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#343
Currently running a G3258 overclocked and stable at 4.5Ghz, on a Z97 board.
I have a cheap 4770k available, with the 2 additional cores and bigger cache offset the fact that it's not a great chip for overclocking? 4.5Ghz seems to be the limit without water cooling. I basically use the PC to play Fallout 4, will I notice a huge difference?
I have a cheap 4770k available, with the 2 additional cores and bigger cache offset the fact that it's not a great chip for overclocking? 4.5Ghz seems to be the limit without water cooling. I basically use the PC to play Fallout 4, will I notice a huge difference?
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@calteg:
Intel® Core? i7-4770K Processor (8M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz) Specifications
Intel® Pentium® Processor G3258 (3M Cache, 3.20 GHz) Specifications
I can't speak to the overclocking because I've not tried to OC anything since the early 2000's, but +2 physical cores, +6 threads, a little bump in memory bandwidth that gives you support for DDR3-1600 XMP profiles out of the box, "Turbo" frequency pushes you up to 3.9GHz so that's 86% of your overclock out of the box, provided you have the cooling. If you are working with a properly multi-threaded application that will see benefits from more cores and more threads, then its a no-brainer.
Also, I just found this and reading the whole article should help a lot: Fallout 4: Graphics & CPU Performance > Benchmarks: CPU Performance - TechSpot
Check that out! It even covers your overclocked G3258, how badass is that? The numbers look good, how cheap is cheap?
Intel® Core? i7-4770K Processor (8M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz) Specifications
Intel® Pentium® Processor G3258 (3M Cache, 3.20 GHz) Specifications
I can't speak to the overclocking because I've not tried to OC anything since the early 2000's, but +2 physical cores, +6 threads, a little bump in memory bandwidth that gives you support for DDR3-1600 XMP profiles out of the box, "Turbo" frequency pushes you up to 3.9GHz so that's 86% of your overclock out of the box, provided you have the cooling. If you are working with a properly multi-threaded application that will see benefits from more cores and more threads, then its a no-brainer.
Also, I just found this and reading the whole article should help a lot: Fallout 4: Graphics & CPU Performance > Benchmarks: CPU Performance - TechSpot
Check that out! It even covers your overclocked G3258, how badass is that? The numbers look good, how cheap is cheap?
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One of two machines that keeps this TV station's router network functioning:
This is the newer of the two. Other other one doesn't really have an "OS" in any modern sense of the word.
This is the newer of the two. Other other one doesn't really have an "OS" in any modern sense of the word.
#347
I can't speak to the overclocking because I've not tried to OC anything since the early 2000's, but +2 physical cores, +6 threads, a little bump in memory bandwidth that gives you support for DDR3-1600 XMP profiles out of the box, "Turbo" frequency pushes you up to 3.9GHz so that's 86% of your overclock out of the box, provided you have the cooling. If you are working with a properly multi-threaded application that will see benefits from more cores and more threads, then its a no-brainer.
IMO, a few pages back I upgraded my amd cpu to a 6-core with L3 cache. Felt very noticeable and 'snappy' all around.
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Also, this is me
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus H97M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Storage: Mushkin ECO2 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card
Case: Fractal Design Define Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair Professional Gold 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan ( x2, front intake)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-S12A PWM 120mm Fan (x2, top and rear exhaust)
Its quiet and fast for what I use it for, and that's mostly dicking around on the interwebs and Steam games. OS lives on the M.2 while my hoard of Steam games lives on the SSD. I don't play anything new, Fallout 3/NV and Company Of Heroes 2 are probably the newest titles I play with any frequency. I will say Fallout 4 and Civ 6 are both calling my name, but I kinda want to invest in a GTX 1060 first. We'll see.
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus H97M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Storage: Mushkin ECO2 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card
Case: Fractal Design Define Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair Professional Gold 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan ( x2, front intake)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-S12A PWM 120mm Fan (x2, top and rear exhaust)
Its quiet and fast for what I use it for, and that's mostly dicking around on the interwebs and Steam games. OS lives on the M.2 while my hoard of Steam games lives on the SSD. I don't play anything new, Fallout 3/NV and Company Of Heroes 2 are probably the newest titles I play with any frequency. I will say Fallout 4 and Civ 6 are both calling my name, but I kinda want to invest in a GTX 1060 first. We'll see.
