Buy the FX-8350 or the AMD 480 first?

[Mike3k24]

I currently have a FX 6100 and an asus 7770 and I would like to upgrade. I want to get the Fx 8350 and the 480 (when it drops). Which should i buy first??

 

[13thmonkey]

the 480, i'm not sure what boost you'll see from the 8350

 

[bootcher]

There is not much known about the RX480, so I would upgrade the CPU first. There is a good chance your current CPU will cause a bottleneck if combined with a RX 480. The FX 8350 will most likely perform well with it, if overclocked even better of course.

 

[Themastererr]

I went from a 6300 to an 8350, then to an 8320. Both the 6300 and 8350 were clocked @ 4.8Ghz. My 8320 is now @ 5ghz. I use an R9 380 GPU.

The 8 cores have better minimum FPS, better physics performance, and way better multi-threading. You will most definitely notice a difference when changing CPU's

Is it worth upgrading right now? That's a good question. AMD's new CPU's come out this year, so while upgrading to an 8350 might be worth it, you could just hold off until the new generation comes out. Of course then you would have to upgrade the motherboard as well..

If you can get a good deal on an 8350 it might be worth it but in all honesty I would probably go with the 480 GPU then upgrade to Zen down the road.

One thing you should know is the 8320 is the exact same CPU as the 8350, just underclocked. You can buy the 8320, overclock it just a bit, and have a CPU more powerful than an 8350 at a lower price.

 

[Mike3k24]

Themastererr I think I'm gonna go check out some 8320's now! Thanks for the suggestions everyone!!

 

[Themastererr]

Themastererr I think I'm gonna go check out some 8320's now! Thanks for the suggestions everyone!!

The 8320 is boss. @ 5 Ghz My system is VR ready and the CPU is 5 years old! Not bad eh

 

[dudeman509]

Before you get an 8-core chip - what is your current motherboard?

I second the 8320 recommendation IF you have a supporting motherboard (8+2 VRM).

However, with Zen coming out at the end of the year, it's still a bad time to buy any existing FX CPU.

 

[Mike3k24]

Dudeman509 this is my mobo http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4305#ov

 

[dudeman509]

I wouldn't run anything besides a 8320E on there.

 

[Tradesman1]

If wanting to stick with AMD, don't jump into anything until you see what Zen looks like, the 8xxx series of CPUs is an oollldddd line of CPUs. They easily are outperformed by even lower end Intel CPUs

 

[Mike3k24]

Tradesman1 Yeah I've decided I'm switching to Intel but keeping some of the parts I can re use.

 

[Tradesman1]

Sounds like a plan you going Z97? (can reuse DRAM that way also (you could with Skylake, but I wouldn't recommend it, if going Skylake would build with DDR4))

 

[Mike3k24]

Sounds like a plan you going Z97? (can reuse DRAM that way also (you could with Skylake, but I wouldn't recommend it, if going Skylake would build with DDR4))

I don't really know what the Z97 is I'm pretty new to this stuff. But I made this build myself check it out! http://pcpartpicker.com/list/YjZRBP
For the time being I'm gonna use my 7770 till I get a new and better graphics card. And I have a couple things I could reuse from this build http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16883227436

 

[Tradesman1]

Think you'll be happy with that

 

[Outlander_04]

Most of the increase in game performance will be about replacing the graphics card .

If you have a good AMD motherboard then it will be simpler and cheaper just to swap processors rather than upgrade everything [ which will force you to reinstall everything and might mean buying another windows license ]

 

[g-unit1111]

Before you get an 8-core chip - what is your current motherboard?

I second the 8320 recommendation IF you have a supporting motherboard (8+2 VRM).

However, with Zen coming out at the end of the year, it's still a bad time to buy any existing FX CPU.

Yeah I agree, if you're buying AMD, wait. If you're buying Intel I would go with Sky Lake.