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Diaresta
United States597 Posts
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
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Craton
United States17282 Posts
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lightrise
United States1355 Posts
On March 23 2014 17:43 Craton wrote: Is "Cab" supposed to be "CAD"? Yes CAD. Sorry about that. Not sure what specific program he is using, whether it be AutoCad or what. But he mainly uses Matlab. | ||
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
EDIT: See here, scroll to the bunch of compute benchmarks: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1130?vs=1038 | ||
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1130?vs=1044 There are some of the compute benchmarks that the 260x loses but it wins the majority, with over 2x the performance in some cases. The same is true for the 750 Ti vs R7 265. | ||
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($244.68 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: MSI B85-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Amazon) Memory: PNY XLR8 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($124.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.81 @ Amazon) Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($109.99 @ Newegg) Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Micro Center) Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Amazon) Total: $702.44 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) (Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-23 16:25 EDT-0400) Pretty much the most performance you can get for $700, I think an SSD is not an option for his budget unless he is willing to sac some performance. | ||
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mathoes
Australia9 Posts
I'd like to start off by thanking you. About 3 years ago SkyR and others helped me build my current system, which now needs an upgrade. So thanks for your help then and hopefully you can help me now Current setup HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB WD5000AAKX GPU: MSI Radeon HD6850 Cyclone Power Edition OC CPU: Intel Core i5 2400 RAM: Kingston ValueRAM KVR1333D3N9K2/4G 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 Motherboard: ASRock H61M/U3S3 Motherboard B3 Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 520C 520W Power Supply Case: CoolerMaster Centurion 5 II Black Budget? $300-$500 Monitor? 1920*1080 Why upgrade? Temperamental graphics card, sometimes won't initialize on computer start. Computer 2.5 years old. I want to run Path of Exile smoother and on higher settings. Games? Path of Exile - Highest settings WoW - high to ultra CS:GO - high Overclock/Crossfire(SLI)? No intention to do either. Country & Retailers Australia www.pccasegear.com.au www.arc.com.au My ideas.. $215 Intel Core i5 4440 $65 ASUS H81M-E Motherboard $239 MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming 2GB Total: $519 Comments I feel like the only components I need to upgrade are the GPU, Motherboard and CPU. I don't know whether just upgrading the GPU would change much. Some advice on upgrading ALL or SOME would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20328 Posts
Then again, are those three games not CPU bound? I didn't play much POE but i remember having like 150fps with little gpu load i think. Not sure exactly how weak the 6850 is for CSGO/WoW | ||
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mathoes
Australia9 Posts
Maybe it's not worth upgrading with this low budget atm. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20328 Posts
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1077?vs=1038 You >could< make CPU upgrade to Haswell, but i'd say it's only worth with a 4670k+ overclock, or maybe even just a 4670 - that way you're clocked at like 3.7ghz instead of 3.1ghz when the CPU is loaded (4440 has lower base clock turbo's) ^It's probably not worth CPU upgrade before GPU, though. I wouldn't say it's not worth upgrading on $500, but if you split budget for the CPU to go for i5 4440, you could end up with barely upgrading on that front while cutting into GPU budget (or budget for an actual big cpu upgrade) | ||
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Rollin
Australia1552 Posts
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lightrise
United States1355 Posts
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mathoes
Australia9 Posts
However, I wouldn't have a clue when comparing. These all look suitable to me but have different price tags. Any insight as to which would suit my situation best? From what you've said 270+ is going to be a significant upgrade. So for me it appears the CHEAPEST ($219) 270 GPU would be the best... But if I'm going to get decent improvements for $30 more i'd consider it. Don't want to appear lazy but if anyone could shed some light as to which one I should choose that would be great! $219 Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 Overclocked 2GB $219 Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2GB OC $229 Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Dual-X OC 2GB $239 MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming 2GB $249 Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Vapor-X 2GB Thanks again | ||
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mathoes
Australia9 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20328 Posts
270/270x are pretty close, basically the same specs. 270 is usually cheaper than 270x because 270x has higher stock clocks and maybe a little more OC headroom(?) I was gonna say you could look at 760's too, but they seem way more expensive (like 1.5x) on that site. For similar performance that's quite crazy | ||
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
On March 25 2014 04:27 Cyro wrote: I think that was the one with the issue? Someone else around here mentioned it after i saw it, not sure if it was that card but i think so 270/270x are pretty close, basically the same specs. 270 is usually cheaper than 270x because 270x has higher stock clocks and maybe a little more OC headroom(?) I was gonna say you could look at 760's too, but they seem way more expensive (like 1.5x) on that site. For similar performance that's quite crazy I think with Radeon cards, the quickest way to find out which ones have problems is to check the cryptocoin community. They eat them like candy. I know the 270s had an issue with "twitching" but that was addressed via VBIOS awhile ago. (Of course, that BIOS revision added twitching to my 280x, but I think that's an Asus thing.) | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20328 Posts
I think with Radeon cards, the quickest way to find out which ones have problems is to check the cryptocoin community. They eat them like candy. Yea, there was a big thread about them. I think it was the msi gaming 270 | ||
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