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September 26, 2014 6:27:49 AM

Currently I have a Msi 970a-g43 and I have read a few places that pairing it with the likes of a fx 8320e isnt such a good Idea.

Here is the situation. I had an Asus g73 laptop. That flew until it took a dive. Long story short id like to bring this machine near that level. Key word near because I do not plan to go back to Intel at this time.

Later, think next year I'd like to upgrade to the 8320e and mostly a Asus strix gtx 970.

I do not plan to replace the board at this time but I would like to know the likely pitfalls of this combination. I am not a super hardcore gamer who's looking to squeeze every frame rate out of the system I would just like to record games i play using fraps at higher than 30fps.

Right now my Amd fx 4300 and gtx 660 ti are not cutting it.


Please advise.

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September 26, 2014 6:34:27 AM

Since you are recording your gameplay, the FX 8320e would be helpful to you. That FX 4300 is probably holding you back more than the GPU is.
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September 26, 2014 6:35:33 AM

That board should do fine with the 8 core 95 watt CPU if no overclocking. It would do better than the 4300 with the 660Ti in multi threaded games (CPU intensive).
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October 16, 2014 5:39:39 AM

hate to revive what most might consider a dead thread but, Would a 6300 do well next to a 970? I Know an 8320 would be better but the 6300 is a lot cheaper and 6 cores seems that it would be fine also.
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October 16, 2014 5:44:53 AM

It should do OK with the 970 especially if overclocked.
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October 16, 2014 6:38:09 AM

Dade kennedy said:
hate to revive what most might consider a dead thread but, Would a 6300 do well next to a 970? I Know an 8320 would be better but the 6300 is a lot cheaper and 6 cores seems that it would be fine also.


I would say no it would not, as you do not have a suitable motherboard to be overclocking.
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October 16, 2014 6:37:51 PM

I have already replaced that current motherboard with a 990fxa-ud3. I have my cpu overlocked to about 4.2 a little above average voltage. I wouldnt consider it stable but its pretty close. So thats why im asking if I really need the 8320 to pair with a 970.
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October 16, 2014 7:04:10 PM

You do not need it but since you replaced board why not go 8350?
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October 16, 2014 8:06:53 PM

I guess I was trying to be cheap. I thought about it. I wouldnt have to overclock till I got a new cooler. So im kinda at a cross roads. Whats really gunna help logically and price wise.
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October 16, 2014 10:26:41 PM

Normal 8320 is the cheapest with a little premium for the e version. Both should overclock easy to 8350 specs.
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