upgraded to amd fx 8370 from amd fx 8120

[jools2000]

surprised with my latest upgrade the amd fx 8370 from the amd fx 8120 (about time!- this might be interesting for other cheapskates!). My new 8370 runs 4.9ghz rock solid on 1.4125 vcore (LLC on v high) whereas the 8120 could only do 4.8ghz stable on pushing 1.5vcore (LLC extreme) , and a lot smoother gameplay.

That's with the H115i water cooler, which wont even let the 8370 go beyond 50 degrees C on 100% load stress tests, gpu - gtx 1070, ddr3 2400 RAM, original Asus Sabertooth 990FX R1.0 (from 2012 or earlier).

Runs all the latest dx-12 games at high or ultra-high settings. chep `n` cheerfull !

Smoothy

 

[synphul]

It sounds like you were able to use a lower vcore so that's good. 100mhz is not much improvement, at those speeds it's a 2% improvement and barely noticeable on paper. Not at all in real usage. It might help those trying to decide between the two but zen is nearly here and as an 'upgrade' that's horrible for the money spent unless the 8370 was very low priced or free. Someone would literally get more benefit upgrading from an i5 6400 to i5 6500 (300mhz) and that's a ridiculous upgrade path to consider.

 

[logainofhades]

It sounds like you were able to use a lower vcore so that's good. 100mhz is not much improvement, at those speeds it's a 2% improvement and barely noticeable on paper. Not at all in real usage. It might help those trying to decide between the two but zen is nearly here and as an 'upgrade' that's horrible for the money spent unless the 8370 was very low priced or free. Someone would literally get more benefit upgrading from an i5 6400 to i5 6500 (300mhz) and that's a ridiculous upgrade path to consider.

There is the architectural improvements of Piledriver, vs Bulldozer to consider though. There is a reason Bulldozer was given the nickname of Faildozer. I would expect an FX 8370 to be smoother, than an 8120, due to the improved IPC alone. FX 8120 had a lower IPC, than Phenom II.

 

[synphul]

Good point logainofhades made, I didn't account for the architecture difference. It would be a bit faster. I was thinking fx 8320, not 8120.

 

[jools2000]

It sounds like you were able to use a lower vcore so that's good. 100mhz is not much improvement, at those speeds it's a 2% improvement and barely noticeable on paper. Not at all in real usage. It might help those trying to decide between the two but zen is nearly here and as an 'upgrade' that's horrible for the money spent unless the 8370 was very low priced or free. Someone would literally get more benefit upgrading from an i5 6400 to i5 6500 (300mhz) and that's a ridiculous upgrade path to consider.

 

[jools2000]

my 8370 performed faster and better at the 4ghz /4.3gh turbo stock value than my 8120 clocked up to 4.8ghz !

- proofs in the pudding facts are for geeks! ................