#349
@calteg:
I can't speak to the overclocking because I've not tried to OC anything since the early 2000's, but +2 physical cores, +6 threads, a little bump in memory bandwidth that gives you support for DDR3-1600 XMP profiles out of the box, "Turbo" frequency pushes you up to 3.9GHz so that's 86% of your overclock out of the box, provided you have the cooling. If you are working with a properly multi-threaded application that will see benefits from more cores and more threads, then its a no-brainer.
Check that out! It even covers your overclocked G3258, how badass is that? The numbers look good, how cheap is cheap?
I can't speak to the overclocking because I've not tried to OC anything since the early 2000's, but +2 physical cores, +6 threads, a little bump in memory bandwidth that gives you support for DDR3-1600 XMP profiles out of the box, "Turbo" frequency pushes you up to 3.9GHz so that's 86% of your overclock out of the box, provided you have the cooling. If you are working with a properly multi-threaded application that will see benefits from more cores and more threads, then its a no-brainer.
Check that out! It even covers your overclocked G3258, how badass is that? The numbers look good, how cheap is cheap?
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Ryzen rig built and working.
So, new architecture / completely new build problems.
This garbage gskill RAM i bought doesn't seem to work. I believe i had one stick come DOA. So i'm only running one 8gb stick currently. BF1 has crashed on me a couple times, i am relating this issue to the RAM. (or a ryzen / RAM i bought compatibility problem)
My "silent" fans i bought are not silent.
The LED light bar has some burnt out LEDs.
I'm having some weird BIOS issues. Some of which have been fixed after a BIOS flash. I'm also having some weird Q-codes that aren't in the book, which is super annoying.
I'm actually boosting to 4.1ghz and hottest i've recorded(i'm guessing for a short amount of time) has been 66C. It idles at 39C.
I also wish i would have bought a new SSD, this M.2 drive is going to be full very soon.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1800x
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60
Motherboard: Asus ROG Crosshair VI Hero
Memory: G.SKILL Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) (JUNK only one working currently)
Storage: SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 250GB
Video Card: EVGA GTX980sc
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase 5t
Power Supply: CORSAIR RMx Series RM850X
Case Fan: DEEPCOOL Gamer Storm GS 120mm
Case Fan: Cooler Master 140mm
Don't worry... I'll be adding a bit more to this thing. Plus a full on custom water loop. Just waiting on money, parts, and time.
So, new architecture / completely new build problems.
This garbage gskill RAM i bought doesn't seem to work. I believe i had one stick come DOA. So i'm only running one 8gb stick currently. BF1 has crashed on me a couple times, i am relating this issue to the RAM. (or a ryzen / RAM i bought compatibility problem)
My "silent" fans i bought are not silent.
The LED light bar has some burnt out LEDs.
I'm having some weird BIOS issues. Some of which have been fixed after a BIOS flash. I'm also having some weird Q-codes that aren't in the book, which is super annoying.
I'm actually boosting to 4.1ghz and hottest i've recorded(i'm guessing for a short amount of time) has been 66C. It idles at 39C.
I also wish i would have bought a new SSD, this M.2 drive is going to be full very soon.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1800x
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60
Motherboard: Asus ROG Crosshair VI Hero
Memory: G.SKILL Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) (JUNK only one working currently)
Storage: SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 250GB
Video Card: EVGA GTX980sc
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase 5t
Power Supply: CORSAIR RMx Series RM850X
Case Fan: DEEPCOOL Gamer Storm GS 120mm
Case Fan: Cooler Master 140mm
Don't worry... I'll be adding a bit more to this thing. Plus a full on custom water loop. Just waiting on money, parts, and time.
