CPU a bottleneck on this system ?
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It is the bottleneck and compared to a i5 4670K - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1261?vs=102
What board do you have? it may support a AM3 Bulldozer or Piledriver eight core or six core CPU.
What board do you have? it may support a AM3 Bulldozer or Piledriver eight core or six core CPU.
Yep, get that CPU out and shove a FX8320/8350 in there.
http://i.imgur.com/O5axjN5.jpg
That shows BF4 CPU scalling but with a different card.
Yours is equivalent to the 955BE near the bottom and the FX8350 are nearer the top.
http://i.imgur.com/O5axjN5.jpg
That shows BF4 CPU scalling but with a different card.
Yours is equivalent to the 955BE near the bottom and the FX8350 are nearer the top.
Can you overclock (do you have a good heatsink)?
The FX8320 will reach the same 4GHz speed of the 8350, but if you want to play safe then get the faster one to begin with.
No not overclocked since the AMD barton days and the cooler is stock, thanks for the help now to explain to the missus why we need to spend more money
You definitely want to get an aftermarket cooler in there then
Something basic such as a Raijintek Themis will keep the CPU cooler, the AMD stock coolers just aren't up to it, especially with the high-end AMD 8320 CPU's which chuck out a lot of heat
No not overclocked since the AMD barton days and the cooler is stock, thanks for the help now to explain to the missus why we need to spend more money
What case do you have?
Keep the fan it comes with, it is a quality fan.
If you want a good blue LED or just blue coloured fan then the only few that spring to mind are,
YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Single Pack (CO-9050013-WW) £13.99
1 x Silverstone SST-AP121 Air Penetrator 120mm FAN 1500rpm £10.25
1 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost 2 Plus PWM Fan Blue £9.95
1 x Corsair Air Series AF120 1500RPM LED Blue Quiet Edition (CO-9050015-BLED) £8.99
Total : £52.78 (includes shipping : £8.00).
If you want a good blue LED or just blue coloured fan then the only few that spring to mind are,
YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Single Pack (CO-9050013-WW) £13.99
1 x Silverstone SST-AP121 Air Penetrator 120mm FAN 1500rpm £10.25
1 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost 2 Plus PWM Fan Blue £9.95
1 x Corsair Air Series AF120 1500RPM LED Blue Quiet Edition (CO-9050015-BLED) £8.99
Total : £52.78 (includes shipping : £8.00).
I don't, I think the Alpenfohn is the better cooler and fan.
True, didn't say it wasn't better
However as the OP won't be overclocking, I think the Themis or similar is more than adequate as it's a great quite heatsink and the brocken is about £7 more which isn't really needed, but obviously it's up the OP at the end of the day!
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What games will they be playing? What resolution will they be playing at?
Set up some hardware monitoring programs to see what kind of load your CPU/GPU is at when playing some sample games.
There is a good guide here that covers setting up the Afterburner program to overlay hardware and performance. (it is about testing if Xfire is working, but the overlay monitoring part stands true)
Set up some hardware monitoring programs to see what kind of load your CPU/GPU is at when playing some sample games.
There is a good guide here that covers setting up the Afterburner program to overlay hardware and performance. (it is about testing if Xfire is working, but the overlay monitoring part stands true)