is the 8350 worth the uggrade from the 6300?

[Guest]

I currently have the FX 6300 and wondering if I upgrade to the 8350 will there be a huge difference, a 180 dollar USD difference? (thats how much it is where I'm planning to shop)

 

[StrikeMyrmidon]

What are you using your system for? Gaming? Editing?

Honestly, from what I've seen, unless you're editing or something CPU intensive that would benefit the extra 4 cores, I would doubt it. You'd be better off just overclocking the computer to hit 4GHz. If it is indeed for gaming, save the money for a better graphics card.

Side note: I'm running the 8350 myself.

 

[expl0itfinder]

Depends. If you are gaming, then you would likely see very little performance improvement over the 6300, as the single thread performance is roughly the same. If you are doing heavy editing, however, than the performance difference is huge. For gaming you would likely see a much larger performance gain from an overclock, which is free.

 

[ForeFront]

Technically I don't think you would see any difference at all, Just OC your 6300 a bit. Even brand new games are just hitting 4 core usability, so your other 4 cores would still be idle

 

[Guest]

its not a quad core its a 6 core just so everyone knows. I've over clocked it to 4.0 GHz, and I'm just using it strictly for gaming... A little video editing (I record my game play) but thats about it.

 

[StrikeMyrmidon]

I'd save the money on the upgrade and use the money to get a better graphics card at that point.

Sorry about the confusion with the cores.

 

[expl0itfinder]

its not a quad core its a 6 core just so everyone knows. I've over clocked it to 4.0 GHz, and I'm just using it strictly for gaming... A little video editing (I record my game play) but thats about it.

Yep. I would stick with it, and invest money in a better graphics card. With a tad bit more OCing, that wouldn't bottleneck even a powerful card, like the 770.

 

[jaguarskx]

BF3 seems to be a popular game so if you are into that game, then the difference is relatively small in multiplayer (non-existent in single player). BF4 would likely have similar results since it uses a tweaked Frostbite Engine.

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Battlefield-3-PC-221396/Specials/Battlefield-3-Multiplayer-Tipps-CPU-Benchmark-1039293/

Techspot has several CPU game benchmark reviews. Click the following link and scroll down to the Gaming GPU/CPU Performance section. The FX-6300 is not part of the reviews, but the FX-3650 is in some of the reviews; a difference of 400MHz.

http://www.techspot.com/guides-gaming.shtml

Here's two examples:

 

[Shadsy]

if you are gaming it really depends if the game is GPU heavy or CPU heavy but mostly you should be fine with a six core What GPU do you have?