CPU Upgrade!

Dent1 · Sep 25, 2013

Greenmousa said:
YEY FOR MY WALLET, feels good when the 2nd cheaper option it's recommended ;D! Thanks guys

When the components arrive, let us know the outcome.

Hopefully it solves your bottlenecking. Let us know.

Greenmousa · Sep 25, 2013

I will!! Worry not kind sir!

Greenmousa · Sep 25, 2013

Oh by the way i forgot, i've heard that 6300 has a loud and noneffective cooler, should i get it changed day one?? (same thing i've heard for the 8200 8300 series) Or should i just ignore those silly silly people and be happy for ever and ever?

rhino · Sep 25, 2013

Yes, get a new one.

TheoneandonlyMrK · Sep 25, 2013

Norton said:
The 970A is also a UD3 (8+2 power phases)

imho the Crosshair isn't worth nearly 2x the price for the OP using it with an FX-6300...Crosshair is still a very good board though

Ive built two pcs with the ud3 970a and it has five phases not 8+2 .
I also ocd a phenom 960t and 8350 fx on one , not recommended

Greenmousa · Oct 11, 2013

Alright! All finished! I have a new shiny beautifull 8320 runing at 4.0ghz, all of the bottleneck is gone, BF3 won't go below 60fps with everything on ULTRA, and BF4 Beta won't go below 55 FPS with ULTRA settings (always on 1920x1080) .

Everything is great! Thank you guys for all of the advice you provided!

stinger608 · Oct 11, 2013

Greenmousa said:
Alright! All finished! I have a new shiny beautifull 8320 runing at 4.0ghz, all of the bottleneck is gone, BF3 won't go below 60fps with everything on ULTRA, and BF4 Beta won't go below 55 FPS with ULTRA settings (always on 1920x1080) .

Everything is great! Thank you guys for all of the advice you provided!

sounds like an awesome system man! congrats on the new system. :rockout:

Norton · Oct 12, 2013

Greenmousa said:
Alright! All finished! I have a new shiny beautifull 8320 runing at 4.0ghz, all of the bottleneck is gone, BF3 won't go below 60fps with everything on ULTRA, and BF4 Beta won't go below 55 FPS with ULTRA settings (always on 1920x1080) .

Everything is great! Thank you guys for all of the advice you provided!

Glad it worked out for you... enjoy your new rig! :toast:

theoneandonlymrk said:
Ive built two pcs with the ud3 970a and it has five phases not 8+2 .
I also ocd a phenom 960t and 8350 fx on one , not recommended

Gigabyte has 3 different 970 boards (all with similar names):

These have 4+1 power (D3 and DS3):
GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3...
GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3....

This one has 8+2 power (UD3):
GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3...

Wouldn't recommend the 4+1 boards for anyone unless they are running stock....

System Name	My baby
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
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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

System Name	CRIMSON TYPHOON
Processor	Corei5 6600k Skylake @4.2ghz (COOLED BY A COOLERMASTER HYPER 212)
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Z170XP-SLI
Memory	2x8GB CORSAIR VENGEANCE RED LED DDR4 3200MHZ
Video Card(s)	ASUS 1060 OC6GB @1950mhz
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 64MB Cache
Display(s)	LG 24'
Case	COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER
Audio Device(s)	OnBoard Realtek HD
Power Supply	Thermaltake SMART M Series SP-650M
Mouse	Razer DeathAdder Chroma
Keyboard	Corsair K-70 (Cherry MX Red Switches)
Software	Windows 10 x64 Ultimate Edition

System Name	CRIMSON TYPHOON
Processor	Corei5 6600k Skylake @4.2ghz (COOLED BY A COOLERMASTER HYPER 212)
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Z170XP-SLI
Memory	2x8GB CORSAIR VENGEANCE RED LED DDR4 3200MHZ
Video Card(s)	ASUS 1060 OC6GB @1950mhz
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 64MB Cache
Display(s)	LG 24'
Case	COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER
Audio Device(s)	OnBoard Realtek HD
Power Supply	Thermaltake SMART M Series SP-650M
Mouse	Razer DeathAdder Chroma
Keyboard	Corsair K-70 (Cherry MX Red Switches)
Software	Windows 10 x64 Ultimate Edition

