What is the best option?

L Helps · Apr 1, 2013

Hello,

What is the best option?
building my system for gaming and maybe(!) some editing.
Also getting a hd 7870 xt and 8gb 1866 cl9 with it.
Not thinking about OC'ing.

1.fx 6300+cooler master hyper 212 evo
2.fx 8320+stock cooler
2.fx 6300+stock cooler saves me 28,-

casparolesen · Apr 1, 2013

L Helps :

If you're not OC'ing, then just buy the best CPU and use the stock cooler (option 2)

tenaciousk · Apr 1, 2013

If you are not overclocking and want to save a little money the 6300 with stock cooler would be fine. It will not bottleneck at 7870 xt

L Helps · Apr 1, 2013

tenaciousk :

alright so now it is fx 6300 vs 8320. Is there many difference between those two?

Upgrades · Apr 1, 2013

Have you already bought the AMD motherboard? Because if you haven't you may want to consider buying an Intel processor instead, just because it runs cooler and more efficiently. You can even overclock the i5 3570k above 4 GHz using the stock cooler although it would still be the most pricey option. A non-K i5 should work better than the FX-6xxx's in games. If you insist on getting an AMD CPU, then I'd recommend the FX-8320 with stock cooler or FX-6300 overclocked with an aftermarket cooler.

L Helps · Apr 1, 2013

Upgrades :

The intel side is just too expensive and when I have more money I can upgrade to steamroller with an am3+ mobo(going for the gigabyte ga 970a ud3).

L Helps · Apr 1, 2013

Goin for the fx 6300, saw on benchmarks it's almost the same as the 8320.

Upgrades · Apr 1, 2013

L Helps :

The i5-3330 is around $10 more than the FX-8320 and should make the 7870 XT reach its full potential. A non-overclocked 8320 or 6300 may bottleneck the 7870 XT depending on the game you're playing. They would be good for video editing, though.

If you want the most out of your GPU you will need to overclock the FX's and then again they will need good coolers. This would end up costing around the same price as a 3570K (if you got 8320 + aftermarket cooler) or the same as an i5-3330/3470 (in the case of a 6300 + aftermarket).

Nonetheless, I'd suggest purchasing FX-6300 with stock cooler if you want to get AMD and don't want to OC. You could probably OC a few gigahertz higher if you added the Hyper 212, though.

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