Does amd budget Quad core will bottleneck in future

xxxhomie21 · Dec 10, 2015

i'm getting gtx 960 as upgrade. i want to power it by x4 860k or fx 4300. will any of this will bottle neck the gpu in future

Chicken-Select · Dec 10, 2015

Those are 2 very good pieces of computer hardware for their money. There shouldn't be any major bottlenecks for atleast a year or two. Although if possible I'd recommend Intels i5.

ComputerSecurityGuy · Dec 10, 2015

No, not until a new GPU. Oh, and I would get the R9 380. It's more powerful than the GTX 960.

dark_lord69 · Dec 10, 2015

no
But i'd get the 8320 and overclock it if I was you... Especially if you live within driving distance of a Micro Center. (No one has cheaper CPU's)

filippi · Dec 10, 2015

Do you intend to overclock? Buy a good 3rd party cpu cooler? Buy a good A88X/990FX motherboard?
You should go AMD only if your want that.

Otherwise Haswell/Skylake i3/i5 are by far the best option for games in any price range.

xxxhomie21 · Dec 10, 2015

filippi :

no i'm in not looking over overclocking option
and i'm in tight budget, rather from them i can only go for i3 4150 it is a great dual core option. but will decrease future compatibility chances for gaming bcoz of its dual core ( i only heard that but does'nt belive in it)

If its false please let me know

I only want to be secure for 2-3 yrs

filippi · Dec 10, 2015

i3-4150 up to now can handle 4 threaded games nicely because really most of the tasks are handle by the first core anyway.
And i3-4150 has strong cores indeed.
But the main advantage here is easy upgrade.
FX is a dead end. Many gamers w/ FX cpus complain about gaming performance every single day here. The usual answer? Go Haswell. This means a new platform altogether.
But if you get the i3-4150 you already get a strong gaming platform. You will just need upgrade the cpu.

superstition · Dec 10, 2015

It depends on how high your settings are going to be and what GPU you use. A 960 will not be bottlenecked significantly by an AMD FX 8 core at a high enough clockspeed. Even a 6 core is probably fine. I would not go with a 4 core FX chip. An 8320E is around $100 at Microcenter and the UD3P motherboard will be $40 off bundled. Get a decent 3rd-party cooler and you can get good performance.

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