fx4350 or fx6350

[sim379]

Should I get an AMD fx 4350 4.3 ghz or fx 6350 4.2 ghz for gaming. (graphics card is gtx 970 4gb) which one would give me better performace?

 

[clutchc]

The FX-6350. And it will need to be OC'ed to keep up with the GTX 970.

 

[sim379]

Would i have to oc it has I have no experience in oc

 

[clutchc]

Would i have to oc it has I have no experience in oc

No, but you may get get full benefit from the card in some games if the CPU has trouble keeping up with it. (CPU bottleneck) Won't happen in all games, and probably won't happen in single player gaming. But online gaming on a busy server with some of today's demanding games adds a lot of extra work to the CPU.

 

[sim379]

I was looking at fx-8350 instead. How would that perform?

 

[Andrei-Florin Gogan]

With a capable motherboard you can get the FX 6350 higher than 4.2 GHZ but honestly.....judging by the single core performance.....there is little or no difference at all between them 2 when it comes to gaming, even though Win10 will distribute the load across all 6 cores on the FX 6350. May I ask what power supply do you have and what motherboard? Wanting to OC is very different than being able to OC.

 

[sim379]

500w

MOTHERBOARD BRAND: Gigabyte
MOTHERBOARD CHIPSET: AMD 760G

 

[Andrei-Florin Gogan]

What model of PSU ? I'm guessing GA-78LMT-S2P this is your motherboard which is not at all good for overclocking.

 

[clutchc]

I was looking at fx-8350 instead. How would that perform?

Better with the GTX 970. Especially in online gaming in heavily threaded games. But be sure your motherboard supports those 125W CPUs.

 

[sim379]

POWER SUPPLY WATTAGE: 500W
(dont know mode)

 

[clutchc]

POWER SUPPLY WATTAGE: 500W
(dont know mode)

Does it have 2 x 6-pin PCIe power connectors? If not, it may be a "fake" 500W and not suitable for the GTX 970. In fact, even a good 500W is a bit light for both the 145W gfx card and the 125W CPU. And not enough for OC'ing.