CPU for BF4

[turkletonthe3rd]

Hi guys,

It's time for an upgrade but I can't decide on which CPU I should get..
This is my current setup:

AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.8 [gelid tranquillo rev2 cooler]
ASrock 870 Extreme3
8 GB DDR3 1600 Kingston HyperX memory
GTX 760 MSI
CM GX550w PSU

Now my budget is around 340 euro's, which at AMD would get me:
FX 8320 + m5a97 evo r2 + hyper 212 evo and a kingston 120gb SSD.
and at Intel:
a 4670k and a z87 board about same cost

I'm really edging towards the AMD build cause the SSD will help me load the maps in BF4 so much faster.

Maybe some of you guys run on a similar setup and can give me some advice thanks a lot.

 

[turkletonthe3rd]

yeah I think I'm going for the AMD getting a lot more for the money, I won't be playing on ultra anyway I think It'll be just fine. And a ssd is a must have nowadays.
Cheers guys

 

[turkletonthe3rd]

Do you guys think a hyper 212 is even worth getting if I already have a gelid tranquillo ? I could keep the gelid and maybe buy a m5a99FX board instead.

 

[turkletonthe3rd]

Which revision motherboard? The version 2.0 of your current motherboard supports piledriver CPUs.

Don't have the rev2: http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/870 Extreme3/

 

[turkletonthe3rd]

Cheers guys I ordered the AMD + SSD option. Will run it on windows 7 see how it does and probably get me a windows 8.1 key in a week or two as It seems to help a lot in BF4.

 

[turkletonthe3rd]

quick little update loving the ssd, got the cpu running at 4.0 @ 1.38v (55c while playing bf4 and 40c idle) my temps seem to be pretty high I think I may have put too much thermal paste

edit: after reapplying thermal paste it went down to 33c idle

played around a bit got it stable @ 4.0 with 1.320v (47c while playing bf4 max) and around 35 idle