upgrading fx 6300 to 8320, is it worth it?

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Hi all,

I'm thinking of upgrading my current rig, mainly to help with vid editing & rendering.

My current rig is

Fx 6300
Hyper 212 EVO
Asus M5A97 R2.0
16 Gb GSkill RIpjaws DDR3 1600
GTX 650 Ti boost SC
Kingston Hyper X 120Gb SSD (win 7)
2 Tb WD Black HDD
1 Tb WD Blue HDD
SeaSonic S12II 620W PSU
NZXT Source 210 case
6 case fans

I'm not a heavy gamer - I play some Tomb Raider, MW2, and WoW, and I'm happy with what I get from the rig. Any improvements in gaming would be a bonus but are not critical in my decision.

What I'm looking for is improved performance in vid editing and rendering with Sony Vegas 12. I have about $350 Canadian to spend right now, which is a rare window for me these days, so I decided to take advantage of that and do some upgrading.

Here are some things I was thinking...

The cheapest I could an 8320 or 8350 for, with taxes and delivery, is $190 and $220 CAD respectively. But how much benefit would I see with either? Enough to justify it?

I have also thought about switching over to Intel and getting an i5 or i7. Switching now and getting an i5 would be feasible - It'd be over my budget considering I'd need a mobo, but it would be doable over two months. I could get a 3570K or 4670K right now, with taxes and delivery, for about the same $285 CAD for either. Then pick up the board at the end of next month. But the question here is would the move from the fx 6300 to an i5 see enough benefit in vid rendering to justify the move? With the i5's lack of hyperthreading (like the i7) would it still significantly beat the fx 6300 in editing and rendering?

Upping to an i7 would break the bank just for the CPU and it'd be probably 3 months more to afford the mobo. Buying any i7 in Canad a right now would be just about or over $400 w taxes and delivery. So it'd break the bank plus would be two or three months to get a mobo.

I know that Vegas 12 takes advantage of CUDA's or Open CL, but not with my GPU - the GTX 650 Ti. In short, all Nvidia 6xx series cards with Kepler architecture are not CUDA supported by Vegas. This is well documented and long argued between nVidia and Sony. So short of also upgrading the GPU, my best option right now is to upgrade the CPU.

So the question in sum...

8320?

8350?

full switch to intel system - which would take an extra month even with an i5?

Thanks


 
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Why don't you just wait until the new FX 8370E is released on September 1st?

According to AMD: 8 cores, 4.1ghz with 4.3ghz turbo, 95w tdp (same as 6300) and the same amount of cache as the 8350. Apparently the initial price will be $189 US.

Don't forget the 'E' part, there is also a standard FX 8370 being released with the same specs but 125w tdp.

Just for completion sake, there is also going to be a FX 8320E with 95w tdp (same clocks as normal 8320) and a 8310, again with 95w tdp, that has a freq of 3.3 turboing to 4.3. Didn't check the prices on those though.
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I've been looking at Benchmarks for the 8350. I see a decent increase in performance over the 6300. I'm curious about the increased power consumption over the fx 6300. I'm not OC'ing the 6300, and wouldn't plan to with the 8350 if I went that route - unless I got a better board and better cooling than the 212 EVO. I see the 8350 also clocks down when it's not maxed out - so if I saw a 25 to 30% increase in vid editing performance (decreased render times and smoother editing) do you think I would see a similar 25 to 30% increase in power consumption? (going from 95 to 125W). I just started paying for power where I live so it's now a consideration also.
 
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IMO i wouldnt worry about the power difference as it is minimal :) and performance has nothing to do with power consumption, with an I7 3770 or 4770 u get much more than 50% or more performance boost in vid editing over fx 6300, and has less power consumption.
 
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Why don't you just wait until the new FX 8370E is released on September 1st?

According to AMD: 8 cores, 4.1ghz with 4.3ghz turbo, 95w tdp (same as 6300) and the same amount of cache as the 8350. Apparently the initial price will be $189 US.

Don't forget the 'E' part, there is also a standard FX 8370 being released with the same specs but 125w tdp.

Just for completion sake, there is also going to be a FX 8320E with 95w tdp (same clocks as normal 8320) and a 8310, again with 95w tdp, that has a freq of 3.3 turboing to 4.3. Didn't check the prices on those though.
 
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I had no idea about those releases. I haven't really been keeping up to date with that. That sounds like a workable solution. I like the 95w tdp. I'm going to look into those now. Thanks for the tip!
 
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