8320e or wait for zen?

[Kenjinful]

I currently have a fx-4300 and a ga-78lmt-usb3 motherboard with a Rx 470. I was considering getting a 8320e since it would be cheap, but ive heard bad things about it. I was considering waiting for zen also, but it will probably sell out fasts feint be available till march. I could also look at maybe a x5650 as there are some cheap 1366 x58 motherboards right now. There's always i3s too. I mainly use my computer for adobe after effects, but I'll be using it for premiere a lot too. I'll be recording videos editing and rendering them, and play a lot of games. What should I get?

 

[chemmajorp53]

Zen will be on AM4, so you won't be able to reuse your motherboard. If I were you I'd just try to find a used haswell i5 and motherboard combo locally or on ebay or get an i3 6100 and cheap b150 mobo. There's no use in buying a new AMD chip, the AM3 platform is dead and the ipc is terrible compared to intel. Nobody knows how good Zen will be but I personally can't see it being better than current intel chips, just matching them for less money at best.

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

Yeah, definitely don't put any money into upgrading what you have. That would be pointless and a complete waste of money. The only real upgrade would be a complete platform upgrade, whether it's waiting for Zen or going over to Intel.

 

[Kenjinful]

I mean I could look into a i5-4460 platform maybe, or go for something like an x5650. I was considering an i3 also but I'll wait till Black Friday for that.

 

[Kenjinful]

Bump? I haven't bought anything yet, but im on a pretty tight budget. I could buy the 8320e very soon, or keep saving up for something newer.

 

[UnspokenWhale]

How big is your budget? How big do you think it will be in a few months (when Zen will be available)?

 

[Kenjinful]

How big is your budget? How big do you think it will be in a few months (when Zen will be available)?

My budget right now is about 100 dollars I'm on a extremely tight budget now since I bought a rx 470. By the time zen comes out I could possible have maybe a 150-175 dollar budget.

 

[jeffredo]

I have a PC with an FX-4130 oc'd to 4.3 Ghz on the same motherboard as yours. I also have one with an FX-8320E @ 4.3 Ghz. There's no comparison between an FX 8 core and FX 4 core at the same clock speeds. Gaming with the same GPU is much better with the FX-8320E - 15% to 20% higher FPS. If you only have $100 to spend I'd do that and then sell the FX-4300 for $50. It would be a decent upgrade for $50.

 

[Kenjinful]

Good point. I could just buy a 8320e and a cooler master cpu cooler for probably 100 dollars then just sell my cpu so I'd really only use 50 dollars. I'm still open to options though if anyone has a suggestions. A x5650 seems like it could be interesting.

 

[Pentium4User]

Ok it not bad but what situation do you plain to use it in more if you doing more rendering and video stuff then you should get an 8 core or 6 core if you playing games most time 4 core the best for you, the fx is like the modern version of the Pentium 4 alot of heat and uses power like a p4 and it really doesn't perform good I herd a phenom can beat it. other thing their other am4 cpus that are probably way better than the fx series and run cooler less power the only thing i'm not excited about is the ddr4 because it gonna be pricey probably, but honestly wait until am4 comes out and see the types of cpu their are and compare it to the fx series it will probably destroy and 8 core fx with 4 core am4 cpu, also in the future you can just upgrade from example an a12 that also coming to am4 to the zen.

 

[11leejohn]

I currently have a fx-4300 and a ga-78lmt-usb3 motherboard with a Rx 470. I was considering getting a 8320e since it would be cheap, but ive heard bad things about it. I was considering waiting for zen also, but it will probably sell out fasts feint be available till march. I could also look at maybe a x5650 as there are some cheap 1366 x58 motherboards right now. There's always i3s too. I mainly use my computer for adobe after effects, but I'll be using it for premiere a lot too. I'll be recording videos editing and rendering them, and play a lot of games. What should I get?

So I was in your shoes just a couple weeks ago. I bought the 8320e and asrock 970a motherboard. oc'd the cpu to 4.0 ghz with a slight change to voltage and now i can run gta 5 ultra 1080p on a 1060 gtx oc version from asus. Microcenter has it for 80 to 90 and with a purchase of a mobo its $40 off.

Considering that your rig is not ancient, i suggest you just get an aftermarket cooler and oc everything. then when the zen comes out you should get that instead. My rig before was ancient and i wanted a budget upgrade. so i got the 8320e with a 970a mobo for less than 100 after rebate.