What AMD CPU to change to?

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dark penguin

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May 16, 2016
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Hi all!

So news that will blow you mind!:

The AMD fx 9590........
Is garbage! yayyyyyyyy

the thing overheats like a toaster and many are telling me the thing is bottlenecking my GTX 970 hard.

However with a pretty awesome motherboard im afraid switching to intel sadly isn't really an option for the moment but im keen to grab a new processor soon.

What do you guys reckon the best AMD processor out there is in terms of performance that doesn't overheat like a waffle iron and will compliment my GPU?

Thanks in advance!
 
Solution

Actually, it might be cheaper to switch to AMD Ryzen. If you buy any of Intel's new Skylake or Kaby Lake CPUs, then you will have to get new RAM. Both Skylake and Kaby Lake support DDR4.

I recommend waiting until AMD releases Ryzen (I believe it's Feb. 28). The CPUs are rumored to be significantly cheaper, so you actually might save a little money.