Will an Amd Phenom X3 8750 Black work with a GT 730?

ISUCKATLIFE · May 2, 2016

I plan on upgrading and yes my motherboard can support it but I want to know about this CPU I plan on getting.

Rogue Leader · May 2, 2016

Yes there is nothing that would prevent them from working together.

xXCrossfireXx · May 2, 2016

Triple core, wowza, never seen a CPU with 3 cores, I seen 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 18, and if you wanna talk Xeon Phi, one with 60+. But I've never seen one with an odd number like 3.

Back on topic, the answer is simply no. You will experience no bottlenecks with a card that bad.

If I'm being honest though, you might want to upgrade your graphics card, or downgrade it. Cards in the 70-90 dollar range don't tend to be good at gaming, and cards that can do free games, or are for multi monitor support can be bought cheaper, just consider that since you can buy a 750 Ti for like 50-60 bucks more and get low settings on modern games, or a 750 for 30 bucks more and do low to medium on modern games.

lodders · May 2, 2016

The cheap computer I built for my mum to surf the net a few years ago has an Athlon x3 in it.
But yours is 2.4Ghz, and my mums is 3.2Ghz
Since my mums PC is painfully slow, I don't think you are going to enjoy using yours......

dextermat · May 2, 2016

If you plan on doing any modern gaming, the 730 will bottleneck.

Get at least a 750

MushBrain · May 2, 2016

xXCrossfireXx :

You must be very new to computers?

AMD were pulling off 3 core versions of Athlon and Phenom chips for years, not done with the FX line for obvious reasons though (don't use cores).

xXCrossfireXx · May 2, 2016

lodders :

MushBrain :

New-ish, I started researching about 6 months back, before that I was more of a programming guy, haven't heard of Phenom before until today, but I have learned a lot in those 6 months

xXCrossfireXx · May 2, 2016

lodders :

Slow doesn't usually refer to the CPU, when people say their computer is slow, it's usually because they have an old slow hard drive that makes things take forever to load

MushBrain · May 2, 2016

xXCrossfireXx :

lodders :

MushBrain :

New-ish, I started researching about 6 months back, before that I was more of a programming guy, haven't heard of Phenom before until today, but I have learned a lot in those 6 months

Ahh well it's never too early or too late to enjoy computers, welcome to it

xXCrossfireXx · May 2, 2016

MushBrain :

xXCrossfireXx :

lodders :

MushBrain :

New-ish, I started researching about 6 months back, before that I was more of a programming guy, haven't heard of Phenom before until today, but I have learned a lot in those 6 months

Ahh well it's never too early or too late to enjoy computers, welcome to it

That's another thing I learned

Rogue Leader · May 2, 2016

dextermat :

Bottleneck? He is using a 3 generation old Phenom, its not bottlenecking a damn thing.

ISUCKATLIFE the GT 730 is fine in fact you don't want to spend too much on a GPU for that PC, definitely DO NOT waste the money on a 750 or 750ti for it. Its far more powerful than that processor can ever keep up with.

MushBrain · May 2, 2016

Rogue Leader :

This, it is only the most recent Deneb C3 revision Phenom II's that will keep up with the newer GPU's on the market.

Phenom 1 chips were not even great when they released, they were pretty poor.

Phenom II was quite a large step up in terms of everything, then C3 revisions got DDR3 memory controllers and higher clock abilities at lower voltages.

xXCrossfireXx · May 2, 2016

Guys, I think he means the 730 won't be good enough to do modern games. Dextermat, that's not a bottleneck, it's the CPU not being able to reach it's full potential

Rogue Leader · May 2, 2016

xXCrossfireXx :

Thats obvious that the 730 isn't good enough for modern games, but the reality is the CPU will bottleneck a 750, therefore its poor advice. The CPU will reach its full potential, its just its full potential isn't good enough.

The whole system isn't good enough for modern games.

Rogue Leader · May 2, 2016

MushBrain :

I almost missed this, what do you mean the FX doesn't use cores? FX processors are 4, 6 and 8 core processors depending on the name/series.

The older Phenom X3 and Athlon X3 processors were X4 processors that had a core that didn't meet spec so it was disabled and sold as an X3. It was literally a way to make money from processors that would have otherwise been tossed.

MushBrain · May 2, 2016

Rogue Leader :

MushBrain :

I almost missed this, what do you mean the FX doesn't use cores? FX processors are 4, 6 and 8 core processors depending on the name/series.

The older Phenom X3 and Athlon X3 processors were X4 processors that had a core that didn't meet spec so it was disabled and sold as an X3. It was literally a way to make money from processors that would have otherwise been tossed.

FX series use modules, these are not actual cores but more like 3 quarters of a core, 1 module is equivelent to 90% of 2 cores roughly, so a marketed 8 core FX is only 4 modules.

Rogue Leader · May 2, 2016

MushBrain :

Rogue Leader :

FX series use modules, these are not actual cores but more like 3 quarters of a core, 1 module is equivelent to 90% of 2 cores roughly, so a marketed 8 core FX is only 4 modules.

Thats way oversimplifying it, you are right that they aren't cores in the same definition of an "Intel" core but each of the 8 are true full computing cores, however they are paired into modules and share a floating point unit.

Anyway we are almost getting into semantics here and well off topic. Sorry ISUCKATLIFE.

xXCrossfireXx · May 2, 2016

Rogue Leader :

xXCrossfireXx :

Thats obvious that the 730 isn't good enough for modern games, but the reality is the CPU will bottleneck a 750, therefore its poor advice. The CPU will reach its full potential, its just its full potential isn't good enough.

The whole system isn't good enough for modern games.

Ahhh, didn't catch that, good eye

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