mgssteve
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Hello to all i pose this question and it is my very 1st post on the forums with a subject i would like to open up.
AMD have for many years been seen as the poor mans choice, i have no preference either way tbh i just go with what i can afford.
Currently i am still running my dated rig Asus p5q WS mobo with a Q6600 and 4 gig of OCZ ddr2 800mhz ram. I use a AIO liquid cooler and has enabled me to push the cpu to 3.6ghz ram running at 825mhz i have also added ssd drives and a 760gtx card.
Its showing its age tbh no denying this.
Many of the reviews i see are for Intel based systems and i was hoping the AMD 6300 with the bonus of a new motherboard and DDR3 ram would be good.
But this is still dated tech, no PCI express 3 support no usb 3. no m.2 the list is long. So that left me with what can i get with more upto date tech AM2+ was on obvious choice but after doing research these chips dont match the performance of the AM3 when overclocked. So i was left in limbo land what to do what to do.
Then to my sheer joy i see this Gigabyte GA-990FX Gaming motherboard
it has all the right things M.2 pciexpress 3 USB3.1 type A/ type C. Retails for Around £116 inc vat which is for an Intel board low end entry lvl. So i am now faced with the reality of going semi on par with tech just the CPU is a little dated. But this is a Hex core cpu and from CPUBOSS it blows the Q6600 to bits.
I am not sure why AMD has taken so long to implement these techs to its older boards for the AM3 range or why motherboard makers have taken so long to implement them but it seems like an awsome and cheep alternative to anything newer. £255 will net you said motherboard a six core CPU 6300 and 8 Gig of whatever corsair LP memory you want be, it red blue white (my personal choice) or standard black. This setup would imo blow away any intel based rig or newer AMD rig for the same money / price point.
I know many will say it wont be able to compete or perform with newer tech but my current rig still plays BF4 at 1080p resolution and never drops below 45 fps with everything set to mid not max as the fps drops to 20-30 fps which is no good.
I would love to know what others think on this subject and if anybody has a better setup for those on a shoestring budget.
AMD have for many years been seen as the poor mans choice, i have no preference either way tbh i just go with what i can afford.
Currently i am still running my dated rig Asus p5q WS mobo with a Q6600 and 4 gig of OCZ ddr2 800mhz ram. I use a AIO liquid cooler and has enabled me to push the cpu to 3.6ghz ram running at 825mhz i have also added ssd drives and a 760gtx card.
Its showing its age tbh no denying this.
Many of the reviews i see are for Intel based systems and i was hoping the AMD 6300 with the bonus of a new motherboard and DDR3 ram would be good.
But this is still dated tech, no PCI express 3 support no usb 3. no m.2 the list is long. So that left me with what can i get with more upto date tech AM2+ was on obvious choice but after doing research these chips dont match the performance of the AM3 when overclocked. So i was left in limbo land what to do what to do.
Then to my sheer joy i see this Gigabyte GA-990FX Gaming motherboard
it has all the right things M.2 pciexpress 3 USB3.1 type A/ type C. Retails for Around £116 inc vat which is for an Intel board low end entry lvl. So i am now faced with the reality of going semi on par with tech just the CPU is a little dated. But this is a Hex core cpu and from CPUBOSS it blows the Q6600 to bits.
I am not sure why AMD has taken so long to implement these techs to its older boards for the AM3 range or why motherboard makers have taken so long to implement them but it seems like an awsome and cheep alternative to anything newer. £255 will net you said motherboard a six core CPU 6300 and 8 Gig of whatever corsair LP memory you want be, it red blue white (my personal choice) or standard black. This setup would imo blow away any intel based rig or newer AMD rig for the same money / price point.
I know many will say it wont be able to compete or perform with newer tech but my current rig still plays BF4 at 1080p resolution and never drops below 45 fps with everything set to mid not max as the fps drops to 20-30 fps which is no good.
I would love to know what others think on this subject and if anybody has a better setup for those on a shoestring budget.