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Worth the upgrade??????

worf105

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Worth the upgrade??????
« on: July 04, 2013, 09:04:47 pm »
Hey all,

Would it be worth upgrading my current system with one of these: AMD (Piledriver) FX-6300 3.50GHz (4.10GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 6-Core Processor ?

Thanks

worf105
Windows 10 pro 64-bit
GA-990FXA-UD3 rev 4.0
AMD (Piledriver) FX-8370 4.00GHz 8-Core Processor
Corsair H110i GTX
Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 16GB (2x8GB)
Samsung 840 SSD 256GB Drive + 2 SATA Drives
Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 Graphics

Vezina

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Re: Worth the upgrade??????
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2013, 10:22:58 pm »
As you are having already a six core i am not sure.:)

But it may be that in some areas the FX to be better.
Strangely enough(in spite of the negative hype over FX) the power consumption might be lower with the FX.
You also have more instructions on the FX pipeline for the future applications.
It may also be cooler.

I intend to buy one myself and replace the 975BE that i use,but choosing a motherboard after the 970A-UD3 disappointment it s very hard for me personally.
In your place i would go for a FX 8320.

LE:We seem to have similar video cards ,but mine unlocked by using a simple slider to 6970 no need to flash :)
« Last Edit: July 04, 2013, 10:24:36 pm by Vezina »
Over & Out !

AMD FX (APU-s included) users should install - KB2645594 & KB2646060 under Windows 7

1.ASUS Sabertooth 990FX 2.0 + FX 6300 + H60
2.MSI A88X-G41 PC Mate + A8 5600K + Hyper TX 2
3.Gigabyte F2A75-D3H + A4 5300
4.ASUS AM1M-A + Athlon 5150

worf105

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Re: Worth the upgrade??????
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2013, 06:58:55 am »
Hello vezina,

Thanks for your reply, I did look at the fx 8300 but was not sure it would work with my current setup as I could not find it on gigabyte CPU compatibility page on there website.

Cheers mate,

Worf105
Windows 10 pro 64-bit
GA-990FXA-UD3 rev 4.0
AMD (Piledriver) FX-8370 4.00GHz 8-Core Processor
Corsair H110i GTX
Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 16GB (2x8GB)
Samsung 840 SSD 256GB Drive + 2 SATA Drives
Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 Graphics

autotech

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Re: Worth the upgrade??????
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2013, 04:22:27 am »
As you can see i use the 1090t myself and after very much reading am staying with it till something that can match it or surpass it. Pros and cons for both but me i will wait till i can see a performance improvement.
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AgentFXA

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Re: Worth the upgrade??????
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2013, 12:01:26 am »
There are some 6-core comparisons on the internet all suggesting it's not worth switching to an FX



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