AMD FX 8300 x GTX 1050 TI?

[csikos12345]

I have a gtx 1050 ti with a amd fx 4300, and i want to upgrade to a amd fx 8300 but im not sure if i can, and if i can will the peformance be bad for gaming, i just want to play games like gta 5, battlefield 1, dead rising 4,ect at high or ultra, at 60fps.


SPECS

PSU : 350 WATT (dont know exact product)
MOBO : GA760G -78LMT-S2
GPU : GTX 1050 TI SC
CPU : AMD FX 4300


I bought this pc pre-built at
https://www.amazon.com/CYBERPOWERPC-GUA3120A-FX-4300-3-8GHz-Desktop/dp/B01L0JGRSI


Thanks in advance!

 

[blankcr8]

Might wanna upgrade the PSU as well if you are getting an fx 8300, and performance will be ok, but the fx series is pretty dated now

 

[csikos12345]

Might wanna upgrade the PSU as well if you are getting an fx 8300, and performance will be ok, but the fx series is pretty dated now

would it be okay if i keep this psu for a like 4 more months, i want to upgrade my psu later?

 

[mbilal2]

That PSU is junk. It has more chances of blowing up in your face than giving a stable power to your rig.

Yes you can add the FX 8300 as they both use the same socket. BUT 100+$ on another FX processor isn't worth it. You can get a Ryzen 1300X for that money. That being said you will have to upgrade your mobo and RAM with it as well.

You get more bang for your buck this way  

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CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($108.89 @ OutletPC)
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Total: $259.86

 

[Karadjgne]

Wierd. According to Gigabyte, that fx4300 is not a bios supported cpu, the only FX cpu supported is the FX 4150. So, not sure exactly how that's come about, either Gigabyte has been lax in updating their website info for supported cpus (possible since only R1.0 and R1.3 claim FX support, r3.x doesn't at all) or cyberpower is using a custom bios (possible too) to allow the 4300 to be recognised. Either way, before making any purchase, I'd contact Gigabyte directly and find out if it's possible to upgrade at all. Being a 760G chipset, you'd be pushing limits with a 4core 125w cpu, an 8core 125w will definitely be over its limits, meaning you'd be stuck with possibly the 8300, 8320E or 8370E as 95w options.

 

[csikos12345]

Wierd. According to Gigabyte, that fx4300 is not a bios supported cpu, the only FX cpu supported is the FX 4150. So, not sure exactly how that's come about, either Gigabyte has been lax in updating their website info for supported cpus (possible since only R1.0 and R1.3 claim FX support, r3.x doesn't at all) or cyberpower is using a custom bios (possible too) to allow the 4300 to be recognised. Either way, before making any purchase, I'd contact Gigabyte directly and find out if it's possible to upgrade at all. Being a 760G chipset, you'd be pushing limits with a 4core 125w cpu, an 8core 125w will definitely be over its limits, meaning you'd be stuck with possibly the 8300, 8320E or 8370E as 95w options.

my bios is rev1.1 and on gigabytes website it supports the amd fx 4300 and 8300
https://www.gigabyte.com/Ajax/SupportFunction/GetCpuList/?Value=4311&Type=Product

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

Don't bother upgrading to fx 8350. Any boost there will be small. If you switched to ryzen, single core performance literally jumps like 50%.

That board is wasn't great when new, running an 8350 may not be a good thing.