AMD FX-6300 VS AMD Athlon X4 860k

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The AMD FX-6300 is said to be better than the AMD Athlon 860K, however when researching it I found that it was slower buy .2GHz. Does this really matter? Hope you guys can help.
 
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Yes the fx 6300 is better becuase of the extra 2 core and supperior Architecture. The clock speeds difference is insignificant and not the only factor that determine which cpu is better.
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I should have mention that it will be used for games such as battlefield 4, I know they mainly require a good graphics card, but will it come with those kinds of games?
 
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Sapphire Dual-X Radeon R9 270X should work fine then?
 
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I want to throw in my 2 cents. Neither of those cpus are great, but both of them are strong enough for a R9 270x.

The i3 is superior to both of them for about the same price as the FX6300. The 860k is much cheaper than either.

Now if I HAD to choose between the two, I would choose the Athlon x4 860k every time.

860k pros-
1. Newer
2. stronger per core
3. much cheaper
4. Better memory controller

860k cons-
1. less cores
2. no L3 cache
3. already the best on it's platform



FX6300 pros-
1. more cores
2. higher potential

FX6300 cons-
1. weaker per core
2. OLD
3. runs like crap on sub ~$80 motherboards
4. much more expensive




Their performance is actually pretty similar overall, but the selling point for the 860k is it's SO much cheaper it's practically in a different price category. You can toss the 860k in a $50 board and it will work well, but you NEED to get a good board for the FX in order for it to run at full strength.



PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $158.97

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($70.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($50.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $121.98



So if you choose to get the FX6300, that is the cheapest motherboard that I could possibly recommend for it. You will regret it if you put it in a cheap 780 series board.
 
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So what is the best AMD CPU Sub £200 with a good motherboard?
 
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I heard games don't take advantage of all the cores but will be optimised for it in the future, however that doesn't help me play battlefield now so will this processor be fine or should I upgrade to it later on?
GPU will be a sapphire r9 270X if that is useful at all.
 
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