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Originally Posted by Killer_Rubber_Ducky

im looking to make the switch from AMD to intel.

here is what I have so far... any suggestions? I dont want to go over 500.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9B SE2 37.9 CFM CPU Cooler ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($88.98 @ NCIX US)
Total: $463.95
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-09-04 16:50 EDT-0400)

Originally Posted by Killer_Rubber_Ducky

see the thing is, half the time people tell me to upgrade my GPU. the other half of the time people tell me to keep the 5850 and swithc to intel cause it will improved my FPS by 5-10 FPS. the big issue i have right now is with Arma II bottlenecking. Hence why Im interested in switching from my FX-8120 to intel.

Keep what you've got. The FX-8120 is still pretty high end, it can't bottleneck a single GPU.

Switch to Intel you'll probably get the same frame rate, maybe a slight improvement like <5FPS average, I doubt any improvement noticeable to justify spending $500. Not sure how multi threaded Arma II is but you might even get less FPS.

Upgrade just the GPU. It's the only way to guarantee a FPS improvement in high double digits.

(also it's not the best time to be switching sockets. Piledriver is a few months away. It might be a quick and cheap upgrade solution if you decide to change the CPU alone)