CPU upgrade from AMD FX 8350 to Intel Core I5 7600
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Darkbreeze
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Yes, it's definitely worth upgrading, no matter whether it's for gaming or productivity applications. Since those are ALL games that are CPU intensive, all the more reason. Probably 30-40%, or more, performance in general.
What graphics card are you planning to run with that?
What graphics card are you planning to run with that?
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If there is no K at the end of the model number, for practically 90% of Intel CPUs, then it cannot be overclocked except by way of the front side bus on a FEW models. That is not one of them. Only the K skus on this generation can be overclocked.
For the GTX 960, that i5 should show a pretty fair increase in performance over that old FX Piledriver chip. Especially if you were running it at the stock speed. Even at 4.5Ghz on the 8350 you would still see a performance increase with anything from a Skylake i3 to a Coffee lake i7. You'll also likely use considerably less power.
For the GTX 960, that i5 should show a pretty fair increase in performance over that old FX Piledriver chip. Especially if you were running it at the stock speed. Even at 4.5Ghz on the 8350 you would still see a performance increase with anything from a Skylake i3 to a Coffee lake i7. You'll also likely use considerably less power.
Every time when I reset my AMD FX to factory speed its set to 4.1Ghz. Shouldn't it be set to 4.0Ghz by default and I was running stock/factory on Air cooling ofc.
Plus I had DDR3 before
So this I5 7600 cant be OC. Here is link to actual store site where am I buying from https://www.links.hr/hr/procesor-intel-core-i5-7600-box-s-1151-3-5ghz-6mb-cache-quadcore-050600033
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Yes, that CPU cannot be overclocked. The i5-7600k CAN be overclocked, but the i5-7600 cannot.
There may be something that has been changed in the bios. What motherboard are you running that FX chip on and does it have the most recent bios version installed? There were a lot of early bios releases that had CPU clock and memory management issues on many of the 970 and 990fx chipset motherboards, but honestly 100mhz isn't much to worry about even though it IS beyond spec. Technically that CPU should run at 4Ghz, but will constantly run higher or lower depending on bios settings AND also what the advanced power profile in the control panel power applet is set to.
Realistically if both cool and quiet (Bios) and minimum processor power state (Advanced profile settings in power management) is set to anything other than performance, OR performance with the minimum state set to between 5 and 50% (I prefer 5% minimum state for power saving when at idle. Also helps keep overall package temps lower) it should fluctuate between clock speeds much lower than 4Ghz and 4.2GHz.
There may be something that has been changed in the bios. What motherboard are you running that FX chip on and does it have the most recent bios version installed? There were a lot of early bios releases that had CPU clock and memory management issues on many of the 970 and 990fx chipset motherboards, but honestly 100mhz isn't much to worry about even though it IS beyond spec. Technically that CPU should run at 4Ghz, but will constantly run higher or lower depending on bios settings AND also what the advanced power profile in the control panel power applet is set to.
Realistically if both cool and quiet (Bios) and minimum processor power state (Advanced profile settings in power management) is set to anything other than performance, OR performance with the minimum state set to between 5 and 50% (I prefer 5% minimum state for power saving when at idle. Also helps keep overall package temps lower) it should fluctuate between clock speeds much lower than 4Ghz and 4.2GHz.
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Couple of ways.
Easiest way is to just enter the bios at startup by pressing Delete or ESC, or whatever it says to press during boot to enter bios, and look for the bios version in the bios information screen.
Usually the bios version is displayed on the screen when you first power up, and if you press the Pause Break button on your keyboard while that first screen you see when you power up is displayed, it will stay put so you can write down the bios version.
Otherwise you can generally find it like this too.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjWu6uf-KTYAhUhxlQKHWCUB_cQFggxMAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewindowsclub.com%2Fcheck-bios-version-windows&usg=AOvVaw2pdmA7IP92NJcXaVhXIqHm
Easiest way is to just enter the bios at startup by pressing Delete or ESC, or whatever it says to press during boot to enter bios, and look for the bios version in the bios information screen.
Usually the bios version is displayed on the screen when you first power up, and if you press the Pause Break button on your keyboard while that first screen you see when you power up is displayed, it will stay put so you can write down the bios version.
Otherwise you can generally find it like this too.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjWu6uf-KTYAhUhxlQKHWCUB_cQFggxMAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewindowsclub.com%2Fcheck-bios-version-windows&usg=AOvVaw2pdmA7IP92NJcXaVhXIqHm
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