Are AMD's fx chips still viable for a new build? (Gaming)

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Hi, I am going to be building a new pc with a budget of £600 (minus the gpu and cooler) and budget wise i notice that the 8350 is relatively cheap however i see a lot of people are against a fx processor now. I know zen is around the corner but i doubt a cpu and mobo bundle using fm4 will be cheap so was wondering what will give me the best performance for £ at the moment?

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For those interested my current cpu is an A10-5800k fm2+ paired with an r7 260x, planning on playing battlefield 1 @ 1080 however current processor wont cut it therefore forced to upgrade will be pairing with an already bought 480 8gb
 
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No, not for gaming. The FX line is 'end of life' and not a good investment for long-term upgradeability.

If you went with a LGA 1151 motherboard and even an intel i3-6000 CPU in the short-term the i3 CPU would have the potential to be upgraded later. A FX build would have to be totally scrapped.

Since you're looking at budget builds the i3-6300 and a decent H170 or even H110 motherboard would be solid choices. Pair those with 8GB of DDR4 RAM and you'll be on your way to a solid new build.
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No, not for gaming. The FX line is 'end of life' and not a good investment for long-term upgradeability.

If you went with a LGA 1151 motherboard and even an intel i3-6000 CPU in the short-term the i3 CPU would have the potential to be upgraded later. A FX build would have to be totally scrapped.

Since you're looking at budget builds the i3-6300 and a decent H170 or even H110 motherboard would be solid choices. Pair those with 8GB of DDR4 RAM and you'll be on your way to a solid new build.
 
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Yes and no. If under budget constraints and all you need to do is replace a part like the cpu, then ok, the fx will do. If looking to build new from scratch or replace mobo and cpu, then absolutely not. It's actually cheaper to build with Intel than build with Amd and try to get close performance.
 
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Skip an FX unless you are wanting a cheap ESXi host, or plan on running a lot of multi-threaded software on the cheap. Like the others said, right now, it's EOL and wouldn't be a good idea to buy otherwise.
 
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It's true, fx is at the end of its cycle, but it is a cheaper build, it'll only play solidly for the next 3 or 4 years with the implementation of dx12 games, where it shines.
 
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Whilst they certainly have been given a lease of life with dx12, the fact remains that many current and soon to be released games are using dx11 or dx12 bolted on. Games still seem to like a few very strong cores vs 6/8 weak ones.

Even with dx12, i5s hold up just fine. Its just the FX are less poor than with dx11.

When you consider Skylakw has pretty much twice the per-clock performance, the performance gap can be sizeable.

For me, I wouldn't recommend it.
 
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My 8320e, MSI fx990 gaming and tx3 were a total of $ 220. New
 
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Question is,. Is it viable,, and the answer is,,,, yes.Now, if he said he wants to totally start fresh, and wants to keep it under $600, I'd say Intel.

 
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