GTX 970 w/ FX 8370 vs GTX 970 w/ FX 9590.

Wield · Feb 25, 2016

Okay, so at the moment I have a Palit Jetstream GTX 960 4GB Card, but my brother will no doubt be upgrading his EVGA GTX 970 SC to a 980 Ti in the future, I have a FX 4300 and that seems to be Bottlenecking my 960 So i would have to upgrade if I took my brothers 970.

Also, the FX 8370 Comes with the Wraith cooler so would cost me about £30 less as i wouldn't have to buy a CPU Cooler or Thermal Compound.

What would the best upgrade be? I would need a CPU that wouldn't bottleneck the 970 and would also run perfectly, preferably without an OC.

Gam3r01 · Feb 25, 2016

The 9590 is never a good idea. Just go with the 8370 if you are on a tight budget.
I recommend the move to intel if you can afford it however.

Wield · Feb 25, 2016

Gam3r01 :

I am considering Changing to an i5 4460 but the added cost of buying a new mobo isn't something I would like.

Gam3r01 · Feb 25, 2016

My recommendation would be a 6500, H170 board, and DDR4 ram.
Obviously not everyone can afford that, so the 8370 is your best budget option.

madmatt30 · Feb 25, 2016

What motherboard are you currently running ??

Eliasand · Feb 25, 2016

I'd take a 4460+H81 instead of any FX for gaming. If you have the money, i5-6500 with a decent motherboard, and you'll be fine for years.

Wield · Feb 25, 2016

madmatt30 :

Either the Gigabyte 970A-UD3P or the 970A-DS3P, im not quite sure... This is something I should really know isnt it?

madmatt30 · Feb 25, 2016

The few places that have the 8370+wraith in stock in the UK at the moment are charging £200+ premium prices - I wouldn't entertain one at that price.
I was in touch with a few bigvetsimers the other week & the general consensus is its going to be 6-8 weeks before new stock comes in - the 8370 has never been a good seller & there's no sale or return on current stocks.

madmatt30 · Feb 25, 2016

There is a MASSIVE difference between those 2 boards mate so yes you should really.
Cpu-z will tell you your board model

I wouldn't go past a 6300 on the ds3p.

Wield · Feb 25, 2016

madmatt30 :

Would the 8370 with the original AMD Cooler be fine? I don't really plan on putting an OC on the CPU.

junkeymonkey · Feb 25, 2016

got to say just avoid the 220w chips - there more novelty than anything else and come with a few extra headaches - then if you go intel just skip skylake and do a hasewll on a z 97 board and save those headaches skylake just sucks all around limited and proprietary- [not hard to see] don't be a beta tester with it just do a haswell that's been tried and true wide chip selection no os issues like you may be stuck with 10 some 7 support removed and so on - haswell builds don't have these limitaions , man , skylake blows

madmatt30 · Feb 25, 2016

Wield :

Id go with an 8320+aftermarket cooler rather than an 8370 with the stock amd cooler - works out 20 quid less,youll hit 8370 speed with it easily,itll be cooler & quieter.

junkeymonkey · Feb 25, 2016

''Gigabyte 970A-UD3P or the 970A-DS3P'' ? 220w chip ? don't think so

theres only a hand full of boards that are truly capable of handling the 220w chips --

like beware of asus as well like from here

from specs '' Supports CPU up to 140 W ''
http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/CROSSHAIR_V_FORMULAZ/specifications/

but shows 200w chips in the cpu list ??

http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/CROSSHAIR_V_FORMULAZ/HelpDesk_CPU/

hmmmmm........ don't be fooled as a lot are and end up with a mess [ I bet that baby gets to smoking at full load for any amount of time , cooling nightmare ]

good luck

Redneck5439 · Feb 25, 2016

If I were you I would be looking into the FX 8370E. The FX 8370E is only 95W so it will run cooler, it has great overclocking capabilities, the newest performance tweaks and the best binning AMD has to offer. The FX 8370E also has 4.3Ghz turbo core so if you never overclock you will still be @ 4.3Ghz when you need the increased performance. I have seen the FX 8370E selling for as low as $150 US dollars so it is a good value. The really nice thing is the FX 8370E being only 95W will work with either of the motherboards you listed.

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