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There’s a pretty big gap here. Your motherboard and power supply just aren't cutting it, whereas mine are both a step up in quality. Plus, I've got a really solid cooler in there because AMD's stock one is honestly unbearable—it can barely keep that FX from overheating...
Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 CO, fits 775/1155/1150/1156/754/939/AM2/AM3/FM2/FM1
550W power supply, ANTEC True Power Classic TP-550C, ATX, 120mm fan
PC-14900 memory, 8 GB, Kingston HyperX Fury Black HX318C10FBK2/8 DDR3 1866MHz, 2x4GB kit
XFX AMD RADEON R9 390 DD graphics card, 8GB DDR5, DP, DVI, HDMI
ASUS M5A97 R2.0 motherboard, AMD 970/SB950, DDR3, audio, SATA, G-LAN, PCI-E, CrossFireX, USB 3.0, ATX, socket AM3 / AM3+
1000.0 GB SEAGATE ST1000DM003 hard drive, SATA3, 64MB cache, 7200 RPM, desktop
AMD FX X8 8320 box processor, socket AM3+, 3.5GHz, 16MB cache, Eight Core total
Total: $2148 Newegg
MagazinRS is pretty pricey... I guess Newegg changed their pricing strategy about two months ago, so now they're actually among the cheaper options in the US, though they probably need to beef up their inventory a bit.
With or without a monitor? I guess an R9 390 would fit in there just fine without any issues...
A stress test isn't really meant to verify if a processor is functional—I don't think that's even a thing.
It's more about checking if the voltage is sufficient for stable operation and seeing if anything starts overheating.
There aren't really any strict rules when it comes to graphics cards; it's all just a universal slot. I guess Bratić would only be wrong if he was buying parts for a PC that’s over 10 years old.😛
http://www.amazon.com/graphics-card-placeholderIt seems like a solid match for your CPU and power supply. You're actually pretty lucky—that’s basically the only line from MS Industrial that's worth anything, since they're using FSP Group components. 😬
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@hiddenpilot4I think they used a laptop RAM stick in that first photo just to avoid any potential issues 😛
The GTX 950 and the GTX 950 Ti... I guess we won't know the exact timing, but it probably won't be for another few months.
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http://www.bestbuy.com/product-details/graphics-card
It’s cheaper and more powerful—plus those 3xx series drivers are basically useless. I think the R7 370 is just a rebranded R7 265 anyway.
Thomas Diaz53: I missed out on the R9 270; everywhere else it's slightly more expensive than the R7 370, except at Best Buy. 😬I guess you have to forgive me, considering which store we're talking about.🤣
Assuming your power supply can handle it:
Contact Lens if you really have to hit those shops, but you can find the LC-CC-95 at Links for $33(maybe check out some spots in Chicago or St. Louis since they're relatively close by if you happen to be heading that way anyway)
Oof, you’d be looking at something about five times faster than a 5930K... I mean, if it's for work, sure, but you're probably right about those dual 16-core Intel Xeon setups—that's really the only way to get the performance you actually intended.
The real question is whether saving roughly five minutes per render will actually offset that massive upfront cost anytime soon.
By the way, I'm curious why anyone would grab a 5930K? For $667 less, you could just go with a 5820K (it's still 6 cores, just a lower clock speed, though it's unlocked anyway), or if you want to spend $1000 more, you've got the 5960X (8 cores/16 threads, also unlocked).
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/c...marks,187.html
http://anandtech.com/bench/CPU/39
Will an i7 920 running at 3.5GHz bottleneck a GTX 970 in World of Tanks? 😬
Personally, I'd rather his GPU just keeps holding on for another 4 or 5 years like it has been so far.
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Ah, okay... then maybe go with the AMD Radeon R9 280 and that cooler from the link.
Aha... so I guess if you pick a mid-range model, it’ll probably perform similarly to the R9 290 x.
My next big jump will likely be to the 14nm Gen2 stuff, maybe sometime in 2018.😛
I’m on board regarding the 390X, though I think the standard 390 could be a pretty solid deal if we see a $900(-10%) price drop. It draws a bit less power, and with a 5-15% bump in speed (maybe a 50MHz increase on the GPU clock and 1GHz on the memory), you get that extra 8GB of VRAM over the R9 290.
The R9 390 is $967(just a bit faster than the GTX 970 with 8GB VRAM), while the R9 390X is $1300. I guess prices might dip a little lower in a month or so, just like they usually do.