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Upgrading from FX-8150 to another AM3+ worth it?

My CPU is currently the bottleneck in my setup and I'm considering to buy a new one.

My Motherboard is a Gigabyte 970A-DS3P (AM3+ socket), so a CPU with the same socket would spare me from buying a new motherboard obviously, but I don't know if there is a CPU (with AM3+) that is really worth the upgrade.

 

My current rig:

OS - Win7 Ult 64-bit

CPU - AMD FX-8150

RAM - 2x 4GB DDR3 800MHz Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX

GPU - Asus AMD R9 390

Some 128GB Plextor SSD

Some old 500GB HDD

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1 minute ago, UsualEverydayGuy said:

My CPU is currently the bottleneck in my setup and I'm considering to buy a new one.

My Motherboard is a Gigabyte 970A-DS3P (AM3+ socket), so a CPU with the same socket would spare me from buying a new motherboard obviously, but I don't know if there is a CPU (with AM3+) that is really worth the upgrade.

 

My current rig:

OS - Win7 Ult 64-bit

CPU - AMD FX-8150

RAM - 2x 4GB DDR3 800MHz Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX

GPU - Asus AMD R9 390

Some 128GB Plextor SSD

Some old 500GB HDD

There would be very little performance gain between AMD CPUs as they are all so old now. If you want to a serious upgrade, you will have to get a new motherboard as well. 

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None of them are worth,and you will not experience any big improvement,if you want a 9000 series FX CPU which is 1.Not worth it (OC'ed FX 8350 can come close to the 9370 and 9590) 2.IIRC you will need a 990fx motherboard,since 970 motherboards can't handle the TDP of the 9000 series FX CPU

 

My suggestions :

 

-Wait for Zen

-Upgrade to Intel

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Go Intel. I did last year and I'm never going back.

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The FX 8150 is crap and definitely bottlenecking your R9 390, but I also don't think it is a great idea to upgrade into a dead platform.

If you can save up some more money, I'd upgrade to a current gen intel i5 platform or wait for Zen.

 

That said, the FX 83xx series is better than nothing.

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2 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

The FX 8150 is crap and definitely bottlenecking your R9 390, but I also don't think it is a great idea to upgrade into a dead platform.

If you can save up some more money, I'd upgrade to a current gen intel i5 platform or wait for Zen.

 

That said, the FX 83xx series is better than nothing.

 

Agree if the upgrade is needed now then you will have to go 83XX.

 

5 minutes ago, keNNySOC said:

None of them are worth,and you will not experience any big improvement,if you want a 9000 series FX CPU which is 1.Not worth it (OC'ed FX 8350 can come close to the 9370 and 9590) 2.IIRC you will need a 990fx motherboard,since 970 motherboards can't handle the TDP of the 9000 series FX CPU

 

My suggestions :

 

-Wait for Zen

-Upgrade to Intel

 

The problem here lies with RAM, newest intel and zen will require DDR4 RAM and will increase the cost of an upgrade over a motherboard/CPU upgrade. That said only intel still has a good place in the gaming market.

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5 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

The FX 8150 is crap and definitely bottlenecking your R9 390, but I also don't think it is a great idea to upgrade into a dead platform.

If you can save up some more money, I'd upgrade to a current gen intel i5 platform or wait for Zen.

 

That said, the FX 83xx series is better than nothing.

Fully agree, though FX-8350 is only faster by around 14% than the 8150, so I guess waiting for Zen is OPs best bet, he can upgrade to Intel then (if Zen turns out to be a flop) or get Zen.

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I'd recommend you either wait for the zen/kaby lake or get a skylake i5 now, upgrading to a slightly better FX would just be a waste of money. If you can't spend money for skylake, find a used lga 1155 i7/xeon/i5 instead.

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6 minutes ago, vorticalbox said:

Agree if the upgrade is needed now then you will have to go 83XX.

 

The problem here lies with RAM, newest intel and zen will require DDR4 RAM and will increase the cost of an upgrade over a motherboard/CPU upgrade. That said only intel still has a good place in the gaming market.

