Does an FX 8300 or FX 8320E Bottleneck the RX 480?

[stix45]

Looking to buy one of the two processors along with the RX 480 but i don't know if they bottleneck it.

 

[amtseung]

Trust me, don't get either. Go intel, or stick with what you currently have, save up more money, and do a full system overhaul later.

 

[maxalge]

Looking to buy one of the two processors along with the RX 480 but i don't know if they bottleneck it.

yes, dont sink any more money into it

switch to an i5 setup

 

[JWoody]

An FX wont bottleneck it considering my old Phenom II dosent bottleneck my 970, that being said however the person above is correct, but wait for Zen.

 

[maxalge]

An FX wont bottleneck it considering my old Phenom II dosent bottleneck my 970, that being said however the person above is correct, but wait for Zen.

a 8350 bottlenecks a 970. This website even tested it with a 7970 and it bottlenecked it

>.> so yeah...


I had a overclocked phenom 2 1055t, it could not handle a 7950 properly

 

[amtseung]

I lit a fire with an 8320 at 5.1GHZ trying to get it not to bottleneck a 7970 GHZ edition in friggin Skyrim. Thank god for fire extinguishers.

Never again, FX CPU's...

 

[4745454b]

In "most" games the 8320/8350 will be fine. But that's the problem. Most and you'd get nearly identical FPS with the 6300. There will be random games here and there the 8320/8350 just plain chokes. Doesn't matter the GPU. It's more like those CPUs just can't handle running those games. For that reason I always suggest going with Intel as they don't have that problem. I also agree with what's above me. Stick with what you have while you wait for Zen. If that turns out great then use that. If that has supply issues or is more then similar i5 CPUs then swap over to Intel. But buying an 8320 (more so if you already have an 6300.) is pretty much just a waste of money.

 

[grimsin]

An FX wont bottleneck it considering my old Phenom II dosent bottleneck my 970, that being said however the person above is correct, but wait for Zen.

a 8350 bottlenecks a 970. This website even tested it with a 7970 and it bottlenecked it

>.> so yeah...


I had a overclocked phenom 2 1055t, it could not handle a 7950 properly

I had a 8350 @4.4ghz and a gtx 970, it bottlenecked ALOT of games, not all but most.

 

[Yansag_1982]

Looking to buy one of the two processors along with the RX 480 but i don't know if they bottleneck it.

They will...i had an FX-8320 overclocked to 4.6ghz and it was limiting my old GTX 780 in many games...not all of them, but many...just use a core i5-6400/6500 instead...also the GTX 1060 6GB if it's not that much more expensive than the 480 might as well go with that instead, it run cooler and it's faster.

 

[stix45]

So if both processors are to result in bad bottlenecking with the RX 480, what graphics card would actually be good for one of the two processors?

Also i would buy an Intel processor but currently i have no money to get a new motherboard for a while :/

 

[Yansag_1982]

So if both processors are to result in bad bottlenecking with the RX 480, what graphics card would actually be good for one of the two processors?

Also i would buy an Intel processor but currently i have no money to get a new motherboard for a while :/

the FX-8320/8320e would do well in many games...just overclock it yourself instead of spending more for an overclocked version...that way at least it's cheap...for GPU...i would still get an RX 470/480 or GTX 1060 for 1080p.

 

[DSzymborski]

So if both processors are to result in bad bottlenecking with the RX 480, what graphics card would actually be good for one of the two processors?

Also i would buy an Intel processor but currently i have no money to get a new motherboard for a while :/

What is your existing motherboard? You hadn't mentioned this was an existing build that you're upgrading. Depending on what your motherboard is, the 125W CPUs might be un-recommendable.

 

[stix45]

So if both processors are to result in bad bottlenecking with the RX 480, what graphics card would actually be good for one of the two processors?

Also i would buy an Intel processor but currently i have no money to get a new motherboard for a while :/

What is your existing motherboard? You hadn't mentioned this was an existing build that you're upgrading. Depending on what your motherboard is, the 125W CPUs might be un-recommendable.

My motherboard is a MSI 760GM-P23 (FX) AM3+ AMD 760G my processor is an FX-4300 with my Gigabyte R7 250 graphics card.

 

[4745454b]

760G, so bad. I wouldn't put a 125W CPU on those.

 

[DSzymborski]

So if both processors are to result in bad bottlenecking with the RX 480, what graphics card would actually be good for one of the two processors?

Also i would buy an Intel processor but currently i have no money to get a new motherboard for a while :/

What is your existing motherboard? You hadn't mentioned this was an existing build that you're upgrading. Depending on what your motherboard is, the 125W CPUs might be un-recommendable.

My motherboard is a MSI 760GM-P23 (FX) AM3+ AMD 760G my processor is an FX-4300 with my Gigabyte R7 250 graphics card.

Then the 125W CPUs are right out. They run very poorly on low-end motherboards, even when technically supported (lots of throttling). In this case, MSI doesn't even try to claim the CPU is supported. You're topped out at the lower-clocked FX-8320E or 8370E, which are both 95W CPUs.

Nor would I buy a new motherboard in order to support a 125W CPU. Once you're buying a CPU *and* motherboard, it's very hard to recommend using this platform in 2016/2017.

 

[mgavkar]

No. FX mentioned by you will not bottlneck rx 480.

 

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