New Rig Input

[Acidburning]

I have a buddy at work putting this together for gaming. Comments, suggestions, criticism welcomed


Processor: AMD A10-6800K Richland 4.1GHz (4.4GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop Processor - Black Edition AMD Radeon HD 8670D
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819113331

Power supply: Thermaltake SMART Series SP-750PCBUS 750W ATX 12V 2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817153174

Ram: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model TLD38G2133HC10QDC01
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820313416

Graphics Card: Radeon 7970 ghz edition
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...91358&CatId=28

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130679

HDD: Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136533

SSD: Manufacturer Recertified Corsair Force Series 3 CSSD-F90GB3/RF2 2.5" 90GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820233460

Case: Rosewill LINE GLOW ATX Mid Tower Computer Case,Dual USB 3.0,come with Four Fans,Support up to 7 Fans
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147170

[JohnGabriel]

Hopefully the re-certified SSD drive is just an unused return and not a warranty exchanged drive.

[Kicksome]

The AMD chip has better integrated graphics, but if you plan on buying a ~$500 video card, that won't matter. The AMD chip is weak on CPU power vs the intel. I think it's going to be weak if you plan to multibox, and just ok for normal gaming. You have a nice high end video card, with a very low end CPU.

[RSM72]

- intel CPU is way ahead of AMD in performance terms if the rig is intended for heavy gaming.

- consider getting an R290 or 290X instead of the 7970 (semi dual) because a single card will always give you less problems

[Acidburning]

much thanks for the quick replies, I will pass this along.

[Chumbucket]

Moved

[MiRai]

I agree that the AMD chip is pretty weak in comparison to anything Intel has offered in the last 3 years. Intel's 2600K which was released Q1 2011 is faster (and most likely way better for multiboxing because of Hyper-Threading) than the AMD 6100K.

It's difficult to find benchmarks with this CPU and a discrete GPU because all reviews are testing it's APU against low-end Intel chips and their IGP -- Bot of which that would get you nowhere with multiboxing.

- consider getting an R290 or 290X instead of the 7970 (semi dual) because a single card will always give you less problems

Yes, the R290 is a bit better than a 7970 (which was re-badged to a 280X), but the 7970 isn't a dual-GPU card.

So, I'm looking into a rig with 12 cores at 2.7 Ghz vs a rig with 6 cores at 3.6 Ghz. What do you guys think would have the best multiboxing performance given equal Ram and graphics cards? What bottlenecks would you look for? How many accounts could one expect to run?

You'd have to list out the entire computer for anyone to identify any bottlenecks, but you should start a new thread with those details.

[Leovindica]

Acid: This won't match,

Processor: AMD A10-6800K Richland 4.1GHz (4.4GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop Processor - Black Edition AMD Radeon HD 8670D
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819113331

is an FM2 Socket CPU, does not fit on a AM3+ Mobo

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130679

[MiRai]

Acid: This won't match,

Processor: AMD A10-6800K Richland 4.1GHz (4.4GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop Processor - Black Edition AMD Radeon HD 8670D
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819113331

is an FM2 Socket CPU, does not fit on a AM3+ Mobo

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130679

Haha good catch

[Acidburning]

Leo, thank you. Just sent him an email :]
My last rig I put together was 2011 and I have not been really looking at parts since.