AMD CPU upgrade, is it worth it?

[amadino13]

Hey everyone. I have an Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z and an FX-8120 running at 4.5Ghz. I've been thinking of either purchasing a new FX-9370 for $250 or I found a 9590 online for about $400. Which of these would be a better choice and is it worth the upgrade? I have a decent motherboard which is why I would like to stick with AMD for now, or should I rather save up some money and get a 4930k? 

 

Thank you for your time. 

Amadino13

[piplupgao]

Save for 4930k or better yet get a 4770k

[lmao234]

No. You would be better off getting an Intel CPU.

 

AMD products are ccheap and then when you get past a point they become really expensive.

[Bluethulhu]

What are you doing with your PC currently? Are you doing any video editing, photo editing, or 3D modeling?

[helping]

A 8350 at 4.1Ghz would be about the same as what you have now.

That is the only upgrade I would consider. You can sell your chip online on eBay and if it's at good voltage you can verify your OC it can probably get you a bit more cash towards an upgrade to an 8350.

[Analog]

Neither of those CPUs are a good viable option if you really want to see a considerable amount of performance increase. A 4930K is a much more compelling price to performance option especially if you are going to use a lot CPU dependent programs. 

[TheMissxu]

I wouldn't change for another year, even with the setup you have now.

If you insist on upgrading now, grab an 8350 for around 175$ or go intel for >300$. Anything below 300, you might as well grab the AMD part because it's more well rounded.

[delet my acc pls]

The fx 9370 and 9590 id just 8350s with higher clock speeds.

Would you consider upgrading from a 8120 to a 8350?

If you are limited by your current CPU in stuff like video editing, then upgrade.

But if you are only gaming etc keep you current CPU

[soggyfatman]

It is said that 8 core cpus are the way of the future for gaming. You also will want to take in consideration the idea of Mantle working the way it says it will. I do not know which is better because I am in a similar position choosing a 4930k or a fx-9370 for my next build. Amd, if mantle comes through, will have the advantage because of the additional cores. However, intel does have some pretty strong cores in its hexacore. I'd like to know what you decide on. It will influence my next build heavily.

[D3MON]

£116-get an 8320 and overclock probably best option for gaming and editing
£360-get a 4770k(£262) and a motherboard(£100+) and overclock (youll only get 20% more fps in really badly threaded games like skyrim and minecraft, wow etc) maybe an extra 10 frames in bf3. most games are gpu limited.
£500 second hand 3930k and a decent asus board. ill get round to doing this later if i dont go 8320
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8350-core-i7-3770k-gaming-bottleneck,3407-5.html
if you play (what i consider propper) games like bf3/4, warfighter, crysis etc you'll see next to no difference because your gpu limited and both setups would get for instance 60fps.
in badly threaded games like minecraft, skyrim, wow, world of tanks that only use 2 cores youll see a boost thanks to the per core performance of the intel, that said these games usually run at 130fps+ anyways so the second you apply vsync you'll drop down to 60 (or 120) on either platform.
I hate to sound like a fanboy (I've been on both sides of the fence plenty) but Ive seen games spread the load across 8 amd cores wheras they have only used the 4 real cores on intel and not used the hyperthreading, i hope that game devs sort that out though.

our founding father (ok it was a bit creepy) has done all these tests.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD6UcsVG56g
you have to work out if the cost of a whole new platform is worth the 10% performance boost you might get (in certain titles)

[s3ns3]

thats a nice mobo. but thats a bad cpu.however moving to 8350/9590 wont do much. i7 4770K or 4930K if you do editing and stuff.

[amadino13]

So basically, ditch AMD and go for Intel? I see some suggestions going for the 4770k but would it be a better choice to save some money and just get a 6 core? Usually more is better, so would it be a good idea especially for future use? 

[JAKEBAB]

keep what u have unless u need more then upgrade to the 4930k but if what u have works and u just are upgrading for the sake of it dont.

[Stephie_Girl]

A few things to note.  The FX-8(1/2)xx series CPU's are really bleh.  The design is horrible, IPC's were the lowest we've seen since 2005, the execution phase was a joke etc.  An FX-8350 in some area's boasted up to 25% more performance over an 8150.  But don't buy an 8320/8350 expecting to OC it much.  Any chip capable of 4.7-5.0GHz are binned as 9370's and 9590's.  An 8320 will probably get 4.2-4.3 and an 8350 will get 4.4-4.6 but that's about it.  Older 8350's and 8320's could OC pretty well if you got a decent bin.

