- Feb 16, 2019
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My setup has served me well but with a recent take-up of Fusion 360 I feel a boost is needed. I built this rig in 2015 and always expected to upgrade at some point.
Asus A88XM-Plus Socket FM2+ with AMD A4 5300 3.4GHz Socket FM2 Dual Core and Integrated AMD Radeon HD 7480D GPU. Stock cooler.
8GB (2x4GB) G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 CL11 2133MHz (PC3-17000) Dual Channel running at 1600MHz
8GB (2x4GB) HyperX Savage DDR3 CL11 2133MHz (PC3-17000) Dual Channel running at 1600MHz (recent upgrade)
Western Digital Black 1TB SATA III 3.5" formatted MBR;
Antec Edge Gold 550w in Inwin EM019 Black Mini Tower Case
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
I appreciate that not many FM2+ processors are still available, let alone at a reasonable price, in the UK (< £100 $100).
I've just found 2 that take DDR3 at 2133 and both run at 65W (the same as the 5300) so my stock cooler should be OK):
A6-7470K at £60/$60
A10-7800 at £100/$100
However, having spent most of the day researching I found a benchmark that says the A6-7470K will perform worse on graphics than my existing A4-5300 and I get the impression that could be the same for the A10-7800. Note that Fusion 360 uses DirectX-11.
On the otherhand, I read that these Kaveri processors will greatly benefit with fast ram. By moving to either of these processors I can move from DDR3-1866 to 2133 without cost.
Typically I will have running at the same time:
Fusion 360, Inkscape, IrfanView, OpenOffice(all 3), Oracle VM (with XP), The Bat! email, Firefox with up to 10+ tabs open, Quicken 98 (still runs!), 3 or 4 Explorer windows, Foxit PDF, realtime virus protection & malware protection. PC is running most of the day.
Comments from this esteemed community much appreciated - i.e. stick with A4-5300 or move to A6-7470K or the A10-7800
Many thanks for reading.
Alan in the UK
PS not yet decided whether to go to Win10 or Linux+VM and Win7
Asus A88XM-Plus Socket FM2+ with AMD A4 5300 3.4GHz Socket FM2 Dual Core and Integrated AMD Radeon HD 7480D GPU. Stock cooler.
8GB (2x4GB) G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 CL11 2133MHz (PC3-17000) Dual Channel running at 1600MHz
8GB (2x4GB) HyperX Savage DDR3 CL11 2133MHz (PC3-17000) Dual Channel running at 1600MHz (recent upgrade)
Western Digital Black 1TB SATA III 3.5" formatted MBR;
Antec Edge Gold 550w in Inwin EM019 Black Mini Tower Case
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
I appreciate that not many FM2+ processors are still available, let alone at a reasonable price, in the UK (< £100 $100).
I've just found 2 that take DDR3 at 2133 and both run at 65W (the same as the 5300) so my stock cooler should be OK):
A6-7470K at £60/$60
A10-7800 at £100/$100
However, having spent most of the day researching I found a benchmark that says the A6-7470K will perform worse on graphics than my existing A4-5300 and I get the impression that could be the same for the A10-7800. Note that Fusion 360 uses DirectX-11.
On the otherhand, I read that these Kaveri processors will greatly benefit with fast ram. By moving to either of these processors I can move from DDR3-1866 to 2133 without cost.
Typically I will have running at the same time:
Fusion 360, Inkscape, IrfanView, OpenOffice(all 3), Oracle VM (with XP), The Bat! email, Firefox with up to 10+ tabs open, Quicken 98 (still runs!), 3 or 4 Explorer windows, Foxit PDF, realtime virus protection & malware protection. PC is running most of the day.
Comments from this esteemed community much appreciated - i.e. stick with A4-5300 or move to A6-7470K or the A10-7800
Many thanks for reading.
Alan in the UK
PS not yet decided whether to go to Win10 or Linux+VM and Win7
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