Fx 4100 or 965be for gaming?

bbs99

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i am going to build a gaming pc i am struck with two cpu"s fx 4100 or 965 be only for gaming please tell me what to buy
 

rainbueza

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I was also confused between phenom and fx but i purchased FX 4100 and currently using it right now with AMD Radeon 6850 without overclocking. I can play Battlefield 3, NFS The run and other games in ultra settings without any problem.

My specs are:
CPU: AMD FX 4100
RAM: 8GB
GPU: AMD Radeon 6850
PSU: 600w

I think, AMD FX are not that bad. at least for me.
 

loneninja

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It may be old but it's got higher IPC and does better in games than FX. Even when overclocking you need 4.5Ghz+ on an FX to match the performance of Phenom II @ 4.0Ghz. Stock speeds the 965 is faster, overclocking included their about even given their typical overclock range.
 

jonnyquality

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I was running similar, Same Card, more memory and 6850 and play Battlefield 3 also without issues.

its a good chip that's deffo worth looking at.