel will make a difference.
Everythign else can be re-used

Edit: depending what cpu block you have that might be able to be re-used as well

I'd pay an extra £5 and get retail i5

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-404-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

also if you dont mind tipping the 300 mark could go for a i7 3770

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-405-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

but this would take you to around 345 mark

NoobCannon · 6 Sep 2012 at 15:56

dunn2010 said:
I'd pay an extra £5 and get retail i5

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-404-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

also if you dont mind tipping the 300 mark could go for a i7 3770

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-405-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

but this would take you to around 345 mark

excuse me for being a nub but whats the difference between the i7 + 5? other than the 2mb l3? and the number lol

i know absoutly nothing about intel!

Bacon? · 6 Sep 2012 at 15:57

The i7 has hyper threading which is used in heavy applications like video editing and has no effect on gaming unless you play on games which have the option to use HT however they are few and far between and the difference is minimal.

dunn2010 · 6 Sep 2012 at 16:19

Bacon? said:
The i7 has hyper threading which is used in heavy applications like video editing and has no effect on gaming unless you play on games which have the option to use HT however they are few and far between and the difference is minimal.

Bacon is right,

only reason i mentioned it was for some future proofing. nothing really uses the HT in gaming terms as of yet but dosen't mean it wont in future.

I7 will generally manage a lot better if you have a lot of applications open at the same time (expsecially when having them open while playing games) then what the i5 would. but if your purpose is solely to play a game you wont notice the difference.

Bacon? · 6 Sep 2012 at 16:37

Dunn even having multiple applications running I don't think it should make a difference as Windows does not utilize HT very well if at all.

NoobCannon · 6 Sep 2012 at 16:53

ok i ordered the first build suggested, [i5] will report back to this post with some results and most likley an "how the hell do i overclock an intel cpu" thread

Steve

dunn2010 · 6 Sep 2012 at 18:18

Bacon? said:
Dunn even having multiple applications running I don't think it should make a difference as Windows does not utilize HT very well if at all.

Fair point. i5 It is then

passey89 · 6 Sep 2012 at 19:30

dunn2010 said:
I'd pay an extra £5 and get retail i5

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-404-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

also if you dont mind tipping the 300 mark could go for a i7 3770

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-405-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

but this would take you to around 345 mark

Y pay for a retail one when he is already custom water cooling???

Bacon? · 6 Sep 2012 at 19:32

For the warranty and the box. Plus easier to sell later on as second hand.

dunn2010 · 7 Sep 2012 at 11:57

Bacon? said:
For the warranty and the box. Plus easier to sell later on as second hand.

This,

only thing i usually get OEM is HDD's and Optical drives.