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AMD FX6300 OR INTEL i5?

I went from a 2500k system with a gtx 680 in it a couple of years ago to console gaming then this year I bought a fx6300 with a 280x originally then a 290 the other week I can tell you first hand the games I play run no worst even ps2 on this pc than they did on my old one in most cases my games are running far better . And yes I know the intel chips are faster and if it was my money and I def wanted to go intel a secondhand 3570k for a 100 quid is where my money would go with a nice cheap z77 board
 
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Just a quick update, I took my PC to a shop and it turns out my CPU, a FX 6300, had been causing me all the problems that I've encountered. Now I'm still considering an i5 build don't get me wrong but are there any AMD cpus that could possibly match up to the i5 or should I go straight to an i5 overhaul of my current system with a prebuilt i5, mobo and ram bundle? Thank you again for your suggestions.
 
Get that 6300 RMA'd, swap it out/get a refund and put a new one in, or if your board allows put an 8320 in there - excellent performance for the price :)
 
No AMD CPU can entirely match an i5 overall.
I mean that in a literal sense.
That doesn't mean an FX83 is always slower than an i5 though.
 
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you only need an i5 2500, just watch the PSU :mad:

An i5 2500 is dead cheap, you can get it for about 50 quid..then all you need is a Gigabyte mobo.....60 quid
 
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My motherboard is revision 1.0 and the reason why it's the cpu is because the shop tested literally everything in the PC apart from the motherboard and put a older dual core (something like that) cpu into the board and it stopped freezing. You also have to remember that I'm still gonna get a r9 290 in the next few weeks when I get the money!
 
Yea ive got my 6300 in a crappy asrock 970 extreme3 board and even managed to oc it fully stable to 4.6 and I dont get freezing up or anything I must be lucky.
 
FX6300 or i5?

flipping eck the fx6 is closer to i3 performance than i5...

in fact ive just build an i3 mini itx system with SSD and it pawns for such a cheap build. a Win7Exp score of 7.3 compared to i5 is 7.6...my i7 820 oc @3.6 gets 7.6 for comparison between 1st gen and 4th gen...

FX6 has 6 cores therefore it has a very very slight edge over i3 on multi performance but the i3 is way ahead in single core performance and efficiency. Therefore anything that is not uber # core intensive (namely recent games at stupid high quality). This doesn't mean that the i3 is sluggish in multi performance at all...

if you consider an i3 you'd still get fantastic gaming with a 760/770/780, the amd 290 is alittle better in terms of performance to the 780 but you AMD can't beat the driver reliability and future proofing...

760 is very good for 1080p anything above 770 and 280x is completely pointless for currently spending to gfx ratio. If you get a mid range card now you'll be absolutely perfect for 1080 for 2 - 3 years and then buy another mid range card then and you'd probably be able to do 4k gaming on the cheap by then.

you want to go the long haul the i5 would be the better choice.

next question do you want to overclock or not...if you don't then stock cooling on the non-k i5 4690 @ 3.5Ghz is still plenty for years to come.
 
A mate has an FX6300 running at 4.4GHZ on a revision one GA-970A-UD3 with an HD7870LE/XT(close to HD7950 level) and it seems fine for most games. The lack of LLC is the major limitation and not the VRMs when it came to overclocking.

At least compared to the SB and IB Core i3s I used,the overclocked FX6300 tended to be better overall especially for newer games IMHO.

Also,I would not get a GTX760 if you have an HD7870 -its not a massive upgrade overall:

http://tpucdn.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_760/images/perfrel_1920.gif

Something like GTX770 or R9 280X level performance would be a much bigger performance jump,and I would rather wait until AMD and Nvidia launch their third generation 28NM chips.
 
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CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
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i agree

just 1 thing though

I dont think over clocking a budget cpu is a very smart thing to do...

at stock the i3 is better than fx6, but to overclock the fx6 you have to get a cooler - this then adds to the cost of the cpu package. so:

why do that when you can get a better CPU at stock levels...an fx8 would be better than an overclocked fx6 and an i5 would be so much better than an overclocked fx6...

something to consider before comparing...
 
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i agree

just 1 thing though

I dont think over clocking a budget cpu is a very smart thing to do...

at stock the i3 is better than fx6, but to overclock the fx6 you have to get a cooler - this then adds to the cost of the cpu package. so:

why do that when you can get a better CPU at stock levels...an fx8 would be better than an overclocked fx6 and an i5 would be so much better than an overclocked fx6...

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The FX6300 does not need an expensive motherboard to get a reasonable overclock on,and it can be overclocked using cheap coolers like a Hyper 212. Even then at least looking at the games I run,I would probably get an FX6300(even at stock) over a SB or IB Core i3 in a full sized build. The Haswell Core i3s are more of a toss up though.

Also AM3+ can take the same coolers as socket AM2 anyway without any modifications at all,and any old cooler which can be used to overclock something like an Athlon II X4 or Phenom II X4 would be fine with the FX6300,unless you are aiming for something like 4.8GHZ to 5GHZ or something.

Considering my mate got upto 4.4GHZ on the revision one 970A UD3 motherboard,and the 990X motherboard the OP has essentially the same VRM section and even probably the same LLC limitation,something is not right with his setup.
 
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CurlySturly said:
Is my motherboard good enough for the FX 8XXX series of processors?
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Thats sadly a bit fat no.. As others have said on paper it should work but in reality it doesnt. A friend on mine had one and nothing but throttling issues on a 8320 @ stock speeds. a quick google will reveal the same thing.

You might be lucky? but its not a risk i would advice to take. Would say that either get that 6300 RMAd or put the money into an i5 and a 290 as you asked about earlyer. No need for the i7 if its just for gaming and you are on a budget. My i7 is certainly OP for what im using it for right now, i just like to have options down the line even if i dont choose to use them.
 
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