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So I am getting FO4, but my current build is sub-par, from 3 years ago.
Specs:
COOLER MASTER Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP
RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-630SS 630W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V
XFX Core Edition FX-787A-CNFC Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB
BIOSTAR A870 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon II X3 455 Rana 3.3GHz Socket AM3 95W (4th core unlocked)
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1
G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
Seagate Barracuda ES ST3750640NS 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
Western Digital WD Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
ASUS VS Series VS247H-P Black 23.6" 2ms LED Backlight


I am currently looking at upgrading the CPU+Mobo because the GPU meets the min reqs and I can upgrade later to a 390 or 970, but thats a different topic.
I was hoping to only spend about 250$ for a CPU+Mobo so I though about a AMD FX-8320 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition
with
970 GAMING DDR3 2133 ATX AMD Motherboard
or
ASRock 970 EXTREME4 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 5 x SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
Unless someone has a better combo at that price point. Yes I will be upgrading my PSU when I get a few dollars too.
 
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Intel CPUs are a lot more powerful than AMD CPUs. You will probably have to overclock a FX-8350 to about 5.0GHz in order to get close to the performance of the i5-4460 in games; assuming the same GPU is used. I think most FX-8350 overclocks to 4.4GHz - 4.5GHz.

You can reuse the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus since it is compatible with a socket 1150 Intel CPU.

Also, Fallout 4 should run a lot better with an Intel CPU vs an AMD CPU. Fallout 4 uses an updated Creation Engine that was designed for Skyrim. The following performance chart shows a significant difference in performance between the i5-2500k and FX-8350 running at stock speed. It is too early to say if Bethesda improved AMD CPU support in the updated game engine so that the...
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So I assume this does not OC because it has no K? and will my Hyper 212 mount to that I5 and is it adequate to cool it?


 
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Intel CPUs are a lot more powerful than AMD CPUs. You will probably have to overclock a FX-8350 to about 5.0GHz in order to get close to the performance of the i5-4460 in games; assuming the same GPU is used. I think most FX-8350 overclocks to 4.4GHz - 4.5GHz.

You can reuse the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus since it is compatible with a socket 1150 Intel CPU.

Also, Fallout 4 should run a lot better with an Intel CPU vs an AMD CPU. Fallout 4 uses an updated Creation Engine that was designed for Skyrim. The following performance chart shows a significant difference in performance between the i5-2500k and FX-8350 running at stock speed. It is too early to say if Bethesda improved AMD CPU support in the updated game engine so that the performance difference in FO4 will not be quite as large.

http://techreport.com/review/23750/amd-fx-8350-processor-reviewed/5

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