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Should I upgrade from my Fx-8350?

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1 minute ago, Unstoppablechicken said:

So do you think I should upgrade? Also thanks for the quick response

I think you should get the 6600k and a z170 board (I think that's what they're called xp) a 6600k will last alot longer in gaming especially OC'ed

and np, at the ltt forums we are active like crazy xD

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So I have had my pc for about 9 months I've loved it great for gaming which is what I mostly do. The reason I got the fx-8350 is because I heard so many good things about it and for a price I couldn't resist. I also wanted to future proof my rig as much as I could. Now that I've had time to use It I can see where it might fall short just a bit. Now that I've been gaming on it and I know that my graphics card (R9 290x) is still a good card that can handle most games very well, I'm starting to question. Was all the cores a good Idea? Most games from what I've seen while using aida 64 while gaming monitoring my cpu usage most games only run on a few of the cores. Which at the time of building I thought that games had progressed far enough to almost flawlessly use all the cores no matter what cpu you were on, quad, hex, or octo. Now I can see I was kinda foolish ofc at that point I was only into learning about pc hardware for about 1.5 months. Now here is what i'm debating should I keep fx-8350 and not be able to overclock it because I was stupid and bought the cheapest board that didnt have reviews that said broke after 1 week. Or should I sell my used very good condition fx-8350 and mobo (combo) and buy and new mobo and a intel core i5 6600k with a better board for overclocking? Will the extra cost be worth the gaming performance or am I just being stupid? All answers with incite or opinions will be valued ty. 

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6600k is way better than your current setup with the 8350

it is a good (edit: in fact great, for the deal you get for the price of the cpu) cpu, just with the board you have...

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yeah the AMD FX ain't great for gaming...i had one and i was disappointed as well...upgraded from it after about 2 months...AMD cores are weak and slow and it does really hurt gaming performance.

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My opinion would be to keep your FX for now and enjoy it, games arent going to use more than a few cores for awhile.

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1 minute ago, Unstoppablechicken said:

So do you think I should upgrade? Also thanks for the quick response

I think you should get the 6600k and a z170 board (I think that's what they're called xp) a 6600k will last alot longer in gaming especially OC'ed

and np, at the ltt forums we are active like crazy xD

Well, now you're reading this, I might as well inspire you with a deep quote

If you fall, I'll be there

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so inspiring, so deep, the feels ;-;  THE FEELS ;-;

 

Newer Build which I'm gonna buy when I haz moneyz

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£0.00)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 GAMING ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£78.10 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£0.00)
Memory: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£29.76 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£0.00)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  (£179.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 780T ATX Full Tower Case  (£149.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.97 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  (Purchased For £0.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£184.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £803.77

 

somethings says '£0.00' because I already bought them

 

https://soundcloud.com/theglitchmob/whitestripesremix
 
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2)I like your picture

3) Or you have an epic ass rig (40 titan x's 9 6700k's clocked at 29GHz that is what I call a epic ass rig, but no one has that soo...)

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meh. Not worth it. 

 

Tweaking the FX-8 series goes a long way. 

 

Would definitely wait for new releases of CPU's coming. the performance difference will be minimal in most circumstances. 

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