Speccheck + AMD Marketshare

Hi guys! Just wanted to share my current gaming rig, share yours too in the comments!


AMDPOWERHOUSE


Zalman H1 Full Tower case w/ auto 'sunroof' :)
FX-8350 @ 4.4Ghz
Corsair H100 (quad fan setup)
ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer
16GB Corsair Vengance 1866 @1600 :/ *
Sapphire Toxic R9 280X
Powercolor DuoTurbo R9 280X*
Zalman 850w heatsink PSU 80+ Silver.
Win8.1 Pro Media Center
*loads of drives* including:
WD Black 1TB
Seagate 2TB Baracuda
Hitachi Deskstar 500GB (long term storage for files and backup files)
Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD
Sandisk 120GB SSD
Samsung 128GB PCIE (M.2) .. wow fast!*


I had some problems before.. I had just set it up and put it in the room for game streaming, but I moved it into the livingroom to troubleshoot another problem.. and got it working tiptop! Core-parking which my CPU hates..fyi depends on the (AMD) CPU some chips like it better on, some like it off.. mines is one that likes it off!

I did a 'proper' overclock* and shifted the weight to the bus to ease up on the CPU, saw my CPU usage in game drop dramatically, temps too*.
Got a VSR hack working so I can do 2560x1440*.

Im thinking it needs a new stylish name.. still deciding. the case is clean as Ive done all the cable tidying.. my phones battery has perma-died or id share some pics too.


I also have a HP Z400 Workstation
Xeon X5650 6 core 12 threads @ 3.06 Ghz auto-boost
9GB 1333Mhz Hynix triple channel specialist ram
EVGA 660-non
Kingston HyperX 240
Sandisk 120GB SSD
HP 480W PSU 80+ white :(

I've also got a blu-ray i have been meaning to install but haven't got round to it. If the PSU was better i'd put two 660-non in SLI.

Something Stelios said got me thinking.. and while thinking made me sad. maybe people don't think AMD are a bargain anymore :( .. I was reading a Forbes article on AMD Marketshare..they said, AMD is down to 3%..but the question for me is WHY? the 8350 still goes toe to toe with the i5 for much less cash! even 4 years on..and STILL beats it for SuperHD res and above.
The Zen FX CPU's next year are set to have 12 or 16 cores with AMD's Hyperthreading (Multi-Threading) so as long as they don't mess it up..which IS possible but I think unlikely..coz the *red* face they had for FOUR LONG YEARS after Phenom 1..nah. they seen it can be *good* they tasted the good life of respect with Vishera.. they wanna sit waaay above the i5's idk what Intels got planned, but IF they go 16 cores + MT.. thats going to be a hard CPU to top imo.

peace!

Dava



*(the board doesn't have 1866..weird!)
*Thanks Cameron!
* I page on this drive it's like extra ram!
*BIOS, instead of just using AMD Overdrive.
* from 90% to 100% to around 40% to 70% depending. temps didn't move too dramatically.. 80C down to around 70C but that a bit of improvement..but also I installed the quad-fan..this more helps with idle.. my chip has always ran hot though. right now at 46C idle. sometimes down to 35C.
*not presently enabled on 280X