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10-30-2016, 10:12 AM | #61 | |
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I have rackmounted server cases for my studio builds. Do you have any idea how much of a PITA putting together a PC in those constraints (let alone, installing six hard drives) it is, only to find out the board doesn't work? I'm not the only one, either. All of the PC companies that were building high end music and video editing workstations stopped using Asus as well. I'm glad you've had good luck but there's no way I'm recommending an Asus board to anyone. |
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10-30-2016, 10:25 AM | #62 | |
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.98 @ NCIX US) Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($49.98 @ Newegg) Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($35.00 @ B&H) Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($40.99 @ B&H) Total: $275.95 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-30 12:22 EDT-0400 Add a used GPU from r/hardwareswap, around 80-100 and your in for pretty damn cheap and have something with about 60% more processing power (will end up with more GPU power too) and way more value. SSD you can play with too but this asrock board is also full size ATX and is superior in every way to that ASUS board While your at it, unload your old stuff on r/hardwareswap as well, might get a little bit of money back for it. Last edited by hometeam; 10-30-2016 at 10:33 AM.. |
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10-30-2016, 11:40 AM | #63 | |
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I'm kinda thinking a FX-4350 (On sale for $79.99 right now) with a better GPU would be better. Add in a MSI Radeon RX470 4GBx256-bit ($169.99) and he'd have a decent machine. With your listed board, ram, and SSD, he'd come in at $375.95. If he goes with these 125 W processors, he should be sure his case has good air flow. AMD CPU's in general run hot. Ultimately his decision and he has to decide what's best for him. |
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10-30-2016, 11:42 AM | #64 | |
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Didnt he say he doesnt game? Used GPU from hardwareswap you can get something like a 960/r9 270 for around 100 bucks. |
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A good question for him would be how much multi-tasking does he tend to do. |
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10-30-2016, 11:57 AM | #66 | |
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10-30-2016, 12:03 PM | #67 |
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IIRC the HTML5 video acceleration utilizes far superior GPU computing power over the CPU when available. Thus my thoughts on lesser CPU but greater GPU. What's your thoughts on that?
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10-30-2016, 12:12 PM | #68 | |
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If he wont go used GPU, then both, less processor and less GPU than what I proposed is likely what we are looking at. |
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10-30-2016, 12:29 PM | #69 |
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One more question for you home team. Processors with the same scores on single-core tests will perform similarly in the same tasks. Most applications aren't written to take advantage of more than 4 cores at this time (Some new games like Battlefield 1 will). So if you can get a higher clock with the same, or better, performance on single-core activites, then why would it be advantageous to buy more? Thoughts?
I kind of tried to look into this a bit and came across this... http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/...6350-8350.html ... but there are just as many people wondering there. I know I've seen identical single-core performance scores for the FX-8350 and FX-4350. Also read that the Athlon X4 has identical core architecture to the FX processors, but supports a faster memory standard so you end up with a slightly better performing quad core. The FX-8xxx series usually have more L2 cache, which could be an advantage. Intel gets by with alot less cache so I always question its overall impact. |
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10-30-2016, 12:47 PM | #70 | |
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http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare...350/1489vs2880 Single core power is the same, however, I think you are still saying the same thing people where 2 years ago. That multi-threaded use is the exception and not the norm, and thats just changed so much, and will continue to go down multi core path. Again, its legs we are talking about by going higher cores. You also have to think about how AMD claims multiple cores is not like Intels. Its also not comparable because it doesnt use hyperthreading. An AMD is always half of its claimed cores as physical cores, with each core running two emulated cores. So your 4350 is truly a 2 core, and your 8350 is really a quad core, if you where to think of them in the same way in which Intel determines how many cores a CPU has. |
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10-30-2016, 01:21 PM | #71 | |
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Hoping my cousin, that is going to school for programming, will get me back up to speed in a few years haha. I know gaming is really going towards maximizing hardware capabilities, but that's about all I've followed. |
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Bumping this to see if anyone saw any good BF deals toward getting a new MB (I'd like to stay with Gigabyte), processor (intel), SSD and Ram (would like at least 8 gigs).
Have about 350-400 to spend. Thanks everyone for all your input.
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I posted in your other thread, 430 bucks for everything you need
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