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what you think of the AMD FX 4100 am3+

My old system had an FX-4100 overclocked @4.8-.5Ghz as it was all i could afford at the time.
This paired with my Gigabyte 7970 Ghz Edition was able to play everything i wanted, i had a few problems in regards to cpu intensive games like Bf3 multi/Arma, but even then the lowest fps was around 35 in huge explosions etc that would soon settle @ 50-70fps averages on 64 player maps.

If it's all you can get, it'll do the job!

But since upgrading to my current rig i can see why people will say it's a poor cpu, even with the 6950 in my current build, my fps are averaging around the same if not higher due the fx4100 bottlenecking the 7970, but my minimum and max fps are 2-3-times as much as they were on the Fx-4100.

Games feel so much better in terms of smoothness and fluidity and while the Fx-4100 does the job alright @4.8-5Ghz, This 4770K obliterates it even at stock, i know you can't compare the two but thought it would be good to share my experiences going from a budget cpu to the 4770K.
 
teppic said:
Quite. The M5A78L-M/USB3 has no chance of running an 8350 properly, it could fail completely if you put in a 9590.
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I have this board as one of my spares and i threw one of my 8350's in once upon a time just to see how much harder it would be to overclock with compare to my Sabertooth or Formula-Z. The VRMs throttled at stock under load, even with a closed loop dumping the CPU heat elsewhere. I imagine if i gave it a 9xxx CPU, i would be short a fair bit of cash and have gained a paperweight.
 
Duudes, i couldnt return the item, but i did manage to get an extra 4gb so they sent me the same Ram module agian, so thats another £25 and £40 wine voucher which ive sold for £20, so all in all for

£145-£20(voucher)= £125
AMD QUAD CORE FX-4100 3600MHz CPU FD4100WMGUSBX
4GBx2 AMD DDR3 1333MHz memory(8GB Total) AE34G1339U2
ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 Motherboard

I always like having upgrade options. So i could Overclock when i need a bit more juice in a few months, i cant get a AMD FX 6/8/9*** with a motherboard upgrade before or when AMD release a new socket i like being able to acutally see and feel the increase in performance, cheers for all the talk guys, could have been less impulsive in my puchase but o well.
 
You could always chuck it in a cheap case and use it as a file/media server or something like that when you're done with it.

It might not have been the most efficient purchase but you can always get use out of it.
 
kaku said:
You could always chuck it in a cheap case and use it as a file/media server or something like that when you're done with it.

It might not have been the most efficient purchase but you can always get use out of it.
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yep toally agree, but a lot of upgradeable fun and some OCing fun to be had, its been a a while so, all goood, the extra 4gb of ram is great as u can never have too much RAM for Music workstations
 
ok AMD FX 8350 Black Edition Vishera is on the CPU list on Asus website so they say it should work, i ahve also seen a few other web reviews saying it works, but OCing will be out of the question
so when i upgarde ill get the CPU first if it fails i will have a go at Asus and also upgarde Mobo, lol, the first time ive gottenn a crappy mobo, i useally spend £80+ on mobos with certified reviews. well i can keep the 8gb ram next upgrade
 
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