AMD FX-4100 For Gaming?

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Hello, I bought the AMD FX-4100 processor for my new gaming rig, but i've heard it's bad for gaming. So anyone that currently owns this CPU can leave me some feedback? i'd like to know how well it will performs. I will also overclock it to 4.0ghz
If it really sucks i'll have to buy a Phenom II but i don't think i have the money after buying all the other parts :l

Here is what i'm building:

Case: NZXT Phantom

Mobo: ASUS M5A97

CPU: AMD FX-4100

Memory: Crosair Vengance 16GB

GPU: ASUS ENGTX 580

PSU:Cooler Master Silent Pro M700

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB
 
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What? The whole point of a gaming PC is to have a mid-range CPU and a fast-as-possible graphics card.
An FX-4100+GTX 580 would roflstomp a 2500k+GTX 550 in most games. (And one cannot even say that a FX 4100 WILL, per definition, bottleneck a 580 - in some cases it will, in others, it won't. Keeping the 4100 until faster Bulldozer CPU's come out is definitely a sensible option)

Sebax - if you can't return the processor and get your money back, keep it. It's not worth scrapping a 4100 for a replacement only until the next iteration of Bulldozer comes out. It will suffice for gaming - most...
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in games that are not well threaded, which is most games it will suck. take skyrim for example http://www.techspot.com/review/467-skyrim-performance/page7.html the fx 4100 is no faster than a phenom dual core at 3.3ghz or even the low budget A6 @ 2.6ghz......... it is pathetic. a phenom II is a good upgrade for gaming,
 
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Allright, again i'd like to thank everyone for the help.
I have made up my mind now: I will keep this CPU, OC it to 4.6 ghz and wait for the next set of them, read reviews about them and if they are good, buy one. If they aren't good for gaming, i will buy a Phenom cpu, not necessarily the 975, but one that doesn't bottleneck my GPU.

I will NOT buy Intel CPU's mostly because of two reasons: 1. My Mobo is for AMD CPU's and i don't really want to buy a new mobo 2. I personally prefer AMD over Intel.

Thanks to amirp, tulx, and everyone else that helped me.

EDIT: I like this benchmarks http://www.techspot.com/review/458-battlefield-3-performance/page7.html the OC'd 4100 reached 68-82 FPS on High settings, i'd guess that 58-72 FPS on ultra settings which i think is just fine.

 
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The FX 4100 is meant to be overclocked. The Skyrim benchmark is at 3,6 GHz. Good air cooling could easely squeez another GHz out of it and it will get around 60 frames, which will be more than fine.
In any case, waiting for the next version of FX's is definitely the best option.
 
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60 fps average. have you played skyrim? it will dip down to the low 20's with a slow cpu in some areas. It doesnt really matter since he has no more money anyway so he may as well keep it and OC the crap out of it.
 
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hm I see your point, but overclocking the FX-4100 from 3.6 to 4.6 is a fairly large increase, that should increase the performance enough to not warrant a new CPU purchase for this and other games. I still think it would be a waste of money to go with phenomII x4 at this point. Obviously if he was buying new the older AMD cpu's (or imo i3/i5) would be the best choices.
 
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but then so would the phenom II x4... that would drop as well as the fx-4100 in cpu intense areas, I don't see your point here.

If he overclocks to reach the same avg of the phenom then wouldnt they both experience similar drops in performance in cpu intense areas?
 
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Complete FUD. I can't believe he's telling you to buy an older more power hungry X4. :pfff:

The 4100 will do 4.6ghz and use less wattage than a X4, and it's cheaper than a X4 with the promo right now.

Fanboys are gonna tell you all kinds of FUD, but the truth is a 4100 will throw the same framerates in 9 out of 10 games as a 2600K will when your only using a single video card. The bottleneck will be the video card before it's the cpu.

Another reason BD didn't do well in benchmarks is because it's a fact that Windows 7 and older OS's cannot recognize BD's 2 module per core architecture and therefore cannot place threads in the correct optimal order and instead places them randomly out of order. Windows 8 should bring at least a 20% performance increase with the same benchmarks.
 
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you have no idea. im not a fanboy telling fud, it sounds like you are the fanboy. my core 2 duo was my first intel cpu, its 5 years old and faster pre-core than a brand new FX cpu......that really tells you something how good amd's new tech is. sometimes older is better and this is one case where that is true. even if it gets 20% better with win8, it will only be slightly faster than a phenom II core. The fact is, it has a poor FP and cache system and no operating system can change that.
 
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Did no one else see him saying hes going to spend 250 on a hd and its not a ssd. Dude for 250 you can get a nice ssd right now or spend 180 on a 128 gig and get a second drive for backup. ssd will speed your pc up. Plextor or samsung would help that amd fx feel faster.
 
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Here is an Intel SSD i found: Intel 510 Series 120 GB SSD This drive costs $280 and it is only 120 GB

Here is the WD HDD i'm getting: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB This drive may be slower, but it is a 2 TB drive and for only $250

In my oppinion, the HDD is the best option.
 
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Heh yeah! but i already have a case 😛 i'll probably sell or something, but i think the HDD is really nice
 
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I know that SSD are really faster and stuff I've heard that they can boot Windows in 10 secs, but they are really expensive, a 1tb hd+the ssd would be about $350
 
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I believe that Windows you need at least 80GB for it's files and stuff and that will make, but anyways i will get a 120gb SSD and a 2 tb drive, found a nice deal $260 for both
 
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For all the people telling him to wait and get a Phenom II remeber he would have to get the Phenom pretty much now. They're being phased out and there are some Phenom II's at places like New Egg that are already sold out. They're gone and thats it they probably won't be getting anymore in.
 
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