Budget gaming cpu?

[TechFan@ic]

Right now I am probably going to buy the 6300 and the overclocking allows even more potential.

 

Does anyone know a way to overclock the cpu on the fly? I know you can with intel CPU's such as in AI suite from Asus, but I'm not sure if the same feature applies to AMD.

On the Asus boards you have the option to let it overclock the CPU for you, however more often than not it would end up applying more voltage than needed, which raises temperatures.

Overclocking AMD FX processors is extremely easy, as the voltage in "offset" mode would automatically scale with the frequency you set in the BIOS, this allows you to achieve very easy & very stable 500-700Mhz overclocks, higher than that & I'd recommend doing it with manual voltage settings.

[Henry]

Hi everyone, I'm planning on building a new rig sometime this month or the next. I'm in highschool and work part time so I want to keep this build under budget. I've been looking at benchmarks of the recent volcanic island gpu's and it seems the r7-260x is around or little bit above the 7790, but for the same price I can grab a 7850 which is my plan.

 

My original plan for the cpu was to get an i3 or i5 because as intel's they perform better and single core applications, more power efficient, and I like the features on their motherboards. After seeing benchmarks for bf4 I have a feeling that more cores/threads are gonna be useful in the future and don't want to spend on an i7.

 

So my question is, what is the best cpu to get that wouldn't bottleneck a 7850? I was looking at the fx 6000's or 8000's because of the amount of cores but i'm not sure if they are any better than the i3/i5, and whether games other than bf4 will take advantage of the cores.

Like others have stated , FX 6300, or FX 8320 if u have the extra money.

Dont worry about bottlenecking if u are getting modern gen products...If its from the same gen, good chance it will be fine. Even my 2 gens old i5 2500k will not bottleneck much for anything. Still badass 

[Appelzaadje]

Right now I am probably going to buy the 6300 and the overclocking allows even more potential.

 

Does anyone know a way to overclock the cpu on the fly? I know you can with intel CPU's such as in AI suite from Asus, but I'm not sure if the same feature applies to AMD.

if you are gona overclock your cpu you will need a good cooler maybe better off spending the money that would cost on a higher teir CPU or GFX?

[Appelzaadje]

Like others have stated , FX 6300, or FX 8320 if u have the extra money.

Dont worry about bottlenecking if u are getting modern gen products...If its from the same gen, good chance it will be fine. Even my 2 gens old i5 2500k will not bottleneck much for anything. Still badass 

thats cause intell didnt realy improve preformace after 2e gen icore cpu's only decreased die size and power consumption. 2e gen is still verry competative vs 3e and 4th gen.

[Lays]

What? People don't Intel cpus? Are you kidding?

It's better to get once a little expansive, but more powerful and less power consuming cpu, than power hungry and slower cpu. That's why Intel is leading company on market. No one wants your 8 core cpu, even it's OC'ed to 5ghz, it's still slower and can't reach Intel...

 

can you go and take your negative opinion somewhere else, the OP clearly says he's on a budget, and a fx-6300 for ~100$ just cannot simply be beat in the amount of applications it can be used for. 

 

For 100$ on the intel side what can he get? an i3 ? Lol

 

 

These forums are for helping people, not for pushing negative opinions and crap upon people that need help. Either help the OP out with SUGGESTIONS or go somewhere else with your negative attitude

[Hammerhead]

any six core or up FX CPU is a good deal just get a decent MoBo

[KneesWeak]

Hi everyone, I'm planning on building a new rig sometime this month or the next. I'm in highschool and work part time so I want to keep this build under budget. I've been looking at benchmarks of the recent volcanic island gpu's and it seems the r7-260x is around or little bit above the 7790, but for the same price I can grab a 7850 which is my plan.

 

My original plan for the cpu was to get an i3 or i5 because as intel's they perform better and single core applications, more power efficient, and I like the features on their motherboards. After seeing benchmarks for bf4 I have a feeling that more cores/threads are gonna be useful in the future and don't want to spend on an i7.

 

So my question is, what is the best cpu to get that wouldn't bottleneck a 7850? I was looking at the fx 6000's or 8000's because of the amount of cores but i'm not sure if they are any better than the i3/i5, and whether games other than bf4 will take advantage of the cores.

i have an 8320, and for $145 its the best cpu you can buy right now, but I think if I were set on a 7850 and had a tight budget, I'd get a 6300+7850 

[Linus_torvalds]

The FX 6300 outperforms the i3s handily in a very wide selection of games.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/piledriver-k10-cpu-overclocking,3584-19.html

 

In productivity workloads the FX 6300 extends an even larger delta between it and the i3s.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/piledriver-k10-cpu-overclocking,3584-20.html

 

In well threaded games like Crysis 3, Far Cry 3 & BF4 the FX 6300 just runs with it.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/piledriver-k10-cpu-overclocking,3584-10.html

The best performance/price CPU at this moment in time is the FX 8320, followed closely by the FX 6300, so if you can stretch your budget to an FX 8320 that would be even better, it's also worth noting that the 8320 comes with a better stock CPU cooler than the FX 6300, so you're making up more value there as well.

now remember that i3 is dual core CPU and FX 6350 is six core there is not much diference in that 8 game. 

[TechFan@ic]

now remember that i3 is dual core CPU and FX 6350 is six core there is not much diference in that 8 game. 

Most of the tested games, in fact all of them except one are single-thread or dual-thread reliant, so the number of additional cores is irrelevant here.

The FX 6300 is also less expensive than the i3 3220 & it's unlocked so you can overclock it, these are two distinct advantages it has over the i3 & even though the majority of tested games were single threaded the FX 6300 still came on top.

Only in Crysis 3 do we see the game really take advantage of the parallel nature of the FX 6300.

