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wolfdra

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I have an AMD fx 6200 with an asus M5A97 mobo, i want to upgrade to an i7 4770k and asus sabertooth z87 mobo, is it worth the £450 will the performance increase be noticeable enough to be worth the money, and if possible to tell, what is the performance percentage increase.

current build;

FX 6200
Asus M5A97
Evga GTX 770 superclocked
corsair vengeance 1600mhz - 16GB RAM
seagate barracuda 1TB and 500GB
corsair HX1050 PSU
 
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VenBaja

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I upgraded from an FX-6300 to a 4770k a few months back. The fps difference in BF3 multiplayer was quite large, and that's what I play most often. I used to dip into the 40's regularly, and now I don't really dip past 70. For reference, I have it paired with an AMD 7870 LE.

Here's an example of the boost I got, with all other hardware and settings the same:

BF3 Multiplayer, 40-70fps, mostly hanging around 45-60fps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXtmeIdcPDM

BF4 Multiplayer (even more cpu intensive) 60-140fps, mostly hanging around 90fps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaBwgTTKKWM
 
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What is your main purpose for you PC? Gaming? Or as a workstation? Gaming, not much. Workstation, A LOT. The 770 for gaming and the fx 6200 is already fine. It will max out a lot of games. But if you use your unit for video editing and what not, that would increase about twice I believe.
 
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wolfdra

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i use the PC for gaming and sometimes sony vegas and cinema 4D but i hope to get into the software's a bit more.
 
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The 6200 (bulldozer) is quite poor performance-wise compared to the x3xx (piledriver) series of FX CPUs.

You would see a notable jump going from that CPU to a 4770k, if you're only gaming the 4670k would be a better choice IMO. However, you could always jump up to an FX 83xx CPU instead which would give you near i5 4670k performance for a fraction of the cost (don't need a new motherboard/new copy of windows if your is OEM/CPU is cheaper anyway).

Which games are you playing or what tasks are you doing?
 
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I would go with the 83xx option if I were the OP. In the case of my upgade, my AM3+ mobo would not support the 83xx series CPU's, so I was going to have to get a new mobo anyway. If your board supports them, that would be the cheaper route and still leave you very pleased.
 
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I made the exact upgrade the OP would in that situation - 6200 to 8320 (or 8350, essentially the same chip). It gave a good jump up, alleviated the bottleneck in many games. Same motherboard too, except mine's R2.0.
 
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