So about a month ago I picked up an MSI 970A-G46. I admit I rushed into buying this mobo without doing enough research. So it turns out it has a bit of trouble with the AMD 8 core processors. I have heard a lot of different opinions on this though. Some say the FX 8350 wont work, or will burn out the mobo, others say it boots up perfectly and they haven't had any problems. I'm not so much concerned about the 8350 as this is suppose to be a bit of a budget build any ways. But no matter how much research I do I can figure out if getting an 8320 would be okay, or if I should just go with an FX 6350. Is there any evidence that MSI has fixed these issues, or is this just a permanent problem?
To wrap this up, I'm wondering whether I should take the risk with an 8320, not OC, and upgrade my mobo in the future or just go with a 6350. Take into consideration this build is strictly for gaming and i'm looking to play some of the more cpu intensive games, such as Arma 3 and BF4. Am I going to see a noticeable loss in performance with a 6 core as apposed to an 8 core?
Current Specs for this build-
Corsair 650w 80b+
G.Skill Ripjaw 2x4gb RAM
Zotac GTX 760 2gb
MSI 970A-G46
To wrap this up, I'm wondering whether I should take the risk with an 8320, not OC, and upgrade my mobo in the future or just go with a 6350. Take into consideration this build is strictly for gaming and i'm looking to play some of the more cpu intensive games, such as Arma 3 and BF4. Am I going to see a noticeable loss in performance with a 6 core as apposed to an 8 core?
Current Specs for this build-
Corsair 650w 80b+
G.Skill Ripjaw 2x4gb RAM
Zotac GTX 760 2gb
MSI 970A-G46
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