cpu upgrade or not

[hellfire4666]

i am upgrading my tower and i have cheaked the geforce experience and it tells me that i am not vr ready because of the cpu i have checked steam and it tells me that i am vr ready so am slightly confused my tower specs are.

corsair 300r tower
a88xm-a
amd a10 7870k radeon r7 12 compute cores 4c+8g 3.90ghz
corsair 4gb ddr3 1600mhz x4
galax geforce gtx 980 soc 4gb ddr5
cooler master hyper 103
corsair cx750m psu 80 plus bronze
2tb sshd harddrive
7x 120mm fans

any help would be appreciated.

 

[jbaker22]

Steam and Nvidia clearly have different standards. I would guess nvidia is testing vr ready on AAA games, while steam is seeing if it runs light games like csgo or other valve games. I would add 4 more gb of ram. Some games do not run unless you have more than 4gb ram.

 

[refillable]

Well, first of all, who told you to pair a 7870K with a 980?

Like the guy above said, sometimes they have different standards. If you want to play VR, that system is fine. Geforce Experience is not wise on this regards. However, I'd suggest you to upgrade to an i5, like this:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8676M8

 

[hellfire4666]

Well, first of all, who told you to pair a 7870K with a 980?

Like the guy above said, sometimes they have different standards. If you want to play VR, that system is fine. Geforce Experience is not wise on this regards. However, I'd suggest you to upgrade to an i5, like this:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8676M8

i chose to pair the 7807k with the 980 as this is my first build and i have tried an intel i3 then upgraded to i5 and bent one of the pins so i went to amd and never looked back.

 

[hellfire4666]

Steam and Nvidia clearly have different standards. I would guess nvidia is testing vr ready on AAA games, while steam is seeing if it runs light games like csgo or other valve games. I would add 4 more gb of ram. Some games do not run unless you have more than 4gb ram.

i have 16gb of ram already thanks so far all for the help.

 

[refillable]

Man... I am sorry to hear that. But, if you have to go with AMD, you should have gone with an FX-8320, which is not that expensive, it's better to pair than an APU.

Like I said, you shouldn't have any troubles running VR games on this one.

 

[hellfire4666]

Man... I am sorry to hear that. But, if you have to go with AMD, you should have gone with an FX-8320, which is not that expensive, it's better to pair than an APU.

Like I said, you shouldn't have any troubles running VR games on this one.

thank you for your response i will look up the FX-8320 i appreciate your help.

 

[refillable]

No, it's OK, if you have the system already, I think there's no need to change anything.

 

[jbaker22]

16gb is good I saw "corsair 4gb ddr3 1600mhz x4" and missed the x4. 4 gb gaming is not good. I believe Zen cpus will come out around October or November. You can upgrade the 7870k to a $90 athlon 880k with the same motherboard socket (fm2+). The 8350 is AM3+. http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?p=AD880KXBOX&c=fr&hash=a41dAqDLO%2FC5QiNVgmLTKlW003DHtxTxsmRjwvWSEy1o%2FEHTtAnf84A73t9DtUkA2FldWRAljd7IbxDyXeqg554oxRTiHDQOV%2F9eLHH%2Bmk2WcZUYlpUJFaPkxxtQ&gclid=CjwKEAjwpqq6BRC99aKUkaSjuDsSJAC0pNTVlBgVg5hzbp92LMdR14U_heCqgZBB7aAAQivd2e1l0BoCBULw_wcB

 

[Xtergo]

i am upgrading my tower and i have cheaked the geforce experience and it tells me that i am not vr ready because of the cpu i have checked steam and it tells me that i am vr ready so am slightly confused my tower specs are.

corsair 300r tower
a88xm-a
amd a10 7870k radeon r7 12 compute cores 4c+8g 3.90ghz
corsair 4gb ddr3 1600mhz x4
galax geforce gtx 980 soc 4gb ddr5
cooler master hyper 103
corsair cx750m psu 80 plus bronze
2tb sshd harddrive
7x 120mm fans

any help would be appreciated.

I feel so bad right now about your current PC, Who adviced you to get this thing its basically everything is really messed up out of order and would need allot of replacement to go neat, First of you went with that CPU and a 980 ? I would rather go with an i3 and a 960 and WHY 4 slots of RAM ? was there a leak to be fixed and a cx750 psu that is a crap PSU and often most repeated sentence btw a 2tb sshdd wont do well at all it would have been a wiser decision running it with a 2tb hdd and a 120gb ssd seperate for the OS.

Not to be Mean or anything but my OCD is messed up fix this first by replacing the entire motherboard and processor to atleast an i5.

Sorry for being so stupid but thats really messed up.

 

[hellfire4666]

i am upgrading my tower and i have cheaked the geforce experience and it tells me that i am not vr ready because of the cpu i have checked steam and it tells me that i am vr ready so am slightly confused my tower specs are.

corsair 300r tower
a88xm-a
amd a10 7870k radeon r7 12 compute cores 4c+8g 3.90ghz
corsair 4gb ddr3 1600mhz x4
galax geforce gtx 980 soc 4gb ddr5
cooler master hyper 103
corsair cx750m psu 80 plus bronze
2tb sshd harddrive
7x 120mm fans

any help would be appreciated.

