New AMD cpu for gaming

[ryujians]

I was just a few minutes ago taking off my heatsink and the thermal paste that was put on there was pretty much cemented to the cpu so when i was trying to take off the heatsink the cpu came out and was damaged beyond repair due to the bent pins. So i am I'm need of a new cpu, which would be a good solution for gaming. I have an HIS Radeon 7870 iceq I need something that won't bottleneck it. The cpu i had was an 8120

[Owen]

8350 is a good choice

[TheIceCage]

8120 isn't bad. If you want kind of an upgrade go for a 8320 or 8350, since both are not that expensive.

[ryujians]

8120 isn't bad. If you want kind of an upgrade go for a 8320 or 8350, since both are not that expensive.

I am also on a budget so i was looking at a 6350 would this be worse than an 8120

[TheIceCage]

6350 is fine. totally. I mean I read the comparison on CPU-World and the 6350 seems to perform really good.

 

http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/304/AMD_FX-Series_FX-6350_vs_AMD_FX-Series_FX-8120.html

[Richyo]

I have done exactly the same thing as you. In my situation it was the motherboard socket that was damaged :( 

For around that price bracket you might as well go for the 8120 to 8320

[ALXAndy]

I wouldn't cut the core count if I were you dude. The way things are headed you will need as many as you can get. If you want cooler and higher overclocks go 8320 or don't bother tbh.