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9 years ago
Hello, all!
The title says a lot about what I'm wanting to know about. For about the past year I've been planning on building a proper desktop because my laptop isn't quite doing it anymore. It still runs but can't handle most newer games or large canvases, so I think it's time to fork over the money for the upgrade. I have most of the parts picked out but am stuck on the CPU. Right now I have a few in mind: The Intel i7-4770K, i7-4790k and the AMD FX-8350. What this really comes down to is that the AMD has a lower effective speed compared to the 4790K but I'm not sure if I can justify the $200 difference in price. I also believe that I've trimmed as much fat as I could without sacrificing too much performance but could be completely wrong about this. I don't game much but would like to be able to run some of the newer ones at descent quality and I really want to be able to make larger images (though I think that is more of a RAM and GPU issue).
What I have: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat.....?EdpNo=1820775
AMD build: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/CkVRjX
Intel build: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/DWYwGX
What do you have? How does it run? Any regrets? Does it have at least 3.5 GHz and 8 threads? How much did it hurt your wallet? Any comments on the overall build or alternatives are also very welcome. If all goes well I may be posting my next picture from my sexy new desktop.
~CW
The title says a lot about what I'm wanting to know about. For about the past year I've been planning on building a proper desktop because my laptop isn't quite doing it anymore. It still runs but can't handle most newer games or large canvases, so I think it's time to fork over the money for the upgrade. I have most of the parts picked out but am stuck on the CPU. Right now I have a few in mind: The Intel i7-4770K, i7-4790k and the AMD FX-8350. What this really comes down to is that the AMD has a lower effective speed compared to the 4790K but I'm not sure if I can justify the $200 difference in price. I also believe that I've trimmed as much fat as I could without sacrificing too much performance but could be completely wrong about this. I don't game much but would like to be able to run some of the newer ones at descent quality and I really want to be able to make larger images (though I think that is more of a RAM and GPU issue).
What I have: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat.....?EdpNo=1820775
AMD build: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/CkVRjX
Intel build: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/DWYwGX
What do you have? How does it run? Any regrets? Does it have at least 3.5 GHz and 8 threads? How much did it hurt your wallet? Any comments on the overall build or alternatives are also very welcome. If all goes well I may be posting my next picture from my sexy new desktop.
~CW
But no, it only has 4 threads.
I'm able to play most games with little trouble now, but any shortcomings is probably attributed to my graphics card, which isn't really that cutting edge. It's only a GTX 750ti.
I wish I could afford 32Gb. Not sure what I'd use it all for but it would be nice to have.
Just get a motherboard with four RAM slots and get yourself one 8 GB stick at a time as you go, build up from it. o:
I might do that upgrade eventually if 16Gb become too limited. I've run with 5.6Gb for so long I couldn't see that happening though.
But it seems 16GB is the right amount for everyone these days. I guess it also largely boils down to processor power.
Just out of curiosity, what GPU are you using?
For the processor, I was originally prepared to get the AMD FX-9370, with it's own liquid cooling kit, but it was sold out before I could... And has been sold out since. D:
I was looking at the 9370 but 220W was the deal breaker. This is my first build so liquid cooling is a little out of my comfort zone and price range.
I will trot out my standard horror story of 8 years ago. First PC build, everyone and their dog agreed nobody EVER gets their first build right. I read the manuals, took my time (a week) and it booted, first try. Now, when you get a standard (Intel) heatsink that comes with the chip, there are these plastic pins that are a pain and just won't quite lock in place. My advice is get rid of them and screw the damn thing in - they are only there out of some paranoia you'd screw it in too tight and crack the CPU chip - and that summer they were loose enough the CPU overheated, (because gaming in a hot room), ruining it, the motherboard, and about half the other components, (the heat "bled" through the system!) and I had to scrap everything.
Overall I'm optimistic about the outcome. Hope for the best, plan for the worst.