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Downgrading CPU for better GPU?

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So im pretty close to my budget so i cant improve really only to downgrade something to have more money.

 

should i downgrade my:

fx-9590 to a 9370 or even a 8350 in order to have more money to spend on a graph card?

 

currently i have r9 290 sapphire tri-x OC 4gb.

 

stepping back from 9590 to 9370 will save me approx 60 euro and 9590 to 8350 approx 120 euro.

 

should i step back a little or is this a pretty decent setup?

 

* im going for max gaming performance and maybe some streaming / rendering once in a while not a big concern but a keep in mind.

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You should get an intel processor instead of cutting corners

 

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@Naeem no point getting anything from AMD that's over the 8350 in the first place anything over that is just the same just at a higher clock speed you could save your self some money buy overclocking it your self

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The 4690k is often cheaper than the FX-9590 and is a lot stronger in gaming scenarios.

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There's no point in getting anything higher than an 8350 on AMD's side, if you start spending more than that you should be going intel.

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So im pretty close to my budget so i cant improve really only to downgrade something to have more money.

 

should i downgrade my:

fx-9590 to a 9370 or even a 8350 in order to have more money to spend on a graph card?

 

currently i have r9 290 sapphire tri-x OC 4gb.

 

stepping back from 9590 to 9370 will save me approx 60 euro and 9590 to 8350 approx 120 euro.

 

should i step back a little or is this a pretty decent setup?

 

* im going for max gaming performance and maybe some streaming / rendering once in a while not a big concern but a keep in mind.

Hell yes. Get a FX-8350. Hopefully you have enough to get the Sapphire 290X Vapor-X. :)

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@Naeem no point getting anything from AMD that's over the 8350 in the first place anything over that is just the same just at a higher clock speed you could save your self some money buy overclocking it your self

 

i never overclocked anything and i heard overclocking decreases the life of you're cpu by allot.

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i never overclocked anything and i heard overclocking decreases the life of you're cpu by allot.

 

that only happens if you don't keep your CPU cool plus the 9590 and 9370 are just overclocked 8350's in the first place as i said and there are a lot of guides and tutorials on how to overclock your CPU

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