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Bad time to shell out for a new PC.
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Hello
Come on, if I want to stay with AMD I'll have to wait two years :wall:
well.
I'll set up RAID 0 of SSD's and SLI of 660
thanks for the answers
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Let's see… I don't see the RAID for the SSD because, among other things, it will give you problems and very poor performance with AMD's SATA controller... which is one of the reasons I also switched to Intel.
If it were for mechanical disks there wouldn't be much of a problem, but for SSDs it doesn't support TRIM and therefore as soon as the disk starts rewriting memory cells, it's going to be veryyyyyyyyy slow.
In other words, in a nutshell, that RAID not only doesn't compensate you but it's throwing money away.
Moreover, Intel and Micron are going to release their brand new 3D XPoint in January, which gives NAND several laps, so the price of the latter (associate it with the price of SSDs) is going to plummet and if one wants a cucumber hard drive, one doesn't need to build RAIDs or strange stories... just get a PCI-E drive which is much better.
As for the improvement, the main problem with your upgrade doesn't give you a big improvement because from a 965 to an FX 8370 it's a minimal improvement and a substantial increase in consumption:
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs FX 8370
However, switching to an Intel would mean a much greater improvement even by getting a 4690K which is a micro not very new and of mid-low range.
Intel Core i5 4690K vs AMD FX 8370
Intel Core i7 4790K vs AMD FX 8370
It's true that these comparisons with a score are very biased but really if you look at what's important... that is, in the power per core, there's no comparison.
What's interesting today in the mid-range to have a good cucumber that will last you years is a Z170 with a 6700K and about 16 or 32Gb of DDR4 to move what you want and expandable up to 64Gb and an SSD Samsung by PCI-E (950 Pro)... besides in less than a year Intel is going to release the Skylake-R (REFRESH) which will be more efficient and powerful since they will have polished the current 14nm process.
As for SLI... it's always the same... if the second graphics card comes at a great price I see no problem but if not, a single GPU is preferable... it also depends on the game but what is certain is that you will have less consumption and more power in everything.
I just see MultiGPU useful in professional equipment with professional graphics in a Workstation of 10 or 20,000€ and for gamer equipment of 5,000€ but that the mid and low range allow SLI and Crossfire <:(, honestly I think it's a ploy so that distributors can get rid of old graphics stock more easily.
To sum up... look into it but I strongly advise against that RAID because with your current equipment it will give you very poor performance and for a future equipment it will be quite useless. And SLI well, it depends on the price you can get and the games you get hooked on but I also advise against it.
To sum up... save the money
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GOOD…
well, since a family member broke the motherboard (thanks to his radix)
I gave him part of my equipment: motherboard, memos, micro and power supply
and now, for work reasons, I can't be alone with the raspberry :wall::wall::wall:
I bought a GIGABYTE 970A-D3P rev2 for 50 euros new
for now I'll give the micro to my family member and I'll put an "old" 9950 in it and I'll keep the 965
I'm missing the power supply choice... CORSAIR but... which one?
it has to be 750W gold
candidates
750RM
750RMx
750RMi
I don't mind spending the money on a good power supply but I also don't want to throw away the money
is it worth stretching to the RMi?
for the graphics I'll put my GTX660
for now 4G memos from second hand
and next month I'll put an FX8xxx or a 9xxx micro, although I think they're stoves
the equipment is only for AUTOCAD COREL and MASTERCAM
so I guess I'll have to stretch and put 16 gigas of ram
apart from the fact that it's AMD, do you see any problem with the configuration?
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The only difference between the RM and the RMi is that the series that has the "i" has the "Corsair Link" that allows you to monitor the power supply via USB... the rest is identical.
I have the HX750i and monitoring the power supply's consumption and temperatures is good for bench tests or stress tests but I admit it's a bit of a gimmick
Both are very good and extremely quiet. ;D
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The only difference between the RM and the RMx is that the series with the "x" has the "Corsair Link" that allows you to monitor the power supply via USB... everything else is identical.
I have the HX750i and monitoring the power supply's consumption and temperatures is good for bench tests or stress tests, but I admit it's a bit of a gimmick
Both are very good and extremely quiet. ;D
I understand that the difference between the RM and the RMx is that the second one doesn't have the connector for the motherboard (to control the fan RPM, right?)
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I understand that the difference between the RM and the RMx is that the latter does not have the connector for the motherboard (to control the fan RPM, right?)
RegardsThe RM series is a discontinued series (it came out last year but is no longer manufactured)… and the connector it has is not for controlling the fans via PWM with the motherboard as you say... it's a Corsair Link communication port to connect the PSU to a gadget like this:
http://www.corsair.com/es-es/corsair-link/corsair-link-hardware
It's for those who have the power supply, the cooler and the underwear from the brand Corsair and do not have enough USB ports
Let's say it doesn't make much sense to buy that power supply if you don't have a Corsair Link.
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let's go that the thing is between the MRx and the MRi ;D;D
and by logic the normal thing would be the MRx, right?
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well.
well today I received the MRi ;D;D;D
now I have a doubt
the motherboard is a gigabyte 970A-D3P
and I wanted to mount 16GS of RAM
to be exact these
http://http://www.pccomponentes.com/g_skill_ripjaws_x_ddr3_1866_pc3_14900_16gb_2x8gb_cl9.html?gclid=CjwKEAiAt_K0BRCzjtv92_HGoR0SJAA9QNn_cQlqiRO5UCPvTmDOAcrB5a4y160IbWwVqXXVnBooYRoCnS_w_wcB
the doubt
according to this they are not supported
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5193#memory%20support%20listand for one or two months I will use the AMD965 micro
will it work?
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Whether they are compatible or not :troll: … what they are not is certified by the manufacturer but that doesn't mean anything... it's normal for them to work well if the board supports that speed and voltage.
What they are not compatible with is the memory controller of the 965 since the Phenom II only support modules up to 4Gb per slot 4x4gb -> 16Gb
While the FX would perfectly support 8gb per slot 4x8gb-> 32gb which is the maximum in DDR3 in 4 slots
I know this just because I also considered the FX when I had the Phenom II 955 but the move didn't pay off and I decided to save a little more and make the switch to intel which was much more powerful and gave fewer problems.
That is to say that if you want 16Gb you have to buy two kits of 2x4gb
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well, a pair of 4g ddr3 kinstong from 1066 to 1600 for 17 euros each on amazon have fallen
now to find time to assemble the gadget
i will upload some photos
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