FX CPU?

[miagisan]

getting back to the OP, if you are gaming the performance increase from the fx 6300 to 8350 (IMHO) is not worth the extra the extra money. If you have a somewhat decent air cooler on your cpu, it might be just as beneficial to overclock your cpu a bit. Most fx 6300 will OC to 4.5ghz pretty easily (your mileage may vary based on your silicon lottery). This might be enough to give you a few more fps in gaming to make it much smoother (i got on average with mine about 10% improvement in most games fps).

[miagisan]

Hey look someone that didn't read the links in my signature which are hard proof that FX is pants!

 

 

To change the CPU with minimal risk you need to take most things out of the case anyway

no you dont...a mid size case (which most people use) all you need to do is turn off the power, discharge the system, remove the cpu cooler and remove the cpu. Done. If he is staying with the AM3+ platform, he wont need to change the backplate or anything, making it a really quick process. I just did it last month when i went from an phenom II x4 to a fx 6300 (moved my phenom into a different computer).

[Archangel1994]

no you dont...a mid size case (which most people use) all you need to do is turn off the power, discharge the system, remove the cpu cooler and remove the cpu. Done. If he is staying with the AM3+ platform, he wont need to change the backplate or anything, making it a really quick process.

I'm assuming he doesn't have a stock cooler (but instead a tower cooler) which can be a massive pain to remove when the board is inside the case

 

Still though, I'm probably wrong on that but the FX CPU's are still complete pants when it comes to anything but render farming, read the links in my sig

[miagisan]

I'm assuming he doesn't have a stock cooler (but instead a tower cooler) which can be a massive pain to remove when the board is inside the case

 

Still though, I'm probably wrong on that but the FX CPU's are still complete pants when it comes to anything but render farming, read the links in my sig

A tower cooler is no different from a stock cooler in changing it out. Its just higher up on the mobo...their will be no difference in whats in its way.

 

And again, he is not looking to switch over, and from personal experience (since i own the same cpu as he does) i know first hand how it performs. 

[Faa]

I'm so smert, I know 2012 architecture is not competitive with 2014 tech, please gief likes.

Also not competitive with 2005 tech.

 

 

8320, 8370.

No need to lie about a 8320 performing better than the 6300.

[zappian]

 

I'm so smert, I know 2012 architecture is not competitive with 2014 tech, please gief likes.

 

Thats not our fault , amd hasnt released anything worth mentioning on the cpu market for a while.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Upgrading from a FX 6 core to an FX 8 core holds very little benefit in gaming. If you're rendering it can help a bit.

 

On your board you can overclock the FX6300 fairly well to achieve more performance with your current hardware.

¨^^^^this is the answer gaming performance between the FX-6300 and FX-8350 is minimal it's not a worthy upgrade at all...

(i'm no intel fanboy everybody knows this i owned an FX 8 core CPU before so don't attack me you'll be eaten alive)

but OP if you want more gaming performance you'd have no choice but to look at an intel core i5 CPU and a new motherboard.

[drewjn]

Might as well drop off further discussion till the op actually responds. There is far too much fanboy butthurt on both sides that I am losing my lunch.

At the risk of repetition, amd's are very decent budget cpus but intel has the higher quality cpus at this time. I guess amd is focussing more on their apus, so when the technology improves enough, there might be something to think about.

If he doesn't want intel, then ocing his current cpu is more viable than switching for little increading in performance.

So please stop the flinging of excrement around, it brings nothing to the topic, nor the community.

[Nirala Sooraj]

100% wrong

 

FX is pants for gaming as soon as you hit more CPU demanding games or if you have a stronger graphics card like the R9 290 or GTX 970

 

Infact AMD has nothing over intel right now except for cheap render farms (In which the 4690k still beats it)

Amd FX 8350 Is 5-10% powerful than i5 4690K

[Luke]

FX and top of the line is an oxymoron

 

Also changing the CPU or changing both the CPU and motherboard both require the same amount of effort so "Not being bothered to do the motherboard as well" is silly

 

You usually have to re-install windows and transfer all of your files etc. A CPU swap is plug and play.

