I'm switching teams... Hello AMD !
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SieB
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grassman
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He was suppose to add me on Steam, I guess he didn't get his mobo yet 
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Something I wanted to add too previous though is,
The price difference between the FX and Intel rigs is pretty much zero. On the Intel side you can get away with a cheap mobo since everything is on the die. But on the AMD side of things you have to get the high end Asus stuff otherwise you will get lackluster overclocks. The MSI boards seem decent but Gigabytes AM3+ stuff is an explosion waiting to happen. Also SLI is harder to come by on AM3+ motherboards.
!Something I wanted to add too previous though is,
The price difference between the FX and Intel rigs is pretty much zero. On the Intel side you can get away with a cheap mobo since everything is on the die. But on the AMD side of things you have to get the high end Asus stuff otherwise you will get lackluster overclocks. The MSI boards seem decent but Gigabytes AM3+ stuff is an explosion waiting to happen. Also SLI is harder to come by on AM3+ motherboards.
MacLeod
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No, not really. Gigabyte has a 990FX board for $120 that's 8+2 power phase and plenty capable of high end overclocks. MSI has a 990FX board near $100. Both of which will do SLI. Another comparison would be my AM3+ Sabertooth for $175 compared to the 1155 versions for $240.
So you take a $160 8320 and pair it with a $120 Gigabyte UD3 board and you'll have $280 invested, will have SLI/Crossfire and a very beefy motherboard. After you spend $220 on the i5, you'd have $60 left for a motherboard and you're gonna get a great one for that. For something comparable you'd have to spend $140'ish so you're talking close to $100 overall ddifference for a comparable setup.
So you take a $160 8320 and pair it with a $120 Gigabyte UD3 board and you'll have $280 invested, will have SLI/Crossfire and a very beefy motherboard. After you spend $220 on the i5, you'd have $60 left for a motherboard and you're gonna get a great one for that. For something comparable you'd have to spend $140'ish so you're talking close to $100 overall ddifference for a comparable setup.
SieB
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Anyone know if there is a big difference in performance between the Asus Crosshair V and the Asus Crosshair V Formula Z with Piledriver?
I'm thinking about grabbing the Formula Z and a 8350, but i'm not sure if it's worth saving money and grabbing the non Formula Z.
Might just wait for Steamroller though because knowing my luck, i'll buy the Crosshair V and then a few months later the Crosshair VI will be released for Steamroller. More than likely i'm going to wait for Steamroller though, it can't be too far away.
I'm thinking about grabbing the Formula Z and a 8350, but i'm not sure if it's worth saving money and grabbing the non Formula Z.
Might just wait for Steamroller though because knowing my luck, i'll buy the Crosshair V and then a few months later the Crosshair VI will be released for Steamroller. More than likely i'm going to wait for Steamroller though, it can't be too far away.
grassman
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The UD3 is junk, the power phases tend to erupt. The MSI boards look good though. i5's you can get for $200, And the motherboard doesn't have to be of a high class for good overclocks and sli. the MSI g45's are like what $100?
It's roughly the same in the end.
^ get the Sabertooth xD
But I'm assuming your going all red. Would be wicked if someone put together something with AMD RAM, video cards, Closed loop cooler and what not. Apparently there coming out with a SSD as we'll
It's roughly the same in the end.
^ get the Sabertooth xD
But I'm assuming your going all red. Would be wicked if someone put together something with AMD RAM, video cards, Closed loop cooler and what not. Apparently there coming out with a SSD as we'll
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vorticalbox
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But when you get into programs that use all cores you're talking I7 3770k performance for the price of an i5
Zoot
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Probably early next year at the best I'd reckon.
There was an investor presentation that was leaked a while back that indicated there'd be Steamroller based Opterons later this year at some point. The Steamroller based desktop APUs (Kaveri) I think are due to arrive late this year too, so early next year is probably a good approximation for the Steamroller FX chips.
SieB
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The only news I have heard about Steamroller is this
http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/amd_steamroller_on_track_for_2013_launch.html
Don't know if things have changed since then. So many choices though, I could go Haswell, go AMD and Piledriver or wait for Steamroller.
I'll leave it for a couple of months for more news to become available I think, hopefully AMD will release news of Steamroller once Haswell is released.
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Zoot
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This is the one I was referring to:
http://techreport.com/news/24594/amd-roadmap-confirms-steamroller-based-opterons-this-year
Steamroller is apparently supposed to be on AM3+, although I gather Excavator likely won't be since it's apparently supposed to introduce rather large changes. I think it was described as the final "Fusion of the CPU and GPU". Probably coupling in with the FM2 socket or its successor is probably more likely.
In that light, waiting for Steamroller would probably present you with less upgradability than going with Piledriver and a 990FX board now. Nothing is confirmed though.
SieB
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This is the one I was referring to:
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Steamroller is apparently [URL="[/URL] to be on AM3+, although I gather Excavator likely won't be since it's apparently supposed to introduce rather large changes. I think it was described as the final "Fusion of the CPU and GPU". Probably coupling in with the FM2 socket or its successor is probably more likely.
In that light, waiting for Steamroller would probably present you with less upgradability than going with Piledriver and a 990FX board now. Nothing is confirmed though.
The only thing making me want to wait on Steamroller rather than buying a 990FX motherboard now is incase new revisions of motherboards are released with improved performance.
The main differences, if they do release new revision motherboards will most likely be PCI-E Gen 3 and native USB 3. I'm just wondering if there will be any significant improvements to the chipset its self.
I think i'll just wait for a bit before I decide, i'm in no rush to upgrade to be honest, I just want new toys to play with
NeverBackDown
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How does this confirm anything? Besides the PS4/One(terrible name
) will both use 8 cores.NeverBackDown
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NeverBackDown
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Link? Lol
I already know the rumored specs of PS4(little bit of One)
We can all speculate and create rumors but confirmation is what seals the deal. So i'm trying to see how you figured all this out... Sorry if you feel like i'm being pushy i'm just generally curious
I already know the rumored specs of PS4(little bit of One)
We can all speculate and create rumors but confirmation is what seals the deal. So i'm trying to see how you figured all this out... Sorry if you feel like i'm being pushy i'm just generally curious