Upcoming games like Battlefield 4 & Watchdogs will use more cores which will extend the lead of the FX 6300 even further and will allow it to match or even outperform the much more expensive locked i5s from Intel.

[iWearKiltz]

without reading everyones posts, i'd suggest the 6300:)

[Immort]

now remember that i3 is dual core CPU and FX 6350 is six core there is not much diference in that 8 game. 

Sure, look at productivity workloads, where all the cores are used, the 6350 destroys the i3 3225 & it's just $10 more expensive.

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i3-3225-Dual-Core-Processor-Cache/dp/B0093H8H8I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381960615&sr=8-1&keywords=i3+3225

http://www.amazon.com/AMD-FD6350FRHKBOX-FX-6350-FX-Series-Edition/dp/B00CLBZAHY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381960787&sr=8-1&keywords=FX+6350

[Henry]

thats cause intell didnt realy improve preformace after 2e gen icore cpu's only decreased die size and power consumption. 2e gen is still verry competative vs 3e and 4th gen.

Well that, and processors are so much better than before. If u had a 1st gen, it would definitely have some bottlenecks. The performance improvement from 1st to 2nd gen (sandy bridge) was pretty large. Lucky me

[bobhays]

What is a good motherboard to get with the 6300? I've basically decided on it because of the multiple core advantage, and because overclocking will help because I plan to do some video editing as well such as hour long clips of gameplay.

[Linus_torvalds]

Sure, look at productivity workloads, where all the cores are used, the 6350 destroys the i3 3225 & it's just $10 more expensive.

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i3-3225-Dual-Core-Processor-Cache/dp/B0093H8H8I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381960615&sr=8-1&keywords=i3+3225

http://www.amazon.com/AMD-FD6350FRHKBOX-FX-6350-FX-Series-Edition/dp/B00CLBZAHY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381960787&sr=8-1&keywords=FX+6350

then he must buy 3570k. you can see that it is better  at stock speeds 3.4-3.8 ghz  then FX 6350 overclocked to 4.5 ghz. i know that FX is cheaper but at stock speed it is much slower than 3570k and to overclock it to 4.5 ghz to be near 3570k you need expencive cooler (30-40 $ at least) + electricity bill that will be more on FX than 3570k. so i5 is not that much high priced. games that use 6 or 8 cores are 2 or 3 they use 2 or 4 cores and i5 will be much faster.

 

 

P.S. sorry for my english i am from georgia in europe (if you have heard about this country) and i do not know english well.

[TERAFLOP]

then he must buy 3570k. you can see that it is better  at stock speeds 3.4-3.8 ghz  then FX 6350 overclocked to 4.5 ghz. i know that FX is cheaper but at stock speed it is much slower than 3570k and to overclock it to 4.5 ghz to be near 3570k you need expencive cooler (30-40 $ at least) + electricity bill that will be more on FX than 3570k. so i5 is not that much high priced. games that use 6 or 8 cores are 2 or 3 they use 2 or 4 cores and i5 will be much faster.

 

 

P.S. sorry for my english i am from georgia in europe (if you have heard about this country) and i do not know english well.

The power consumption cost difference between an 8350 and a 3570K is negligible at best, the FX 6350 would consume even less power than a 3570K.

The cooler you buy for the FX 6350 is reusable, so even if you upgrade your processor you can use it again so it's a deductible cost.

Power consumption cost difference is so small it doesn't even matter and that's the eight core 8350 not even the 6350.

http://youtu.be/4et7kDGSRfc?t=8m59s

 

 

This is also a 'budget" gaming CPU, the 3570K doesn't really qualify as it costs 100$-110$ more than the FX 6300.

[WoodenMarker]

So I guess the general consensus is to get the 6300, except for the efficiency of the i3? I am considering overclocking so having the option will be nice too. Now my other questions is, would it be better to get a 650ti boost, or a 7850 (similar pricing) or a r7-260x. I hear that the 260x is similar to a 7790, so a 7850 would be better at the same price ($140).

P.S I can buy from Newegg, NCIX, Tigerdirect, Amazon, and DO have a Microcenter nearby.

EDIT: On newegg I found the 7850 for 130, and the 260x for 150 with shipping and the 650ti boost for 110.

The i3 isn't really price efficient if what you're looking for is gaming performance.

If you're wondering: 650 Ti BOOST < 660 < 7850

Right now I am probably going to buy the 6300 and the overclocking allows even more potential.

Does anyone know a way to overclock the cpu on the fly? I know you can with intel CPU's such as in AI suite from Asus, but I'm not sure if the same feature applies to AMD.

I think it's called Dynamic Performance Boost for AMD.

[bobhays]

The i3 isn't really price efficient if what you're looking for is gaming performance.

If you're wondering: 650 Ti BOOST < 660 < 7850

I think it's called Dynamic Performance Boost for AMD.

ok thanks it seems that my final build is going to be a 6300 with a 7850. The only thing I need now is a decent motherboard that will support 2 way crossfire. I could easily except the am3+ chipsets are the only modern ones I don't know about. All i know is the 990fx is the highest end.

[WoodenMarker]

ok thanks it seems that my final build is going to be a 6300 with a 7850. The only thing I need now is a decent motherboard that will support 2 way crossfire. I could easily except the am3+ chipsets are the only modern ones I don't know about. All i know is the 990fx is the highest end.

Any of these will do: http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/motherboard/#sort=a6&l=2&u=1

[BigAl Tech]

I have an I3 550 3.2GHz, and it can run Bf4 (currently in Beta), but at a very high usage (90+%).

 

I cant recommend any other CPU's specifically as I've never had a different one, but i would personally rule out the i3 from your choices if your looking to play Newer titles like Bf4. 

 

I would agree if I only played games VERY casually, but for more constant gaming needs, i would get the cheapest quad core i5.