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Thinking of switching to intel would it be worth it ?

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Soldato
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Thinking of switching to intel, I have a fx 8320 at the moment, I was wondering what would be the best alternative and would it be worth it ?
 
Well thats what im thinking, but I was wondering what is better now currant gen, at the same time I was wondering if it be worth switching even with the next gen.
 
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Would there be much of a improvement over my fx chip ?
and what is the cost of the CPU, so i can compare price vs performance
 
your current graphics card, I wouldn't change if I was you.

Your gains overall will be pretty low, in some specific games, say day z and Rome 2, you'll see higher gains.
 
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/698?vs=837

They trade punches but overall the i5 is a faster chip due to the better IPC performance.

Have you overclocked your 8320? If not I strongly suggest you try that and see if you can squeeze some extra, free, performance out of it. I have the same CPU at 4.8GHz and it runs alongside my 7990 GPU quite happily however a 4770k would still be a better.
 
I will be upgrading my graphics card because its been sent for RMA, im using a gtx 285.

with that said I wont be going for anything like a 780ti, I dont see myself benefiting from it, other then the bragging right.
 
JamesM said:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/698?vs=837

They trade punches but overall the i5 is a faster chip due to the better IPC performance.

Have you overclocked your 8320? If not I strongly suggest you try that and see if you can squeeze some extra, free, performance out of it. I have the same CPU at 4.8GHz and it runs alongside my 7990 GPU quite happily however a 4770k would still be a better.
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ive not overclocked yet, Ive got a temp gtx 285 would i still be able to overclock.
 
Thanks guys, I agree if im not going to see much improvement, Im better off sticking to the fx nd getting a better graphics card.
 
yeah the GPU doesn't determine what you can and can't do with an overclock.

You say the system is water cooled, is that via a custom loop or a all-in-one water cooler?
 
Hi
It's not worth the change.
i changed about a month ago from fx8350 to 4770k
and no change in gaming here.
only change i could see/notice is in benchmarking but thats all.
save your cash
 
JamesM said:
yeah the GPU doesn't determine what you can and can't do with an overclock.

You say the system is water cooled, is that via a custom loop or a all-in-one water cooler?
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Custom, I had some parts left over from my last build, so i just got what i needed and went custom.

it did end up costing me the gtx 660
 
JamesM said:
yeah the GPU doesn't determine what you can and can't do with an overclock.

You say the system is water cooled, is that via a custom loop or a all-in-one water cooler?
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Do you have any tips on how to overclock or is there any good topics on here you could give me a link to ?
 
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18544198

Some good advice in there but it is a bit long.

Easiest way would be to set a manual voltage of 1.45 and then simply up the multiplier bit by bit. Play a few games, run prime95 to make sure it's stable and if so, increase it further.

Eventually you'll get to a point where the system freezes or crashes. Drop down the multi a tad and thats basically it.

If you want to delve into it further you can start messing with FSBxMulti overclocking which offers better performance but is a bit hit and miss getting the right settings.
 
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