Advice on Graphics Cards

[Shura]

I can't even remember the name of it, but I can easily maneuver around everything when I clean it so it's not THAT small I guess. And I guess I didn't pay attention to what you linked. I'm half asleep with a headache so the words are getting blurry

Ya cable management will help with cooling. The thing is the EVGA card does run a bit hot, and this is in cases that are well vented so it might not be the best solution depending on your case. Maybe you can post a pic of your case or something. Hope you feel better.

[Zumi]

I wouldn't bother getting a new video card with that system its a waste of money that CPU will just bottle neck anything that is good. Unless you want to buy a new motherboard and cpu probably not worth upgrading.

[Dissolution]

Not to be rude but you really need to upgrade everything... Your CPU and your gpu are very dated. I would suggest saving up and just buying a new computer... You should go i7 and Nvidia in terms of cpu and gpu.... Currently I have an i7 3770k and a Asus Nvidia GTX 570 and I got 9k on my benchmark with everything maxed. The 570 is fairly cheap now... I believe around 150....

[Soukyuu]

I doubt the thermal paste can change the temps by ~15°C, but might look into it. Does the paste lose it's features over time? I used the paste provided with the cooler this time, but before that it was arctic silver. Didn't really change the temps.

Wrote to AMD to see if they will be willing to do anything, if not, then I guess I will be looking around for a different CPU. My budget is as low as it gets atm, I'm usually aiming for best bang for the buck though.

[Shura]

I doubt the thermal paste can change the temps by ~15°C, but might look into it. Does the paste lose it's features over time? I used the paste provided with the cooler this time, but before that it was arctic silver. Didn't really change the temps.

Wrote to AMD to see if they will be willing to do anything, if not, then I guess I will be looking around for a different CPU. My budget is as low as it gets atm, I'm usually aiming for best bang for the buck though.

Ignore the FX-6200 and FX-8150 i recommended earlier and go with FX-6300 and FX-8320, same price as the first 2 but newer and better performance. I would recommend the FX-8320, if that's to much go with the FX-6300 and if your willing to spend more then go with the FX-8350.

[Soukyuu]

Thanks. I will probably have to keep this CPU till it dies anyway and from what I see, there isn't that much of a difference between them anyway. I've read an extensive review of the Vishera based FX models here and it seems that AMD CPUs are pretty damn good in multithreaded tasks, but Intel is way ahead of them when it comes to single-threaded performance. Reading more about this (same site), it seems that CPU intensive games, especially MMOs will underperform on AMD systems... causing bottlenecks. Not that I expect my CPU to bottleneck my dated 260GTX...

[Alegis]

If u know how or if u do know someone who got experience, u can Overclock the 965BE.
Its a pretty good CPU if it comes to overclocking, as i heard.

I stay with my 965BE for a few more months too and i think about getting it to 3,8 / 3,9 GHz.

[Abriael]

If u know how or if u do know someone who got experience, u can Overclock the 965BE.
Its a pretty good CPU if it comes to overclocking, as i heard.

I stay with my 965BE for a few more months too and i think about getting it to 3,8 / 3,9 GHz.

Overclocking a 965 BE is very easy (you really need to raise the multiplier and the vCore a bit until it's stable and doesn't heat up too much), mine is running easy at 3.8 ghz, and I could probably push it to 4 with no problems, but Soukyuu is already suffering from overheating problems, so overclocking is probably not a good idea.

[Alegis]

He should get a new cooler then. Its less expensive than a new CPU.
I get a new one before too, still have the boxed one...

But i wait till my new GPU arrives (tomorrow or the day after i think) and look how it increases my performance on the Benchmark.

[Soukyuu]

He should get a new cooler then. Its less expensive than a new CPU.
I get a new one before too, still have the boxed one...

But i wait till my new GPU arrives (tomorrow or the day after i think) and look how it increases my performance on the Benchmark.

I have the same cooler Abriael has and my CPU is overheating while his isn't. His CPU runs at lower temps overclocked than mine on default clocks. Overclocking in not possible because it crashes once I go a few MHz away from stock clocks, no matter if I over- or underclock it. It's definitely defective, I wish I would just have found it out earlier.