[SOLVED] AMD A8 5500 vs FX 6300

[Franklin_4]

Hey all,

I recently purchased a new PSU, GTX 950 GPU, an FX 6300 CPU and a new msi 970 MoBo.

I installed the PSU and GPU and they seem to be working decently well with my current CPU + Mobo combo.

Currently i have an A8 5500 running on an F2A85-M Pro (FM 2).

I'm a little nervous to install the new msi mobo and fx 6300, and the 200$ i could save by returning them is starting to sound appealing...

what im wondering is will i really get that much more performance out of my GPU and over all system by switching my MoBo and CPU from current set up?

 

[joex444]

If your interest is purely gaming, the A8 5500 shouldn't be bottlenecking a GTX 950.

If you use your PC for things other than gaming and Internet browsing, then you can expect about a 50% boost in CPU performance with the FX 6300. But if your only CPU intensive tasks are gaming then it sounds like you would be better served by keeping the money and putting it towards another upgrade at another time. If you said GTX 970/980 I'd have a different answer, but you said GTX 950 which doesn't need much CPU power to get everything you can from it.

 

[blazorthon]

That depends almsot entirely on the game and situation. Try playing even an older game like BF3 multiplayer with a very large map like 32+ players and the A8 will be very noticeably weaker than an FX-6300. Most games will be fine on a quad core AMD CPU at a decent frequency such as the A8-5500, but some games are a little more intense on the CPU. BF4 multiplayer would also greatly prefer the FX-6300. Not all games scale only to two or four cores. The number of games that scale better across six or eight cores is quickly growing.

 

[Franklin_4]

Thanks guys. the game i play most is dota2, and it is very CPU intensive. the main thing preventing me from doing the upgrade is fear of doing it incorrectly hah

 

[blazorthon]

There isn't much to do incorrectly. Pretty much everything is keyed to only go in one way. Power plugs, data cables, memory modules, etc. all only go in the right way, unless you push very hard. Most things don't require much force, so if it's difficult to push, you're probably doing it wrong. Keep that in mind and you're unlikely to run into any problems. If you need any help with anything, ask and we'll help.