FX-8350 Compatible?

[xxnextenxx]

Hi all,

 

Looking at upgrading from my current cpu (fx-6300) which I am having to run at 4.4GHz to get good in game performance which really I don't want to as it creates a fair amount of heat and therefore noise. Recently it has been throttling in game so it has made me decide it's probably best I upgrade to the fx-8350, but I need to know if it will be compatible with my system and will I be able to put a closed loop corsair water cooler on it? suggestions for one preferably under £100?

[Askew]

What CPU cooler do you have?

 

an 8350 will run on that board but it will also get hot if you overclock it.

[Janne]

fx-6300 to fx-8350 would be a shitty upgrade

[Semper]

fx-6300 to fx-8350 would be a shitty upgrade

No reason as to why...? 8350 outperforms the 6300 in every way I can think of... except power consumption.

[Janne]

 

No reason as to why...? 8350 outperforms the 6300 in every way I can think of... except power consumption.

 

 

he probably wouldn't even notice a performance increase in games, if i upgraded from that cpu i would go straight for lga1150

[harrynowl]

No reason as to why...? 8350 outperforms the 6300 in every way I can think of... except power consumption.

There's a difference between a performance improvement and a logical upgrade.

 

95% of applications probably don't give a crap about the 2 extra cores. So performance gain will be minimal.

 

Keep your money OP it wouldn't be worth it, I'd suggest if anything you get a better motherboard (at this point I'd probably hop to team blue rather than invest more into a dead platform) and you won't experience throttling issues. (Because if you put an 8350 that board would throttle a lot).

[Kamina]

I would invest in a better cooler.

 

FX 8350 won't run any cooler and your games won't benefit from it unless it uses all 8 cores.

[JoshM]

fx-6300 to fx-8350 would be a shitty upgrade

Well that was retarded...

[harrynowl]

Well that was retarded...

Not necessarily.

 

 

 

 

Generally speaking the performance gain from that "upgrade" would be minimal in games which is his concern.

I am having to run at 4.4GHz to get good in game performance

 

That difference is likely from the FX8350s higher out of box clock speed which he has solved. The problem isn't lack of cores- it's more likely lack of per core performance. 

[xxnextenxx]

For people saying about the cooler "will I be able to put a closed loop corsair water cooler on it? suggestions for one preferably under £100?" and trying to convince me to go to intel, sorry no thanks. AMD is much easier on the pocket for me at the moment. Not to mention I don't really want to change the mobo! 

[harrynowl]

For people saying about the cooler "will I be able to put a closed loop corsair water cooler on it? suggestions for one preferably under £100?" and trying to convince me to go to intel, sorry no thanks. AMD is much easier on the pocket for me at the moment. Not to mention I don't really want to change the mobo! 

I'd suggest a hyper 212 evo for a cooler upgrade instead of a close loop (from my first hand experience with a h80i and a hyper 212/412s the difference is very small- and the h80i creates a lot more noise), if you're going to drop £100 on a clc you'd be best off just saving those pennies and hopping platform rather than chuck money at an existing problem.

 

Can't say anything regarding throttling issues going away though. That might just be part of the problem with an overclocked FX 6 core on an un-heatsinked 4+2 phase VRM.

[Semper]

 

 

 

 

he probably wouldn't even notice a performance increase in games, if i upgraded from that cpu i would go straight for lga1150

 

We're talking two completely different sockets here, though. In keeping your system built the way it is, while, yeah, the performance increase will not be significant, he will see an improvement.

 

I have zero complaints about my 8150, but even I would see slightly better numbers. even upgrading from Bulldozer to Piledriver would give me a performance increase (I'm an early adopter of the 8150). My system isn't exclusive to gaming, however, which is why I have an octa-core.

 

If budget is a problem, an 8350 would be a more economical choice. Pairing a new board with a new CPU would drive the cost over, as well as require a rebuild.

 

I want to make it clear that i'm not disagreeing with you, it's well known that Intel simply give better gaming performance, but from his current point, it just doesn't make as much sense as someone building a new system. 

[JoshM]

Not necessarily.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Generally speaking the performance gain from that "upgrade" would be minimal in games which is his concern.

 

That difference is likely from the FX8350s higher out of box clock speed which he has solved. The problem isn't lack of cores- it's more likely lack of per core performance. 

wow look at all these single threaded games, wait where is minecraft?

[harrynowl]

wow look at all these single threaded games, wait where is minecraft?

Why don't you find some benchmarks to support calling someones statement "retarded" then?

 

I selected every benchmark. No cherry picking nonsense. 

 

The cold hard truth is most games only use 2-4 cores so going from a 6300 to an 83x0 is a pointless waste of money with no tangible gaming benefit which is what the OP in concerned about.

[Sintezza]

well i would not advice you to trow a FX8350 on that Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 mobo.

 

It will burn out on you, even on stock, this is not a good motherboard.

For a FX6300 its okay, but not for a powerhungry 8 core.

The problem with this particular board is that it has only a 4+2 powerphase and digi vrm, but there is no heatsinks on the vreg area to cool it. So it will will very hot, even at stock.

Most of these boards paired with a FX 8 core dont life very long.

 

Your overclocked FX6300 in game Throttling, can verywell be caused by this motherboard aswell

 

I would say, if you want to stay AMD, Upgrade your Motherboard first!!