7770 1gb with a8 7600 or fx 4300?

[maxdesolate]

Hello,
So i had an fx 6300 which i had to sell for some reason, along with a gigabyte ds3p mobo. But i have my sapphire radeon 7770 1gb left over from my old rig. Now i am on a very strict budget, so i cant afford any processor which costs more than 6000-6300 indian rupees (around 90$). For the motherboard i have kept aside 45$ or 3300 INR. I was able to play all games with this graphic card along with my beloved 6300 at low to medium settings including rise of the tomb raider.
Niw i cant afford a 6 core processor like i said, so i am leaning towards a8 7600 or fx 4300. I have enquired at wholesale stores here in bangalore, india and both of these are available within my budget. I dont plan to use crossfire as i kniw it wont work with the 7770 and a8 7600. So no worries about that. What i want to know is whether the 7600 is a better choice than the fx 4300 in terms of speed and performance along with allowing me to game at low-med settings, or is the 4300 better than 7600, forget about the inbuilt graphics as i want to use my 7770 for gaming. I will be using 8gb ram @ 1866. Help me choose please. Thank you in advance.

 

[faalin]

Get the FX 4300, at least you will be able to upgrade the cpu to something better down the road when you have money. With the A8 the best you can do is a A10 and that is still horrible for gaming.

 

[RaDiKaL_]

The fx-4300 is your best option between those two. Having said that, consider an i3-6100 from Intel, I've no idea about prices in India but if you can get it it sure is worth the investment.

 

[maxdesolate]

Cant afford the i3 as its price is equivalent to the amd cpu and mobo combined( whichever of the 2 i mentioned i buy). So the fx 4300 is better because of the upgrade path it provides or is it just faster and has better performance than 7600 irrespective of the inbuilt graphics it has?

 

[faalin]

the A8 beats the 4300 slightly but there is no upgrade path for it. later down the road you could look at the FX 8320 or 8350 for an upgrade

 

[Ecky]

Some other CPUs to consider:

Pentium G4400
Core i3 3xxx or 4xxx
Athlon x4 750K
Athlon x4 860K

 

[maxdesolate]

@faalin. You are right bro. Hehe. Buying the a10 for an upgrade wouldnt make much sense alrite. But on the other side theres 6300 and the 8 cores again in the future with the same mobo. Alrite then, i guess i will go with fx 4300. Or how about the athlon x4s ecky has mentioned. Would they be a better choice? Cant seem to find them online in any indian websites though.
@ecky. Thanks for bringing my attention to the athlons bro. I will check them out. As for going for intel is concerned, i wont be doing that coz the path to intel i3s and i5s is too expensive for me. Though i would love to. But cant. I guess the last upgrade for me woyld be a 6300 again maybe next year. Hehe.

 

[Ecky]

An older i3 may well be cheaper than an FX-6300. They certainly can be found for cheaper here.

A Pentium G4400 is probably a better gaming CPU than the Athlons, if you can find it for a fair price.

 

[faalin]

What motherboard are you getting, it will help knowing what upgrade path for the cpu you will have.


I just looked that the fx 4300 was AM3+ socket and looked to see what would fit in it. Hens why I recommended the FX 8320 or 8350, the 6300 is only a slight upgrade to the 4300.

 

[maxdesolate]

@faalin. Im gonna get asus m5a78-m-lx3 if i get the 4300.

 

[faalin]

So looks like you can do a FX-8320E and FX-8370E

 

[maxdesolate]

Ya, looks like it. Well, guess i will close this thread now. Thank you everyone. The 4300 it is for now.