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Amd for gaming, 6300 or 8150?

If you overclock the 6300 over 4GHz you'll get more or less the same performance as the stock 8320 in most games. If you can spend the bit extra for an 8320 then go for it - but don't get the 8350, you're paying extra for a slightly higher factory clock only.
 
Martini1991 said:
Well they're overpriced, meaning they lose their value option over the Intel stuff, and they're not better performers.

As you've got AM3+ already it has to FX83.

I don't know how you've had it a couple of years as it's not 2 years old yet (The FX8150) but meh.
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Buying an 8350 and getting the same overclocked performance as an overclocked 9590 would be nice. I can't remember when I bought the 8150, I know it was a while ago.
 
Probably not, there could be a few 100MHZ difference, but it's moot given how high priced the FX9590 is.

If you want the bestest bestest performance, you wouldn't be getting an AMD anyway, and you certainly wouldn't be looking at the FX9590.
 
Th3M8dH8tt3r said:
So an 8320 will overclock to the same speed a 9590 will overclock to?
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The 9590 is only good for competitive overclockers or people who have so much money £600 means nothing really.

The 8320 will usually get to 4.7GHz on air, and that performance is brilliant for the price. The 8350 is probably a better bet for people who really want to hit 5GHz, but it's not worth the extra.
 
teppic said:
The 9590 is only good for competitive overclockers or people who have so much money £600 means nothing really.

The 8320 will usually get to 4.7GHz on air, and that performance is brilliant for the price. The 8350 is probably a better bet for people who really want to hit 5GHz, but it's not worth the extra.
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I've got 4.8 from an 8150, even 4.9 with water cooling. And that's stable. I'm looking at the 9590 because of the marketing job that's out there, I've not properly researched it so what you guys are saying is invaluable. It looks like for me, going from an 8150, that the 8350 would be the best option and clock to 5Ghz. There's only £20 difference in price as well.
 
Th3M8dH8tt3r said:
But if a 9590 is just an overclocked 8350 and the boost speed on a 9590 is 5Ghz then the 8350 must do 5Ghz???????
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Not every CPU is equal, it's called silicon lottery.

For example, I had a Phenom II X6 1055T that would do 4.375GHZ completely stable, but yet people would struggle getting 4.2GHZ on 1090T's.
 
Th3M8dH8tt3r said:
I've got 4.8 from an 8150, even 4.9 with water cooling. And that's stable. I'm looking at the 9590 because of the marketing job that's out there, I've not properly researched it so what you guys are saying is invaluable. It looks like for me, going from an 8150, that the 8350 would be the best option and clock to 5Ghz. There's only £20 difference in price as well.
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8320s can get up to 5GHz on air, it's all down to luck. There's no guarantee an 8350 will get higher, but the odds are probably a little better. Of course this will need a good board, anything over 4.5GHz and I'd go for a minimum of the 990FX UD3.
 
There is a an overclocking 'sweet spot' with every chip. Where the voltage increase outweighs the performance increase..

If you manage 4.5-4.7Ghz (which should be easy with a decent air cooler) you'll be laughing all the way to the bank. :)
 
I think I'll stick with my FX8150 by all account. 4.86Ghz at 1.45v sounds like a sweet chip. I can't get any higher then this really. Increasing voltage doesn't do squat.

I use a Crosshair V Formula board.
 
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