What CPU would best suit my requirements and my other pc parts?

hazdoga9 · Jan 30, 2014

I have currently have:
AMD fx-8150, cpu
Arsock 990fx fatality, motherboard
gtx 780 ti, gpu
16 gb g.skill sniper edition, ram
corsair rm 850, psu
seagate 2tb harddrive
windows 7 64 bit

I mainly play high end games on the highest settings such as Battlefield 4, but I haven't been getting quite what i want out my gtx 780ti since i got it. I suspect its my average cpu..
I'm not sure whether to just get a new AMD cpu or go all out on a new mobo and intel cpu?
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!
I also plan on upgrading to windows 8 and an ssd in the near future

Gam3r01 · Jan 30, 2014

It depends on your budget, an extremely OCd 8350 would be much cheaper than upgrading to a i7-4770k But the i7 would offer much better performance.

dacquesta1 · Jan 30, 2014

I would grab an 8320 with a good cooler and shoot for 4.5+ for half of what the i7 would cost. You won't see that much of a difference with an overclocked 8320 vs the 4770. Really comes down to what your willing to spend.

Gam3r01 · Jan 30, 2014

The i7 offers much more performance than the 8320 or 8350, but also costs more.

CTurbo · Jan 30, 2014

Looking at your specs, you have a great everything but cpu. The obvious choice would be to get a FX8320/8350 and overclock.

dacquesta1 · Jan 31, 2014

why spend almost 400 for the 4770k and a motherboard when he could get an 8320 and overclock for 140 along with even a 140 liquid solution like the kraken for under 300 and will be just fine for a single 780. Granted, it takes an 8320 overclocked to around 4.5 to be about on par with the 4770k but if you have the money to spend the OC'd 8320 loses to a similarly OC'd 4770k. Up to you whether its worth the extra 100 maybe more. You could probably pull 4.5 with a hyper 212 evo for 30 dollars bringing the cost to under 200 dollars for an fx that pretty much equals the 4770k for half price.

CTurbo · Jan 31, 2014

I agree that he doesn't need to switch to Intel, but lets not pretend that the FX8320 even overclocked to 5.5ghz would be on par with the i7 4770k.
It's half the price, and half the performance.

dacquesta1 · Jan 31, 2014

gets spanked that bad huh?

Gam3r01 · Jan 31, 2014

If you could OC an 8320 to beat a 4770k then it wouldnt cost twice as much. You wouldnt see anyone with a 4770k anywhere.

It dosent matter how fast a cpu if the cores are weaker.

CTurbo · Jan 31, 2014

90% of the time, yes.
The 4770k is almost 60% stronger in single thread performance. That means anytime you are using 4 cores or less, the i7 is just leagues better.

hazdoga9 · Jan 31, 2014

so i just had a look at the joint where i normally get my pc stuff from and i can get a 8350 for 239 but for 289 i can get a 9370? Would it be worth the worth the extra 50 bucks?
and yes i know these prices probably seem high, but i live in Australia and our dollar is weak at the moment so if i was to ship from the u.s it probably end up being just as dear.

vmN · Jan 31, 2014

hazdoga9 :

I wouldn't at any time get any of the fx 9xxx processors, I wouldn't even consider the fx 8350..
Because they are a overclocked version of the fx 8320.
Why pay more for something you could do yourself in a minute or two.

vmN · Jan 31, 2014

god damn another double post FTW

Gam3r01 · Jan 31, 2014

The FX-9 series require much better cooling than that of the FX-8s.
They are really just out of the box OCed, which is good for GPUs, CPUs not as much. Get the 8320/50

hazdoga9 · Feb 1, 2014

thanks everyone, I'm going to go with 8350 and get a nice cooler and do some overclocking

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