AMD gaming CPU that won't bottleneck

a phenom ii x4 980, prob, x6 1090t/1100t, or prob a fx 8150 if ur worried about the 965, my frined has a 1090t and runs a 670 gtx, no issues.

Best answer selected by vickus420.

It really depends on the software you run, The 8120/50 could be a bottleneck as well with slow core for core performance vs the x4 965 with a faster core for core performance. The 965 is known to beat the even the 8150 in single core apps, But lacks in the multi threading department. Again, depends on what your going to do with the chip.

If your gonna run games and say host a server while converting a video on Sony Vegas, the FX-8150 all the way, just running 1 game and listening to music while surfing the web, the 965 any day.

Then again, I only run a few things at once, and I would replace my x6 1100T with the 8150 xP

What kind of trouble are you having with FX4170, then? Have you tried overclocking?