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Pros

-It's cheap

-Ok performance for price

Cons

-It's old

-Doesn't perform as well as newer stuff

-Outdated platform

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Just buy a core i5 instead!

 

FX-6300

Pros:

Support AMD and help them get out of financial difficulties

 

Cons:

Performs like absolute shit

Uses excessive amounts of power

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What are some pros and cons with this CPU?

Pros:

  • Unlocked multiplier, so easy OC.
  • Good multi core performance
  • relatively cheap
  • Low power requirements when compared to 8000 series chips

Cons: 

  • Weak single core performance(low IPC)
  • Old, like just over 3 years.

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Pro:

   - Cheap

Cons:

   - Belongs to a dead platform

   - No upgrade path

   - Is bad

   - Bottlenecks *most* modern day GPU's

   - Bad/Performance

   - Draws lots of power

   - Is bad

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I have one in my home storage server/media PC. I mean it's okay but at the end of the day it's AMD, which as we know is dead in the CPU market a long time ago. Get an i5 :)

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oh and one other con, 65°C thermal limit. depending on which part of Australia you live in that could make a world of difference. Especially with summer approaching.

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oh and one other con, 65°C thermal limit. depending on which part of Australia you live in that could make a world of difference. Especially with summer approaching.

Lets NOT forget CHEAP boards and their VRM temp threshold being 60*c, anything over and CPU throttles, even if the CPU temp is LOW.

 

Esp in Australia.

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oh and one other con, 65°C thermal limit. depending on which part of Australia you live in that could make a world of difference. Especially with summer approaching.

Yeah that is a problem, in another computer we have a 8320 and even in winter it was overheating so just recently we put a liquid cooler on it and it seems better.

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I have one in my home storage server/media PC. I mean it's okay but at the end of the day it's AMD, which as we know is dead in the CPU market a long time ago. Get an i5 :)

Not always an option. My friend more on his CPU than GPU in a 270x build just for i5. (NZ prices)

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Not always an option. My friend more on his CPU than GPU in a 270x build just for i5. (NZ prices)

 

I guess it depends where you are yeah, in the UK i5s are pretty cheap, especially compared to GPUs. Then again 270x is a low end gpu.

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I guess it depends where you are yeah, in the UK i5s are pretty cheap, especially compared to GPUs. Then again 270x is a low end gpu.

6300 is lower end.

 

750ti territory 

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Pros:

- Inexpensive

- Overclockable

- Good overclocked value in multithreaded workloads

 

Cons:

- No upgrade path

- Outdated platform

- You will need to spend money on a decent board, rather than a cheap one.

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