Philip Webb <purslow <at> ca.inter.net> writes: > Since my AMD machines have been more successful than the Intels, > I intend to use an AMD CPU again & anyway they seem to be > cheaper & faster. Gigabyte mobos are cheaper & it has been good in ANB4.
I built some FX-8350 system on Gigabyte mobo (990-FXA) sata 3 and they are just wonderful. I did put water coolers and a radiator on them to keep the CPUs super cool. I have not over clocked them (yet) but it is all set up. Folks often overclock these rigs at 5 or 6 GHz, from what I read. 32 gig of ram is sweet on these systems, at a very attractive price point. I opted for max ram, vs a SSD. ymmv. > I am a bit shocked at the big increase in price > for a smaller increase in overall performance, > but I can afford the parts as described ; prices in CAD, of course. Check the newegg pricing as a reference. Video:: AMD/ATI has a new smoking video card out that is tops in memory bandwidth. Consider the fact that GCC-5.2+ allows one to compile and use the processor and memory resources of the hi end video card (nvidia, intel, amd and other in this open standard); I give some deep thought into putting those discretionary funds into an advanced video card [1]. For sure this is still in the developmental stages, but tons of ddr5 memory added to the system resources is going to be a game changer once things stabilize. So I'm not really pushing any sort of hardware. But things are changing with gcc-5.x so unless you are running big database/web sorts of codes, a smaller amount of faster memory might just be the best performance/cost. Max out the mobo ram first, with the fastest memory it can handle. ymmv. hth, James [1] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125797.
