The old 960T or the new FX6300?

[ppetkovski]

I'm currently running an Athlon II X4 620 @ 3GHz, and I was looking to make a slight upgrade. Since my motherboard supports only 95W cpu's, I was thinking about the Phenom II X4 960T which comes with an unlocked multiplier (costs around ￡54) and the FX6300 (costs arond ￡86)

Which one should I consider from these two? I'm a casual gamer and do work profesionally with photoshop. Currently I have a Sapphire R9 270, and I need a decent processor to support it.

 

[LukaBoki]

What motherboard and power supply do you have?

 

[ppetkovski]

What motherboard and power supply do you have?

AsRock 960GC-GS http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/960GC-GS%20FX/ Motherboard is a budget one with a 760G chipset. Definitely planning to upgrade it in the near future.

PSU is FPS Epsilon 80Plus 500W

 

[LukaBoki]

Then get the FX-6300,since the FX-6300 will literally destroy the 960T:
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-Phenom-II-X4-960T-vs-AMD-FX-6300

 

[jeffredo]

You can't overclock on that motherboard (no VRM cooling) and if you can't overclock an X4 960t to about 4.0 Ghz (on four cores) there's reason to get it.

 

[ppetkovski]

So I guess the smartest solution is to get a new MB, a more enthusiast model, then look after a new CPU. Maybe a 990FX model should do it? It fits my budget.

 

[LukaBoki]

Yes,a 990FX motherboard and the FX-6300.
ASRock 990FX Extreme3 is a good budget 990FX motherboard.