Upgrading my Phenom II 955 BE to an FX-8320?

[arberb]

Hey,

I can get an FX-8320 for $130+tax brand new so I was wondering if its worth upgrading my Phenom II 955 BE to it (i'm going to obviously need a new mObo haven't decided yet).

My current build is
-Phenom II 955 BE not o/c but W/C (anytime I change voltage computer becomes unstable.. stupid mobo)
-8gb DDR3 Dual Channel 1600mhz ram
-750watt EVGA Bronze PSU (don't remember which one)
-GTX 470 W/C
-2x HyperX 3K 120GB SSD's Raid 0
-1x2TB 7200 RPM HDD
-MSI NF980-g65

Or should I buy an a10 or something. THe Fx-8350 is $65 more so I could just overclock the 8320 to 4ghz since it'll be watercooled

 

[BerganTead1]

If you're going to have a discrete GPU then get the 8320. APU's are nearly worthless if you're wanting to have it for gaming.

 

[CooLWoLF]

Hey,

I can get an FX-8320 for $130+tax brand new so I was wondering if its worth upgrading my Phenom II 955 BE to it (i'm going to obviously need a new mObo haven't decided yet).

My current build is
-Phenom II 955 BE not o/c but W/C (anytime I change voltage computer becomes unstable.. stupid mobo)
-8gb DDR3 Dual Channel 1600mhz ram
-750watt EVGA Bronze PSU (don't remember which one)
-GTX 470 W/C
-2x HyperX 3K 120GB SSD's Raid 0
-1x2TB 7200 RPM HDD
-MSI NF980-g65

Or should I buy an a10 or something. THe Fx-8350 is $65 more so I could just overclock the 8320 to 4ghz since it'll be watercooled

What is your budget?

 

[arberb]

If you're going to have a discrete GPU then get the 8320. APU's are nearly worthless if you're wanting to have it for gaming.

Hey,

I can get an FX-8320 for $130+tax brand new so I was wondering if its worth upgrading my Phenom II 955 BE to it (i'm going to obviously need a new mObo haven't decided yet).

My current build is
-Phenom II 955 BE not o/c but W/C (anytime I change voltage computer becomes unstable.. stupid mobo)
-8gb DDR3 Dual Channel 1600mhz ram
-750watt EVGA Bronze PSU (don't remember which one)
-GTX 470 W/C
-2x HyperX 3K 120GB SSD's Raid 0
-1x2TB 7200 RPM HDD
-MSI NF980-g65

Or should I buy an a10 or something. THe Fx-8350 is $65 more so I could just overclock the 8320 to 4ghz since it'll be watercooled

What is your budget?

Don't really have a budget per say, but I don't really want to spend too much money on a cpu / motherboard upgrade. Thats why I was thinking about buying an fx-8320, "twice the performance" then my 955 BE plus its only $130 and I can find a decent mobo for $60.

If you're going to have a discrete GPU then get the 8320. APU's are nearly worthless if you're wanting to have it for gaming.

yeah I think I'm going to use my GTX 470 for now till the R9 280x's drop a little bit more