Will this be a safe upgrade?

[John_207]

Hey Everyone,

So I build a pc for myself in January, and it has been working great for the last 8 months. I cheeped out on the GPU a bit, but everything else is solid.

Current:
FX 6300 @ 4.3 stable
HD 7850 1gb
8GB of ram
80+ EVGA psu 430w

I would like to upgrade the HD7850 to a RX480 around Christmas, but I'm concerned about a bottleneck with the FX. I bought the FX to last me for a long time (as games and software grows compatible with more cores at a time) and want to use it still for a long time.

Question: Is the RX480 going to bottleneck? If yes, how much would you say?

 

[anti-duck]

A 'bottleneck' isn't the end of the world. Yes, it's going to 'bottleneck' but how much will depend on what you're doing, it will still be a significant upgrade over your HD 7850.