fx6300

[RichieXtheXboss]

i was wondering is a fx 6300 would bottleneck a r9 390 

[The Official Czex]

Yes. Massively. Better off with an i5-4460.

[RichieXtheXboss]

what about if i had the fx 6350 and the r9 380x 

[Nena Trinity]

what about if i had the fx 6350 and the r9 380x 

The FX-6350(125w) needs a 6+2 or better a 8+2 VRM board and yes 380X should be fine! (in most cases a FX-6300(95w+) OCed to 4.5(is average max for safety reasons on 6+2) or above should be able to work decently with the R9 390! But for OCing you also need a better board... Unless you have one?)

[RichieXtheXboss]

The FX-6350(125w) needs a 6+2 or better a 8+2 VRM board and yes 380X should be fine! (in most cases a FX-6300(95w+) OCed to 4.5(is average max for safety reasons on 6+2) or above should be able to work decently with the R9 390! But for OCing you also need a better board... Unless you have one?)

how do i tell if a motherboard has  needs a 6+2 or better a 8+2 VRM board 

[Nena Trinity]

how do i tell if a motherboard has  needs a 6+2 or better a 8+2 VRM board 

If you see 8 chokes behind the USB ports under the heat-sink you know its 6+2! (if you are unsure search up the board)

The long heat-sink behind the CPU and infront of the USB ports with two red lines you see 8 grey boxes!  (6+2)

[connorpiper]

Depends on the game. But the FX6 and FX8 CPUs are going to bottleneck most $220+ GPUs.

[RichieXtheXboss]

is there a cheaper option than a 4460 that will still be good for moderen games

[Nena Trinity]

is there a cheaper option than a 4460 that will still be good for moderen games

FX-83 series is great for newer games but not so much for 2012 and 2013 games...

[Prysin]

 

 

4+1 motherboards CAN be fine, if they are of sufficient quality.

here is a list of trusted and tested motherboards:

http://www.overclock.net/t/946407/amd-motherboards-vrm-info-database

 

here is some info on VRMs/MOSFETs and how they impact CPUs (this applies to all CPUS really)

http://www.overclock.net/t/943109/about-vrms-mosfets-motherboard-safety-with-125w-tdp-processors

 

a good budget end board for the FX 6350 would be the following (MAX reccomended OC 4.2GHz)

ASRock 970m PRO3 -> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=ASRock+970m+PRO3&N=-1&isNodeId=1

BIOSTAR TA970 -> http://pcpartpicker.com/part/biostar-motherboard-ta970

 

For overclocking the following boards are pretty good: (Max reccomended OC 4.5 GHz)

ASRock 970 Performance -> http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-970performance

Gigabyte GA 970A UD3P -> http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970aud3p

MSI 970 Gaming -> http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-970gaming

 

for overclocking ABOVE 4.5 GHz:

any of these boards -> http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/motherboard/#s=4&sort=a8&page=1&c=17

 

 

an i3 4170 or i5 4460 is to be reccommended with the R9 390. However you could get a R9 380X... however anything higher then the R9 380X will get bottlenecked by ANY FX CPU. Even the 9590 will be unable to properly feed anything higher then that