Upgrade to a FX9590 or jump over to an i7?

[cxxflame]

I'm at a bit of a crossroad. My old 8320 CPU seems to have given out after running some tests, and I'm not sure if I should simply jump up to the 9590, which would be easier and less costly since my computer's built for AMD, or jump over to Intel to pick up an i7 and new motherboard (and possibly new DDR4 RAM for Skylake). I'm trying to get the most out of my 980ti for gaming/streaming.

 

[DSzymborski]

The 9590 is an abysmal CPU, as terrible as those last Pentium 4s. Only a few motherboards can remotely handle a 220W CPU and you need high-end cooling and AMD recommends a 1000W PSU (though that's too aggressive, you don't need quite that much). And even then, people still run into issues - there are a shocking amount of CPUs problems around here regarding the 9590 considering it isn't a very highly sold CPU. After all that, you're still just running a binned 8320/8350 and won't see that much of an improvement.

Either get another 8320 if you don't need an upgrade or move to an Intel platform if you do. And if you want to get the most of a 980ti, than you need a real upgrade.

 

[Supernova1138]

Yeah, the 9590 is just a factory overclocked 8350 and it has serious stability problems, even if you have high end liquid cooling and a top tier motherboard with extremely beefy power phases to deal with its insane power draw.

If you're looking for an upgrade, your only option right now is to switch to Intel. If you were largely happy with your old CPU's performance, then you could just buy any 8 core Piledriver FX CPU as a cheap replacement.

 

[Azazel Zel]

I'm getting 60 fps in 4k on GTA V Online (Ultra settings with x4 AA turned on in Nvidia settings) with X2 Palit Jetstream 970's SLI, an FX-9590 Liquid cooled on a Formula Z MB, with DDR3 2400, using an Acer predator 32" 4k Monitor, I've even postponed upgrading to X2 1070's for the moment, I really didn't think my current setup would produce such great results, only had the monitor for a few days, maybe the G-Sync is helping a lot I have now idea.

I'm only sharing the exprience I'm seeing with my EYES, never trust benchmarks, only trust your eyes.