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Is FX-9370 worth upgrading Phenom II x4 955?

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August 22, 2014 10:22:13 AM

I have a Phenom II x2 unlocked and overclocked as a Phenom II x4 B55 at 4GHz watercooled. Is it worth upgrading to a FX-9370 since I already have the water cooling kit? My motherboard is only a gigabyte with 870 chipset but I don't want to replace it.

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August 22, 2014 10:28:48 AM

No. I wouldn't suggest anything past the fx 8350. Everything above that is an overclocked fx 8350, which may or may not work on your motherboard. Just overclock the fx 8350 yourself if you want the fx 9370 assuming you have a motherboard that'll support a decent overclock for the fx 8350.
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August 22, 2014 10:29:06 AM

I did not get if you've a Phenom 2 or 4.
Anyway, upgrading to FX 9? Not advicible, FX 9 series consume too much power for too little performance, its just a factory OCed FX 8 series with horrible price tag. No real use in gaming. Get a FX 8 series instead.
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August 22, 2014 10:29:39 AM

Just get a FX 8320, and OC it to 8350 or 9370 levels. Anything above the 8350 is a waste of money.
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August 22, 2014 10:30:03 AM

No, FX 9-series processors are a waste of money. But you need to see in the first place just which CPU's exactly does your mobo support.
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August 22, 2014 10:30:43 AM

Calnin said:
No. I wouldn't suggest anything past the fx 8350. Everything above that is an overclocked fx 8350, which may or may not work on your motherboard. Just overclock the fx 8350 yourself if you want the fx 9370 assuming you have a motherboard that'll support a decent overclock for the fx 8350.


Yeah, I'd agree with this. The 9 series chips are still good chips, but you'll get better value buying an 8 series and doing the overclock yourself. Since you have the WC kit, you can probably push it beyond what a 9370 would be stock.
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August 22, 2014 10:40:47 AM

No. The FX architecture is ok for multicore enabled apps, but not for gaming or fast core speeds. Your X4 will perform similarly.
No amount of cooling will fix a bad architecture.

At the price of a FX9370, you can buy a i5-4690K which is a massive improvement.
Yes, you will need to spend an additional $100 or so for a Z97 based motherboard.
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August 22, 2014 11:06:28 AM

Now the you mention it, my motherboard does not provide enough power to support this CPU. So I guess I will stick with the phenom until AMD releases something new. Thanks everyone for your advices. Any word on when we will get anything new from AMD in the desktop space?
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August 22, 2014 11:20:52 AM

Maybe never the way things are going. AMD has bowed out of that market. I was surprised to see the FX8370 and lower power versions of the same FX8370E and FX8350E I think it was, 95W chips. Soon as that is available for purchase might be something to look at, but you wouldn't see a huge performance increase.

They've had a few new architecture releases for the FM2+ chipset, but I suspect they will wait until DDR4 becomes mainstream before releasing a new high end chip. Might be the best way for them to capture some market share if they beat Intel to the consumer market with a DDR4 board and a new FX line. (Not a lot of people going to be dumping money into X99 boards to get DDR4 beyond enthusiasts)
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August 22, 2014 11:30:52 AM

geofelt said:
No. The FX architecture is ok for multicore enabled apps, but not for gaming or fast core speeds. Your X4 will perform similarly.
No amount of cooling will fix a bad architecture.

At the price of a FX9370, you can buy a i5-4690K which is a massive improvement.
Yes, you will need to spend an additional $100 or so for a Z97 based motherboard.


That's not really fair at all. Since the vast majority of games are GPU limited anyway, saying that the FX architecture is bad for games is stupid. It certainly provides beyond adequate power for gaming in almost all situations, other than twin or triple high end card systems where the CPU becomes more of an issue. In very high end system, you'd definitely get an Intel chip, but if you have any regard for money at all, an FX chip will give you easily enough horsepower to feed a mid range GPU, and comes with the significant advantage of always offering overclocking headroom and doesn't demand an expensive motherboard.

I wouldn't upgrade from a Phenom either, because they were great chips back in the day and still good today, but it's just straight up wrong to say that the FX chips are just 'bad' for gaming. They are bad for high end gaming, they are bad if you want to spend a lot of money, but they are great if your only other option is Pentium priced chip.
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August 22, 2014 11:46:53 AM

For one reason or another I've always had an AMD chipset. Never been a fanboy but from my needs every time the best performance/value was offered by AMD. And because I know that AMD is having a hard time to compete intel in terms of efficiency, I am going to support AMD on my future purchaces. Monopoly is the worst thing that can happen.
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