Hello all.

 

I currrently have an AMD fx 6300 on stock clock with an m5a99 mb. I am curious about should I sell both of them and buy a new Intel system. If I will buy a Intel system, my cpu will be 3570K or 4570 and the mobo is z87 chipset.

 

What should I do? Waiting for your advices

Hello all.

 

I currrently have an AMD fx 6300 on stock clock with an m5a99 mb. I am curious about should I sell both of them and buy a new Intel system. If I will buy a Intel system, my cpu will be 3570K or 4570 and the mobo is z87 chipset.

 

What should I do? Waiting for your advices

If you change to intel get the 4790k or 4690k they are both great CPU's I did I review on the switch here.

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/445293-my-mini-review-of-the-new-i7-4790k-devils-canyon/

The only thing I changed was the CPU and mother board and I gained about 20 FPS

If you change to intel get the 4790k or 4690k they are both great CPU's I did I review on the switch here.

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/445293-my-mini-review-of-the-new-i7-4790k-devils-canyon/

The only thing I changed was the CPU and mother board and I gained about 20 FPS

So do you thing is it worth to upgrade to intel? It will cost about 150$ more for me

If the extras about 150§ too much for you; Then,i would say ; maintain your AMD.

So do you thing is it worth to upgrade to intel? It will cost about 150$ more for me

To me yes an increase of 20 FPS for $150 is well worth it

Personally I'd go with this CPU, its about the same price as the 3570k but is newer and at least 20% faster and will overclock better.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372&cm_re=4690k-_-19-117-372-_-Product

 

If you can afford it go with this CPU, which is what I have.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117369&cm_re=4790k-_-19-117-369-_-Product

 

Also don't get a z87 mobo get a z97 they are newer and can be had for around the same price. This is the board I run. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130768&cm_re=msi_z97-_-13-130-768-_-Product

There are boards a lot cheaper than this but make sure they are good quality. The reason I say stay away from the Z87's is that they aren't going to be compatible with the next gen of Intel CPU's but the Z97's will be.

I have an another choice, I can buy a water cooling system for my cpu and OC it. My current speed is 3.5 and I can overclock it to 4.2 with my current cooler with good temperatures. So I think I can buy a new cooler and try overclock it to 4.8 and above.

 

Which way is better?

I have an another choice, I can buy a water cooling system for my cpu and OC it. My current speed is 3.5 and I can overclock it to 4.2 with my current cooler with good temperatures. So I think I can buy a new cooler and try overclock it to 4.8 and above.

 

Which way is better?

I had my FX-8350 at 4.8 ghz for a short time and it maybe gave me 5 fps so I lowered the OC back to 4.5ghz. When OC'ing temperature isn't your only enemy its also CPU core voltage and cpu stability.The higher the OC the shorter the life of the CPU. Which is why I run such a low OC. My 4790k is OC'd to 4.5ghz and and it beats my FX-8350 at 4.5ghz by 15-20 FPS, even when I run much higher settings. If I were you I'd switch to Intel, as a CPU cooler that is capable of getting an AMD CPU to 4.8ghz is going to cost at least $120 (Corsair H110) and that's if you can even get the chip to be stable at that high of an OC. Even if you did get your CPU OC'd that high a 4690k at stock clock speeds(3.5ghz) would still beat your AMD chip. So how do you think the AMD chip would stack up against an Intel chip running at 4.5ghz? (which is easy to hit on devils canyon cpu's) To sum it up to beat a 4690k running at 4.5ghz your AMD cpu would need to be running in the 6-7ghz range

3570k will be good for fsx. I7 4790k may not be worth extra $150 if i5 3570k overclocked to start with. Run my i5 370k it equal to running fx 6300 at 4.8 with single threaded speed.

3570k will be good for fsx. I7 4790k may not be worth extra $150 if i5 3570k overclocked to start with. Run my i5 370k it equal to running fx 6300 at 4.8 with single threaded speed.

The 4690k is the same price as the 3570k

If you can afford it go with this CPU, which is what I have.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117369&cm_re=4790k-_-19-117-369-_-Product

 

Also don't get a z87 mobo get a z97 they are newer and can be had for around the same price. This is the board I run. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130768&cm_re=msi_z97-_-13-130-768-_-Product

There are boards a lot cheaper than this but make sure they are good quality. The reason I say stay away from the Z87's is that they aren't going to be compatible with the next gen of Intel CPU's but the Z97's will be.

 

520 dollar for just a CPU and Motherboard is a lot of money !

 

Imho choosing scenery areas that work well (for example tropical islands instead of downtown New York) and choosing a fast airplane as in good for FPS, should give more bang for the buck than 520 dollars for 20 FPS.

(you can get a lot of content/controllers for this money)

 

Because there is still a good chance the oncoming software updates to P3D will get rid of some bottlenecks, in other words the chance is good that the difference between AMD & Intel will actually get smaller.

(if you have the patience to wait it out offcourse)

Never buy AMD cpu's

I switched out my FX-8350 earlier this year and went back to an Intel CPU, specifically the 4670k and it was the best computer hardware decision I have ever made. I paired it with a z97 MB in anticipation of Broadwell.

 

Ryan

AMD CPUs just don't have the single-threaded per-GHz horespower of Intel CPUs. Even though P3D v2 is more multi-threaded than FSX, you still need the highest single-core performance possible, which can only be provided by an Intel CPU at this time.

Intel all the way for me

Don't forget that new processor means new motherboard and probably new memory (maybe a new power supply as well). Water cooling is an excellent idea which allows you increase processor speed with some acceptable noise In my opinion Intel is at the moment the best for our simulators.