Need help buying a new cpu .

dreadknot · 15 Mar 2015 at 14:49

Hey there i'm thinking of upgrading my pc a little so i can run the witcher 3 on max settings . Just wondering if the cpu i have in mind will have no issues with my current set up " fairly new to building pc's" .

Current rig

Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit

Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic

Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard

HIS HD 7970 IceQ X² 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply

and the cpu i have in mind is

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-AM

Thanks

MrMD · 15 Mar 2015 at 14:54

Its hard to know till the game comes out

TW3 is an open world game,these are generally very CPU heavy,and are the sort of games that AMD cpus perform badly compared to Intel CPU's normally.

We wont know for sure till the game comes out and is Benched to see if it can utilize 8 threads.

What CPU do you have atm?

kefan77 · 15 Mar 2015 at 14:58

unless you have FX6300 or below, the only real upgrade would be Intel.

if I was you'd wait till June and make the upgrade to Broadwell then.

dreadknot · 15 Mar 2015 at 15:03

Atm i have a really old AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail

MrMD · 15 Mar 2015 at 15:12

I would say upgrade to a 4690k/4790k build or if you can wait till mid-late summer get the equivalent Broadwell then.

In gaming the FX cpus are nowhere near as good as intel i5/i'7's in the vast majority of titles.

Can grab an I5/z97 mobo bundle for £266 atm.Which is about the same price the 9590 would cost you(would need an expensive cooler for this on top of the cpu price remember)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Z97-K - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £266.58
Total : £276.18 (includes shipping : £8.00).

If you want to not blow a massive chunk of cash on that kinda upgrade your best path is prob a cheap 8 core and overclock it
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
Total : £128.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).

kefan77 · 15 Mar 2015 at 15:15

that Phenom is sure old, but for sake of 3 months, I'd wait for Broadwell.

that will sort you for few years.

NMBlack · 15 Mar 2015 at 15:35

kefan77 said:
that Phenom is sure old, but for sake of 3 months, I'd wait for Broadwell.

that will sort you for few years.

I'm in the same boat......was going to get an i5 4690k/z97 as an upgrade to a Phenom 960T/880 as a 40th birthday treat a couple of weeks ago, but the prevailing advice here was to wait for Broadwell in a couple of months....so I'm waiting and will reward my patience with an additional Phanteks enthoo pro

dreadknot · 15 Mar 2015 at 15:55

Think im just gonna go with the AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 9590 Black Edition 4.70GHz (5.00GHz Turbo) (Socket AM3+) Processor and buy a Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler to go with it .

Dog · 15 Mar 2015 at 17:29

That board only supports CPU's up to 140W, that chip's 220W

Stick one of these in for now, seen plenty of them running at 4.7 without too much effort. Then save your pennies to see what comes out later in the year.

Rich

MrMD · 15 Mar 2015 at 17:48

dreadknot said:
Think im just gonna go with the AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 9590 Black Edition 4.70GHz (5.00GHz Turbo) (Socket AM3+) Processor and buy a Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler to go with it .

That would be a poor investment of money IMO

A stock I5 is substantially better in a lot of games and is on a newer chipset with modern features.When the price is about roughly the same i5/z97 combo is far better than a 9590+a cooler for gaming

ALXAndy · 15 Mar 2015 at 20:52

kefan77 said:
that Phenom is sure old, but for sake of 3 months, I'd wait for Broadwell.

that will sort you for few years.

Any modern GPU will sort you for a few years now. Especially given the CPU race is pretty much over and devs are just working with what they have.

In any modern game what CPU you have makes absolutely no difference. TBH? the Phenom is probably more appropriate now than it ever was.

As we head into threaded territory 5 FPS separates every single CPU on the market, including the 5960x.

Dave2150 · 15 Mar 2015 at 21:31

ALXAndy said:
Any modern GPU will sort you for a few years now. Especially given the CPU race is pretty much over and devs are just working with what they have.

In any modern game what CPU you have makes absolutely no difference. TBH? the Phenom is probably more appropriate now than it ever was.

As we head into threaded territory 5 FPS separates every single CPU on the market, including the 5960x.

Complete nonsense as always. Plenty of CPU bound games out there. You can't drive the top GPU's on Phenom's, Andy know this but continues to post gibberish.

new boy · 15 Mar 2015 at 21:39

Dave2150 said:
Complete nonsense as always. Plenty of CPU bound games out there. You can't drive the top GPU's on Phenom's, Andy know this but continues to post gibberish.

Well.. sandybridge "k" onwards and I'd agree, though phenom is probably pushing it.

Dave2150 · 15 Mar 2015 at 21:42

new boy said:
Well.. sandybridge "k" onwards and I'd agree, though phenom is probably pushing it.

Yeh Sandybridge is still going strong. Though Andy said 'any cpu' hence my post.

Dave2150 · 15 Mar 2015 at 21:57

One minute Andy posts this:

ALXAndy said:
In any modern game what CPU you have makes absolutely no difference. TBH? the Phenom is probably more appropriate now than it ever was.

Then the next minute, he posts this:

ALXAndy said:
I used to run a I5 2400 non K (well, in Xeon flavour) and it used to bottle neck the crap out of me in gaming due to the lame 3ghz or so clock.

I rest my case.

new boy · 15 Mar 2015 at 21:59

Dave2150 said:
One minute Andy posts this:

Then the next minute, he posts this:

I rest my case.

mmj_uk · 16 Mar 2015 at 14:11

It's been obvious for a while that he'll say whatever it takes to sell someone an AMD FX processor in any given thread, I feel sorry for those who listened to him and didn't upgrade to an Intel of sorts as they're missing out in most cases.

pandem0nium · 16 Mar 2015 at 22:33

NMBlack said:
I'm in the same boat......was going to get an i5 4690k/z97 as an upgrade to a Phenom 960T/880 as a 40th birthday treat a couple of weeks ago, but the prevailing advice here was to wait for Broadwell in a couple of months....so I'm waiting and will reward my patience with an additional Phanteks enthoo pro

Can you unlock the 2 extra cores? That should help!

pandem0nium · 16 Mar 2015 at 22:35

mmj_uk said:
It's been obvious for a while that he'll say whatever it takes to sell someone an AMD FX processor in any given thread, I feel sorry for those who listened to him and didn't upgrade to an Intel of sorts as they're missing out in most cases.

He has intel and Amd rigs, the andy bashing is silly. Not everyone with an opinion has an agenda.

los · 16 Mar 2015 at 23:24

I wouldn't wait for broadwell personally, I cant see it being much better. It hasn't been for a few years.
If you going to wait, make it skylake, if not then I'd buy now.