Is the FX-6300 outdated?

[MrSecretMansion]

So, do you guys think I should upgrade? If so what should I upgrade to? I currently have a GTX 760 Mini, 8gb ddr3 ram, 1tb hardrive, FX-6300, a bronze rated 500 watt psu, and an asrock mobo (not sure what model)

I can run most games on medium to high. I can run assassins creed Unity maxed out with about 30+ fps.

 

[ak47jar3d]

I would only upgrade if you plan on getting a new gpu as well. Otherwise, the old amd warhorse can still perform pretty well.

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

Check these benchmarks

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Battlefield 4 1920x1080 Ultra (FPS Higher is better)
I7-5960X - 110
I7-5930K - 99
I7-5820K - 94
I7-4790K - 94
I5-4690K - 83
FX-9590 - 66
FX-8350 - 62
FX-6300 - 58
FX-6350 - 60
I3-4150 - 50

Crysis 3 1920x1080 Very High (FPS Higher is better)
I7-5960X - 49
I7-5930K - 48
I7-5820K - 48
I7-4790K - 49
I5-4690K - 46
FX-9590 - 36
FX-8350 - 31
FX-6300 - 30
FX-6350 - 32
I3-4150 - 34

Far Cry 3 1920x1080 Ultra (FPS Higher is better)
I7-5960X - 73
I7-5930K - 69
I7-5820K - 66
I7-4790K - 80
I5-4690K - 73
FX-9590 - 53
FX-8350 - 51
FX-6300 - 45
FX-6350 - 49
I3-4150 - 52

CineBENCH R11.5 (Higher is better)
I7-5960X - 14.42
I7-5930K - 11.49
I7-5820K - 10.89
I7-4790K - 9.21
FX-9590 - 7.85
FX-8350 - 6.98
I5-4690K - 6.49
FX-6300 - 4.55
FX-6350 - 5.04
I3-4150 - 3.78

x264 HD Encoding (Higher is better)
I7-5960X - 81.1
I7-5930K - 63.3
I7-5820K - 61.5
I7-4790K - 49.3
FX-9590 - 46.4
FX-8350 - 40.2
I5-4690K - 36.8
FX-6300 - 28.2
FX-6350 - 31.4
I3-4150 - 21.1

Premiere Pro (Time in seconds Lower is better)
I7-5960X - 20
I7-5930K - 23
I7-5820K - 25
I7-4790K - 27
I5-4690K - 37
FX-9590 - 51
FX-8350 - 57
FX-6300 - 89
FX-6350 - 79
I3-4150 - 67

Power Consumption (Wattage Lower is better)
Idle / Load
I7-5960X - 70 / 306
I7-5930K - 70 / 260
I7-5820K - 70 / 251
I7-4790K - 53 / 236
I5-4690K - 53 / 211
FX-9590 - 94 / 288
FX-8350 - 79 / 249
FX-6300 - 76 / 236
FX-6350 - 75 / 240
I3-4150 - 48 / 196

 

[synge]

The FX-6300 is a bit dated, but then your video card isn't the fastest on the block either. In most gaming scenarios your FX chip isn't going to be holding back that video card, so I would recommend just sticking with what you have for now. Don't bother upgrading the CPU until you're ready to upgrade your video card as well.

 

[gonf]

let me ask you this question first.
what are you using your computer for?
if you are using it for gaming. last thing you upgrade will be your CPU "FX-6300"
from the looks of it. the first thing you want to upgrade is your GPU "Video card, GTX 760 "
if you are to do high end video card "AMD R9 x80,x85, Nvidia x80,x90" you maybe limited by your CPU. but with it over clock not by much. "you can also hope that the DX12 will help on the CPU load."
that is 1 GPU tho. if you are to do SLI or 3 ways SLI you will need to upgrade your system.

in your case I will wait until the next gen video card to come out "in summer" and buy this gen video card.
when next gen comes out this gen price will drop.

 

[MrSecretMansion]

Well I use this mostly for Game development, audio production, after affects, and gaming.