Is it worth it?

[FalconFan93]

Is it worth it to go from a fx-6300 oced to 4.3 stable to fx-8350?

 

[CTurbo]

For gaming? No.

For editing, rendering, 3d design, etc...? Yes.

 

[delaro]

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

For gaming it is a slight increase of 2fps to 10fps, not really worth the money. For anything else that uses more than 4 cores then yes.

 

[FalconFan93]

what if i get the FX-9590?

 

[delaro]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8316/amds-5-ghz-turbo-cpu-in-retail-the-fx9590-and-asrock-990fx-extreme9-review/8

Not much of a Gain for the Cost still less than 10fps when similar overclocks are achieved. Considering that the chip under load sucks up 330 Watts you would need a 650 Watt power supply or larger depending on your GPU, you also need Liquid Cooling for decent overclocks as it runs very hot. Most motherboards wont get a good overclock or even run that chip as it's a 220W so a 8+2 VRM is a must.

 

[CTurbo]

Do not get a FX9590 for any reason.

 

[FalconFan93]

well this is my new plan:
new mobo: Asus - Desktop Motherboard - Intel Z97 Express Chipset
New CPU: Intel® - Core™ i7-4790K 4.0GHz Processor - Multi


same everything else is this possible?

 

[CTurbo]

You never said what the actual purpose for this PC is

 

[FalconFan93]

You never said what the actual purpose for this PC is

Gaming

 

[CTurbo]

All you need is an i5. What is your budget?

What video card do you have?
What psu do you have?
What motherboard are you currently using with your FX6300?

 

[delaro]

Here is a Performance Summary Average across many Games using 30 CPU's, Please give it a look over it will help you Judge Performance.

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/test-of-cpu-for-gaming-30-cpus-compared.200132/

What you will notice is that a I5 4460 "$168" in Gaming across many titles surpasses anything AMD has to offer. A FX-9590 "$217" ,FX-8350 "$165" and FX-6300 "$94" are very close to each other and a I5-4960K "$219" and up are Considerably better. This will also show you that a I5 4690K and I7 4790K "$319" are neck in neck when gaming is concerned. The only reason to consider a I7 is if your planning on Running 4K Resolution and Multiple GPU's or Heavy Rendering. For a Single GPU setup the 4690K is as good as it gets.

 

[FalconFan93]

All you need is an i5. What is your budget?

What video card do you have?
What psu do you have?
What motherboard are you currently using with your FX6300?

my Vcard is
http://www.asus.com/us/Graphics_Cards/R9290XDC2OC4GD5/
my PSU is: http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Power_Supply/Toughpower_Series_/Toughpower_Grand/C_00002569/Toughpower_Grand_750W_Platinum_Fully_Modular_/design.htm
Mobo:
http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/M5A97_R20/



budget perf: 400$

 

[bmacsys]

All you need is an i5. What is your budget?

What video card do you have?
What psu do you have?
What motherboard are you currently using with your FX6300?

my Vcard is
http://www.asus.com/us/Graphics_Cards/R9290XDC2OC4GD5/
my PSU is: http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Power_Supply/Toughpower_Series_/Toughpower_Grand/C_00002569/Toughpower_Grand_750W_Platinum_Fully_Modular_/design.htm
Mobo:
http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/M5A97_R20/



budget perf: 400$

That board you have is much better suited for the 6300 than the 8350. The vrm's are too weak for the 8 core. You would end up with worse performance because dollars to donuts the 8350 would be throttled.

 

[CTurbo]

I still don't think anything AMD has would be a worthwhile upgrade.