Which motherboard for FX6300 without updating the bios?

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What are the parts of your current pc that you want to upgrade?

What will be the main use for this build?
If it is for multithreaded batch applications, then amd in either the fx line or ryzen gives you many threads at a good price.

If your use is for gaming, realize that few games can make effective use of more than 2-3 threads and the single thread performance of the master thread is all important.



Here is a nice link to motherboard tiers and what processors are suitable for each:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2383150/motherboard-tier-list.html

If you are buying new, I would not buy the FX line. They are all but obsolete.
Used might be another matter since used prices reflect price/performance.


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King_V

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If you are buying a CPU *and* a motherboard, then let me advise you to not do this at all. That's a very outdated platform, and the performance would be disappointing.

That is a very outdated platform - I am not sure what prices/availability are like in Hungary, but I know in the US, it might actually be the same price or cheaper to get a Ryzen CPU + motherboard, or even a low-end Coffee Lake Intel CPU + motherboard.
 
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I'm not saying it's a great board...but my son has a Gigabyte GA-970-DS3 and he's running a 6300 with no BIOS updates.

But in general, if the board came out, or was manufactured, AFTER the FX was released it should have a BIOS that boots any FX processor well enough to update BIOS. With any new board I'd always suggest updating to the latest BIOS if just to be sure of best memory compatibility so you can set up your new system optimally, and it also assure it will recognize your particular processor and configure for it optimally. It may also have fixes for security vulnerabilities such as Spectre.
 
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Well, @King_V i would buy a Ryzen but the price is too much for me right now. FX is approx ~73 USD in here, and the cheapest Ryzen 3 1200 is approx. 96 USD + 127 USD for the cheapest 8gigs of DDR4 ram, and same price for the AM4 motherboard. That's why im chosen the FX (have ddr3 ram..) + (cheapest Coffee Lake is around 230 usd.)
( Btw, in here There's a 27% VAT for everything, that fcks up everything.)
Im doing my Driving license now, and that's why im going for cheap things.

@Drea.drechsler what do you mean about saying it's not a great board? You mean for slots, speed or reliable?
I know, i won't get the best stuff for this money, but nah.
 
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I would go Intel if I was buying an older CPU with DDR3 support. The FX series are fairly cheap right now, but per core they are terrible compared to a 4th gen Pentium which can be had for about the same.

Ryzen chips are a little more expensive, and you would need DDR4. Same with a more recent Intel CPU. But the performance difference is about equal to the cost difference.
 
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What are the parts of your current pc that you want to upgrade?

What will be the main use for this build?
If it is for multithreaded batch applications, then amd in either the fx line or ryzen gives you many threads at a good price.

If your use is for gaming, realize that few games can make effective use of more than 2-3 threads and the single thread performance of the master thread is all important.



Here is a nice link to motherboard tiers and what processors are suitable for each:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2383150/motherboard-tier-list.html

If you are buying new, I would not buy the FX line. They are all but obsolete.
Used might be another matter since used prices reflect price/performance.


You can get an approximate comparison of processors by looking up the passmark performance numbers.
For example the 6 thread FX-6300 has a passmark rating of 6384 when all threads are fully utilized, and a single thread rating of 1408.

The 4th gen 4 thread G4560 you mentioned has a rating of 4833 and a single thread rating of 1908.

The 8th gen intel G5400 is an excellent budget chip with 4 threads and a passmark rating of 5251 and a single thread rating of 2203.

Lastly, all new products will be ddr4.
Prices of ddr4 are not very different from ddr3(and performance is not so different either)


 
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lollacc312

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Oh, there's a new pentium.. I didn't notice it. Im gonna get the g5400 then. DDR4 will eat off my panths but nah.. Well, any idea for motherboard? (Didn't find an 1151 socket.)
Thanks for your quick answer guys!
 
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For an 8th gen processor, you need a lga1151 motherboard with a 300 series chipset.
The cheapest will do, it will likely be a H310 or B360 based motherboard.
 
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I'm not saying it's a bad board either...all i mean to say is I don't have any basis to pass judgment on the board beyond saying he's got a 6300 processor in there, and he's never updated BIOS. I suppose I could also say it's stable and that he's overclocked it, but that's gotta be it.

You should be able to check out all it's features and spec's on the Gigabyte web site if you want to know about PCIe slots, USB ports, SATA ports, etc. etc.
 
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