FX 6300 vs FX 8300 and R9 270

[baniDJ]

Hello there.
I had an FX 6300 and a 990FX-GD65 but they both died.
Now I ran out of budget and I got an Asrock 970 Extreme4.
About the CPU, I cant decide whith which one to go? FX 6300 (3.5-4.1) or FX 8300 (3.3 Ghz-4.2).
The price difference is around 15$ in my contry. Is this 8300 the same as 8320 and 8350 just clocked lower? Is it worth over the 6300? And should I OC it to 4.0 Ghz on this asrock board?
Also I had two R9 270 on CrossFire but had to sell one because I didn't have money for CPU/Mobo and CF also has a lot of problems. With FX 6300 and a single R9 270 OCed I was able to play maxed out 1080p with 70+ fps (only siege of shangai droped to 48 min), but how long you think can I play games with this card before I need to upgrade? I don't mind lowering settings of the games to medium, just not under medium. Now I can max out almost every game with 50+ FPS (-AA) Will it last a year, year and a half?

 

[st3v30]

It will last 2 years for sure. Dont put FX 8300 in Asrock 970 Extreme4 it will be bad decision,that board cant keep up with FX 83xx.
Get FX 6300 and cheap cooler like Raijintek Aidos and OC it to nice 4.+ Ghz and you are good to go for 2 more years.Also which PSU do you have?

 

[baniDJ]

But the 8300 and 6300 are both rated 95W so they would be the same?

 

[st3v30]

They are rated.But that is only because 8300 have lower frequency and voltage so it can match 95W TDP it is still FX8.And it have lower base frequency than FX 6300.You can put that FX8 in Asrock 970 Extreme4 but dont try to OC it.With FX 6300 you can OC pretty easy to 4.5 Ghz it will be enough for single r9 270 and it will outperform stock 8300.Do you still have cooler or did you also sell it?

 

[kwa-e]

What games are you planning to play?

 

[baniDJ]

I play BF4, Dragon Age Inquisition, Skyrim, and will be playing GTA 5

 

[kwa-e]

The 8300 and the 6300 will achieve similar framerates in DAI, GTA5 and BF4, with the 8300's having slightly (unnoticable) higher framerates due to the extra threads. The FX-6300 will run Skyrim and any older applications better due to the higher single core performance.
I'd personally go for the 6300 for the higher overclocking headroom and the stronger single-core performance out of the box unless, you're doing any serious content creation in which the 8300 will be the better choice.

I'm just curious, but how did your processor die?

(I couldn't search for benchmarks at the time due to my hotel wifi :c)

EDIT: Corrected some grammatical errors, added some more information.

 

[baniDJ]

Thanks for the reply. I found the FX 6300 and FX 8300, both with the same price, the 6300 has 1 year warranty, while the 8300 has 2 year. And also the two extra cores I think will future proof it more. I want to stick to this CPU untill the 6th gen Core iX processors or the new Zen FX. Also I think the FX 8300 is the same as 6300, but has only one more module (2 cores) and at the same clock the 6300 and 8300 would have the same single core perfortmance. Should I OC the FX 8300 on this Asrock 970 Extreme 4? If I dont add voltage just overclock the clock on stock voltage that won't matter, it wont streess the mobo but just like the stock one? What do you think?

The CPU died with the mobo. I bought this mobo from my friend for 50$ (which is a very low price) and from the beggining the computer shut down friequently, I didn't know why. Then I oc'ed from 4.2 Ghz to 4.6 Ghz on 1.3v, the max temp was 61C and it run fine but one day I returned from school and the PC was off, I couldn't start it. The power would go to it for a split second and then stop. I thought it was a PSU problem so I bought a new PSU, but the problem was still there. Then I saw that the VRMs (The CPU power) was melted physicly, and the CPU went with it. Sorry on my English

 

[kwa-e]

No problem, your English is perfectly understandable to me

I wouldn't recommend 8 core OC on that board as the VRM could likely throttle, and I've heard that it even throttles 125w CPUs at stock speed., you'll have much better results on a 6300.