Intel or AMD ?

humax

humax

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Hi Guys

Been out of the loop for a long time now and I'm having problems with my PC Link here

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=28751317#post28751317


Trying to fix this as cheap as I can. Should I stay with Intel or move over to AMD. I don't game and i am more into Video Editing. I would like to keep as much as my old stuff as I can from my old motherboard. What would you guys say my best options are. The AMD stuff seems a lot cheaper than the Intel stuff. Here is a list of what I have.


MSI HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5.
Samsung SSD 830 256GB
Corsair XMS3 16GB DDR3 PC3-12800C9
Corsair HX 620W

Thanks Guys
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Hi

Trying to do this as cheap as i can and maybe use the graphics card and memory that i already have. As for price im not sure yet,maybe low end to middle of the road
 
Would the Asrock 970 Extreme3 or the Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X both allow me to use the current hardware i have ? And what about the CPU what should i be looking at
 
jbh110tdi said:
you could also have a look in the members market and see if anyone has a cheap package.

just wish I could get a look for a gtx 970 in there but I cant get access yet
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Trying not to buy secondhand if i can help it as i have had problems with it in the past
 
jbh110tdi said:
Ive got both set ups. I bought the 4690k bundle a few weeks back and I have an FX-8350 on a 990fx board. the 8350 is better at video editing than the 4690k but I would say the 4690k is better at games.

the 8350 has 8 cores where as the 4690k has 4 strong cores but no hyperthreading.

I currently have my 4690k running at 4.5Ghz and I'm happy with it for games. but for video editing I would use the 8350
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Thanks,that's good to know. In what way would you say the 8350 is better at video editing
 
Been watching a lot of You Tube videos on the FX-8350 and most seem to think for Video Editing its a great chip to have,so I'm leaning more towards this now. If I'm not going to be overclocking this chip is the Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD okay. Or is it worth paying £10 more for the Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD


https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...0x-socket-am3-ddr3-motherboard-mb-349-gi.html

Or just go with the Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD


https://www.overclockers.co.uk/gigabyte-970a-ud3p-amd-970-socket-am3-ddr3-motherboard-mb-471-gi.html



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jbh110tdi said:
Ive got the Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 board and its a good board. its the newer chipset I personally would pay the extra £10 but that's just me.
plus through time it would give youan upgrade option if you got chance of a 9xxx chip
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I was thinking the same to be honest. What the hell its only 10 quid after all

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@ jbh110tdi

Are you overclocking on this chip ? If so i hear they get a bit hot if run to high



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jbh110tdi said:
Ive had it running 24/7 on 4.5Ghz stable and the temps were fine but that's under a H80i cooler. there is a few boys run them at 4.8 24/7 but I never saw the need.

as its set up as my second rig the now its running at 4.2 under a titan fenrir evo and again the temps are fine on it.
under load it goes to high 50's low 60's and idles at 19c but the idle I would take with a pinch of salt as the amd chips can tell lies low down ive been told
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In everyday use do you find there is much difference from 4Ghz to 4.2Ghz. I think if i did clock it then 4.2Ghz would be as far as i wanted to go with it just to be on the safe side. I just hate spending weeks doing all the stress testing stuff.

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How easy is it to get to 4.2 on the Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD Board. Is it just a matter of setting it toTurbo
 
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