I have been stuck with an AMD Phenom 9850 quadcore for a long while because I just don't have the money to replace it, now I do and I need suggestions on what a reasonably priced processor would be. I'm tired of having low limits on my video gaming :c
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I would highly suggest you to upgrade your motherboard, because there aren't many AM2+ CPU's that can compete with games that are released nowadays. Since you have an AM2+ motherboard, you could go for a AM3 processor (requires a bios update which is risky to do) since they are compatible.Skriggle wrote:
I have been stuck with an AMD Phenom 9850 quadcore for a long while because I just don't have the money to replace it, now I do and I need suggestions on what a reasonably priced processor would be. I'm tired of having low limits on my video gaming :c
AMD Athlon II X4 620 as an example.
I have no idea what to prices would be, because they're pretty old or if they are actually still being sold.
Upgrade to a H87 chipset mobo and i5 4570 or 4670 and you're set.
Haswell is bad, you're going to have to wait until later this year if you want better options.
There's nothing particulary wrong with Haswell. Better to buy now than be waiting for all the stuff than may possibly come out in the future.
May I ask what is wrong with haswell compared to to older generations?
I really recommend an AMD FX6300 its really good for gaming and its cheap. You will just need an am3+ socket in your motherboard.
Don't buy intel it's way overpriced. I have i7 and a 6core amd for half the i7 money and both do the same work.
The integrated voltage regulator makes temperatures rise overall. Specifically, overclocking is crap on Haswell. Not only that, but Haswell was when Intel really started to shift their focus to the mobile department, so performance gains over Ivy Bridge aren't all that great (though Ivy Bridge wasn't really geared towards performance either).Philantropist wrote:
May I ask what is wrong with haswell compared to to older generations?
Also,
Every generation of hardware will outclass the last by a relatively large margin. In the general case, it's almost always most efficient to get hardware the instant they're released, and Haswell's been around for a while, so it's not even going to be that worth it. Trust me, if you buy Haswell right now, and then see the new Broadwell stuff in a couple of months, you're going to be shaking your head. Even if Broadwell isn't enough to convince you, the generation after that can make it look like you just wasted your money.B1rd wrote:
There's nothing particulary wrong with Haswell. Better to buy now than be waiting for all the stuff than may possibly come out in the future.
Temperature and overclocking potential are irrelavant if you're not going to overclock.Kitsunemimi wrote:
The integrated voltage regulator makes temperatures rise overall. Specifically, overclocking is crap on Haswell. Not only that, but Haswell was when Intel really started to shift their focus to the mobile department, so performance gains over Ivy Bridge aren't all that great (though Ivy Bridge wasn't really geared towards performance either).Philantropist wrote:
May I ask what is wrong with haswell compared to to older generations?
Maybe this is the case with GPUs, but comparitively CPU's improve very little every generation. But he said he just wants something for gaming, as long as your CPU is good enough not to be a bottleneck there'd be no difference between current gen or next gen. Furthermore, Braodwell will be for LGA 1150 so if you want to upgrade in the future you can.Kitsunemimi wrote:
Every generation of hardware will outclass the last by a relatively large margin. In the general case, it's almost always most efficient to get hardware the instant they're released, and Haswell's been around for a while, so it's not even going to be that worth it. Trust me, if you buy Haswell right now, and then see the new Broadwell stuff in a couple of months, you're going to be shaking your head. Even if Broadwell isn't enough to convince you, the generation after that can make it look like you just wasted your money.