FX 6300 and 970 bottleneck?

[Ghuraba]

Hi there

How much would a FX 6300 bottleneck a 970 at 1080dpi As my budget is tight I am thinking of getting a better GPU as oppsed to a better CPU like the Intel i7 4790K with a slower GPU combination.

Thanks

 

[ALXAndy]

It will be fine mate. The higher the resolution the less call on the CPU any way.

The magic number with any FX CPU is 4.5ghz or above. That should easily be possible..

What motherboard were you thinking?

 

[Ghuraba]

This board

Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard

 

[ALXAndy]

Then I would push it just a little and go with the FX 8320E for around £100.

 

[modd1uk]

I think I looked into this board a few days ago (my browser history says I did anyway).

And I think I ruled it out because it has "hybrid efi " bios, not a proper UEFI bios, and I'm pretty sure it doesn't work with windows 8 secure boot (I could be wrong, I looked at a few models).

Anyway I ended up getting the 970A-UD3P

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5194#ov

Slightly cheaper, does the job, has proper UEFI bios and supports secure boot.

It's going in a tight budget AMD based gaming rig for a customer

Also <------- First post :O. Surely I didn't register in 2013 and never post?!

 

[ALXAndy]

You sacrificed phases.

I would always try and go for 8 phases on AMD as it leaves room for bigger overclocks, rather than a fancy bios.

 

[modd1uk]

You sacrificed phases.

I would always try and go for 8 phases on AMD as it leaves room for bigger overclocks, rather than a fancy bios.

Spec lists 8+2 on the 970A-UD3P and the 990FXA-UD3 ?

The machine I'm chucking together won't be running an OC.

 

[ALXAndy]

Hmm good to know !

 

[Mrjobby]

Your thinking of the D3P Andy.

Which isnt that super terrible as a budget board but the UD3P is a far beter home for the 6300.

 

[Andrei23]

Invest in an i5 mate, you'll thank me later.