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AMD Athlon II X4 760k 3.8GHz vs. AMD FX-4300 Vishera 3.8GHz

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January 8, 2014 8:57:56 PM

Both cpus cost the same on newegg right now. Which is the better buy? I need to get a new cpu and motherboard for $160.

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January 8, 2014 9:05:29 PM

Only FX
FX 4300 or FX 6300 and mobo MSI 970A-G46/G43
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January 8, 2014 9:06:30 PM

They are pretty similar in performance both at stock speeds and overclocked.

The 760k is on the fm2/fm2+ socket. The biggest thing in it's favor is the fm2 socket has the best features/price on the market. The biggest con is there isn't a very good upgrade path. Going fm2+ will allow for a Kaveri upgrade, but don't expect any hard core cpus to be released on it.

The FX 4300 is on the slowly dying AM3+ socket that currently has a pretty good upgrade path, but doesn't appear to be getting any real significant new releases. There should at least be one more refresh before it's put to bed for good though.
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January 8, 2014 9:10:47 PM

It's a tough answer, they both are really equall to each other. But I think fx 4300 will be better if you wan't to overclock otherwise they are either will be good.
But if you can increase your budget a bit fx 6300 can also be a good choice.
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January 8, 2014 9:11:32 PM

I already have a Radeon HD 7750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 so I want to get something that will work well with it. Would getting a motherboard with a PCI-E 3.0 slot be worth it?
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January 8, 2014 9:18:34 PM

Jageman said:
I already have a Radeon HD 7750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 so I want to get something that will work well with it. Would getting a motherboard with a PCI-E 3.0 slot be worth it?


It will be good for future upgrade. But first spend more on cpu as there's not much noticable difference between pci-e 2.0 and 3.0 slot.
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January 8, 2014 9:29:38 PM

Jageman said:
I already have a Radeon HD 7750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 so I want to get something that will work well with it. Would getting a motherboard with a PCI-E 3.0 slot be worth it?


AMD mobo with pci-e 3.0 ?! $200 by Asus .No need .

Consider FX 4300 and MSI 970A-G43 = $179
FX 4300 has 2x better score than Athlon II X4 760k in 3D Mark 11 Physics test .But if the budget doesnt allow , just get 760K .
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January 9, 2014 8:30:33 AM

Even Phenom II 965 is better than a 750k. You will want to go with an FX. I wouldn't want to go below an FX 6300.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($59.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $169.98
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-09 11:30 EST-0500)
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January 9, 2014 8:41:25 AM

I would rather have the 760k and the A88XM motherboard combo
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January 9, 2014 8:44:46 AM

760k isn't that great of a chip really. It is OK, but the lack of L3 cache hurts it in games. Clock for clock, a Phenom II 965 is actually faster. Other than clock speed, a 750k and 760k are identical architecture. Trinity and Richland are identical on the CPU side of things. The only difference between the two were the GPU side on the APU's.
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January 9, 2014 8:57:00 AM

I would love to get a fx-6300 but I need to get a new case and save as much as I can so I can get some more memory later. I only have 4gb of ddr3 ram.
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January 9, 2014 9:01:19 AM

My combo wasn't worse on price than the 4300 and MSI board mentioned earlier.
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January 9, 2014 9:02:12 AM

Richland overclocks a lot better than Trinity. The 760k vs the 750k is a great example. The 6800k vs the 5800k is another. The 750k and 5800k were not very good overclockers, but the 760k and 6800k are. I can run my 6800k completely stable @ 4.7ghz x 4 with the smallest voltage bump. The 760k should be able to match that pretty easily.

Besides all that, the fm2+ motherboards have awesome standard features for the price.
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January 9, 2014 9:04:11 AM

Now there's no doubting that the FX 6300 or FX 8320 are far superior
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January 9, 2014 9:04:11 AM

I prefer the MSI 970A-G43 over the Gigabyte GA-78LMT.
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January 9, 2014 9:08:15 AM

A FX-4300 is only 90 on newegg right now. That's the only reason I'm getting the FX-4300 at all right now.
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January 9, 2014 9:11:12 AM

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Richland overclocks a lot better than Trinity. The 760k vs the 750k is a great example. The 6800k vs the 5800k is another. The 750k and 5800k were not very good overclockers, but the 760k and 6800k are. I can run my 6800k completely stable @ 4.7ghz x 4 with the smallest voltage bump. The 760k should be able to match that pretty easily.

Besides all that, the fm2+ motherboards have awesome standard features for the price.


Average overclock is a very insignificant amount.

http://hwbot.org/hardware/processor/athlon_x4_750k/ - 4496mhz
http://hwbot.org/hardware/processor/athlon_x4_760k/ - 4471mhz
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January 9, 2014 9:19:03 AM

That's weird. I noticed that the 6800k and 6600k have a ~500mhz advantage over the 5800k and 5600k. I wonder why the same isn't true for the 760k vs 750k. They theoretically should overclock better since they lack an igpu.
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January 9, 2014 10:17:29 AM

Unless there's anything I'm missing my best option is a FX-4300 with a MSI 970A-G43 and a Rosewill Galaxy-01 Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower.

I don't really plan on overclocking at all because I have little experience in that area.

Thanks for the advice.
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January 9, 2014 11:35:47 AM

Still say FX 6300 is better option. Games are starting to use more cores and the 6300 will be superior going forward.
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January 9, 2014 12:21:24 PM

I agree with Turbo here. A88X chipset on FM2+ is more attractive IMO. Also, stay away from MSI boards. From my experience and friends who have tried them, they have a worse hit rate than asrock, gigabyte, Asus. Good Luck.
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January 9, 2014 1:05:27 PM

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A FX-4300 is only 90 on newegg right now. That's the only reason I'm getting the FX-4300 at all right now.


FX 4300 is great for games
FX 4300 -6610 points .3D Mark 11 Phisics , gamers benchmark
i5 4670 -6830 points
FX 8350 - 6880 points
FX 6300 - 6080 points
Athlon X4 760K - 3620 points

i gueee this gamers test focuses on 4 cores and more MHz
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January 9, 2014 1:13:47 PM

Yea synthetic benchmarks are a poor tool to use for gaming performance.
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January 9, 2014 1:18:47 PM

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FX 4300 is great for games
FX 4300 -6610 points .3D Mark 11 Phisics , gamers benchmark
i5 4670 -6830 points
FX 8350 - 6880 points
FX 6300 - 6080 points
Athlon X4 760K - 3620 points

i gueee this gamers test focuses on 4 cores and more MHz


That i5 4670 has BY FAR the strongest 4 cores of that group and everybody knows it. Not a good comparison at all.
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January 9, 2014 1:23:39 PM

logainofhades said:
Yea synthetic benchmarks are a poor tool to use for gaming performance.


i trust 3D Mark 11 Physics because i ve got many tests from different sites where in games FX 8350 is on par with i5 4670 .
May be , FX 4300 is as future proof as i5 4670 but at 2x lower price and there are still people who buy i5 4670
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