Is the upgrade worth it?

[Bangemslim]

I have an Amd fx-8320 and was wondering if the 8350 is worth the $100. PC build: MSI 970x Gaming, AMD FX-8320 with hyper 212 EVO, 16 gb Kingston Hyper X 1866, GTX 1070 Founders that gets too damn hot, and EVGA 600B. Everything is stock settings and can run most games at high to ultra and get 60fps. Some say my board is the bottle neck but I believe its the cpu and without having to build a whole new PC with either Ryzen or an Intel processor my only options are the 8350 or 8370. 9370 and 9590 would require liquid cooling and a bigger PSU which would again basically be a new build and I would go Ryzen or Intel instead.

On a side note if I upgrade the 8320 to 8350 my kids 4100 would also get upgraded.

 

[Herc08]

Not sure if it is worth it. I mean either way, that AMD socket line is dated and kinda a dead end. Are you running SLI with the 970 and 1070?

 

[Slumy__57]

8320 to 8350 is not worth the money. You could easily achieve the same performance upgrade with a mild overclock. I would say your bottleneck is definitely your CPU, and in your shoes, I wouldn't do anything short of an upgrade to Ryzen or Intel. If you really want to get more performance out of the AM3 line, I'd just try and get the best overclock possible out of it.

That's from a performance perspective, if you wanna give your kids a nice upgrade from the 4100, but don't wanna move up to a new processor line, then the 8350 would be what I'd get if I were you.

 

[Bangemslim]

Not sure if it is worth it. I mean either way, that AMD socket line is dated and kinda a dead end. Are you running SLI with the 970 and 1070?

Yeah the PC is about 3 years old and I do not really want to put anything into it but there is some times that I wish it would be faster. For the 970 I should have made it more clear that it is the mobo not the video card.

 

[Bangemslim]

8320 to 8350 is not worth the money. You could easily achieve the same performance upgrade with a mild overclock. I would say your bottleneck is definitely your CPU, and in your shoes, I wouldn't do anything short of an upgrade to Ryzen or Intel. If you really want to get more performance out of the AM3 line, I'd just try and get the best overclock possible out of it.

That's from a performance perspective, if you wanna give your kids a nice upgrade from the 4100, but don't wanna move up to a new processor line, then the 8350 would be what I'd get if I were you.

I was debating the overclocking since I have heard about heat issues with my board. It would be nice to get the boost without spending anything.
For the kids, once I decide to jump ship and build a more modern rig, if I did not upgrade there would always be the sibling fighting that one would be a lot faster then the others. The price between the 8320 and 8350 is but $10 right now with wraith so if I was to upgrade for the kids might as well upgrade mine at the same time lol.

 

[Tom Tancredi]

Between the changes DDR4 gives, the motherboard changes and so on, there is a reason to go iCore / Ryzen instead, but to your situation NO, there is no real 'change' it will give to perfomance for gaming or such. You have to face either buying into the console lines and getting up to 10 years of gaming (amazing how long the PS3 been able to handle even current AAA titles) out of them without worries of upgrading or such (any title on console HAS to work, or else it can't be released) or face the 'every 5 years' rule on PCs they need to be completely replaced, and upgrades to 'keep the performance I had..... " ever 2-3 years.

 

[Bangemslim]

Between the changes DDR4 gives, the motherboard changes and so on, there is a reason to go iCore / Ryzen instead, but to your situation NO, there is no real 'change' it will give to perfomance for gaming or such. You have to face either buying into the console lines and getting up to 10 years of gaming (amazing how long the PS3 been able to handle even current AAA titles) out of them without worries of upgrading or such (any title on console HAS to work, or else it can't be released) or face the 'every 5 years' rule on PCs they need to be completely replaced, and upgrades to 'keep the performance I had..... " ever 2-3 years.

I personally like console gaming way more then PC gaming, when I use PC it is always with a controller. There is no benefit of faster or slower components just internet connections. We use 2 PS4 pros and an XBone, however we started playing Paragon as a family, wife, my 2 kids and myself so we are stuck with the 2 PCs. Beyond that, my wife is actually better with PC. Still, my PC is not junk it is just becoming dated.

 

[Tom Tancredi]

Between the changes DDR4 gives, the motherboard changes and so on, there is a reason to go iCore / Ryzen instead, but to your situation NO, there is no real 'change' it will give to perfomance for gaming or such. You have to face either buying into the console lines and getting up to 10 years of gaming (amazing how long the PS3 been able to handle even current AAA titles) out of them without worries of upgrading or such (any title on console HAS to work, or else it can't be released) or face the 'every 5 years' rule on PCs they need to be completely replaced, and upgrades to 'keep the performance I had..... " ever 2-3 years.

I personally like console gaming way more then PC gaming, when I use PC it is always with a controller. There is no benefit of faster or slower components just internet connections. We use 2 PS4 pros and an XBone, however we started playing Paragon as a family, wife, my 2 kids and myself so we are stuck with the 2 PCs. Beyond that, my wife is actually better with PC. Still, my PC is not junk it is just becoming dated.

And depending on how you wish to utilize it, expectations from it (big factor), and performance comparison value. So currently your elder generation falls below even some current i3s, which puts it at a point it is no longer relative for current titles and uses unless you wish to downgrade the quality to improve performance. That is usually the point when I point out the cost effectiveness consoles you have are better than the low grade PC trying to be minimally improved but want the same 'expectations' then they jump onto their console with the latest AAA title.

That said, I outlined the issues as you upgrade one segment you need to upgrade them all. Ryzen or iCore, you need a new PSU to support it with the proper connections, requires DDR4 as DD3 physically doesn't fit / work, the small cost of a new GTX 10x0 card to match the new hardware is well worth it when compared to how the titles demand, and so on. It just snowballs sadly at this point because old systems are obsolete, as has happened 5 years ago when DDR3, iCore, SATA, etc. were all introduced and made the previous stuff (which i am sitting looking at a stack of the 'old stuff' -LOL ) more than obsolete, but too non-cost effective and a waste.

Just thoughts to consider is all. As I mentioned PC side we got every 5 years to replace every 2-3 years upgrade rules that has been now for the past 20 (sigh).