Which AMD processor for budget gaming PC?

polo53 · Nov 7, 2013

Evening folks,

Been looking at getting a new Processor for a while now and finally acquired the funds to do so.

Had a quick look around eBuyer and noticed that they had a few AMD's on offer.

Possibilities are 4350 (4.2GhZ), a 6300 (3.5GhZ) or at a push a 6350 (3.9GhZ).

Had a bit of advice off a friend who recons the 4 core 4350 will be the better option for running games such as BF4, that the 6 core is just overkill.

What do you folks recon and are there any better deals for around the £100 mark?

Cheers
Polo

maurelie · Nov 7, 2013

You should go with FX-6300 it has best performance/price and is now listed for £83

polo53 · Nov 7, 2013

For running say BF4 would I see much of a difference between the two?

On the same note, could my MB an Asus M5A78L-M LX be able to run the 6 core?

maurelie · Nov 7, 2013

Here you can see that there is almost no difference between FX series and i5 or i7 series

http://www.techspot.com/review/734-battlefield-4-benchmarks/page6.html

About the motherboard, yes, it is able to run six cores

polo53 · Nov 7, 2013

Thanks for your help Maurelie.

Out of interest is my MB able to handle the 4350? I would assume so but it's newer than the 6300 so just double checking.

Thanks

maurelie · Nov 8, 2013

polo53 :

Yes, it supports 4350

Darkresurrection · Nov 8, 2013

no way 6 cores are overkill indeed battlefield 4 is optimized for AMD 6 cores, so unless you want to face frame drops, get a 6300 or 6350, there is absoloutly no sense to go 4 cores, more games are on the way which will use even up to 8 cores, for example crysis 3 or watch dogs wich will use 8 cores, so go for the middle ground grab either 6300 or 6350, don't buy the 4350

Darkresurrection · Nov 8, 2013

also the level techspot.com has put into test is not the cpu dependant level, check here to see the difference, http://www.bf4blog.com/battlefield-4-retail-gpu-cpu-benchmarks/ , I wouldn't get the 4350 really, I think maurelie also agrees with me on this one

maurelie · Nov 8, 2013

Darkresurrection :

On Battlefield 4 the difference in frames between FX 4100 and i7 4960x is 4 fps.
http://www.techspot.com/review/734-battlefield-4-benchmarks/page6.html

Darkresurrection · Nov 8, 2013

maurelie :

this one says something else http://www.bf4blog.com/battlefield-4-retail-gpu-cpu-benchmarks/ , techspot had tested only one level which was not a cpu dependant level presumingly

polo53 · Nov 8, 2013

Cheers for the replies gents.

In your honest opinion, if you were to get one of the 4/6 core AMD processors which would you get?

I could stretch to the 6350 if it was worth spending the extra £20 over the 6300 and worth it over the 4350.

Cheers

maurelie · Nov 8, 2013

FX 6350 is 125w tdp CPU ,so you will need another motherboard because Asus M5A78L-M LX struggles with 125w tdp CPU. On the other hand FX 6300 is 95w tdp CPU and it will run just fine on Asus M5A78L-M LX

polo53 · Nov 8, 2013

Thanks very much Maurelie, is the 4350 not also a 125w TDP?

maurelie · Nov 8, 2013

Yes it is 125w TDP

Darkresurrection · Nov 8, 2013

if i were you i would buy fx 6350, because of two reasons, games are getting heavily threaded, there is no sense to buy 4350 really and honestly...if you bought 6300 or 6350 you will be fine even in games like crysis 3 http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Crysis-3-PC-235317/Tests/Crysis-3-Test-CPU-Benchmark-1056578/ you see in this game there is no name of fx 4350 because it does poorly in this game, and alot of examples I can provide you with ... now we are down to one question 6350-6300 is it worth the price difference? yes! look here http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-FX-6350-vs-AMD-FX-6300 there is part which says value...Are you paying a premium for performance? yes so get the fx 6350

polo53 · Nov 8, 2013

So essentially, 6300 is not only the best price, it is also the most compatible with my MB?

Darkresurrection · Nov 8, 2013

do you still have the mobo!? or you want to buy that too!?

Darkresurrection · Nov 8, 2013

if you still have the mobo fx 6300 is the final decision....because your mobo supports fx 6300 not 6350 look here http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-ASUS/M5A78L-M_LX.html

polo53 · Nov 8, 2013

I have the MoBo

Although let's face it, needs replacing too!

Darkresurrection · Nov 8, 2013

polo53 :

What do you mean you wanna change it!?

polo53 · Nov 8, 2013

Not yet. One thing at a time buddy. Will get the CPU sorted then and when I have the funds will look at a new MoBo.

So the 6300 is unanimous then?

maurelie · Nov 8, 2013

polo53 :

Yup

polo53 · Nov 8, 2013

Thanks chaps, most appreciated.

maurelie · Nov 8, 2013

No problem, glad that we could help.

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