AMD fx 6350 to 8350 a good upgrade

[asiren]

like the titles states. i currently have a amd fx 6350 at 3.9GHz accompanied by a gtx 960 2gb gddr5. i was wondering would the switch to a 8350 give performance boost? or should i upgrade the gpu? if so to what. my budget is roughly £160

current specs:
amd fx 6350 3.9ghz hex core
gigabyte 78lmt usb3 mobo
gtx 960 2gb gddr5
8gb 1600mhz kingston ram
1tb hdd
kolink 500 80+ psu
corsair spec 03 case
cooler master hyper 103 cooler

the 8350 will include the wraith cooler

thanks
matt

 

[Dunlop0078]

No not really, considered it myself for awhile. The performance increase you would get going from a 6350 to an 8350 would not be worth the price in the majority of games. And upgrading from a 960 to any card costing around 160 pounds would not be worth it either in my opinion. If I were you I would save up for either a switch to intel or you could wait and see what amd zen offers. Or just save for a new gpu, nothing short of a rx 480 or gtx 1060 would be a worthwhile upgrade over a 960 as far as im concerned. The 6350 will bottleneck a 1060 or 480 to some degree in some games but it should still provide a good performance increase over your 960.

 

[Ecky]

^ Agree with this opinion.

Many new games are utilizing more cores, but they're still effectively bottlenecked by an FX's poor single-threaded performance. An FX-8350 would be a very minor improvement in most cases, and none in others. Save up for an i5 or wait to see what Zen brings to the table.