FX 9370/8350 from a FX 6300 for gaming?

[kingkillertank]

So as a few people may know, the new forza horizon 4 will be coming out soon in october.
I have a big issue CPU related.
System specs:
AMD FX 6300 Black Edition @ 3.5Ghz
Radeon Saphire pulse rx 580 8gb
16gb ram
My cpu is going to struggle with only 3 cores and old hardware. Is it worth upgrading to an amd fx 9370 or 8350? Since i really want to play forza at decent settings, 1080p 😛 Im on a bit of a budget.

 

[jay32267]

I'd probably go with the 9370.
The 9370 will get you about 50% more CPU speed and they are under $100 on EBay.

 

[TJ Hooker]

What motherboard?

 

[kingkillertank]

What motherboard?

A gigabyte 970a -DS3P AM3+ DDR3

 

[Snipergod87]

9370 not a supported CPU, need a powerful motherboard for that chip and strong VRM cooling,
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-970A-D3-rev-12#support-cpu
Change the revision on the top to match what you have

 

[kingkillertank]

Should i wait it out, and wait till Christmas and get a new system, i was eyeing up the ryzen 7 2700x?

 

[bignastyid]

What motherboard?

A gigabyte 970a -DS3P AM3+ DDR3

Most definitely will not support any 9000 series cpu. And with that weak VRM setup could struggle with an 8350 aswell(VRM throttling is a real possibility).

 

[bignastyid]

Should i wait it out, and wait till Christmas and get a new system, i was eyeing up the ryzen 7 2700x?

Yes. Ryzen is much much better than the old FX cpus.

 

[kingkillertank]

Ok, looks like ill hang on and wait for a new motherboard, ram and cpu, thanks for advice!

 

[King_V]

Should i wait it out, and wait till Christmas and get a new system, i was eyeing up the ryzen 7 2700x?

Yes. Ryzen is much much better than the old FX cpus.

WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree - spending money on upgrading a CPU for the AM3/AM3+ platform is the worst bang-for-buck you can get.

Even a mid-level Coffee Lake or Ryzen will easily outdo any AM3+ CPU.

 

[coozie7]

Yep, I'd also suggest holding off and going for a full CPU/MB/RAM upgrade later, when you can afford it, but be aware there's a lot going on ATM and the entire ball park will look very different come Christmas.

 

[delaro]

So as a few people may know, the new forza horizon 4 will be coming out soon in october.
I have a big issue CPU related.
System specs:
AMD FX 6300 Black Edition @ 3.5Ghz
Radeon Saphire pulse rx 580 8gb
16gb ram
My cpu is going to struggle with only 3 cores and old hardware. Is it worth upgrading to an amd fx 9370 or 8350? Since i really want to play forza at decent settings, 1080p 😛 Im on a bit of a budget.

You should read a review or two before you look at upgrading.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/6396/the-vishera-review-amd-fx8350-fx8320-fx6300-and-fx4300-tested/5

FX 6300/6320/6350/8300/8320/8350/9370

Not a lot of FPS difference here and it's pretty tittle dependant at that, you won't lose fps but you are not guaranteed to gain. The 9XXX line was a waste of money, you got on par performance to an overclocked 8XXX line with added heat and power usage. Quite frankly you could move to a i3 6100/7100/8100 and gain 10 or more fps over the best AM3+ had to offer. It's fairly easy to find a CPU/MB/RAM combo for early LGA1151 for less than $200 that would offer a noticeable FPS increase.