FX-8320 Vishera Eight-Core and GA-78LMT-S2P

[Rafasmeers]

Hello!

1. Would a AMD FX-8320 Vishera 8 Core work on a GA-78LMT-S2P? If not, what motherboard would i need?

2. Does FX-8320 works well with GTX 970?

3. I'm actually using a FX-6100, would it be a great upgrade?

4. Should i get other processor instead of FX-8320? Note: I cant buy a i5 since i would need to buy a new motherboard and new ram, AMD is the way to go. I need help finding a processor that would be a great upgrade and that wouldnt make me spend much money.

5. Would it heat much more than my current CPU?

 

[Rafasmeers]

What about the FX-8350? Any big differences between it and 8320?

 

[DSzymborski]

Low-end boards like this cause a lot of problems with 125W CPUs. It's not recommended. To really make an 8320 worthwhile, you'd have to buy a new motherboard anyway and even then, it's a difficult recommendation to upgrade *to* this platform in 2016.

 

[DSzymborski]

As for your other question -- it's a bit difficult when you start multiple threads with nearly identical questions -- while a 125W CPU is a bad idea on a low-end motherboard, you can't even pretend to run a 220W CPU on that motherboard. To run a 9590, you'd need a new high-end motherboard, new power supply, high-end cooling just to make it usable, and that's before considering that the 9590 is arguably the worst consumer CPU release since the late Pentium 4s.

 

[MeanMachine41]

Hello!

1. Would a AMD FX-8320 Vishera 8 Core work on a GA-78LMT-S2P? If not, what motherboard would i need?

2. Does FX-8320 works well with GTX 970?

3. I'm actually using a FX-6100, would it be a great upgrade?

4. Should i get other processor instead of FX-8320? Note: I cant buy a i5 since i would need to buy a new motherboard and new ram, AMD is the way to go. I need help finding a processor that would be a great upgrade and that wouldnt make me spend much money.

5. Would it heat much more than my current CPU?

Although your MB officially supports AM3+. It does not fully support the higher TDP draw of higher than FX-8100.

It would not be a great upgrade from your current FX-6100. If you wanted the performance of FX-8350 or FX-9590, you would need Crosshair V Formula Z or Sabertooth r2 MB to handle the 220W TDP draw.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

That motherboard lacks both heatsinks on the VRMs and good enough power phases to even think about running a FX 8320 on it or even low voltage FX 8320E.

Even the far better GA-78LMT-USB3 can have problems. Even a FX 6300 is pushing your luck on that board for a high-performance use like gaming. Gaming for computers is the equivalent to motorsport for cars, it's a high performance use and the system needs to be tough enough to handle it.

If gaming is what you are doing, then the FX8320 is only a bit better than the FX 6100 you have. Have you tried to overclock?

To run a FX 83xx, get the excellent budget Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P, it's a gem of a board and inexpensive.