Paring athlon x4 and radeon r9 390x need some opinion

[Joseph (Seph) Cabayacruz]

 

Good day,

 

I just want to ask regarding processor and graphics because i got confused on my next upgrade..

right now i have A10 7860K then in a future, I will upgrade it to Athlon X4 880K because certainly, athlon is only a CPU with 4.0 ghz base.

now, if i upgrade it to Athlon X4 880K does it bottleneck with my Graphics card(Radeon R9 390X) in the system?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Keep your a10. You can oc it if you want 4.0. Don't get the althon, save for a better platform

 

You will bottleneck a bit, but id still get a faster gpu. Id get a rx480 unless you find a cheap 290 or 390(there the same)

[MaxBunny]

4 minutes ago, Joseph (Seph) Cabayacruz said:

now, if i upgrade it to Athlon X4 880K does it bottleneck with my Graphics card(Radeon R9 390X) in the system?

Yup. The 880K is still under the FX line and those are budget level processors at this point. Unless you're getting that 390x cheap then you're better off with a 480/1060. You don't sound like you're gaming above 1080p anyway.

[Joseph (Seph) Cabayacruz]

5 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Keep your a10. You can oc it if you want 4.0. Don't get the althon, save for a better platform

 

You will bottleneck a bit, but id still get a faster gpu. Id get a rx480 unless you find a cheap 290 or 390(there the same)

When i overclock it? Should i also increase nb frequency voltage and cpu voltage? If it does how much? 

 

I have been using msi a88xm gaming 2400mhz ram ddr3.  

Edited October 17, 2016 by Joseph (Seph) Cabayacruz

[aisle9]

Don't "upgrade" to an 880K (which is largely the same CPU, just with no onboard graphics). Either of those CPUs would hold the R9 390X back by quite a bit, yes. Your best bet is to hang onto the A10 you have and bump it up to Zen or Skylake/Kaby Lake when you can. Even an i3 would be a noticeable improvement, and could easily handle an R9 390X.

[frunze]

" athlon is only a CPU with 4.0 ghz base "

wait... what??? 

A10-7890K have a base clock of 4.1Ghz, with turbo clock of 4.3Ghz. It's a more sensible upgrade in a pinch (and when you seek a higher base clock) compared to an athlon

[Electronics Wizardy]

5 minutes ago, Joseph (Seph) Cabayacruz said:

When i overclock it? Should i also increase nb frequency voltage and cpu voltage? If it does how much? 

 

I have been using msi a88xm gaming 2400mhz ram ddr3.  

Just bump up the multipler for now.

 

You should easily hit 4.2.

[Energycore]

32 minutes ago, Joseph (Seph) Cabayacruz said:

 

Good day,

 

I just want to ask regarding processor and graphics because i got confused on my next upgrade..

right now i have A10 7860K then in a future, I will upgrade it to Athlon X4 880K because certainly, athlon is only a CPU with 4.0 ghz base.

now, if i upgrade it to Athlon X4 880K does it bottleneck with my Graphics card(Radeon R9 390X) in the system?

Athlon 880K and A10-7860K are the same CPU, buying it will waste your money.

 

As for an R9 390X, it will bottleneck, but it depends on games and some will be just fine while others won't.

 

I would definitely upgrade that CPU before buying a GPU that costs more than $200. So either RX 480 and i3-6100, for instance. That will run you about $400.

[Energycore]

23 minutes ago, frunze said:

" athlon is only a CPU with 4.0 ghz base "

wait... what??? 

A10-7890K have a base clock of 4.1Ghz, with turbo clock of 4.3Ghz. It's a more sensible upgrade in a pinch (and when you seek a higher base clock) compared to an athlon

No the 7980K is not an upgrade from a 7860K. You can OC the 7860K to match the clocks of the more expensive one.

[Energycore]

27 minutes ago, Joseph (Seph) Cabayacruz said:

When i overclock it? Should i also increase nb frequency voltage and cpu voltage? If it does how much? 

 

I have been using msi a88xm gaming 2400mhz ram ddr3.  

I suggest looking at an overclocking guide for FM2+ CPUs. I think tomshardware did one recently.

[frunze]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

No the 7980K is not an upgrade from a 7860K. You can OC the 7860K to match the clocks of the more expensive one.

i said, in a pinch, aka if he only seek higher base clock without even want to overclock.

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, frunze said:

i said, in a pinch, aka if he only seek higher base clock without even want to overclock.

It's not a sensible upgrade under any circumstance.

[frunze]

Just now, Energycore said:

It's not a sensible upgrade under any circumstance.

i said, compared to an athlon

[Energycore]

3 minutes ago, frunze said:

i said, compared to an athlon

It's not more sensible than an athlon because both have 0 in the sensibility rate

[Joseph (Seph) Cabayacruz]

so to close this thread, i should not buy athlon since i have A10 7860K(A10 work fine and nothing to worry about). And it will work just fine then with my Radeon R9 390x..

[aisle9]

8 hours ago, frunze said:

i said, in a pinch, aka if he only seek higher base clock without even want to overclock.

That's...terrible advice.

 

You don't "upgrade" a 1992 Ford Mustang by buying another 1992 Ford Mustang.

[frunze]

53 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

That's...terrible advice.

 

You don't "upgrade" a 1992 Ford Mustang by buying another 1992 Ford Mustang.

getting yourself in a pinched situation is terrible on the first place, oh come on, i leave this thread for 12 hours and found that several people can't even take a sarcasm 

[aisle9]

43 minutes ago, frunze said:

getting yourself in a pinched situation is terrible on the first place, oh come on, i leave this thread for 12 hours and found that several people can't even take a sarcasm 

Sorry, it didn't come across as sarcasm at all.