Hard Light Productions Forums
Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: den5 on June 30, 2020, 07:45:15 am
-
Hope it right place. Can anyone tell me which hardware is best for FreeSpace2? Same videocard and memory, but diferent motherboard and processor.
Intel https://prnt.sc/t8wg9l (https://prnt.sc/t8wg9l)
AMD https://prnt.sc/t8wdqg (https://prnt.sc/t8wdqg)
-
Both will do just fine.
-
That's good. Thanks for the answer.
-
In my humble opinion, either will be a bunch more than Freespace Open could ever use :P.
Statistically, the AMD CPU will definitely perform better than the i5, as it has got double the threads and each core is slightly faster. For FSO it won't matter, since it uses mostly a single core, so both will work fine.
Although if you want to try the AMD route, and make that computer to play mostly FSO, I think it's wise to suggest you to try and see if you can get a cheaper Ryzen CPU (like the 3300X or 3100) and put some of the money into a better motherboard and maybe faster memory (swapping the stick for something like 3000 or 3200 MHz one). The CPUs I mentioned are still 4 cores/8 threads and should be of similar performance to the i5, and with a better motherboard you can upgrade to a higher core count CPU later. Like the 3700X or something.
-
I thinking about Intel, because I always had intel processors and no problems. On AMD will have to spend more, because my current cooler is not support AM4 socket. In any case thanks for the advice.
-
Most AMD CPUs should come with their own stock coolers - while these aren't really good for any substantial overclocking, they're known to be surprisingly decent and letting the CPUs boost quite a bit (especially since 3rd gen Ryzen is so damn energy efficient). You just need to make sure the CPU you order comes with one.
The problem of AMD setup being more expensive can easily be adressed by buying one of the cheaper CPUs that I've mentioned. You will have very similar performance to the i5 (something comparable to the i7 7700(k)) but possibly cheaper. Maybe also look if you can find a different variant of the 1650 Super, I recall that quite often the smaller versions of GPUs tend to be a tad more expensive than full sized ones.
And regarding your cooler, maybe look up if the manufacturer lets you purchase - or even give you for free - an AM4 mounting bracket.
-
Most AMD CPUs should come with their own stock coolers - while these aren't really good for any substantial overclocking, they're known to be surprisingly decent and letting the CPUs boost quite a bit (especially since 3rd gen Ryzen is so damn energy efficient). You just need to make sure the CPU you order comes with one.
Yes, AMD CPU comes with its own cooler.
Maybe also look if you can find a different variant of the 1650 Super, I recall that quite often the smaller versions of GPUs tend to be a tad more expensive than full sized ones.
There is an option to replace the 1650 Super on the GTX 1060 6GB. This card after mining, but it will be much faster and cheaper.
By the way my current hardware. There was no upgrade for several years
CPU - Intel Core i7-930 ( 2.8 GHz, socket 1366 )
motherboard - ASUSTek P6T SE ( X58 )
cooler - Cooler Master Hyper N620
memory - Hynix DDR3 2048 ( PC3-10700(667Mhz) 1333Mhz ), total 6Gb
videocard - NVidia GeForce MSI N580GTX Lightning Xtreme Edition 3Gb
Power - Chieftec BPS 850W
HDD - WD and Seagate 1000 GB each