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3 hours ago, UsualEverydayGuy said:

 a CPU with the same socket would spare me from buying a new motherboard obviously, but I don't know if there is a CPU (with AM3+) that is really worth the upgrade.

Well...not really...the best Am3+ CPU's are based on piledriver which is roughly 12 to 14% faster per clock cycle versus the bulldozer based FX-8150 that you own...so, not worth going out and spending 100$+ on one...MAYBE, if you can find a buyer for the FX-8150 for like 50$ or something and then you can find either a used or high discount AMD FX-8320 or FX-8320E for example and you overclock it a bit you would get a bit better performance assuming you'd have to spend like 50 or 60$ out of pocket for the upgrade...THEN it ''might'' be worth it...otherwise, no i think you should just buy either an haswell motherboard and CPU so that you could re-use your current DDR3 RAM and sell your AM3+ combo online...or just buy skylake and DDR4 memory to be on the latest platform.

 

Also, people suggesting you wait for zen?
this is not a good idea for a couple reasons:
1st- you bought a pretty expensive GPU and your CPU is slowing it down
2nd- Zen is supposed to hit market in early 2017, but it's the higher end CPU's only (8 cores 16 threads) and those will probably retail for well over 500$ to 700$ for just the CPU, the motherboards will probably be pretty expensive as well and availability will probably be scarce...because new products and high demand.

 

i would expect at least a 1 year wait from now before Zen become readily available in the quad-core form (4 cores/8 threads) consumer grade chips at decent prices and mid-range affordable AM4 motherboards become a comon thing.

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8 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

Well...not really...the best Am3+ CPU's are based on piledriver which is roughly 12 to 14% faster per clock cycle versus the bulldozer based FX-8150 that you own...so, not worth going out and spending 100$+ on one...MAYBE, if you can find a buyer for the FX-8150 for like 50$ or something and then you can find either a used or high discount AMD FX-8320 or FX-8320E for example and you overclock it a bit you would get a bit better performance assuming you'd have to spend like 50 or 60$ out of pocket for the upgrade...THEN it ''might'' be worth it...otherwise, no i think you should just buy either an haswell motherboard and CPU so that you could re-use your current DDR3 RAM and sell your AM3+ combo online...or just buy skylake and DDR4 memory to be on the latest platform.

 

Exactly. Given the difference in performance, and especially if your motherboard is good for overclocking, you can get an extra kick from moving to Piledriver, the key being not paying for the extra kick more than the extra kick is worth. Spending $150-200 on any new Piledriver and leaving your 8150 in a shelf is a terrible idea. Selling the 8150 and buying used Pildriver, keeping the net loss below $50? less? could be a reasonable upgrade in terms of stock clocks, IPC, and OC capabilities. Just consider this  marginal upgrade, as in "I'm going to get e better cooler" or similar upgrade, not something that will drastically change your experience.

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MAYBE, if you can find a buyer for the FX-8150 for like 50$ or something and then you can find either a used or high discount AMD FX-8320 or FX-8320E for example and you overclock it a bit you would get a bit better performance assuming you'd have to spend like 50 or 60$ out of pocket for the upgrade...THEN it ''might'' be worth it...otherwise, no i think you should just buy either an haswell motherboard and CPU so that you could re-use your current DDR3 RAM and sell your AM3+ combo online...or just buy skylake and DDR4 memory to be on the latest platform.

Wait... I can't re-use my "old" DDR3 RAM in a newer motherboard? And I thought I knew some PC stuff... xD

 

If I were to sell my current stuff (motherboard, CPU, CPU cooler, RAM) and buy something more recent and based around Intel, can someone give me a rough estimate of resale value and cost. (If it's relevant: I'm in Germany)

 

Also thanks to everyone for the helpful responses!

