- Jun 17, 2015
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i assembled a mini itx pc the last year, a atlhon 5350, 8 gbs of ram and a msi am1i mainboard
the thing runs fast and is very stable, i even did some overclocking on it, just 50 mhz thanks to the limited mainboard
i added a cheap gpu to it, a r7 250, ddr3 model because i couldn't find or afford a ddr5 model
after playing with it alot this month i discovered some interesting details
the machine works great with some games, with others struggle but deliver, but on some, well, a 2.1 ghz core from a laptop can't run well gta v
at 720p works well with vsync and limited to 30 fps on most situations(30hz and a tv that doesn't cooperate much forces me to use those settings), but sometimes the thing struggles to reach 15fps
by running afterburner i discovered that overclocking the gpu will not help me to reach stable 30fps all the time, because the cpu is all the time at 100%, while the gpu, being a weak gpu, only reaches 50% of usage
the only upgrade path for a am1 socket is a 5370 iirc
so it is time for a new mainboard and cpu
i'm between a msi 110
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/H110I-PRO.html#hero-overview
with a pentium 4400 cpu(budget goes only to that one) or a msi a68 itx
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/A68HI-AC.html#hero-specification
with a x4 860k(same budget limitation)
the amd solution is cheaper(cpu and mainboard) and lets me reuse the ram, so the upgrade is as painless as possible
the amd is a bit faster, but surely won't get upgrades, ever, and tht is fine for me
the intel will get upgrades on that lga 1151 but since i'm choosing to keep ddr3, that limits things, also i don't like intel much
any opinions over the idea are appreciated
the thing runs fast and is very stable, i even did some overclocking on it, just 50 mhz thanks to the limited mainboard
i added a cheap gpu to it, a r7 250, ddr3 model because i couldn't find or afford a ddr5 model
after playing with it alot this month i discovered some interesting details
the machine works great with some games, with others struggle but deliver, but on some, well, a 2.1 ghz core from a laptop can't run well gta v
at 720p works well with vsync and limited to 30 fps on most situations(30hz and a tv that doesn't cooperate much forces me to use those settings), but sometimes the thing struggles to reach 15fps
by running afterburner i discovered that overclocking the gpu will not help me to reach stable 30fps all the time, because the cpu is all the time at 100%, while the gpu, being a weak gpu, only reaches 50% of usage
the only upgrade path for a am1 socket is a 5370 iirc
so it is time for a new mainboard and cpu
i'm between a msi 110
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/H110I-PRO.html#hero-overview
with a pentium 4400 cpu(budget goes only to that one) or a msi a68 itx
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/A68HI-AC.html#hero-specification
with a x4 860k(same budget limitation)
the amd solution is cheaper(cpu and mainboard) and lets me reuse the ram, so the upgrade is as painless as possible
the amd is a bit faster, but surely won't get upgrades, ever, and tht is fine for me
the intel will get upgrades on that lga 1151 but since i'm choosing to keep ddr3, that limits things, also i don't like intel much
any opinions over the idea are appreciated
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