What CPU should I get?

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I have an ASUS 970 Pro Gaming/Aura motherboard and the cpu that I have currently is a Phenom II X6 1090T. I need a better cpu and I don't know which one out of the am3 to get. It's for gaming
 
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i totally get needing a drop in solution because of budget. It a perfect world we can upgrade everything. A FX 8000 series CPU should be a solid step up for you.
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All the same cpu, 8320,8350,8370. Only differences are slight variations in internal voltages and clock speeds. Supposedly, the 8370 is better binned than the 8320 or 8350, but I'm seriously doubting that, more likely they are all the same at manufacture, just a blank cpu until hard coded with firmware for whatever amd needs to ship.

Currently the 8320 is $105, the 8350 is $120 and the 8370 is $150. Since you'll almost certainly need to OC the cpu to get somewhat better performance. (FX IPC is only @2/3rds of a comparable Intel cpu) best value would be the 8320. I haven't seen an 8320 yet that won't OC to at least 8370 values, many easily hitting 4.5/4.6GHz or better.
 
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Okay awesome :) it's only because I'm at that sort of mid tier gaming right now, because I don't play massive titles. I've been looking at the AM4 Upgrade but it's a little out of my budget when it comes to ddr4 ram and all that
 
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I like AMD as well, but in anything in between the K5/K6 era to Ryzen (pretty much for Intel that's anything passed the disaster of the P4) Intel has enjoyed a commanding lead in gaming fps based solely on its superior IPC and game code being written for use on dual-core cpus. It wasn't until BF4 that a game was written to take full advantage of upto 8 threads, which put the 8350 just behind the i7k's, beating even the best i5's as the game wasn't coded for strong IPC, but for multiple thread usage. This trend will continue, there's no stopping it, there's just too much demand for pass through info and not enough cpu ability per single thread as graphics code strings get longer and longer to make up for the extensive amount of detail gamers demand.
Combined with DX12, this puts the FX8 series as still relevant, but will still suffer under DX11 titles which continue to be somewhat heavily single threaded. Skyrim was a disaster for AMD, in which even a middling i3 would punk out any FX, only reaching some parity after heavy OC.

But that's changing, Go AMD! Lol.
 
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