I feel so bad right now about your current PC, Who adviced you to get this thing its basically everything is really messed up out of order and would need allot of replacement to go neat, First of you went with that CPU and a 980 ? I would rather go with an i3 and a 960 and WHY 4 slots of RAM ? was there a leak to be fixed and a cx750 psu that is a crap PSU and often most repeated sentence btw a 2tb sshdd wont do well at all it would have been a wiser decision running it with a 2tb hdd and a 120gb ssd seperate for the OS.

Not to be Mean or anything but my OCD is messed up fix this first by replacing the entire motherboard and processor to atleast an i5.

Sorry for being so stupid but thats really messed up.

hi this is my first build so i went for things i thought was right for me i am not an expert on computers and i have already tried i3 then i5 but i bent one of the pins so i went for amd instead 4 slots of ram is because thats whats on the motherboard so 4 x 4gb ram seems fine by me and i was recommended that cx750 psu there was no leak as am not doing any water cooling just air cooled i am also proud of my build yes its not the top spec or low spec but i believe happy medium but as some people say you live and learn and i have also seen another motherboard and cpu and if its still a mix and match that is fine with me also am going for the things that i can afford.

 

[hellfire4666]

No, it's OK, if you have the system already, I think there's no need to change anything.

i like the idea of the fx-8320 and am thinking of going for the ASUS 970 Pro Gaming/Aura AMD 970 Socket AM3+ DDR3 ATX Motherboard.

 

[Xtergo]

I am guessing you already own an i5 / i3 just the motherboard pins were bent ?

 

[hellfire4666]

I am guessing you already own an i5 / i3 just the motherboard pins were bent ?

i did own an i3 and a i5 i bent the motherboard pins so i got rid of that motherboard and got the amd one instead

 

[Xtergo]

i asume the motherboard is useless but the processor themself are with you can you confirm this with the generation of ur i5 cpu

 

[hellfire4666]

i asume the motherboard is useless but the processor themself are with you can you confirm this with the generation of ur i5 cpu

i no longer have that motherboard or the i3 or the i5 i think that was about two years ago that happened.

 

[Xtergo]

i asume the motherboard is useless but the processor themself are with you can you confirm this with the generation of ur i5 cpu

I no longer have that motherboard or the i3 or the i5 i think that was about two years ago that happened.

I would say give intel another chance and read this "Inspirational story" xD

When I was a young back then the LGA 775 Platform was still a thing. Games mostly didn't use a GPU that much (only for shading ect as far as I can remember I had a GT 9400 which was sufficient and lasted me 4 years). For my grandmother visited my home when I was tweaking some PC hardware as a kid I didn't know much about computers either so I played around with it without any fear and pulled of the retention arm got the CPU off and saw those shiny pins and I sneezed into the socket xD and trying to clean it I bent a bunch of pins then I had a feeling I was messing up and then i turned red when i felt that I had broken my motherboard, When I had taken it to a computer shop they told me bent pins cant be fixed and you'll have to buy a new board for around $120 i hopelessly went back home my grandmother saw the hopelessness in my eyes and gave me a needle, I had done some research on it but wasn't able to find anyone who had done something like this before I took the needle and unbent the pins in such a way they got back contact to the CPU contacts after several tries I was able to get it up and running.

 

[jbaker22]

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[hellfire4666]

i asume the motherboard is useless but the processor themself are with you can you confirm this with the generation of ur i5 cpu

I no longer have that motherboard or the i3 or the i5 i think that was about two years ago that happened.

I would say give intel another chance and read this "Inspirational story" xD

When I was a young back then the LGA 775 Platform was still a thing. Games mostly didn't use a GPU that much (only for shading ect as far as I can remember I had a GT 9400 which was sufficient and lasted me 4 years). For my grandmother visited my home when I was tweaking some PC hardware as a kid I didn't know much about computers either so I played around with it without any fear and pulled of the retention arm got the CPU off and saw those shiny pins and I sneezed into the socket xD and trying to clean it I bent a bunch of pins then I had a feeling I was messing up and then i turned red when i felt that I had broken my motherboard, When I had taken it to a computer shop they told me bent pins cant be fixed and you'll have to buy a new board for around $120 i hopelessly went back home my grandmother saw the hopelessness in my eyes and gave me a needle, I had done some research on it but wasn't able to find anyone who had done something like this before I took the needle and unbent the pins in such a way they got back contact to the CPU contacts after several tries I was able to get it up and running.

i appreciate the info that you have giving me and understand the story aswell but at the time i had i think it was the LGA 1155 board and when i did bend the pins i tried the same thing you did with the needle tried several times but could not get them back in the way for it to work so i took the whole bundle back in the box and took it back to the shop and just explained and acted stupid that the board didnt work and got my money back then went to another shop the same day and got the amd a6 bundle and been with amd ever since so i cant say that i know the difference between the two i do have the temptation to try intel again but i have spent alot of money to get where i am today.

