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Hello, I am Kien from Vietnam.

So far I got an daily basis i7 860 & MSI P55-GD65. But I have been using both of them for over 4 years. Main-board died a month ago, I got it fixed. Now turn to a bad ram slot (BIOS & CPUZ sees 8GB, but only 4GB usable). I've tried everything, and final statement is bad/broken ram slot.

Is it worthy to upgrade to FX-8350 and Sabertooth 990FX? Because now its already 2015 so I am not sure if it is obsolete to do so. Could you give me some recommendations on this.

Thanks much
 
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iam2thecrowe
8350 isnt really an upgrade. for gaming it wont really do much better than what you have. Considering you have to spend a lot more on a decent motherboard for an 8 core cpu (for it to run reliably), you are better off with an i5 and cheaper motherboard. Sell your i7 on ebay or something to gaina bit of money back.
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8350 isnt really an upgrade. for gaming it wont really do much better than what you have. Considering you have to spend a lot more on a decent motherboard for an 8 core cpu (for it to run reliably), you are better off with an i5 and cheaper motherboard. Sell your i7 on ebay or something to gaina bit of money back.
 
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So far it is not possible to find a replacement for my current mainboard. I could only sell it. Socket 1156 seems to be boycotted in my country.
Shifting to AMD because I won't do much gaming, but working mostly. With limited budget, it is not possible atm to gang with those Intel CPUs.
I think I found the answer now. Thanks much both of you.
 
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What do you mean it's not possible? I have an OEM i7-860 cpu and OEM board that took my AMD 7850 GPU and PSU upgrades without a hitch. The i7-860 is perfectly capable of gaming, if the case its in has room, you can slap in a GPU and a new PSU and have a decent gaming rig. The i7-860 performs very similar to the 8300 chips.... Would be a waste of money to go from the 860 to 8300.
Here is what I did...
https://pcpartpicker.com/b/CJd6Mp
 
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In my country it is very hard to find a 1156 mainboard. Now most of them are warranty outdated, or ridiculously pumped in price (coz they know 1156s are at high demand). I also think of buying a decend replacement from US and ship back here. But I am afraid my CPU is gonna die soon also. The i7 860 has lived almost 5 years since my purchase. So....I dont have many choices :(

And again, limited budget and the desire of getting a new mobo & CPU.
 
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If i were you i'd just be ordering a new motherboard from ebay, should be plenty 1156 around. Having said that, all these motherboards are quite a few years old, and are more likely to cause problems in the near future.
 
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What do you need a new mobo for? The only reason you'd need a new one is if your current mobo doesn't have a PCI-E slot. My OEM i7-860 mobo did... took an aftermarket GPU without issue.
 
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My current mobo's ram slots are having issues. Bios + CPU Z shows full memory (4gbx2), but windows only see 4gb.
I realized my #1 ram slot has problem because it can not boot on its own. I need more memory to work



 
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Oh ok. Well then in that case an upgrade would certainly be needed. But, like others have mentioned... going from your CPU to an 8300 chip will hardly be an upgrade. I doubt you would even notice a difference.
 
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