GTX 680 with amd fx 6300

metalmachinist · May 9, 2013

Will a 680 work well with a fx 6300(@4.0ghz). 8 gb 1866mhz corsair dominator platinum ram. 1080p single monitor.

maestro0428 · May 9, 2013

Sure. I don't see why it shouldn't. A 670GTX is a much better value though.

ish416 · May 9, 2013

You will run into a CPU bottleneck. Also, the GTX670 is a much better buy. GTX670 is $100 cheaper and only 5% less performance.

bigcyco1 · May 9, 2013

That's a bottleneck waiting to happen it might be o.k. if you overclock to 4.5Ghz

maestro0428 · May 9, 2013

You may see a bottle neck, but its not guaranteed it will happen in all games. That chip will overclock past any bottle necks if you do come across them anyway.

metalmachinist · May 9, 2013

maestro0428 :

How so?

bigcyco1 · May 9, 2013

metalmachinist :

Because a GTX 670 is only 10% slower then a GTX 680 and $100 cheaper

maestro0428 · May 9, 2013

Well, the performance difference is pretty small, 10% maybe, for that extra cash outlay, which is another extra hundred bucks. You may be better off spending that money elsewhere in your PC. For example, an SSD, more memory, a better heatsink for your cpu, etc.

metalmachinist · May 9, 2013

670Sli possible with my setup?

maestro0428 · May 9, 2013

Maybe, what motherboard are you running?

metalmachinist · May 9, 2013

maestro0428 :

Msi 970a g46 or something like that. Has sli support but my cpuis questionable. I wanted to go intel but i was on a budget

bigcyco1 · May 9, 2013

You wouldn't want to try running two 670's in SLI on that cpu trust me.

maestro0428 · May 9, 2013

Yeah, I think you will see some bottle necking, but its probably not something that a good OC won't help, though you may still get one. That cpu should overclock pretty well too, just make sure you cool it well (even a CoolerMaster 212 will do it). Intel is a better CPU, but sometimes, we've got what we've got. I ran a 965BE for a while and it never failed me even though Intel's chips are faster. I, like most people, upgrade one area at a time. If your budget can handle a platform move, I would wait until next month for the new Haswell chips and boards to come out and do the gpus later, like third quarter if you can.

metalmachinist · May 10, 2013

Thanks everyone for all the feedback. Ive done some research and apparantly the new 700 series should be out soon. If the new 770s are what they claim to be, ill be looking forward to that. Or 760ti which is pretty much a tweaked 670. Ill wait for that plus the new intels and mobos. Just got to rack up some overtime at work.

metalmachinist · May 10, 2013

Just trying to make my pc battlefield 4 worthy

bigcyco1 · May 10, 2013

That sounds like a good plan.Good luck!

metalmachinist · May 10, 2013

sorry people, one more question. what if i were to get this 670 right here http://www.frys.com/product/7169072?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
would this bottleneck my fx 6300

maestro0428 · May 11, 2013

If you overclock I would not worry about it. Stock, maybe, but I don't think that will affect playability of most games.

metalmachinist · May 17, 2013

just got the asus DC II OC GTX 680, and lovin the hell out of it. by the way OCd my FX 6300 to 4.37Ghz

bigcyco1 · May 18, 2013

Great glad your enjoying it.... happy gaming!

Mickamus · Nov 15, 2013

I can only way in for bf4 that oncei got a good corsair cx750w for my fx 6300 and gtx 680 it seemed to solve my probs with it to point i got averge 60 fps and I'am a noob. i did overclock and it was awesome but it blew my psu. once I bought a corsair cx750 its was awesome no probs on a stock clock with all spreads etc disabled to help stability. usualy from what I have seen that is good Idea. Test for ur self. Good Luck Guys

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