 

[gonf]

The idea of the APU is mostly Laptop if you ask me. where adding a video card is not an option. (example i7 without videocard vs a10 laptop. i would pick the a10 if i have to pick from the 2)

anyways. if you must get an AMD. you have a few option.

1. you can go for the fx8350 or fx8370 both are very good cpu and should run well with your video card. (yet both are a bit old)
just a few things to keep in mind. in your case. i would replace the PSU to a Gold PSU (you can always sell your old one to make some money back so it not a total lost)
and 2nd go for the 990fx motherboard. don't cheap on the motherboard. caz if you go for AMD and you alrdy have the cooler master hyper 103. it very likely you will have some OC at some piont of that cpu life.

2. why not wait til Q4 this year (rumor) and get the Zen cpu? it is alrdy end of Q2. some say it 2x the speed of the FX8350.


there is nothing wrong with picking AMD cpu. they will do everything an intel cpu do. but maybe a bit slower (depending which Intel you pick). and unless you are doing hrs of video rendering. you will never know the differ. (even with video rendering it may be a 1?2? min different.

 

[Xtergo]

i asume the motherboard is useless but the processor themself are with you can you confirm this with the generation of ur i5 cpu

I no longer have that motherboard or the i3 or the i5 i think that was about two years ago that happened.

I would say give intel another chance and read this "Inspirational story" xD

When I was a young back then the LGA 775 Platform was still a thing. Games mostly didn't use a GPU that much (only for shading ect as far as I can remember I had a GT 9400 which was sufficient and lasted me 4 years). For my grandmother visited my home when I was tweaking some PC hardware as a kid I didn't know much about computers either so I played around with it without any fear and pulled of the retention arm got the CPU off and saw those shiny pins and I sneezed into the socket xD and trying to clean it I bent a bunch of pins then I had a feeling I was messing up and then i turned red when i felt that I had broken my motherboard, When I had taken it to a computer shop they told me bent pins cant be fixed and you'll have to buy a new board for around $120 i hopelessly went back home my grandmother saw the hopelessness in my eyes and gave me a needle, I had done some research on it but wasn't able to find anyone who had done something like this before I took the needle and unbent the pins in such a way they got back contact to the CPU contacts after several tries I was able to get it up and running.

i appreciate the info that you have giving me and understand the story aswell but at the time i had i think it was the LGA 1155 board and when i did bend the pins i tried the same thing you did with the needle tried several times but could not get them back in the way for it to work so i took the whole bundle back in the box and took it back to the shop and just explained and acted stupid that the board didnt work and got my money back then went to another shop the same day and got the amd a6 bundle and been with amd ever since so i cant say that i know the difference between the two i do have the temptation to try intel again but i have spent alot of money to get where i am today.

Hm, why not ask the shopkeeper to place the CPU in the socket and Put a cooler on for you ?
That way you'll never come in contact with the CPU pins anyway ?

 

[hellfire4666]

The idea of the APU is mostly Laptop if you ask me. where adding a video card is not an option. (example i7 without videocard vs a10 laptop. i would pick the a10 if i have to pick from the 2)

anyways. if you must get an AMD. you have a few option.

1. you can go for the fx8350 or fx8370 both are very good cpu and should run well with your video card. (yet both are a bit old)
just a few things to keep in mind. in your case. i would replace the PSU to a Gold PSU (you can always sell your old one to make some money back so it not a total lost)
and 2nd go for the 990fx motherboard. don't cheap on the motherboard. caz if you go for AMD and you alrdy have the cooler master hyper 103. it very likely you will have some OC at some piont of that cpu life.

2. why not wait til Q4 this year (rumor) and get the Zen cpu? it is alrdy end of Q2. some say it 2x the speed of the FX8350.


there is nothing wrong with picking AMD cpu. they will do everything an intel cpu do. but maybe a bit slower (depending which Intel you pick). and unless you are doing hrs of video rendering. you will never know the differ. (even with video rendering it may be a 1?2? min different.

thank you for the info i like the idea of the fx8350 or the fx8370 and the motherboard i was planning on was ASUS 970 Pro Gaming/Aura AMD 970 Socket AM3+ DDR3 ATX Motherboard and the psu that i have seems to run perfectly fine does everything on what its suppose too.

 

[gonf]

please dig a bit more into the motherboard I strongly suggest not to go for the 970 but the 990fx. but in the end of the day. it is your choice.
yes you don't have to upgrade the PSU yet. as long as you keep in mind if the new build have random FPS drop or random restart. that could be the PSU.

 

[hellfire4666]

please dig a bit more into the motherboard I strongly suggest not to go for the 970 but the 990fx. but in the end of the day. it is your choice.
yes you don't have to upgrade the PSU yet. as long as you keep in mind if the new build have random FPS drop or random restart. that could be the PSU.

i will look up the 990fx board and as far as am aware FPS goes up and down but never stays constant same and i have not had any random restarts so i will see how things go.