Should I upgrade My AMD 8120 to an Intel 3770K ?

[ShaneIFX]

My system specs:
Amd 8120
Gtx 670
6GB kingston RAM
650 watt PSU

Ok so The title says it all.
I'm wondering if it's worth it and going to give me a substantial performance increase in games.
I notice an FPS increase when I overclock my 8120 but will it be huge by going for this Intel ?

PLUS am I getting the maximum performance out of my gtx 670 or not by having this AMD 8120?

Cheers

 

[Z1NONLY]

Only if you play a CPU-bound game.

For instance, in Cysis 2, I noticed almost no difference when I went from a Phenom X6 at 3.4Ghz to a 2600k at 4.2 Ghz. Same for BF3....

 

[Kamen_BG]

http://gamegpu.ru/action-/-fps-/-tps/crysis-3-beta-test-gpu.html
According to this, you should get at maximum 40% FPS increase.
Try overclocking your current CPU.
If you gain a lot of FPS through overclocking, then you are CPU bottlenecked. Otherwise you should be fine.

And BTW 40 FPS on low is way too slow for a rig like yours.
I get similar FPS on my PC and it's leagues below yours.

 

[bigj1985]

Only if you play a CPU-bound game.

For instance, in Cysis 2, I noticed almost no difference when I went from a Phenom X6 at 3.4Ghz to a 2600k at 4.2 Ghz. Same for BF3....

You didn't see a difference in BF3? For realz? My minimum framerates took a huge leap and my MAX framerates jumped by like 12-15 if I'm not mistaking. That was just my experience though.

 

[ihog]

Sure, that's good if you've got the money to burn. In this case, simply upgrading to an 8350 would be the most cost-effective option.

 

[ciaranmc2011]

check out this article it's very detailed

http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/445/AMD_FX-Series_FX-8120_vs_Intel_Core_i7_i7-3770K.html

but in my personal opinion i would upgrade to the 8350 and with the money saved on buying a new motherboard save up and sli the 670 it'll be awesome mate