x6 1055t upgrade to FX 6300/8350?

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Hi Everybody!

Mobo: Asus Sabertooth 990fx r1
CPU: Phenom II x6 1055T 2.8ghz (no OC; due to gradual instability it went from 3.8 > 3.5 > 3.3 > 3.0 > stock)
Cooler: Xigmatek Dark Knight S1283 HDT (have a Cooler Master T4 as backup)
Case: Cooler Master Carbide 100r silent (shit airflow... 2x120mm front fans; 1x120mm rear); thinking of replacing this.
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1060 G1 6gb (will be replaced with a MSI TwinFrozr 560ti 2gb afterwards)
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz 4gb x 4
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 GS 80 Gold

I've been on this rig for 6-7 years now and just wanted to maximize its potential and pass it onto my wife before I build myself an Intel rig.

I initially settled on getting an 8350 but am wary of compatibility issues. Where I live (Toronto, Canada), the 6300 can be had for $110~130 and the 8350 for $200~.

Will be used for some intensive gaming (Overwatch, BF1) and office work (spreadsheets, pdfs, word docs., etc.).

Mainly 1080p gaming; at most 1440p. I'll be happy with just consistent 60~70fps performance which I'm already getting for less intensive games such as Overwatch.

I've considered the FX8300 as well but they're around $160-180.... I don't mind paying the $20-30 more for 8350.

Thanks!

P.S. I forgot to mention that I will be reapplying the CPU thermal paste and hopefully that will fix my OC issues.
 
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It depends on what your wife will do with this computer.

If all she does is browse the web and general media consumption, the fx6300 (triple core in my book, hate all you want) is plenty. You can OC the thing (you've got a pretty beefy motherboard) and have a good heater for the coming winter months.

If she wants to game too... an 8350 (quad core, it's not truly 8) could provide a bit more horsepower. Of course, you can overclock the nuts off of this too, and have an even better heater for the coming winter months.

Both options are still downgrades compared to what you already have in there, core for core, clock for clock.

I'd be more worried about the 560ti if she wants to stream 4k video.
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Honestly there is very little to no point in upgrading from your 1055T.

It is just not worth the upgrade cost and effort, you get extremely minimal performance gains.

Instead i'd take a second look at the OC, you should be way beyond 2.8 with that thing.
 
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First of all, thank you for the response. I felt that way too but I do want to pass this over to my wife.

I don't mind the money and effort but you're right, I'll take another stab at OCing and hopefully can hold a stable 3.5-3.8. I'll only consider picking up a 6300/8350 if that fails and if only at a good price.

In the scenario where I will pick up a new proc. which of the two would you recommend? Or just base it purely on price/availability at that point?
 
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It depends on what your wife will do with this computer.

If all she does is browse the web and general media consumption, the fx6300 (triple core in my book, hate all you want) is plenty. You can OC the thing (you've got a pretty beefy motherboard) and have a good heater for the coming winter months.

If she wants to game too... an 8350 (quad core, it's not truly 8) could provide a bit more horsepower. Of course, you can overclock the nuts off of this too, and have an even better heater for the coming winter months.

Both options are still downgrades compared to what you already have in there, core for core, clock for clock.

I'd be more worried about the 560ti if she wants to stream 4k video.
 
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