Upgrade path for the FX-8150?

[RoBoSkullz]

So, I've heard about the new AMD RX 480 which is coming out, and I think it's time to upgrade my GTX 770 in my system, this has caused me a few problems though. My CPU is an AMD FX-8150 which I've had for a little over 4 years, but it's come to the end of it's life. It almost bottlenecks my GTX 770 while gaming, sometimes it fully bottlenecks it rendering some games unplayable. In Battlefield 4, the CPU usage sat around 95% never going to 100 and in GTA 5 it exhibited the same behaviour. The obvious solution to this problem would be to overclock; my power supply is beefy enough (EVGA 1000G) and I currently have a Hyper 212 EVO installed as well, but this is where I come to more problems. My idle temps with the 212 EVO are are around 50c and go to about 70c under full load. Also, the motherboard I have (ASUS M5A97 R2.0) has very weak VRMs, given they have a good enough heatsink, they are pretty much already maxed out with 125W and means I can't even overclock it. My RAM is fine, a 16GB 4x4 kit of Patriot G2 DDR3 1333 (Yes I know it's slow but it's from 2011/2012), however I have a weird bug in Windows 10 where it detects all 16GB but only uses 12 (The UEFI also only reports 12GB of RAM however it acknowledges 16GB is installed) and seems to fix itself at random intervals. My question is, what would be a good upgrade path from here? I would like to stay away from AMD if possible, unless Zen turns out to be amazing and overclock ability doesn't matter too much. On my PC, I do a fair share of everything. Editing 1080p video, photoshop, but mostly gaming or web browsing. I was looking at an i5 6600K or an i3 6320 with a corresponding LGA 1151 board and 16GB of DDR4. Would this be a good upgrade or is it just worth waiting for AMD Zen to release?

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[ScrewySqrl]

whats your upgrade budget?

 

[RoBoSkullz]

whats your upgrade budget?

I don't have a budget at the moment, but I'd say around £450 for a motherboard, CPU and 16GB of DDR4 I've seen that I can get an i7 6700k, an ASUS Z170-A and Corsair LPX 16GB 3000Mhz for that price. Would it be better if I instead bought an LGA 1150 motherboard and installed an i7 4790k which would cost £360, or does the Skylake offer better performance? I'd probably buy the parts around March next year when I've saved, so AMD is still a viable option if their new CPUs are good.

 

[g-unit1111]

Keep in mind that there's a brand new AMD platform that's coming relatively soon. If you're going to stick with AMD definitely look into that. If not an i5-6600K is definitely a wise choice in terms of upgrading from the FX-8150. But March is a long time out to even begin to plan things and things could look extremely different between now and then.

 

[Geekwad]

I'd probably buy the parts around March next year when I've saved, so AMD is still a viable option if their new CPUs are good.

It's very hard to make a recommendation now for next March, as there are just too many unknowns. If it was now and you were looking for the most impactful upgrade for the least price; preserving as many options as possible (like Crossfire or SLI), this would be a good combo to consider as it allows you to keep your current RAM:

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£220.31 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£57.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £278.30

It's a good gamer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usvHezHmCJ4

and will still continue (with it's 8 fast threads) to be a capable platform for many years to come.

 

[g-unit1111]

I'd probably buy the parts around March next year when I've saved, so AMD is still a viable option if their new CPUs are good.

It's very hard to make a recommendation now for next March, as there are just too many unknowns. If it was now and you were looking for the most impactful upgrade for the least price; preserving as many options as possible (like Crossfire or SLI), this would be a good combo to consider as it allows you to keep your current RAM:

No if you're going to upgrade to a new platform, just chuck the RAM. There's no reason to continue to use DDR3-1333 at this point when DDR4 is out and not that expensive.

 

[Geekwad]

No if you're going to upgrade to a new platform, just chuck the RAM. There's no reason to continue to use DDR3-1333 at this point when DDR4 is out and not that expensive.

Very true. May as well just sell (when you're ready) the CPU/RAM/mobo all together and start over. I was just thinking lowest cost upgrade to an 8-threaded Intel for the editing/Photoshop.

 

[g-unit1111]

No if you're going to upgrade to a new platform, just chuck the RAM. There's no reason to continue to use DDR3-1333 at this point when DDR4 is out and not that expensive.

Very true. May as well just sell (when you're ready) the CPU/RAM/mobo all together and start over. I was just thinking lowest cost upgrade to an 8-threaded Intel for the editing/Photoshop.

But even if you're trying to keep costs down, you can still score much faster DDR3 for like $30 for a 2 x 4GB set. I think the last time I bought DDR3, I got a 2 x 4GB set of G.Skill 2400 for $33. So it wouldn't add that much cost to the build.