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System Name | My baby |
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Processor | Athlon II X4 620 @ 3.5GHz, 1.45v, NB @ 2700Mhz, HT @ 2700Mhz - 24hr prime95 stable |
Motherboard | Asus M4A785TD-V EVO |
Cooling | Sonic Tower Rev 2 with 120mm Akasa attached, Akasa @ Front, Xilence Red Wing 120mm @ Rear |
Memory | 8 GB G.Skills 1600Mhz |
Video Card(s) | ATI ASUS Crossfire 5850 |
Storage | Crucial MX100 SATA 2.5 SSD |
Display(s) | Lenovo ThinkVision 27" (LEN P27h-10) |
Case | Antec VSK 2000 Black Tower Case |
Audio Device(s) | Onkyo TX-SR309 Receiver, 2x Kef Cresta 1, 1x Kef Center 20c |
Power Supply | OCZ StealthXstream II 600w, 4x12v/18A, 80% efficiency. |
Software | Windows 10 Professional 64-bit |
Hello everyone.
I am building this new gaming rig. I wont be playing all games on ultra settings, med/normal-settings would do for me. I won't be doing anyother heavy multitasking either.
I pretty much have everything else figured out, other than what CPU to use.
I am stuck between-
Intel i3 3220
A10-5800k
FX 4300.
For the GPU I will be using-
1) Gigabyte's HD 7850 OC edition with 975 MHz GPU clock and 2gb GDDR5 256-bit 4800 MHz memory.
2) OR Nvidia 650ti 2gb GDDR5(if I run out of my $600 budget).
I can switch to i5 3570 and run it on turbo mode, instead of OCing A10-5800k. But in that case, I will have to further downgrade my GPU to HD 7770 or equivalent.
So what do you think i should go with?
None!
Get the FX-6300!
The FX-6300 costs about the same as the i3 3220, performs about the same in today's games, and significantly better in almost everything else. It's the better CPU for the price.