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I lied... I'm upgrading already.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1800x
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60
Motherboard: Asus ROG Crosshair VI Hero
Memory: 16GB Crucial Ballistix 2400mhz DDR4
Storage: SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 250GB
Storage: OCZ TR150 SSD 960GB
Video Card: EVGA GTX980sc
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase 5t
Power Supply: CORSAIR RMx Series RM850X
Case Fan: DEEPCOOL Gamer Storm GS 120mm
Case Fan: Cooler Master 140mm
Also added an RGB setup. Just slapped together for now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR6P...ature=youtu.be
This new ram gave me 20 more FPS in game. I'm returning the Gkill ram, it sucks.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1800x
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60
Motherboard: Asus ROG Crosshair VI Hero
Memory: 16GB Crucial Ballistix 2400mhz DDR4
Storage: SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 250GB
Storage: OCZ TR150 SSD 960GB
Video Card: EVGA GTX980sc
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase 5t
Power Supply: CORSAIR RMx Series RM850X
Case Fan: DEEPCOOL Gamer Storm GS 120mm
Case Fan: Cooler Master 140mm
Also added an RGB setup. Just slapped together for now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR6P...ature=youtu.be
This new ram gave me 20 more FPS in game. I'm returning the Gkill ram, it sucks.
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Figured this was a reasonable place to ask...
I have an old lenovo laptop that I've now had for 5-6 years. I basically use it like a desktop because I have a surface pro for school etc. I bought it at the time because it came with a GTX660M, which was pretty solid for a laptop at the time. Processor is an i7-3610QM, again pretty decent for the time. I put in a second stick of ram so it now has 16 gigs of ram in it. Again, not insane, but I think that's the max for this motherboard (though it could maybe be 32?)
I know the GPU is a mobile card, but is there any way to upgrade this on a laptop without having to swap the motherboard etc or is it one unit in these? I don't play games all that much, but I wouldn't mind spending a bit of money now or in the near future to get this thing updated a bit. I'm likely going to be using it for the next few years if it keeps behaving.
I have an old lenovo laptop that I've now had for 5-6 years. I basically use it like a desktop because I have a surface pro for school etc. I bought it at the time because it came with a GTX660M, which was pretty solid for a laptop at the time. Processor is an i7-3610QM, again pretty decent for the time. I put in a second stick of ram so it now has 16 gigs of ram in it. Again, not insane, but I think that's the max for this motherboard (though it could maybe be 32?)
I know the GPU is a mobile card, but is there any way to upgrade this on a laptop without having to swap the motherboard etc or is it one unit in these? I don't play games all that much, but I wouldn't mind spending a bit of money now or in the near future to get this thing updated a bit. I'm likely going to be using it for the next few years if it keeps behaving.
#355
Figured this was a reasonable place to ask...
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I know the GPU is a mobile card, but is there any way to upgrade this on a laptop without having to swap the motherboard etc or is it one unit in these? I don't play games all that much, but I wouldn't mind spending a bit of money now or in the near future to get this thing updated a bit. I'm likely going to be using it for the next few years if it keeps behaving.
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I know the GPU is a mobile card, but is there any way to upgrade this on a laptop without having to swap the motherboard etc or is it one unit in these? I don't play games all that much, but I wouldn't mind spending a bit of money now or in the near future to get this thing updated a bit. I'm likely going to be using it for the next few years if it keeps behaving.
With laptops, you're kinda stuck with what you have unless you buy a newer one.
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That's what I figured. I don't think there are any reasonable external gpu solutions either at this point.
Oh well, I can live with this. The 660M was pretty solid for a notebook gpu when I bought it!
Oh well, I can live with this. The 660M was pretty solid for a notebook gpu when I bought it!
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Yeah, it does what I need it to so I won't be messing with it. I'm sure it'd be more cost effective to get another computer down the line. I'll likely end up getting a desktop next since I rarely unplug this computer due to owning a surface.
#360
My current specs but I need to upgrade to a full sized board since I'm out of SATA ports. Also, I have a mighty need for a GTX1060.
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card
Case: Fractal Design Core 3000 USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 23.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor
Monitor: Samsung S22D300HY 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor
Monitor: Samsung S22D300HY 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse
Headphones: Logitech G35 7.1 Channel Headset
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card
Case: Fractal Design Core 3000 USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 23.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor
Monitor: Samsung S22D300HY 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor
Monitor: Samsung S22D300HY 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse
Headphones: Logitech G35 7.1 Channel Headset