Upgrade from FX-6300

[Patti]

Hi there, before people respond with dumb comments READ this first!

 

Build:

AMD FX-6300

GTX 960 FTW

16GB DDR3

600W PSU

 

I am looking for a CPU upgrade due to the fact that the 6300 is a tad slow for todays games. I am alright with switching to intel but i do not want a processor that has to run DDR4.  I have plenty of ram and do not want to waste the extra 100 bucks on ram. I was reffered to the Xeon 1231 v3 but will this processor hold its ground to todays games? No im not worried about future proofing the rig, i just need a little more power so i can run a 144hz monitor. 

 

[Fonzie92]

Do exactly what I did with my fx 6300. If you look at my recent posts here, I just explained the insane difference from the fx 6300. Buy a used i7 2600 off ebay (90-110$), and a used ASUS P8H61 or whatever 1155 socket motherboard and boom. Or if you want a i7 2600k but will be harder to find the right mobo.

 

Difference is night and day and a cheap budget upgrade, and you can stick with your DDR3 ram too 

[LHJKO]

i7 4790 ?

[Patti]

Just now, Vernw3 said:

i7 4790 ?

I was thinking that cpu too

[PCGuy_5960]

Why not get a Ryzen 5 1600?

[Patti]

Just now, Strike105X said:

Well you have two upgrade options as far as i see it, haswell or skylake,

 

The Xeon 1231 (which uses the haswell socket) still holds up nicely today, yes, and will be a nice upgrade over your FX.

 

There are also DDR3 boards for Skylake CPU's but do take note that Skylake really does take a big advantage of highspeed ram.

which one should i look farther into?

 

[PCGuy_5960]

10 minutes ago, Patti said:

so i can run a 144hz monitor. 

Wait. For 144Hz, you need an overclocked 6700K/7700K/4790K....

[Vode]

I'd get a Ryzen 1600 if I were you.

[Patti]

Just now, Vode said:

I'd get a Ryzen 1600 if I were you.

i dont want to upgrade to ddr4. i mentioned that if you read what i posted

 

[Patti]

Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

Wait. For 144Hz, you need an overclocked 6700K/7700K/4790K....

i under stand that but man people have told me that the xeon can run that, i play csgo ALOT and i get like 200+ on most maps but on newer ones are more taxing on my old cpu and i see frame dips below 144 but nothing ever below 80

 

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, Patti said:

i under stand that but man people have told me that the xeon can run that, i play csgo ALOT and i get like 200+ on most maps but on newer ones are more taxing on my old cpu and i see frame dips below 144 but nothing ever below 80

Oh, for CS:GO, the Xeon is more than enough 

[Patti]

Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

Oh, for CS:GO, the Xeon is more than enough 

but this is where im getting too, i play csgo, i also play other games like h1z1 and want to play PUBG but that game needs MAD optimization

 

[Patti]

Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

Why not get a Ryzen 5 1600?

doesnt that only support ddr4

 

[PCGuy_5960]

4 minutes ago, Patti said:

doesnt that only support ddr4

Yeah, but it is totally worth it

[Patti]

Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

Yeah, but it is totally worth it

i actually think i may go with team red again, this 1600 looks fair priced and would decimate the 6300 i have currently

 

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, Patti said:

i actually think i may go with team red again, this 1600 looks fair priced and would decimate the 6300 i have currently

The 1600 is an amazing CPU for the money!

[Patti]

Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

The 1600 is an amazing CPU for the money!

Yea it is, and correct me if im worng but doesnt it have amd's version of hyperthreading? which would help in games i play aswell

 

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, Patti said:

Yea it is, and correct me if im worng but doesnt it have amd's version of hyperthreading?

Yes it does and the funniest thing about it is that AMD's hyperthreading is better than Intel's

[Patti]

Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

Yes it does and the funniest thing about it is that AMD's hyperthreading is better than Intel's

no way, lmao. Im glad i came here and asked for opinions before i went ahead and bought something much more expensive. and any idea on how much of a performance gain i will have? i know it will be VERY noticable

[Vode]

25 minutes ago, Patti said:

i dont want to upgrade to ddr4. i mentioned that if you read what i posted

 

I know, sell your DDR3 kit. It's not worth it to upgrade to a DDR3 IMO.

 

Ryzen is the CPU to get right now IMO. I will soon get an R7 1700 myself. 

[PCGuy_5960]

2 minutes ago, Patti said:

no way, lmao.

Yeah, this is why the 5.4GHz 1600X was able to beat the 5.9GHz 5820K's multithreaded scores!

3 minutes ago, Patti said:

and any idea on how much of a performance gain i will have?

2x the performance in single threaded workloads and 3x the performance in multithreaded workloads!

3 minutes ago, Patti said:

i know it will be EXTREMELY noticable

FIFY

[Patti]

Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

Yeah, this is why the 5.4GHz 1600X was able to beat the 5.9GHz 5820K's multithreaded scores!

2x the performance in single threaded workloads and 3x the performance in multithreaded workloads!

FIFY

appreciate it!