Hello, I'm going for an upgrade from my dinosaur CPU/MB/RAM
I'm sort of stuck between an i3 3220 or an amd fx-6300.
The AMD would be ~10 euros more expensive.
I have a HD7770.
I mainly play Team Fortress 2, my old E8400 doesn't seem to keep up with the game at all times on low details at 1680x1050 resolution.
Any idea what would make a better CPU? Or, better said, is the difference between the two worth it, and which would last better over time.
I'm not exactly passionate for overclocking.
Go for that i3 unless you are going to render videos a lot then the FX might be a little faster for that.
Team Fortress 2 seems to love Single Threaded Performance instead of many cores in my experience, so the i3 is most certainly the way to go.
Something's not right with your machine, my q6600 and GTS250 easily maxes out TF2 at that resolution.
Try grabbing the latest drivers for your GPU.
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What's the rest of your specs?
[QUOTE=spinpoint F3;39913224]Something's not right with your machine, my q6600 and GTS250 easily maxes out TF2 at that resolution.
Try grabbing the latest drivers for your GPU.
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What's the rest of your specs?[/QUOTE]
The problem - it's old. Probably that's all.
MB MSI P35 Neo2-FR
CPU Intel C2D E8400 no oc (yeah, ocs crash TF2) (goes around 65*C in full load)
RAM Mushkin 4GB DDR2 800MHz
HDD WD 3200AAKS
GPU MSI HD7770 (worked almost the same with my old HD4850, the card's idling at 35*C and full load goes up to 60ish)
PSU Sirtec 460W
I believe I'm not missing anything. It can run TF2 decently (actually the fps average between maxed out quality and lowish quality is quite low) but fps drops are killing me no matter the settings. Feels very choppy, even compared to other source games ran at high settings such as CS:GO
Drivers surely aren't a problem, endlessly switched drivers and operating systems
Even if you upgrade, that PSU needs to go.
Hell, that might actually be what's causing the lag spikes.
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I'd upgrade anyway though.
Tbh the PSU would be the last i'd suspect. Sirtec (although probably not well known internationally?) are known as very reliable and get a lot of positive reviews.
Besides, I can't see how in the world would there be any link between the fps drops and PSU. The PC itself is extremely stable and has been running like this for more than 4 years / 6-12 hours a day.
Actually, it could lead to fps drops because it's not getting the right voltage. Most PSU problems are black screens for a second though.
[QUOTE=Freshz24;39921308]Tbh the PSU would be the last i'd suspect. Sirtec (although probably not well known internationally?) are known as very reliable and get a lot of positive reviews.
Besides, I can't see how in the world would there be any link between the fps drops and PSU. The PC itself is extremely stable and has been running like this for more than 4 years / 6-12 hours a day.[/QUOTE]
The PSU is junk, and is probably the source of your problems.
I looked up internal pictures of it, and it uses 10+ year old ATX spec and uses garbage Teapo capacitors. It also has lousy efficiency (65-70%) due to the half bridge topology and other archaic and cheap design features.
It's always worth getting a quality PSU. Whilst it costs more, it costs a lot less expensive than having a cheapo one blow up and destroy one or more of your components.
[QUOTE=rhx123;39931595]It's always worth getting a quality PSU. Whilst it costs more, it costs a lot less expensive than having a cheapo one blow up and destroy one or more of your components.[/QUOTE]
Never denied that :)
I'm going for the i3 and a better PSU for the upgrade then, and I'll see if I can sell what I have now :)
Thanks for the tips
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