AMD FX-6300 Overclocked vs. AMD FX-8320

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Hello all, I am working on picking the parts to my first pc build, which I am using mainly for gaming. Right now I have a FX-6300 and Hyper 212 evo for cooling, so I can overclock. For about the same budget, I can get an FX-8320 without the cooler. Which one would be a better option. Also, if anyone knows, would the MSI 970A-G43 be a good enough mobo to handle overclocking the 6300? I am hoping to get it running at 4.5 ghz, which seems like it should be easy from what I've read.
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The 6350 (3.9GHz) outperforms the 8320 at stock, the 6300 (3.5GHz) is slightly slower, so if you can manage to OC the 6300 to at least ~3.8GHz, it will likely be as fast as the 8320 in most situations.
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That motherboard sucks for overclocking. Even a mildly overclocked 6300 (4.5Ghz) would be past the safe limits the board could handle.

I would strongly recommend you go with a different motherboard. An Asus M5A97 R2.0 or an Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 would be a solid choice.

Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 - http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-970pro3r20
Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a97ler20

As for everything else, it looks good. I've had several FX6300's past 5Ghz with a 212 Evo.

Between the 8320 and 6300 .. for gaming and general use, a FX6300 @ 4.5Ghz should be faster than a stock 8320. That said, add a $30 cooler to the 8320 and it can be a bit faster than the 6300. Either is a good choice.
 
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Which of these two motherboards would you suggest? They are both pretty much the same price at the moment. In case you need any more information to determine this, I am probably going to get a gigabyte r9 280x.

 
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Both are great choices. I have personally built over 20 Asus M5A97 systems and all have had no issues. I've only built a few systems with the Asrock board, no issues out of that either.

Fit and finish on both are about equal, I prefer the looks of the Asrock board with the UEFI of the Asus board.
 
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