fx 6300 vs fx 6350

[junii421]

I'm trying not to be upgrading for a year a two from now, (DONT TALK ABOUT RYZEN OR A I7-8700K IM SOOOO SICK IF THAT) which one should I get? The fx 6300 is 40 and the fx 6350 is 50. which one should i get? (DONT YOU EVEN THINK RYZEN)

 

[mjslakeridge]

Do you already have a AM3+ motherboard and DDR3 RAM? If so, then you could probably overclock the FX6300 to at least 4.1GHZ, possibly higher depending on the chip. This assumes you have a decent aftermarket cooler, because the stock one is not very good at all. Also, to achieve a decent overclock you will need a decent motherboard and good case cooling to keep the VRMs cool.

If you don't already have the motherboard, RAM and cooler, it would not be a good investment to build using 6+ year old technology (in my opinion). I have the FX6300 for my everyday computer and it works fine for my purpose (non-gaming rig), and I will keep it until something dies, then I will go to Ryzen (or whatever is the latest technology at the time).

 

[DSzymborski]

I'm trying not to be upgrading for a year a two from now, (DONT TALK ABOUT RYZEN OR A I7-8700K IM SOOOO SICK IF THAT) which one should I get? The fx 6300 is 40 and the fx 6350 is 50. which one should i get? (DONT YOU EVEN THINK RYZEN)

Can't give any answer without knowing what your motherboard is. Detailed questions lead to detailed answers.

 

[junii421]

I'm trying not to be upgrading for a year a two from now, (DONT TALK ABOUT RYZEN OR A I7-8700K IM SOOOO SICK IF THAT) which one should I get? The fx 6300 is 40 and the fx 6350 is 50. which one should i get? (DONT YOU EVEN THINK RYZEN)

Can't give any answer without knowing what your motherboard is. Detailed questions lead to detailed answers.

 

[junii421]

GIGABYTE GA 78LMT USB3

 

[junii421]

Do you already have a AM3+ motherboard and DDR3 RAM? If so, then you could probably overclock the FX6300 to at least 4.1GHZ, possibly higher depending on the chip. This assumes you have a decent aftermarket cooler, because the stock one is not very good at all. Also, to achieve a decent overclock you will need a decent motherboard and good case cooling to keep the VRMs cool.

If you don't already have the motherboard, RAM and cooler, it would not be a good investment to build using 6+ year old technology (in my opinion). I have the FX6300 for my everyday computer and it works fine for my purpose (non-gaming rig), and I will keep it until something dies, then I will go to Ryzen (or whatever is the latest technology at the time).

GIGABYTE GA 78LMT USB3

 

[junii421]

and I have a hyper t2 cooler, and 10 gigs of ddr3

 

[mjslakeridge]

That particular motherboard is not the greatest (I have it also). I was able to get a stable overclock to 4.1Ghz, but I put it back to stock (3.5Ghz), because I don't use my rig for anything that demanding. So if you can find a FX6300 or 6350 for a cheap price, it would "tide you over" for a while until it is time for a modern setup.

 

[DSzymborski]

Do you already have a AM3+ motherboard and DDR3 RAM? If so, then you could probably overclock the FX6300 to at least 4.1GHZ, possibly higher depending on the chip. This assumes you have a decent aftermarket cooler, because the stock one is not very good at all. Also, to achieve a decent overclock you will need a decent motherboard and good case cooling to keep the VRMs cool.

If you don't already have the motherboard, RAM and cooler, it would not be a good investment to build using 6+ year old technology (in my opinion). I have the FX6300 for my everyday computer and it works fine for my purpose (non-gaming rig), and I will keep it until something dies, then I will go to Ryzen (or whatever is the latest technology at the time).

GIGABYTE GA 78LMT USB3

In this case, I would not go above the 6300 - the 125W AM3+ CPUs can be a real pain-in-the-butt on budget motherboards.

 

[mjslakeridge]

Good point ^^^. I forgot the 6350 was 125 Watts. Stay with the 6300.

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-FX-6350-vs-AMD-FX-6300#specs

Edit: By the way, how do you have 10GB of RAM, 1 x 8 plus 1 x 2GB? Using mixed sized modules will not allow you to run in dual-channel (faster) mode.

 

[junii421]

2 sticks of 4gb and a 2gb stick planning to buy another 4gb

 

[connerweatherly17]

I'm trying not to be upgrading for a year a two from now, (DONT TALK ABOUT RYZEN OR A I7-8700K IM SOOOO SICK IF THAT) which one should I get? The fx 6300 is 40 and the fx 6350 is 50. which one should i get? (DONT YOU EVEN THINK RYZEN)

If you don't plan on upgrading for a couple years and you don't want ryzen, I would actually suggest getting the fx 8350, it's still a cheap processor and it has a much better preformance than the 6300, what GPU are you using? You may have bottlneck issues if your GPU is to weak/strong

 

[madmatt30]

Stick with the 6300 , you'll do 4ghz no issue on that board if you want to overclock, past that the t2 isn't good enough anyway.

 

[sizzling]

The 8350 is 125w and can suffer throttling issues on this and similar low end motherboards. The 6300 should give trouble free use, just not the fastest.