[Zeruel]

Hey everyone. I have an Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z and an FX-8120 running at 4.5Ghz. I've been thinking of either purchasing a new FX-9370 for $250 or I found a 9590 online for about $400. Which of these would be a better choice and is it worth the upgrade? I have a decent motherboard which is why I would like to stick with AMD for now, or should I rather save up some money and get a 4930k? 

 

Thank you for your time. 

Amadino13

What is your current system you can save yourself money the money for now.

 

If it can get the job done for now, dont worry about it.

 

Also seems like you need a system overhaul soon so save your money ok wait till Intel 8 core solutions and do a complete new system

[soggyfatman]

What is your current system you can save yourself money the money for now.

 

If it can get the job done for now, dont worry about it.

 

Also seems like you need a system overhaul soon so save your money ok wait till Intel 8 core solutions and do a complete new system

Intel 8core?! But that won't happen for another year or more!

[amadino13]

What is your current system you can save yourself money the money for now.

 

If it can get the job done for now, dont worry about it.

 

Also seems like you need a system overhaul soon so save your money ok wait till Intel 8 core solutions and do a complete new system

 

 

AMD FX8120 @4.5ghz

Kingston HyperX 8GB 

Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z

Asus GTX780

Corsair H80i

Corsair TX850W PSU

Samsung 840 Pro 256GB

3x WD 2TB greens 

 

I use this mostly for gaming although from time to time i do some video work. 

[Zeruel]

AMD FX8120 @4.5ghz

Kingston HyperX 8GB 

Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z

Asus GTX780

Corsair H80i

Corsair TX850W PSU

Samsung 840 Pro 256GB

3x WD 2TB greens 

 

I use this mostly for gaming although from time to time i do some video work. 

 

Oh your build is just absolutely peachy . Maybe some MINIMAL bottle necking from the PCIe 2.0 slots but, save your build for at least two generations of computer hardware. Trust me a gtx 780 will play mostly any game on Ultra at 60fps( I know we all want to be spoiled PC gamers ). Save your money for a complete new system in the future, you won't regret it.

 

Buying a new system when you ALL your money for a single purchase is always better than buying stuff little by little. Anyways I think "8 cores" will be that sweet spot for gaming in the future, even 8 cores is probably not needed, at this point its kinda like a marketing gimmick. If you think about it, 16, 32 cores for gaming its just not going to happen. CPUs will advance far beyond gaming needs in performance, the more demanding stuff aside for gaming will probably need more advances but I think once gaming gets to 8 cores, its just going to stop there for a long time.

 

Be patient, and save your money

[amadino13]

Oh your build is just absolutely peachy . Maybe some MINIMAL bottle necking from the PCIe 2.0 slots but, save your build for at least two generations of computer hardware. Trust me a gtx 780 will play mostly any game on Ultra at 60fps( I know we all want to be spoiled PC gamers ). Save your money for a complete new system in the future, you won't regret it.

 

Buying a new system when you ALL your money for a single purchase is always better than buying stuff little by little. Anyways I think "8 cores" will be that sweet spot for gaming in the future, even 8 cores is probably not needed, at this point its kinda like a marketing gimmick. If you think about it, 16, 32 cores for gaming its just not going to happen. CPUs will advance far beyond gaming needs in performance, the more demanding stuff aside for gaming will probably need more advances but I think once gaming gets to 8 cores, its just going to stop there for a long time.

 

Be patient, and save your money

 

 

Thanks for the answer. I guess I'll save this for a bit longer. 

[TopNotchPCLol]

Hey everyone. I have an Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z and an FX-8120 running at 4.5Ghz. I've been thinking of either purchasing a new FX-9370 for $250 or I found a 9590 online for about $400. Which of these would be a better choice and is it worth the upgrade? I have a decent motherboard which is why I would like to stick with AMD for now, or should I rather save up some money and get a 4930k? 

 

Thank you for your time. 

Amadino13

Just get an 8350 and overclock it. If you want an out of the box OC, get a 9370. You will not need to chance any of your system specs for either.