Amd phenom II X4 965 still viable?

[Nikola_35]

I am going to get amd phenom II X4 965 from my neighbor along with mobo and 16gigs of ram for about 70$. So i want to know can overclocked phenom 965 @ 3.8Ghz still play newer games with RX 560 GPU.
And will rx560 bottleneck the cpu.

 

[Barty1884]

Provided your expectations are reasonable (and pairing it with an RX560 would indicate they are), it's still relatively viable - for the right price. And $70 seems fair enough.

Which 'newer games' were you hoping to play? It should play almost anything, worse case, you're looking at low settings for a solid FPS experience.

 

[Gam3r01]

As a previous 965 owner (@4.22GHz) it was still a very reasonable performer.
What games are you looking to run? Some titles (like Fo4) had to be run on low, but it was still capable.

 

[Nikola_35]

Games like witcher 3, gta v (cant remember now but most AAA titles), and some games that come out in the future

 

[elbert]

It should run about and equal to my system. Dont expect great performance at 1080p but med settings should get about 60fps.

 

[Gam3r01]

Games like witcher 3, gta v (cant remember now but most AAA titles), and some games that come out in the future

I ran GTA V on medium/high settings with an average of around 45-60 FPS.

 

[Nikola_35]

As a previous 965 owner (@4.22GHz) it was still a very reasonable performer.
What games are you looking to run? Some titles (like Fo4) had to be run on low, but it was still capable.

Were you using after market cooler for 4.22Ghz OC or a fabric one?
I heard it has pretty good oc potential

 

[Gam3r01]

As a previous 965 owner (@4.22GHz) it was still a very reasonable performer.
What games are you looking to run? Some titles (like Fo4) had to be run on low, but it was still capable.

Were you using after market cooler for 4.22Ghz OC or a fabric one?
I heard it has pretty good oc potential

I was using this h100i I have now, that being said, my motherboard didnt have any VRM heatsinks so that was easily the limiting factor for me. I still had ~25C headroom.

 

[shrapnel_indie]

I'd say it still is. depending on the game, you still might be able to pull off high settings... most games probably medium to low... more demanding ones will be on low.

I was getting decent performance with a 955BE overclocked to 3.7 (no voltage adjustments) on regular HSF and sporting a HD5870 (1GB)... upgraded to something more potent in CPU (i7-5820k) though, and something a bit more potent in the GPU department (R9-380X) If I can scrape up some cash, Vega sounds like something to move to if it isn't too expensive.