Best AM3+ CPU?

[TheNaitsyrk]

I bought a cheap PC today with decent internals for £50.

The specs are: 16GB of DDR3 RAM a 1600Mhz, AMD FX 6300 Six Core CPU (Cinebench around 400), Vibox 350W PSU (it's terrible but works), Gigabyte AM3+ board, R7 240, Creative Sound Blaster (not sure which but it's around £15 online), 1TB Toshiba HDD, and okay looking gaming Vibox case.

 

My question is, what is the best AM3+ CPU that I could stick into that board? I'm positive it supports all of the AM3+ ones so don't worry. Thanks in advance.

[Ryujin2003]

You're fine with the 6300, because it's free. You could always get an FX 8350 if you wanted, however, unless you're upgrading that GPU, I'd definitely not worry about it. Plus you'd need to upgrade the PSU and get a good cooler.

 

You also didn't state what MB you are using.

 

But I'd keep the 6300 and just OC the snot out of it. I used to have an FX 6350, and believe I had it up to 4.5 or 4.6. Worked pretty good, but I wouldn't invest in much else at this point, especially with that GPU. Unless you're doing some compute tasks that could benefit form an extra couple cores, you should be fine with a nice OC on the 6300.

[TheNaitsyrk]

3 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

You're fine with the 6300, because it's free. You could always get an FX 8350 if you wanted, however, unless you're upgrading that GPU, I'd definitely not worry about it. Plus you'd need to upgrade the PSU and get a good cooler.

 

You also didn't state what MB you are using.

 

But I'd keep the 6300 and just OC the snot out of it. I used to have an FX 6350, and believe I had it up to 4.5 or 4.6. Worked pretty good, but I wouldn't invest in much else at this point, especially with that GPU. Unless you're doing some compute tasks that could benefit form an extra couple cores, you should be fine with a nice OC on the 6300.

Ye Cinebench on it is 400 vs 650 on the 8350. I was thinking of leaving that PSU and getting 1050 TI. 350W would be plenty and no need for power connectors.

[Fasauceome]

fx 8350 is the most popular by a long shot, but the 9590 is the best. Just prepare for hefty power consumption, especially on an overclock (shudders in fermi)

[TheNaitsyrk]

Just now, fasauceome said:

fx 8350 is the most popular by a long shot, but the 9590 is the best. Just prepare for hefty power consumption, especially on an overclock (shudders in fermi)

Ay! Thanks for letting me know. I was thinking of selling this one to CeX and adding few pennies to get the 8 core.

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

Ay! Thanks for letting me know. I was thinking of selling this one to CeX and adding few pennies to get the 8 core.

considering the age, you might not actually see a tangible difference. You should check benchmarks of the 8000 series against the 9000 series, because 8 threads is the main selling point. past that, you might see a 2 frame difference or something in games, so a quick spot check would help.

[aakopa]

I would decide between 8370 and 9590 if you want the best. 9590 has TDP around 200w and will burn your board if it's not ready for it. 8370 should work on almost all of the boards as it has way lower TDP.

[Santo22]

I have a 6300 system that my daughter is using and an 8350 that I use to mess around. Although both very old, the 8350 is MUCH faster then the 6300. The 6300 is overclocked 5% and gets a 420 in Cinebench. The 8350 is at 4.8ghz and gets an 850-880. I would stay away from the 9590 as it's usually overpriced and very power hungry and runs hot. One other option would be an 8320, but you can probably find an 8350 for pretty cheap used on eBay. 

[TheNaitsyrk]

1 minute ago, Santo22 said:

I have a 6300 system that my daughter is using and an 8350 that I use to mess around. Although both very old, the 8350 is MUCH faster then the 6300. The 6300 is overclocked 5% and gets a 420 in Cinebench. The 8350 is at 4.8ghz and gets an 850-880. I would stay away from the 9590 as it's usually overpriced and very power hungry and runs hot. One other option would be an 8320, but you can probably find an 8350 for pretty cheap used on eBay. 

Thank you for the confirmation.