System Name	Rhino
Processor	FX6300
Motherboard	Asus M5A97 EVO R2
Cooling	Corsair H80i
Memory	HyperX Beast 1866MHz
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX560ti
Storage	OCZ Agility 3
Case	Lian-li
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech Sound Studio
Power Supply	EVGA G2 750w
Keyboard	Tt eSPORTS Challenger Pro
Software	W10 64bit

System Name	RyzenGtEvo/ Asus strix scar II
Processor	Amd R5 5900X/ Intel 8750H
Motherboard	Crosshair hero8 impact/Asus
Cooling	360EK extreme rad+ 360$EK slim all push, cpu ek suprim Gpu full cover all EK
Memory	Corsair Vengeance Rgb pro 3600cas14 16Gb in four sticks./16Gb/16GB
Video Card(s)	Powercolour RX7900XT Reference/Rtx 2060
Storage	Silicon power 2TB nvme/8Tb external/1Tb samsung Evo nvme 2Tb sata ssd/1Tb nvme
Display(s)	Samsung UAE28"850R 4k freesync.dell shiter
Case	Lianli 011 dynamic/strix scar2
Audio Device(s)	Xfi creative 7.1 on board ,Yamaha dts av setup, corsair void pro headset
Power Supply	corsair 1200Hxi/Asus stock
Mouse	Roccat Kova/ Logitech G wireless
Keyboard	Roccat Aimo 120
VR HMD	Oculus rift
Software	Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	8726 vega 3dmark timespy/ laptop Timespy 6506

CPU Upgrade!

Dent1

Greenmousa

Greenmousa

rhino

TheoneandonlyMrK

Greenmousa

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

System Name	Dean Machine/2020 Ryzenfall
Processor	Intel 4790K/AMD Ryzen 3700X
Motherboard	MSI 1150 Gaming mATX/Gigabyte AORUS ELITE B550
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED/SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	16 gigs Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer/16 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 1660 Super/Gigabyte GTX 1660
Storage	Crucial SSD 256 and 2TB spinner/Dual Samsung 980 Pro M2 NVME 4.0
Display(s)	Overlord 27" 2560 x 1440
Case	Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s)	On board
Power Supply	Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum/EVGA T2-850 Titanium
Software	Windows 10 Pro/Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Main PC- Gamer- Main Cruncher/Folder and too many crunching/folding rigs
Processor	Ryzen 5900X- Ryzen 5950X- Ryzen 3950X and etc...
Motherboard	Asrock X570 Extreme4- MSI X570S Tomahawk MAX WiFi- MSI B450M Bazooka Max and etc...
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S (dual fan)- EK 360 AIO with push/pull fans- Corsair H115i RGB Pro XT and etc...
Memory	2x16GB GSkill FlareX 3200/c14- 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance 3600/c16- 2x16GB Team 3600/c18 and etc..
Video Card(s)	MSI Gaming RX 6800- Asus RTX 3070 TUF OC- MSI Ventus GTX 1660Ti and etc...
Storage	Main PC (1TB WD SN850- 2TB PNY CS 3040- 2TB Seagate Firecuda) and etc...
Display(s)	Main PC (2x24" Dell UltraSharp U2414H)
Case	Phanteks P600s- Seasonic Q704- Fractal Meshify C and etc...
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z625 THX 2.1 speakers
Power Supply	EVGA 750 G3- SeaSonic DGC 750- EVGA P2 850 and etc...
Mouse	G300s
Keyboard	Corsair K65
VR HMD	N/A
Software	Windows 10 Pro or Ubuntu
Benchmark Scores	Why sit on the Bench when you can get in the game and Crunch!!!