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Since you play BF4, one of the 8cores would be the most ideal choice.

 

FX8320

FX8350

FX8370

 

Any of those would be great. Just a shame you don't have an AMD graphics card, to use Mantle for BF4.

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Hello guys.

 

So iam posting this because i need help. I just got a new am3+ mb w/ phenom II 925 on 3,6ghz and i just think, that my gtx670 is bottlecked by that cpu. So iam planning buying a new cpu. But iam stucked between two things. A six core am3 phenom or the new fx 8 cpus. Obviously i know, that fx is better. its just that the phenom is much cheaper and i dont know how much of a difference there is in performance between them and if its even worth it.

 

I use my pc mainly for gaming (BF4, dead rising etc.) so i just need a good cpu for the money.

 

Thank you for help!!!

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Hello guys.

 

So iam posting this because i need help. I just got a new am3+ mb w/ phenom II 925 on 3,6ghz and i just think, that my gtx670 is bottlecked by that cpu. So iam planning buying a new cpu. But iam stucked between two things. A six core am3 phenom or the new fx 8 cpus. Obviously i know, that fx is better. its just that the phenom is much cheaper and i dont know how much of a difference there is in performance between them and if its even worth it.

 

I use my pc mainly for gaming (BF4, dead rising etc.) so i just need a good cpu for the money.

 

Thank you for help!!!

what is your budget if low 8320 if higher 8370 if very high and have good cooling 9590

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well iam actually quite tight on budget atm. but really if i would buy that 8370 cpu how much of a performance difference should i expect? if any. (in games) In bf4 i get about 40-50fps on ultra 1920x1080. thx 

 

also is it worth buying AMD FX-6350 Because its far cheaper than the other fx. 

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Since you play BF4, one of the 8cores would be the most ideal choice.

 

FX8320

FX8350

FX8370

 

Any of those would be great. Just a shame you don't have an AMD graphics card, to use Mantle for BF4.

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What motherboard do you have? The FX series (mostly the 8 cores) need good VRM cooling to keep the CPU from throttling, as well as a decent amount of power phases

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well iam actually quite tight on budget atm. but really if i would buy that 8370 cpu how much of a performance difference should i expect? if any. (in games) In bf4 i get about 40-50fps on ultra 1920x1080. thx 

 

also is it worth buying AMD FX-6350 Because its far cheaper than the other fx. 

yes, compared to your phenom the FX-6350 is 31% better in single threaded applications and 51% better in multi-threaded applications, according to CPU-world. It schould be the perfect match for your GPU. 

      

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Ah excellent, I believe that's a decent board with it's VRM cooling so you should be fine :)

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