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AMD FX 6350 vs Intel i7 4790k. Is really worthy?
Hi!
First of all, here're my specs:
Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD FX-6350 19 °C
Vishera 32nm Technology
RAM
8,00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 669MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-78LMT-S2P (Socket M2) 30 °C
Graphics
VG248 (1920x1080@144Hz)
4096MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 290 (Sapphire/PCPartner) 44 °C
Storage
465GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 ATA Device (SATA) 26 °C
Optical Drives
ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device
ATAPI iHAS524 B ATA Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
PSU
Corsair VS 650W
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As you can see, my pc is equipped with a nice Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X because my main purpose, with this machine, is gaming.
Unfortunately I experienced quite a lot of problems since i've upgraded my Graphics Card (RANDOM reboots mainly while gaming and browsing on internet). Errors point always to my MoBo Northbridge:
Lately I found out that my FX-6350 Vishera 6-Core is not supported on the GA-78LMT-S2P because its Thermal Design Power is too high.Event ID 20 - WHEA-Logger
A fatal hardware error has occurred.
Component: AMD Northbridge
Error Source: Machine Check Exception
Error Type: HyperTransport Watchdog Timeout Error
Processor APIC ID: 0
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Result: either for trying to solve the random reboot issue (accompanied by WHEA-Logger win error) that for the Thermal Design Power incompatibility...PROBABLY i need to change my MoBo.
The problem is: for a gaming purpose, should i change my CPU too?
Or, like Tom's HW "Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: January 2015" article says (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...,3106-5.html):
p.s. my proc. is in the second tier.You can use this hierarchy to compare the pricing between two processors, to see which one is a better deal, and also to determine if an upgrade is worthwhile. I don’t recommend upgrading your CPU unless the potential replacement is at least three tiers higher. Otherwise, the upgrade is somewhat parallel and you may not notice a worthwhile difference in game performance.
Is it really a non-worthwile difference in game performance from a FX 6350 to a i7 4790k?
Thanks!