Your Rig...

[MZKaleem]

I noticed most people use intel CPU's? I do too, but can anyone tell me why amd ones aren't as good? Surely they would be, if you have money to spend? idk, anyway:

Intel i5 3570K 3.4ghz (quad)

ASrock mobo, a Z77 something, cant remember the name.
Corsair 2x4GB Low Profile RAM
Aerocool Strike X Mid tower
Seagate 1TB HDD

XFX 7870 2GB GPU. Love it

Corsair CX600 600W PSU

Win8 64bit.

I like my build. Just wondering what next, any advice? or any criticisms? If I wanted to make someone cry I would take a picture of my PC inside. There's is no form of organisation, wires are everywhere...EVERYWHERE. I'll probably tidy it next time i make an upgrade.

 

[Deva]

Better graphics card. What you have is pretty outdated.

 

[SheriffHD]

The best AMD CPU is the equilivant to a 3570k I5 CPU, onwhich terms they do compete pretty well against well another. but the I7 3770k and higher (the 6core cpu on 2011 socket) blow the amd cpu out the water.

Only downside is that you do pay alot more for the intel cpu over amd but it is generally better performance per core.

Although a better reason I prefer the intel over amd is because the motherboards are better, although with AMD rigs you can overclock massivily, and they are better in some price ranges for video editing, but for gaming intel is the way to go.

 

[MZKaleem]

Thanks Sheriff, and Dev, I thought I was in season? lol I bought the card at the beginning of the year thinking I was making a good move (£160 with 11 games in total, they screwed some things up so offered extra games lol)

Btw, did you guys hear, the PC that they played BF4 on had 2 7990's and the backup was 3 Titans...

 

[Deva]

Sorry.... misread it as 7850 which is an old nvidia card.

 

[joshcowin]

Thanks Sheriff, and Dev, I thought I was in season? lol I bought the card at the beginning of the year thinking I was making a good move (£160 with 11 games in total, they screwed some things up so offered extra games lol)

Btw, did you guys hear, the PC that they played BF4 on had 2 7990's and the backup was 3 Titans...

their rig they used for the feature movie was 3 titans,a 3970x asus rampage iv extreme,64gb 1866mhz ram cpu and gpu watercooled