Despite two additional cores, the four cores FX-4300 beats 965 with better architecture, better process(32nm) which means better OC potential and more L3 cache, so FX-6300 outperforms 965 much more esp in CPU intensive games.
U must be reading that people say that "theres no need for eight core there is no game foreseable future that could even utilize 4 cores at their full potential"
This statement is UNTRUE
Even present games like crysis 3 utilizes full 6 cores of phenom ll 1090t so u ll need a eight core for future proofing
This is the reason that future consoles like xbox1 and ps4 wuold be having 8 cores
so it will be better to get a 6 core 6300 than quad core 965
A piledriver core in fx X3xx cpus is 30-40% bettr than the deneb core in 965
Despite two additional cores, the four cores FX-4300 beats 965 with better architecture, better process(32nm) which means better OC potential and more L3 cache, so FX-6300 outperforms 965 much more esp in CPU intensive games.