AMD To Intel Upgrade

[Talyor]

Current System:
AMD FX-Series FX-4100(3.6GHz) Current Build
8GB DDR3 500GB HDD Capacity
AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB DDR3
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
700W OCZ MODXSTREAM
Hyper 212+
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CPUS
Newegg.com - Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770K
or
Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K
or
Newegg.com - AMD FX-8150 Zambezi 3.6GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8150FRGUBOX
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Z77 Motherboard
Newegg.com - ASRock Z77 Performance LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
or
Newegg.com - ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
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AMD GPUS
AMD Radeon 7850 for 178$!!!!!
Newegg.com - ASUS HD7850-DC2-2GD5 Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
or
Newegg.com - HIS iCooler H777F1G2M Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card 2x 7770s
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NVIDIA GPUS
GTX 660 Newegg.com - EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2662-KR GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
or
GTX 660 Ti Newegg.com - EVGA 02G-P4-3660-KR GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
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I need a system thats pretty quiet and not loud, I play runescape,wot,mechwarrior online and need a computer that can run alot of applications of runescape

What is your guys opinouns of the cards,cpus i picked out. Im on a budget of 620$ for all 3, Im thinking of getting an i7 3770k and use the 6670 until november I can buy a good GPU

 

[hikaricloud]

I can't imagine you'd need really beefy GPUs for Runescape, even multiple instances.

Out of the video cards you have there though, I would get the 7850. Based on benchmarks, it seems to be niched right in between some nVidia cards price-wise, and that 660 Ti is mucho more expensive for the minimal increase you'll see playing online games.

As far as processors, Intel will outperform AMD, but at a premium price. Based on what you want to do, I'd say go with whichever one your wallet feels okay dealing with, since both will be perfectly fine.

 

[PP Mguire]

Mechwarrior Online uses the Cryengine. He needs something beefy for that. Also, the 3570k (or hell, even the 3330) is almost the same price as the 8150 and the newer 8350 will be over 200 bucks MSRP. No point to go AMD anymore.

IMO, i5 3330 and a 660ti. You don't need an i7, and you don't need a K CPU if you don't OC. For the board, ASRock Z77.

 

[hikaricloud]

Mechwarrior Online uses the Cryengine. He needs something beefy for that. Also, the 3570k (or hell, even the 3330) is almost the same price as the 8150 and the newer 8350 will be over 200 bucks MSRP. No point to go AMD anymore.

IMO, i5 3330 and a 660ti. You don't need an i7, and you don't need a K CPU if you don't OC. For the board, ASRock Z77.

Didn't know that about Mechwarrior, fair enough. Figured the $280 GPU might have been a bit much until you said that.

 

[PP Mguire]

Honestly, he could easily use the 660 on it too to be fair. It's just in my experience you need more GPU than CPU these days. Having something with very quick single threaded performance will do the trick like SB or IB.

 

[Talyor]

If I'm running a lot of apps what would be better i7 or the i5, also I'm gonna be only running 1 display so I think radeon 7850 will be good. Is it possible for a 40 inch led TV and 22 inch monitor for eye infinity? So I could play bf3 on tv and other apps on Monitor

 

[ImTorey]

If I'm running a lot of apps what would be better i7 or the i5, also I'm gonna be only running 1 display so I think radeon 7850 will be good. Is it possible for a 40 inch led TV and 22 inch monitor for eye infinity? So I could play bf3 on tv and other apps on Monitor

If im not mistaken Eyefinity is like Nvdia Surround which is a 3 monitor setup. Using dual monitors is just having a video card capable. Just about any card can do that these days. eyefinity/nvdia surround is usually to my knowledge when someone plays a game that takes up all 3 screens and the center monitor is where your crosshairs would be. Your just talking about dual monitors.

Can be more then 3 monitors also.

You can enable dual monitors just through windows itself if you'd like there are better programs to manage it though. In windows you pick which monitor you want to be your mjain and then wheneve ryou start a game it will start on that monitor and that is the one your start menu is also located on. kind of inconvenient for doing what your thining.
Also if its just a TV it doesn't matter the size really it will only be 1080P screen size doesn't effect performance. As in inches of the tv.

 

[Talyor]

Awesome would VGA to dvi be fine or would HDMI to HDMI have better picture

 

[PP Mguire]

If I'm running a lot of apps what would be better i7 or the i5, also I'm gonna be only running 1 display so I think radeon 7850 will be good. Is it possible for a 40 inch led TV and 22 inch monitor for eye infinity? So I could play bf3 on tv and other apps on Monitor

Both are quad core, so wont really make a difference in games at all. The more apps you run hogs more RAM than actual CPU.
Just because it's one display doesn't mean res and settings wont bog down a GPU. The 660 is the better bet by far, especially for BF3.

Awesome would VGA to dvi be fine or would HDMI to HDMI have better picture

HDMI is a digital picture so it would look better, but HDMI has input lag.

 

[Talyor]

God this is such a hard decesion between gtx 660 ti and the 7850 only considering because found 660ti for 280 then free borderlands 2 with it so it would be same price as 660, would the 660ti be louder then 7850