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46 minutes ago, UsualEverydayGuy said:

Wait... I can't re-use my "old" DDR3 RAM in a newer motherboard? And I thought I knew some PC stuff... xD

 

If I were to sell my current stuff (motherboard, CPU, CPU cooler, RAM) and buy something more recent and based around Intel, can someone give me a rough estimate of resale value and cost. (If it's relevant: I'm in Germany)

 

Also thanks to everyone for the helpful responses!

you can re-use your DDR3 RAM on haswell socket 1150 motherboard and older...if you go with intel newest platforms (skylake socket 1151 or haswell-E/broadwell-E socket 2011-3) you'd need DDR4 RAM.

 

As for re-sell value, i frankly have no idea that depend on your area and how much other people ask for used PC parts.

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4 hours ago, UsualEverydayGuy said:

Wait... I can't re-use my "old" DDR3 RAM in a newer motherboard? And I thought I knew some PC stuff... xD

 

If I were to sell my current stuff (motherboard, CPU, CPU cooler, RAM) and buy something more recent and based around Intel, can someone give me a rough estimate of resale value and cost. (If it's relevant: I'm in Germany)

 

Also thanks to everyone for the helpful responses!

If I were you, new ram, mobo and Cpu are in need of a an upgrade, but it depends on what you use your pc for, in a idea situation:

i5-6600k(£210)

ASRock Z170 Extreme4(£120)

Corsair's Vengeance LPX 2133MHz(£40)

 

Or more budget friendly

i5-6500(£180)

Gigabyte GA-H170M(£95)

 

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Checking mindfactory.de, you.can get what you need for a minimum of 300€.

 

PCPartPicker part list](http://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/LNksYr) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/LNksYr/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
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**CPU** | [Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/xwhj4D/intel-cpu-bx80662i56500) | €195.80 @ Mindfactory 
**Motherboard** | [Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard](http://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/MmkwrH/asus-motherboard-h110ma) | €63.44 @ Amazon Deutschland 
**Memory** | [Kingston Savage 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory](http://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/W78H99/kingston-memory-hx430c15sb28) | €53.99 @ Amazon Deutschland 
 | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
 | **Total** | **€313.23**
 

 

This is with the H110 chipset. If you want a better chipset or cpu, you can add easilly another 70~100€ to that.

 

It will make your computer a whole new beast though.

 

It might be cheaper to go haswell second hand. However, a quick search on german ebay left me disgusted at what people seem to be asking for previous gen i5s... Seriously, 300€ for a last gen used chip? Riiiiight...

 

Edit: after looking closer at auctions only, the i5-4690k seems to be selling for about 150€. That is not too bad and you could save some money due to reusing the ram and if you find a decently priced z97 mobo (prices seem to vary from 50 to 150€ depending on make and model).

 

This could potentially save you anywhere from 100€ to 50€ or so. But you gain the ability to OC.

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6 hours ago, UsualEverydayGuy said:

If I were to sell my current stuff (motherboard, CPU, CPU cooler, RAM) and buy something more recent and based around Intel, can someone give me a rough estimate of resale value and cost. (If it's relevant: I'm in Germany)

It will depend on the exact model of each thing you have. An AM3+ mobo can go for €15-20 till €80-100+ depending on the model and a bit on your luck. FX-83XXs tend to go somewhere above €100, slightly less for the slower models. I don't see too many 8150s, but there will be some penalty for being "previous generation". The RAM won't give you much, a few euros (faster DDR3 can go for €20-30 for 8GB, but 800MHz would probably give you less - unless you meant 1600, in which case ~20 is possible). If RAM is nothing fancy (people pay for fanciness even if useless :P), you may "bundle" it with other components to increase their value. Don't sell everything in a combo, though, unless you know an interested buyer: usually AM3+ CPU+mobo+RAM sell cheaper in ebay.de, unless it's very popular model of each part. Many buyers will be looking for an individual component, and would only buy the extra, unneeded hardware if it's an obvious bargain -which you don't want it to be :P (For example)

 

On the other hand, do scout for used ivy bridge/haswell used combos if you are interested in those, for the same reason: a lot of shoppers of individual components may stay out of your way ;) (example 2)

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