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This has been countless times already, but I am looking to upgrade from an AMD FX 6300 3.5ghz 6 core processor. I was looking into getting the FX 8350 or possibly FX 9370. But I wanted to know if I went Intel, what should I get?
This is for gaming, I want to run games on ultra, and I already have the GTX 770 for now so GPU isn't an issue. I'm also on a budget too. What's recommended?
 
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The only upgrade you've really got on your current motherboard is the FX-8350 for $200, which will not be a noticeable improvement most of the time. Saving up for an Intel platform is going to pay off a lot more.

If you want an improvement in the short-term, you could pick up a $30 Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO cooler and overclock your FX-6300. I hear the 6300 is a good overclocker, and AMD's processors often have more to gain than Intel's by overclocking, as they're more often holding back performance.
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Why are you wanting to upgrade your FX6300 and what motherboard do you have? If you already have a good motherboard, you could get one of the 8 core FXs. I don't think you would notice the upgrade a lot of the time though. If you need to replace your motherboard too though, I recommend a locked i5 + B85, H87, or H97 motherboard.
 
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For gaming you get the current overclockable i5, so 4670k or 4690k. If you want gaming plus a workhorse machine that does lots of data processing that scales with hyperthreading well then you'd get the current overclocakable i7, but since you said you're on a budget you probably wouldn't get more than the i5 anyway.

The 8350 performs about where the price is set. If you want a budget machine then it might be a good choice, especially if it's a rig that primarily does other work and also happens to game. For a high performance gaming machine you really don't want AMD these days, they just don't have anything that competes beyond the mid range i5's on average.
 
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Really depends on your budget. A new Intel processor means a new motherboard and possibly a new Windows license. Personally, I don't see that any upgrade would be necessary (I don't need to play games on ultra). Put your money somewhere else, IMO.

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if you think its a big enough increesement then take the fx-8350 if you going to take 9370 wich i dont recomend and you will need to change mobo then go intel right away and get a i5-4670k or the i7. otherwise i would suggest just keeping the fx-6300 and wait for new line ups.

And if you really want to upgrade now and have have the money then go intel. but the fx-6300 with a 770 should be able to play almost all games on ultra settings 60+ fps
 
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The only upgrade you've really got on your current motherboard is the FX-8350 for $200, which will not be a noticeable improvement most of the time. Saving up for an Intel platform is going to pay off a lot more.

If you want an improvement in the short-term, you could pick up a $30 Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO cooler and overclock your FX-6300. I hear the 6300 is a good overclocker, and AMD's processors often have more to gain than Intel's by overclocking, as they're more often holding back performance.
 
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Yes I would go with an Intel build plenty of options/upgrades and far more future proof currently. AMD is basically still where they were at 4-5 years ago.....AM3+ is dead although they should try to do something with it....Piledriver/Bulldozer is average basically yet at the same time kind of a failure.....
 
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I'm willing to purchase the i7 4770k, but am wondering how powerful that will be for gaming. And I was looking at the MSI gaming 5 lga 1150 motherboard for it.
 
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Top tier CPU with a good motherboard.
 
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Great, but as the others alluded to, a Haswell i5 will be just as fast in most games as a Haswell i7. I know of nothing wrong with MSI motherboards, and as far as looks go they're my personal favorite by far.

I would actually recommend looking to the i5-4690K (or i7-4790K) which will be available on June 25th. Slight improvements to clock speeds and thermal performance, at the same cost. I think you've already picked out a Z97 motherboard, which is perfect. Just be aware that there's still the older Z87 motherboards floating around that are compatible, but have fewer features for the same price.
 
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