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System Name | --- |
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Processor | FX 8350 @ 4.00 Ghz with 1.28v |
Motherboard | Gigabyte 990FX-UD3 v4.0, Hacked Bios F4.x |
Cooling | Silenx 4 pipe Tower cooler + 2 x Cougar 120mm fan, 3 x 120mm, 1 x 200 mm Red LED fan |
Memory | Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 16GB + Patriot Memory DDR3 1866 16GB |
Video Card(s) | Asus R9 290 OC @ GPU - 1050, MEM - 1300 |
Storage | Inland 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD for OS, WDC Black - 2TB + 1TB Storage, Inland 480GB SSD - Games |
Display(s) | 3 x 1080P LCDs - Acer 25" + Acer 23" + HP 23" |
Case | AeroCool XPredator X3 |
Audio Device(s) | Built-in Realtek |
Power Supply | Corsair HX1000 Modular |
Software | Windows 10 Pro 64 bit |
It's upgrade time, wanted to play around with a FX and got the following parts:
CPU - AMD FX 8320 (used, bought from Johnnyfive)
Mobo - Gigabyte 970A-UD3 - Open box clearance from MC, throw away price
For OS - 120 GB MC branded AData SATA III SSD - brand new clearance item, bought for dirt cheap
Case - AeroCool XPredator X3 Devil Red (bought from Sneekypeet)
Carried over parts
Kingston HyperX Blue 4 x 4GB DDR3 1333 Ram
SilenX 4 heat pipe big ass CPU cooler
Sapphire Radeon 6970 2GB video card (to be upgraded - 7970 or 670 or 770?)
OCZ 120 GB SATA III SSD for Games
1 TB WD Black
Asus BD writer
Ultra Full Modular 600W Power Supply
Total Cost of Upgrade - $260
Old Game machine
Gigabyte 790GP-UD4H (AM2+ board)
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T
DDR2 800 - 4 x 2 GB memory
This will be repurposed as family machine and sell parts from current family machine to recoup some $.
Anyway new FX is clocked @ 4.2 Ghz (turbo off) from 3.5 Ghz with stock volts. Ram, HTT and NB clocks are at default. Will I get any improvements with tweaking any of these?
OS was reimaged from old Patriot TorqX 64GB SSD. Much faster boot and response times. Boots in 12 secs from 35 secs before. All programs open real fast now.
Since I moved from X6 to FX is there any patch I need to install specific to FX?
Pics to follow. Post your comments on any improvements I can do.
CPU - AMD FX 8320 (used, bought from Johnnyfive)
Mobo - Gigabyte 970A-UD3 - Open box clearance from MC, throw away price
For OS - 120 GB MC branded AData SATA III SSD - brand new clearance item, bought for dirt cheap
Case - AeroCool XPredator X3 Devil Red (bought from Sneekypeet)
Carried over parts
Kingston HyperX Blue 4 x 4GB DDR3 1333 Ram
SilenX 4 heat pipe big ass CPU cooler
Sapphire Radeon 6970 2GB video card (to be upgraded - 7970 or 670 or 770?)
OCZ 120 GB SATA III SSD for Games
1 TB WD Black
Asus BD writer
Ultra Full Modular 600W Power Supply
Total Cost of Upgrade - $260
Old Game machine
Gigabyte 790GP-UD4H (AM2+ board)
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T
DDR2 800 - 4 x 2 GB memory
This will be repurposed as family machine and sell parts from current family machine to recoup some $.
Anyway new FX is clocked @ 4.2 Ghz (turbo off) from 3.5 Ghz with stock volts. Ram, HTT and NB clocks are at default. Will I get any improvements with tweaking any of these?
OS was reimaged from old Patriot TorqX 64GB SSD. Much faster boot and response times. Boots in 12 secs from 35 secs before. All programs open real fast now.
Since I moved from X6 to FX is there any patch I need to install specific to FX?
Pics to follow. Post your comments on any improvements I can do.