A worthy upgrade?

[qakers]

How does this upgrade look?

Phenom II x6 1035t @ 2.6 GHZ ---> FX 6300 Vishera @ 3.5 GHz

I won't be able to overclock the 6300 right away because my PSU is limiting, but there is no chance of ever overclocking the 1035t as it's attached to a dell mobo. I have an HD 6870 and notice some bottlenecking in all relatively new MMO's and some other games like New Vegas and Spec Ops the Line notably.

If I got the 6300 it would probably be the final upgrade for a few years until I build an entirely new PC.

 

[marshal11]

First, are you getting a new motherboard? Second, how many watts does your PSU output? I'm almost certain your PSU can handle a few extra watts. It would be a decent upgrade but I'd say just go straight for the 8350 or go Intel for gaming. The 4th gen Intel CPUs are coming out in June.

 

[simon12]

What GPU do you have as well?

 

[marshal11]

What GPU do you have as well?

I have an HD 6870 and notice some bottlenecking in all relatively new MMO's and some other games like New Vegas and Spec Ops the Line notably.

 

[qakers]

I need a new mobo for sure, mine is an AM3 not an AM3+, and I have a 500 watt PSU and no calculator will put my system with a 125 watt CPU above 500 watts but I'm still worried to go even close to that number.

 

[ohyouknow]

If it is a Dell OEM PSU rated at 500watts they generally aren't too bad. Feel free to dig in and list whatever information you can on it.

 

[marshal11]

I need a new mobo for sure, mine is an AM3 not an AM3+, and I have a 500 watt PSU and no calculator will put my system with a 125 watt CPU above 500 watts but I'm still worried to go even close to that number.

AM3 socket motherboards support AM3+ CPUs. Though the BIOS probably won't, being a crappy OEM dell motherboard. And good luck finding a CPU support list, nevermind a BIOS update :lol:. If you're going to be getting a whole new motherboard, I'd suggest just saving up another 150$ or so and buy a Intel 4th gen i5 Haswell CPU. They're being announced/released early June.

 

[qakers]

If it is a Dell OEM PSU rated at 500watts they generally aren't too bad. Feel free to dig in and list whatever information you can on it.

It's an Antec Basiq 500 watt 80 plus

 

[ohyouknow]

Antec Basiq is a great PSU. Don't bother upgrading that less it is really old.

 

[qakers]

A lot of people around here seem to think the fx 6300 is not an upgrade from the 1035t but you can't scoff at the extra 1000mhz. I might pick up an AM3+ mobo, a cooler, and a PSU to overclock this thing until Q4 when we can see what the steamroller brings us.

 

[Cazalan]

Might as well get the new 6350. Same price but 3.9Ghz/4.2Ghz(Turbo)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113327

 

[jessterman21]

Yep, you'll need a new mobo. That would be an upgrade, but a better upgrade would be to an i5 - preferably the 3570K. If you can't afford it, the FX-6300 is great for the price.

 

[qakers]

New plan. I'm going to go a bit bigger and get the 3570k, it's a good time for a full system upgrade anyway.

Thanks a lot for the help!