Best AM3 or AM3+ CPU

[Chrisc]

Some run at 5ghz boost out the box if I recall.

Wasn't that the 9590 which needed a nuclear power station to run?

 

[agw_01]

Wasn't that the 9590 which needed a nuclear power station to run?

200w TDP I think

My mate had a 9370 which was 220w IIRC.

I loved my FX8350, bought it off eBay with a snapped pin for £40 back when they were still £150 new. Clocked at 4.4GHz and ran it for a couple of years until I moved to a Ryzen 2600. It was a great match for 1080P gaming with my RX480.

 

[scotty63]

My FX8120 worked a treat with 16GB of ddr3 and an RX470 4GB!

 

[~>Dg<~]

Some run at 5ghz boost out the box if I recall.

can remember gibbo touting the 5ghz sale i think out of the 1000s of posts about it only 1 guy could get 5ghz on here and i think his cpu died after about a year. 8320s should be peanuts now.

 

[Chrisc]

200w TDP I think

My mate had a 9370 which was 220w IIRC.

I loved my FX8350, bought it off eBay with a snapped pin for £40 back when they were still £150 new. Clocked at 4.4GHz and ran it for a couple of years until I moved to a Ryzen 2600. It was a great match for 1080P gaming with my RX480.

I paired my 8120 with an rx480, it was a very capable rig

 

[Paul_RD]

Go to the page for your motherboard on Gigabytes website and they will tell you what CPU's it supports.
If it supports 125 watt CPU's, then you could possibly fit either an FX-8350 or FX-8370.
If your motherboard can support 220 watt CPU's then you could even consider either the FX-9370 or FX-9590 (but I would avoid these unless you have a cold house and need extra heating )


My son has my old CPU, an FX-8370 on an ASUS Sabertooth 990FX, 16GB of RAM and an Nvidia 1060.
He is pleased with it and he gets acceptable frame rates on both FarCry 5 and ARMA 3.

 

[nheather]

I have a FX-8320 now. Thanks for all the advice. Probably have to get past the New Year stuff to get a clear head and free time to install.

Cheers,

Nigel