Upgrading to FX 8350 4GHz

[lukedt95]

So currently I have a FX 6300 Black Edition, my system specs are as follows:

FX 6300
8GB 1600Mhz Corsair Vengeance
MSI Gaming Edition Radeon R9 270
500w Corsair PSU

I'm pretty sure my current cpu is bottlenecking performance on certain cpu heavy games, would upgrading to a 8350 make a massive difference?

 

[logainofhades]

First off, what motherboard do you have?

 

[lukedt95]

A Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3

 

[ohyouknow]

If anything you'd be better off overclocking but that board wont be the best for that.

 

[BigBadBeef]

Well the frequency would be more or less the same, you would only get 2 more cores. Tell us about your graphics card and how much memory you have.

 

[lukedt95]

Would eight cores not have that much of a difference then? Compared to the six that the FX 6300 offers. I don't really want to go for a whole new build, would prefer to stick with this one if possible.

Well the frequency would be more or less the same, you would only get 2 more cores. Tell us about your graphics card and how much memory you have.

I've put my GPU and Memory in the first post. MSI Gaming Edition R9 270 and 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz Corsair Vengeance.

 

[JOOK-D]

Most games won't use the extra 2 cores. So you would see basically no difference in most titles.

Which games are you having the problem in?

 

[lukedt95]

Watch Dogs. Now I know a lot of people have had issues with it, but I've seen a few videos with people who have the same GPU and RAM as me, but with a better processor getting much better performance.

Currently I can play on medium with high textures, with a fps of around 40-50, dropping to 25/27 at times.

 

[BigBadBeef]

Watch dogs is a new game, its unoptimized, you will need to wait, the performance will improve with patching.

 

[logainofhades]

A Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3

Get a good aftermarket cooler, if you don't have one already, and overclock that FX 6300 to 4.0ghz. It should do that with just a multiplier bump to 20, leaving everything else on auto. Which cooler depends on your case clearance. A Hyper TX3 if your case cannot support a Hyper 212 or T4. The T4 would be my pick, if it will clear, because you don't have to remove the motherboard to install it. The 212 you would have to, unless you have an access hole cut out in your case to access the back of the motherboard. That is going to give you the most performance for the money.

 

[atf_mart]

You would see an increase in fps, why? because you will be having 4 physical cores, and 4 virtual. Instead of 3 physical. Sadly you cant overclock, I pulled out the fx 6300 I had from the bottlenecking pool by overclocking that baby to 4.6ghz. It was doing just as the i5 i just bought right now. (I have the i5 at stock right now maybe thats why I didnt see a difference after switching to the i5.) if you have the money go for the 8350 it will give you the best performance you can get from amd right now.

 

[logainofhades]

I know for a fact that board can safely overclock to at least 4.0ghz. I have 2 of them with FX 8320's at FX 8350's 4.0ghz speed.

 

[lukedt95]

I forgot to mention I already have an after market cooler. It's an Akasa and currently keeps my CPU at 30 degrees under load according to HW Monitor and 16 idle. So would overclocking to 4.0Ghz give me a decent enough boost in performance?

 

[logainofhades]

It is worth a shot. I would do that before spending more money.