FX 8320E x FX 8320 x FX 6100: would upgrading make sense?

[profBenjamim]

How much would I benefit from upgrading my FX6100 to a FX8320E or FX8320?

I like to game (at 60fps+) and edit videos at 720p 60 fps.

 

My current rig has the FX6100, 8 GB of ram, an R9 270x and a 500W PSU.

 

Thanks in advance

[don_svetlio]

8320 would do better than an i5 4460 at video editing. At games - an i5 would be better. Bulldozer (*100 FX chips) are meh. Vishera (*300 FX chips) are better but still meh.

[rtpb5642]

8320 would do better than an i5 4460 at video editing. At games - an i5 would be better. Bulldozer (*100 FX chips) are meh. Vishera (*300 FX chips) are better but still meh.

This basically.

[brandishwar]

A better upgrade for your system, since you like doing video editing: memory. Double your RAM to 16GB and depending on what programs you use, you should see a performance boost since it shouldn't be thrashing your storage nearly as much. An 8320E would help with video editing as well, but memory would be a better upgrade in my opinion.

[don_svetlio]

A better upgrade for your system, since you like doing video editing: memory. Double your RAM to 16GB and depending on what programs you use, you should see a performance boost since it shouldn't be thrashing your storage nearly as much. An 8320E would help with video editing as well, but memory would be a better upgrade in my opinion.

currently his limiter is the FX 6100 - an 8320 (non-E) would be the optimal upgrade in terms of editing and such. For games and editing to both be optimal - a Xeon or i7 is required.

[Litargirio]

8320 would do better than an i5 4460 at video editing

 

Yes, but only marginally. One would just have to wait an extra minute or two with the 4460 and, unless one is going to do massive amounts of video editing as a full time job, the 8320 is not really worth buying over the 4460.

[DarkBlade2117]

Yes, but only marginally. One would just have to wait an extra minute or two with the 4460 and, unless one is going to do massive amounts of video editing as a full time job, the 8320 is not really worth buying over the 4460.

Xeon 1231v3

[don_svetlio]

Yes, but only marginally. One would just have to wait an extra minute or two with the 4460 and, unless one is going to do massive amounts of video editing as a full time job, the 8320 is not really worth buying over the 4460.

You're underestimating the 8320's power with all 8 cores. Trust me - it's quite a bit better than a 4460.

[Nena Trinity]

Just make sure your VRM and BIOS is ready for the 8-core!

 

But you could also just buy the FX-6350 but it has 2 less cores...

[don_svetlio]

When all 8 cores are used it's quite a decent CPU - the issue with is that it's essentially a beefed up Phenom II X4 with cores split in 2.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=AMD+FX-8320+Eight-Core

[Guest trucker2]

allot depends on if your excited about zen and you finances. I am the kinda guy that will wait for a year or longer for the price to come down so ram would be best for me I am hoping Zen will make the 8370 sell for 80 bucks or so. If your the kinda guy who will get Zen the day it comes out then the 8320 would be a good choice since zen will use DDR4 mem.

Hope this help

[profBenjamim]

Thanks everyone I'll get more RAM and, when I can afford and prices are lower, swap the FX6100 for an 8320E

[arniks8]

allot depends on if your excited about zen and you finances. I am the kinda guy that will wait for a year or longer for the price to come down so ram would be best for me I am hoping Zen will make the 8370 sell for 80 bucks or so. If your the kinda guy who will get Zen the day it comes out then the 8320 would be a good choice since zen will use DDR4 mem.

Hope this help

What are you talking about, 8320 doesn't support DDR4.

[Guest trucker2]

i said zen will use ddr 4

[arniks8]

i said zen will use ddr 4

Then what does this mean:"the 8320 would be a good choice since zen will use DDR4 mem." By this some may think that 8320 uses DDR4.

[Prysin]

i said zen will use ddr 4

ZEN will use a new socket. a 8320 makes no more sense then a Haswell i5 in terms of upgrading to ZEN when it arrives.

@ OP

get a Gigabyte 970 UD3P motherboard + FX 8320 and a hyper 212. OC the CPU as hard as you can. At around 4.5 to 4.8GHz, that FX will rival a stock i7 4790k in rendering, for less then the price of a i7 or even a Xeon V3 setup....