upgrade to FX6300 from Phenom II X4 B55

gimmigzgy

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My current procie is a Phenom II X2 555 unlocked to a Phenom II X4 B55 3.2Ghz. I want to know if I will notice a significant difference if I will upgrade to a FX 6300. If yes, how much will that significant difference be? Thank you
 

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Assuming your gpu is a high end $400 above card, the FX-6300 will help significantly to maximized the expensive gpu.
But if its only medium class such as 7950 or around $200 card, then the difference is minimum if you have overclocked your x4-B55 into 4GHz like mine.

You should overclock your cpu at least into 3,6GHz with its original heatsink (increase voltage into 1.45V and multiplier into 18). I have done the test 5 years ago and still using it now with 4GHz (1,5V multiplier 20) with additional heatsink deepcool iceedge 300 that only cost me $15 5 years ago. New model of the heatsink is deepcool Gammaxx 300 and should be less than $20 and it can be used almost any model of cpu except the latest intel 2011 socket.

Hope it help