Richard Ross11 said:Does anyone know off the top of their head if this lap time Rick clocked is actually better than those old V8 era times from 2012 or 2013?
It’s about 0.2 seconds faster than 2013, though that was on a green track. I guess it's maybe 0.7 seconds faster than 2012 if you assume the conditions were the same.
Running VMs or multitasking with an i3 and 4GB of RAM? Just a hard pass. 😁
If you can't stretch your budget right now, maybe just hold off a little longer... personally, I'd rather wait for Skylake since $17 it ends up being more cost-effective than a Haswell combo. An i3 just isn't enough.
Xeon processors support ECC memory and maybe a handful of specialized instructions, but that’s pretty much it. In any practical sense, there isn't really a difference when you're using them on a desktop.
If I were you, I’d probably follow my colleagues' advice and offload the CPU, motherboard, GPU, and RAM—maybe toss in that OCZ Agility SSD too.
Personally, I'd look into grabbing a 6C/12T Haswell-E or maybe a Broadwell-E paired with something like an Asus X99-A, 4x8GB of DDR4, a GTX 1070, and potentially a SanDisk X400 256 if you find you need an extra SSD to replace the Agility.
Robert Rodriguez2 said:I wouldn't buy a blank DVD at that price point if it were free.
for $1167 you can't run a high-end GPU without cutting corners elsewhere: Build Specs - Newegg
Why go with the FX 4300? I guess it just depends. 😛
I guess this is just a look at the AMD FX 4320 processor. It seems like a fairly standard mid-range option for builds from that era.
It’s basically the same card, just with 4GB of VRAM. I guess there's a slight edge there, but on a budget like this, it probably isn't worth the extra cash.
So, you’re plugging the monitor directly into the graphics card, right? 😬 Those ports on the motherboard are actually just for the integrated graphics on the processor.