Processor Help! Plz

Juka08 · 27 Mar 2015 at 15:32

Hi, I have a CPU: AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad 4 Processor 3.60 GHz and was thinking of upgrading it to AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320E Black Edition 3.20GHz. Would this make much of a difference to the fps in my games or is the performance increase not worth the price? Is the upgrade worth it? Thanks for the help

Devrij · 27 Mar 2015 at 15:35

It depends on a couple of factors:

a) what graphics card are you pairing this cpu with?

b) what games are you planning to play?

If your graphics card is your bottleneck, then a better cpu won't help, so you might be better off getting a better gpu rather than a cpu. On the other hand, if the games you play are particularly demanding on the cpu (BF3 & 4 benefit from a fast cpu, for instance) AND you have a good GPU then the better cpu would help.

Juka08 · 27 Mar 2015 at 15:40

I have a MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 and I would like to play single player games like the Witcher 3, shadows of mordor and assassin's creed unity with a better FPS. 60FPS if possible. Thanks for the quick reply

Juka08 · 27 Mar 2015 at 15:42

but I will be upgrading to a KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 soon

Juka08 · 27 Mar 2015 at 15:51

oh and another game was far cry 4

lawrence281 · 27 Mar 2015 at 18:01

My gtx 760 runs smoothly on fc4 on ultra tbh lol and on most games, dont see why you need to upgrade! allow I am using a g-sync

pastymuncher · 27 Mar 2015 at 18:34

What motherboard and psu (make and model) do you have?

Juka08 · 27 Mar 2015 at 18:37

Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P and SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply

pastymuncher · 27 Mar 2015 at 21:22

I wouldn't stick a 8000 series cpu in that board with it's naked vrm's. Depending on which revision you have you might not be able to anyway. Looking at the cpu support list you need the rev 5.x board to take a 8320e. Rev 3.1 and 4.0 don't have it on their cpu support lists.