worth the upgrade?

rocketboy64 · Jul 29, 2014

So I got and fx 8320 and an m5a97 motherboard with some ram for an upgrade, I currently have a phenom II x4 945 and a gtx 770. I bought the upgrade because I thought I was being bottlenecked, am I right or wrong? I looked at benchmarks with my graphics card and th fps and scores look much higher so I upgraded. Again, is it worth it?

unknownofprob · Jul 29, 2014

it would have bottlenecked that card and also for a fun fact technically all CPU's have a degree of bottlenecking. But the upgrade was worthwhile defiantly.

Zircoben · Jul 29, 2014

rocketboy64 :

Yes, that is a good upgrade. Not nearly the upgrade you would get from getting an Intel CPU, but it is a solid upgrade.

If you want to push your FPS and overall performance even higher, purchase a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO and get an overclock on the FX-8320. You won't be able to overclock way high, but it will be able to get you a decent boost.

zachparr2442 · Jul 29, 2014

with that mobo and cooler you should be able to hit 4.5 if you have a decent PSU

L Helps · Jul 29, 2014

Zircoben :

rocketboy64 :

Yes, that is a good upgrade. Not nearly the upgrade you would get from getting an Intel CPU, but it is a solid upgrade.

If you want to push your FPS and overall performance even higher, purchase a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO and get an overclock on the FX-8320. You won't be able to overclock way high, but it will be able to get you a decent boost.

Stop being a fanboy the fx 8320 will perform almost the same as an intel one in alot of newer games.

rocketboy64 · Jul 29, 2014

Zircoben :

rocketboy64 :

Yes, that is a good upgrade. Not nearly the upgrade you would get from getting an Intel CPU, but it is a solid upgrade.

If you want to push your FPS and overall performance even higher, purchase a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO and get an overclock on the FX-8320. You won't be able to overclock way high, but it will be able to get you a decent boost.

I have an Antec kuhler 620 can I overclock with it?

zachparr2442 · Jul 29, 2014

yah should cool as good as the 212 evo so anywhere between 4.4 - 4.6 every chip is a different some take more voltage so take less, the less it takes to be stable the lower the temps they say 62C max temp but if your stress dont worry if you hit 65C cause its a stress test you will never see those temps unless you are stress testing you wont see it in everyday usage

Zircoben · Jul 29, 2014

L Helps :

No, I'm not being a fanboy. My profile picture aside, AMD CPUs are nearly a half decade behind Intel in single-threaded performance, and that's not an empty figure. Sure, the FX-8320 is a good CPU and will game well, but the facts are there. The FX-8320 will age very fast as games need more and more CPU resources that the FX's cores simply do not have.

For the OP, it is a good investment because his motherboard supports it, but in all respects, AMD CPUs are simply cannot compete anymore with Intel.

Zircoben · Jul 29, 2014

rocketboy64 :

Zircoben :

I have an Antec kuhler 620 can I overclock with it?

Yes, that's a great cooler, just don't expect any ground-breaking overclocks with it. Don't let the idle temp go any higher than 40C and load temps shouldn't go above 75 or so.

unknownofprob · Jul 30, 2014

L Helps :

Zircoben :

Stop being a fanboy the fx 8320 will perform almost the same as an intel one in a lot of newer games.

That is NOT fanboy as it is somewhat true, as it depends on the game. In well threaded games the FX will do equal to better than an intel i5, if the game is poorly threaded the intel i5's and in some cases i3's will do better, the i5 much better.

L Helps · Jul 30, 2014

unknownofprob :

L Helps :

That is NOT fanboy as it is somewhat true, as it depends on the game. In well threaded games the FX will do equal to better than an intel i5, if the game is poorly threaded the intel i5's and in some cases i3's will do better, the i5 much better.

Don't add comments in a solved thread but since you already did it I will add mine. That was exactly what I was saying, most newer games are well treaded so the difference would be very small between intel and amd. So I dont think calling that upgrade: "Not nearly the upgrade you would get from getting an Intel CPU" is just not right.

unknownofprob · Jul 30, 2014

i am clarifying the responses that have loose ends, which is allowed. Just because it is solved, doesn't mean you can't reply in it no more, that's not how it works. I agree with that context of comment, but I am sure it was not meant that way. I am not entirely referring to newer titles but older.

Zircoben · Jul 30, 2014

"So I dont think calling that upgrade: "Not nearly the upgrade you would get from getting an Intel CPU" is just not right."

Agreed. But in the games with less threads, and in doing tasks that don't utilize a lot of threads, Intel is the clear choice. But even when they perform the same as each other (which is the case for nearly every setup besides Crossfires/SLIs), I recommend Intel because of their far superior power efficiency, upgrade-ability, and overall future-proofing for any tasks that need a lot of CPU per thread.

4 very powerful(i5) or 8 weak cores(FX-8320/50), you make the decision based on your budget, current rig, and use cases.

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