Motherboard/CPU Suggestions?

[Cam]

hmmm, well if it is my GPU that'd even be better IMO. so much easier changing out a GPU instead of a CPU and motherboard lol. and right now i'm currently sitting at 16GBs of ram, but my motherboard can hold up to 32GBs. whether or not i'll need that extra 16 tho remains to be seen

 

Okay. Really unless you're running music, steaming, recording, and running a pretty demanding game all at the same time, 16GB should do very well. I have no doubt that getting you a new GPU should get you more fps and smoother gameplay. I run Battlefield One on my 1070 at 2k res and get around 70 frames with no problems. It's a very powerful card. Anyways, good luck with your build!

[Chaoz`]

The core clock for that card is only around 970MHz, and if you have 4.0GHz on your processor, I very seriously doubt upgrading it is going to help you out. Maybe like 5 frames depending on what you get and if you overclock it.

 

Which means it's probably your GPU. If you're willing to spend around $500 like you said, I'd get a GTX 1070 OC. Cause you have a good motherboard and a great CPU. With the factory overclocked 1070 you'd be getting around 1600MHz instead of around 970-990MHz like you're getting now. You can get it for around $415 and spend the rest on upgrading ram depending on how much you have.

 

You can see some pretty big fps and other differences in the comparison here - http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1070-vs-AMD-R9-380/3609vs3482

 

You can't really compare those cards to one another. The price of the GTX1070 is a lot higher than the 380 and it's also a lot newer.

The R9 380 is still a great card and should give great performance with a newer system, with PCIe 3.0 support like it should have. As the AM3+ chip doesn't support that.

 

If he gets a new Skylake upgrade with the GTX 1070 the card will boost all the way up to 2000Mhz easily.

 

 

the time has come for me to consider upgrading my motherboard and CPU. right now i'm using the MSI Gaming 970 board and the AMD FX 8320 CPU (overclocked to 4.0GHz), performance just isn't cutting it for me anymore, and i'm thinking about switching to intel, if anyone has any suggestions about what motherboard/CPU to get it would be greatly appreciated, i'm not all that knowledgeable when it comes to intel related hardware

 

 

With a new Skylake CPU your performance and fps will go up. The 5 year old AMD chip is kind of lacking in gaming nowadays, tbh.

There are quite a few people that had AMD and switched to Intel because of it.

 

You could upgrade to an i5-6600K they're $100 cheaper than the i7 and do great for only gaming.

 

An i7-5820K + motherboard + RAM will set you back a lot more than just $550. A 5820K costs new around $450 and mobo with X99 chipset cost min. $250 for a basic X99 board.

 

This combo costs around $420 on newegg atm, due to the sales.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117561&ignorebbr=1

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1N83UF6114&ignorebbr=1

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226745&ignorebbr=1

 

Similar components but with an i7-6700K costs around $520.

 

If I were you I'd get the i5 and save the rest for a new GPU next year if you really want to upgrade everything.

 

The R9 380 is still a great card and would give you a great performance boost in combination with the Skylake setup.

You don't really have to upgrade your GPU just yet.

 

The 380 and i5 Skylake setup should give you a stable ±70fps on 1080p in BF1, e.g.

 

 

Or you can grab this one as an upgrade, this card would give you around 80fps on BF1 maxed out.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA65C4Z97980&ignorebbr=1

 

Total cost: $670

 

Okay. Really unless you're running music, steaming, recording, and running a pretty demanding game all at the same time, 16GB should do very well. I have no doubt that getting you a new GPU should get you more fps and smoother gameplay. I run Battlefield One on my 1070 at 2k res and get around 70 frames with no problems. It's a very powerful card. Anyways, good luck with your build!

 

What are the rest of your specs? Something seems a bit lacking to give you the performance you'd normally get with a GTX1070.

Cuz I get around 100fps in BF1, all maxed out, with my i7-3930K @4.2GHz and GTX 1070 on 1080p Ultra-wide.

[katty]

Something could probably be helpful here: http://pc4u.org/the-best-intel-1151-motherboards/