My gaming CPU

[iProStone]

I am trying to build a computer my motherboard is a

[CrossFireX] ASUS M5A97 AMD 970 Chipset CrossFireX Support DDR3 Socket AM3+ ATX w/ 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III, RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe, 2 PCIe X1, & 2 PCI

and my graphics card is an AMD Radeon HD 7770 but i didnt know whether to go for a AMD FX-8120 3.10 GHz Eight-Core or an intel i5 2500k because i cant really afford the intel.

 

[neon neophyte]

ud need a new motherboard as well if u wanted the intel

 

[gam0reily]

if u need to play games only, then better get that the Intel. And if u cant afford it, there is really not much reason to go beyond a FX-4100 from AMD in terms of gaming and general use. thats gonna cost u only around 120$, and will save u about 70$ in compariosn to fx 8120.

 

[neon neophyte]

god damn amd and their modules

i dont think u can suggest a fx-4100 as a quadcore. its not. it behaves more like a dualcore with hyperthreading

 

[game junky]

I use the FX-8150 - it's still speedy and my game performance is excellent. With your GPU, we'll be fine. I might wait a bit for them to release the Piledriver processors - they should be compatible with your board and they'll improve performance over the current 8120/8150s. I don't know the exact release date but I think it's either Q2 or Q3 of this year.

 

[Uther39]

I am trying to build a computer my motherboard is a

[CrossFireX] ASUS M5A97 AMD 970 Chipset CrossFireX Support DDR3 Socket AM3+ ATX w/ 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III, RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe, 2 PCIe X1, & 2 PCI

and my graphics card is an AMD Radeon HD 7770 but i didnt know whether to go for a AMD FX-8120 3.10 GHz Eight-Core or an intel i5 2500k because i cant really afford the intel.

Save urself some cash and buy the fx6200.

 

[Guest]

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Now: $124.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

your GPU will be the limiting factor.

 

[neon neophyte]

+1 phenom 2 or wait for piledriver

 

[gam0reily]

god damn amd and their modules

i dont think u can suggest a fx-4100 as a quadcore. its not. it behaves more like a dualcore with hyperthreading

god damn amd and their modules

i dont think u can suggest a fx-4100 as a quadcore. its not. it behaves more like a dualcore with hyperthreading

I dont have any experience with an AMd fx 4100. The most recent AMD CPU I plated on was a 955BE, and tomshardware's benchmarks of the fx 4100 shows that it performs similar to a 965 BE. And above that a hex cored fx 6120 or even an oct-core 8120 didnt seem offer rational performance gains for the price the ask.

Hence, imo 4100 or a 4130 is the best budget cpu from AMD ryt now. And since it overclocks well, and quaf core on 4.3 Ghz is not bad, so I wudnt recommend spending $$ above that on AMD. But for other purposes, a hex-core is more relevant.

 

[esrever]

god damn amd and their modules

i dont think u can suggest a fx-4100 as a quadcore. its not. it behaves more like a dualcore with hyperthreading

that is completely untrue. It performs nothing like a dual core with hyperthreading....
The modules scale pretty nicely almost like normal cores completely unlike hyperthreading.

 

[neon neophyte]

after another glance it does seem to be a different beast than i thought it was