FX 4320 vs 6300 vs 8300

[Lukasamba]

Hey guys, question is simple which is better ? I have 8gb ram and gtx 960 2gb, which would be better, like is there any difference between those cpu in newest games ?

 

[CTurbo]

What motherboard do you have? I would probably choose the FX6300 out of the 3, but only if you already have an AM3+ motherboard.

 

[unreal9400]

FX 6300 is the best value for money.
FX 4320 is really bad and not worth.
FX 8300 is not really utilized properly for gaming even though its 8 core.(But useful for rendering and heavy multi threaded task)
Most games run faster on Intel because of its superior single threaded performance.
This is where AMD lacks behind a bit even though it is overclock above 4 GHz+.

 

[Lukasamba]

I have AM3+, yeah, i know that intel is better in every way, but i can't afford to upgrade to intel..I saw benchmarks on youtube, fx 4300 and fx 6300 is only few fps difference.. Is that true ?

 

[CTurbo]

I would go with the FX6300 as the best value. There is very little price difference between the FX43xx and FX6300

 

[Lukasamba]

Is there a big difference between 6100 and 6300 ?

 

[CTurbo]

Yes avoid any FX 41xx, 61xx, or 81xx. The 43xx, 63xx, and 83xx are much better.

 

[Ecky]

Most games don't fully utilize more than a few cores, so you'd think there would be little difference between an FX-8xxx and an FX-4xxx. However, AMD's FX CPUs have something called a "module penalty", where cores are in pairs and share resources. If both cores in a module are used at the same time, there's a roughly 20% penalty (in most cases), making an FX-4300's per-core performance far lower than an FX-8320's even in things that only effectively utilize 3-4 threads.

The FX-8xxx CPUs are best, but you should check to make sure whatever board you have supports 125w CPUs, or you'll have instability and possibly a dead motherboard on your hands.

 

[Lukasamba]

Why ?

 

[Lukasamba]

I mean, why i should avoid fx 6100 ?

 

[Ecky]

The FX-41xx, 61xx and 81xx are an older design and performed horribly, usually far worse than the Phenom II CPUs they replaced - it was a disaster. The FX-x3xx CPUs partially fixed this, and were halfway decent upgrades from Phenom.

 

[Lukasamba]

Okey, thanks, i got now, think i will get fx 6300.