A Good AMD CPU For Gaming ($150)
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itzdanielp
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FX-8150 sits around $150 on there, and the newer more powerful big brother the FX-8350 sits around $180 I believe.
Those are going to be the best 2 for gaming. Stay away from the 4 cores, and the 6 cores are decent, but I would go (and did go) with the 8 cores. Which also overclock very well.
Those are going to be the best 2 for gaming. Stay away from the 4 cores, and the 6 cores are decent, but I would go (and did go) with the 8 cores. Which also overclock very well.
itzdanielp
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The builtin cooler is always only good for standard usage. If you are planning on overclocking you will need an aftermarket one.
Hyper 212+ is a good cheap one that will allow you to do moderate overclocking.
If you are looking to sustain a higher clock getting something like an H100i or an NH-D14 is gonna set you a little further back, but you will be able to more strongly overclock.
Hyper 212+ is a good cheap one that will allow you to do moderate overclocking.
If you are looking to sustain a higher clock getting something like an H100i or an NH-D14 is gonna set you a little further back, but you will be able to more strongly overclock.
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I would recommend a cooler, when I had mine the temps were pretty high at idle and under load they sky rocketed, I have a corsair h80i now and that cools it very well.
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8150 is bulldozer architecture that would be a bad choice IMO when you can get a better piledriver for essentially the same price.
Go with a piledriver AMD FX 6300/8320/8350. As long as you can get a decent cooler too within your budget e.g. Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO. It will allow you to overclock.
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Turbo-Core basically will speed up your processor by shutting cores off that aren't being used. This will allow it to send more electricity to the cores that are being used, raising the heat of those, but since the others are turned off it stays within the limits.
Overclocking is speeding up the entire processor, which does generate more heat, which is why you need an aftermarket cooler.
Overclocking is speeding up the entire processor, which does generate more heat, which is why you need an aftermarket cooler.
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Turbo-Core is automatic. The computer monitors the workload and adjusts it dynamically. The cooler that comes with the CPU is designed to handle the workload of that processor on all default setttings, so yes it will handle it. But you can reduce temps (and extend CPU lifetime) by using an aftermarket solution.
price vs what you get probably the 8320. the 6300 is going to be cheaper, but is only 6 cores as opposed to 8.
price vs what you get probably the 8320. the 6300 is going to be cheaper, but is only 6 cores as opposed to 8.
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