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System Name | An experiment in continuous upgrading |
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Processor | Intel Core i7 2600k @ 4.4 Ghz | FX-8570 @ 4.0 Ghz | Phenom II X4 965 |
Motherboard | MSI P67A-GD53 | MSI 990FXA-GD80 | Asus M4A79 Deluxe |
Cooling | Noctua NH-D14 | Zalman CNPS10x | Coolermaster*212+ |
Memory | 24gb DDR3-1866 |8Gb | 8Gb |
Video Card(s) | ASUS GTX 970 Turbo x 2 (SLI) | Sapphire Radeon 7970 + GTX 670 (PhysX) | Radeon 4870 1Gb |
Storage | 2x240gb SSD + 4tb SSHD + HDDs | 240gb SSD + HDDs | 120gb SSD + WD Blue 500gb |
Display(s) | ASUS VG248 144hz + Samsung S23A700D 120hz + 3D Vision | 40" Sony 1080p TV | 23" 1080p |
Case | Cooler Master HAF-X | Lian-Li PC-8 | Antec 302 |
Audio Device(s) | Senn. PC360 G4ME | Sound Blaster Zx | Generic |
Power Supply | Corsair TX850W | Corsair TX 750 | OCZ 700 |
Mouse | Steelseries Sensei | Logitech G402 W/L | Generic |
Keyboard | Filco Majetouch Ninja Tenkeyless MX Black | Logitech wireless |SteelSeries 6Gv2 MX Red |
Software | About 800 top-rated games. | 200 top-rated games | No games |
Benchmark Scores | No time for benching, I prefer gaming. |
This is my wife's gaming PC. I purchased the AM3+ mobo back when Bulldozer was only hype, with the hope that it would have decent performance. Also, the mobo use to be paired with an X6 1100t which has somehow become damaged, even though it still works, but seriously underperforms in benches and games.
Anyway... Yeah. The PC is sporting an old X4 965 (140W model, too!) which is now paired with a Radeon 7970 video card. It works well enough I guess, but I'm always looking to upgrade. So my question is, would an FX-8350 be significantly better? And by better I don't mean just in BF3 which is highly multithreaded, but in older, single-threaded games too?
I looked on various sites for comparisons, but all I can find is the FX compared to other FX'es, Sandies, and Ivies. Never the older Phenom II generation, so it's really hard for me to form an opinion. Thoughts?
Anyway... Yeah. The PC is sporting an old X4 965 (140W model, too!) which is now paired with a Radeon 7970 video card. It works well enough I guess, but I'm always looking to upgrade. So my question is, would an FX-8350 be significantly better? And by better I don't mean just in BF3 which is highly multithreaded, but in older, single-threaded games too?
I looked on various sites for comparisons, but all I can find is the FX compared to other FX'es, Sandies, and Ivies. Never the older Phenom II generation, so it's really hard for me to form an opinion. Thoughts?