[thebennyboy]

Amd FX 8350 Is 5-10% powerful than i5 4690K

 

It's not. They're not as bad as a lot of fanboys people in here would have you believe though.

[ChipWoodChainSaw]

 

fx 9590 if its cold there

^^^^^^^^^^^^^buy that^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[ChipWoodChainSaw]

It's not. They're not as bad as a lot of fanboys people in here would have you believe though.

it depends on what hes talking about. It being good at rendering videos? in gaming NOPE! i5 takes it.

[sgloux3470]

Fanboys of all sides are annoying but lets get clear...

His mb is viable for ocing the FX 6300 and save the money instead of buying a new CPU.

 

Yeah, I think overclocking would be the more cost effective option here.   Slap a refurbished AIO on it and get it up into the mid 4's and it will be pretty solid.

 

If OP doesn't want to overclock, then I'd say a cheap 8350 is the way to go.

[zappian]

Amd FX 8350 Is 5-10% powerful than i5 4690K 

 

At gaming ? wtf ok now explain me why an i3 is faster than that cpu.

 

 

No way is an 8350 anywhere near a 4690k , that is crazy talk sorry.

[WaitForMeImOnDialUp]

At gaming ? wtf ok now explain me why an i3 is faster than that cpu.

 

 

No way is an 8350 anywhere near a 4690k , that is crazy talk sorry.

thats single player in multiplayer i3 dips to nothing

 

thats also stock speeds, 8350 can overclock heavily and the i3 can't overclock at all. so the i3 would lose by a large margain..... i do agree it doesnt touch a 4690k however but can be surprising well with a nice oc.

 

this is in bf4 multiplayer, in lots of singleplayer games the i3 will do better slightly

[zappian]

 

 

thats single player in multiplayer i3 dips to nothing

 

Nope runs fine. on my friends pc , 64 man server nonetheless.

 

Thats a myth btw.

i do agree it doesnt touch a 4690k however but can be surprising well with a nice oc.

Its faster than an i3 oced  but OC equipament inst free .

The stock cooler on the FX is crap , you need at least a 212 evo

And like you said it doesnt touch a 4690k , hell even the 9590 doesnt touch that cpu.

[Archangel1994]

You usually have to re-install windows and transfer all of your files 

Not at all required

[Archangel1994]

Amd FX 8350 Is 5-10% powerful than i5 4690K

For an "eight" core that's disappointingly bad

 

Edit:

 

Also look at these results http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/285199-harrynowls-ultimate-cpu-showdown-wip/ More often than not the 8320 falls behind

[Luke]

Not at all required

 

Explain?

[Archangel1994]

Explain?

You can remove all motherboard drivers, etc and just keep going after the switch (Some things MIGHT need a reinstall but that's about it)

 

Or there was another technique (Don't know the exact name) where you sort of semi-reinstall it to adapt to the new motherboard without losing any data.

[zappian]

 

You can remove all motherboard drivers, etc and just keep going after the switch (Some things MIGHT need a reinstall but that's about it)

 

Or there was another technique (Don't know the exact name) where you sort of semi-reinstall it to adapt to the new motherboard without losing any data.

Too much work, when i switched cpu i did a fresh instal.

[sgloux3470]

You can remove all motherboard drivers, etc and just keep going after the switch (Some things MIGHT need a reinstall but that's about it)

 

Or there was another technique (Don't know the exact name) where you sort of semi-reinstall it to adapt to the new motherboard without losing any data.

 

At that point, reinstalling windows is actually easier. 

[zappian]

 

At that point, reinstalling windows is actually easier. 

 

This,if you have an ssd is like 20 mins.

 

Then just use ninite to install programs ,ez peasy.

[Archangel1994]

At that point, reinstalling windows is actually easier. 

Hardly

 

I would do it because by internet is stupid fast and I can redownload EVERYTHING in a few hours but the methods I proposed are so much better and not half as hard as you think to pull off

 

 

This,if you have an ssd is like 20 mins.

 

Then just use ninite to install programs ,ez peasy.

Now redownload the 400GB of anime I had and 250GB of games on a 30mbit down internet.