upgrade cpu amd

zecby · Jul 10, 2014

hi, im planning to upgrade my cpu to a amd fx 8350, my gpu is a geforce gtx 560, just wanted to know if there will be any overclocking in this situation

Ad Hoc · Jul 10, 2014

On the CPU? Certainly not.

Alpha3031 · Jul 10, 2014

What is your CPU socket, budget and the rest of your current build?

zecby · Jul 10, 2014

Alpha3031 :

amd 3, enough to buy amd fx 8350, and windows 7 64 bit, 4 gigs of ram but it should be reading 8, might be because of my bios

Alpha3031 · Jul 10, 2014

I'd get a FX 6300 and a good cooler.

zecby · Jul 10, 2014

Alpha3031 :

well im trying to upgrade my cpu to run games coming out nowadays, watch dogs, titan fall that sort of stuff

Alpha3031 · Jul 10, 2014

What's your current CPU? I'd suggest GPU first.

zecby · Jul 10, 2014

Alpha3031 :

amd athlon II x4 640

coolcole01 · Jul 10, 2014

can you put up your specs

zecby · Jul 10, 2014

coolcole01 :

amd athlon II x4 640, geforce gtx 560, 4 gigs of ram, should be 8 but its reading 4, my mobo is a asus m5a97, windows 7 64 bit

Ad Hoc · Jul 10, 2014

We need to see your Motherboard before we can recommend the 8350. Some motherboards just can't support the voltage/heat that CPU puts out, even if they are AM3+

Can you give us a link to it?

EDIT: Sorry, I didn't see you posted it!

coolcole01 · Jul 10, 2014

thats a good mobo so with 8 gbs and i would get either a 6300 or if you want 8 cores the 8320

Ad Hoc · Jul 10, 2014

An 8320 or 8350 should run fine on your motherboard. Be wary of anyone who tells you to buy a 6300 instead. It's a decent processor (I'm using one now), but it isn't quite up to snuff when it comes to the more hardware intense games that are on their way-- if you can afford an 8000 series, get it, along with an aftermarket fan and heatsink (the 8320/50 is HOT).

Of course, you're going to need a new GPU too. Even a 270x would be a pretty big leap from what you have now.

If you can't afford both a new GPU and CPU, buy a new GPU first. The Athlon II x4 640 will work relatively well on newer games, but pretty soon the 560 will useless.

Note: You may need to buy a new Power Supply for all of this. Please be careful not to overload your computer!

coolcole01 · Jul 10, 2014

the 6300 is a fine chip unless you plan on getting a gpu higher than a 270x its really not needed in games that use multi cores well it will do fine and ones that dont it doesnt matter how many cores you have. If you plan on getting a 280 or higher get an 8 core.

Alpha3031 · Jul 10, 2014

I'd rather get an i3 then an 8xxx series and drop in an i5 5670k next year

2 strong cores > 8 weak cores, most of the time

coolcole01 · Jul 10, 2014

Alpha3031 :

just depends on the games you want to play really

zecby · Jul 10, 2014

Ad Hoc :

An 8320 or 8350 should run fine on your motherboard. Be wary of anyone who tells you to buy a 6300 instead. It's a decent processor (I'm using one now), but it isn't quite up to snuff when it comes to the more hardware intense games that are on their way-- if you can afford an 8000 series, get it, along with an aftermarket fan and heatsink (the 8320/50 is HOT).

Of course, you're going to need a new GPU too. Even a 270x would be a pretty big leap from what you have now.

If you can't afford both a new GPU and CPU, buy a new GPU first. The Athlon II x4 640 will work relatively well on newer games, but pretty soon the 560 will useless. well ive been doing a lot of reseach and from what im able to tell its my cpu holding me back from playing a lot of my games not the gpu

Note: You may need to buy a new Power Supply for all of this. Please be careful not to overload your computer!

zecby · Jul 10, 2014

well my plan for right now is either 8000 or 6000 series this year, then the 270x next year

bmacsys · Jul 10, 2014

coolcole01 :

Actually that is not a great board for an 8320/8350. It has weak vrm section. Only 6+2. The eight core will throttle. The 6300 would be a better match for his board.

Ad Hoc · Jul 10, 2014

There are plenty of people at Overclock.net who run an 8350 on the asus m5a97. I think it's fine, but I advise you to post your issue in the AMD CPU section of Overclock.net. They should be able to answer all of your questions.

zecby · Jul 10, 2014

Ad Hoc :

thank you!

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