(ask)this video card is good?I am newbie

[Dracula1993]

still looking info to make a good computer gamer, my objetive is play all games on good quality I mean with all on ultra, not on 4k, becuse I dont have a 4k screem but yes, want go on a game(2015-201X) and chose all on high or ultra

 

Video: XFX Radeon™ R9 390

Motherboard: AMD 990fxa gaming

processor:AMD CPU AMD FX-8350 4 GHz? is good?

ram: 16gb

sorry If was hard to read I Live on uruguay, and I learn english from movies xd.

[obobski]

Radeon R9 390 is good, 16GB of RAM is good, 990FX is fine (it's the best of the best for AM3), FX-8350 (and honestly the rest of the AMD FX platform) are fairly dated and will generally perform behind current and semi-curent Intel platforms (e.g. Ivy Bridge, Haswell, Haswell Refresh, Devil's Canyon, Broadwell, etc). This is a bigger problem for older games that are more single-thread-performance bound. Switching to a Core i5 or i7 may be advisable, and shouldn't be too much difference budget-wise unless Intel is just insanely expensive in Uruguay.

 

You'll also want to make sure you have a decent power supply and good case airflow - especially if you go with the AMD FX. This doesn't have to mean an AX1500 with Delta Grand High Speeds. Just look for something that largely comports with the Intel ATX specification (or otherwise has a decent/logical airflow layout) and pick high quality fans (again doesn't have to be megabucks).

[Dracula1993]

Radeon R9 390 is good, 16GB of RAM is good, 990FX is fine (it's the best of the best for AM3), FX-8350 (and honestly the rest of the AMD FX platform) are fairly dated and will generally perform behind current and semi-curent Intel platforms (e.g. Ivy Bridge, Haswell, Haswell Refresh, Devil's Canyon, Broadwell, etc). This is a bigger problem for older games that are more single-thread-performance bound. Switching to a Core i5 or i7 may be advisable, and shouldn't be too much difference budget-wise unless Intel is just insanely expensive in Uruguay.

 

You'll also want to make sure you have a decent power supply and good case airflow - especially if you go with the AMD FX. This doesn't have to mean an AX1500 with Delta Grand High Speeds. Just look for something that largely comports with the Intel ATX specification (or otherwise has a decent/logical airflow layout) and pick high quality fans (again doesn't have to be megabucks).

kk so will be better If I use a intel I7 no? and a intel motherboard Idk what use should they guy that sell me the computer chose the motherboard for a intel I7?

-I keep the video card and ram

Edited July 30, 2015 by Dracula1993

[rblood01]

@Dracula1993.

I use CPU boss to compare my computer processor before buying. Same with SSD and even GPU. I get a pretty good idea on what I will be getting with my purchase. For the motherboard I would recommend reading many review sites where there are way more skilled people than myself to give advise. lol.

 

Google will easily help you find the sSD boss GPU boss and even CPUBoss. Compare the i5 with the i7 or your choice (budget) and see which is the best for your uses. Hope that helps.

[obobski]

 

Radeon R9 390 is good, 16GB of RAM is good, 990FX is fine (it's the best of the best for AM3), FX-8350 (and honestly the rest of the AMD FX platform) are fairly dated and will generally perform behind current and semi-curent Intel platforms (e.g. Ivy Bridge, Haswell, Haswell Refresh, Devil's Canyon, Broadwell, etc). This is a bigger problem for older games that are more single-thread-performance bound. Switching to a Core i5 or i7 may be advisable, and shouldn't be too much difference budget-wise unless Intel is just insanely expensive in Uruguay.

 

You'll also want to make sure you have a decent power supply and good case airflow - especially if you go with the AMD FX. This doesn't have to mean an AX1500 with Delta Grand High Speeds. Just look for something that largely comports with the Intel ATX specification (or otherwise has a decent/logical airflow layout) and pick high quality fans (again doesn't have to be megabucks).

kk so will be better If I use a intel I7 no? and a intel motherboard Idk what use should they guy that sell me the computer chose the motherboard for a intel I7?

-I keep the video card and ram

 

 

i5 or i7 depending on budget and use. The i7's big "add" is HyperThreading, which doesn't do much for games, but it can help with stuff like video-encoding and heavy multi-tasking. Newer i7 models are also available with >4 physical cores, which again won't do a whole lot for games, but can help significantly with some multimedia tasks (and you might be wondering: "but isn't the AMD 8 cores? doesn't that mean its ahead of the quad core Intels?" - the AMD is and isn't 8 cores; it uses AMD's Clustered MultiThread (CMT) design, and as a result can do some tasks 8-at-a-time and some only 4-at-a-time (you can read more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulldozer_%28microarchitecture%29#CMT)).

 

As far as the motherboard, with the Intel platform you have two choices currently - 1150 or 2011-3. The i7 is represented on both 1150 and 2011-3, while the i5 only exists on 1150. For gaming there isn't a huge difference and you can build a top-tier machine with 1150 (which is less expensive), but 2011-3 can have advantages in other usage scenarios (e.g. support for more than 32GB of RAM; not really useful or needed for gaming, but if you're also doing music production on the side or something it may be). It really comes down to what-all you need to do and what your budget looks like. If you go 2011-3 you'll also have to switch to DDR4.

 

It is also worth noting that Intel is currently preparing to launch the successor to 1150, with the Skylake platform, that will bring DDR4 to more mainstream platforms. This is probably going to happen later this year or early next year. From what I've seen in reviews, DDR4 isn't much of an advantage for many tasks, but it is the "new standard" so as times goes on it will become more common. I wouldn't worry about DDR3 becoming unavailable though, based on previous observation/experience with DDR to DDR2 and DDR2 to DDR3. It's more of a compatibility thing to keep in mind than anything else.

 

Overall I'd probably start looking at motherboards from Asus, ASRock, BioStar, Gigabyte, MSI, or Intel. As always, looking at reviews can be very useful, and generally doesn't cost you anything, so I'd do that.