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Processor upgrade (I'm an idiot)

JimJam123

JimJam123

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My friend's looking to upgrade his processor after this forum basically said it's rubbish.

Specs are:

-4x Kingston 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 DIMM Memory
-Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Motherboard (Socket AM3+, Up to 16GB DDR3, USB 3.0, uATX)
-Seagate ST31000524AS 3.5 inch Barracuda 1TB GB 7200rpm SATA Drive with 32MB Buffer
-Asus GeForce GTX660 TI-DC2-2GD5 Nvidia Graphics Card (2GB, GDDR5, HDMI, DVI-I, DVI-D, Display Port, OpenGL 4.2, DirectX 11, Nvidia 3D Vision Surround
-Corsair Gaming Series 2013 Edition GS 800W ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze Power Supply Unit
-AMD Bulldozer FX-6100 Socket AM3+ 6 Core Processor - 3.30GHz, 3.90GHz Turbo
-Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5 inch SATA Solid State Drive

So from the above, what processor would you recommend?
 
I've just read the thread you are refering too..

All they said was you can get better for the money..

Yes it probably will be bottlenecking but without spending £300+ on a CPU/Motherboard upgrade you won't break that...

If you were building from scratch, as per the previous thread, You certainly wouldn't go with the 6100, it'd be better selling it and using the return to put into a better overall build.
 
Does it do everything ok though? If it does it will not matter what others say.

If you really wanted to upgrade you could sell that processor and get the 6300 which is a bit better. Else the more expensive route would involve getting a new motherboard and a Intel but better performance. Maybe a better AMD board and a 8320 if you wanted to stay AMD (not sure if your current one can support a 8core ok, might be worth Googleing).
 
Smoogels said:
Does it do everything ok though? If it does it will not matter what others say.

If you really wanted to upgrade you could sell that processor and get the 6300 which is a bit better. Else the more expensive route would involve getting a new motherboard and a Intel but better performance. Maybe a better AMD board and a 8320 if you wanted to stay AMD (not sure if your current one can support a 8core ok, might be worth Googleing).
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It will run an 8320 at stock speeds provided the OP updates the Bios. But I doubt very much you will be able to overclock it, something to do with no cooling on the VRM, from what I`ve read.
So if the OP decides on an 8320, he will most likely need to upgrade mobo, as well.
 
It'll run the 8320, but it'll almost certainly end up throttling even at stock speeds.

The 6300 is the only realistic upgrade. I'd be wanting to get rid of that CPU, board and RAM though.
 
I can see people are leaning towards intel, but if I was to stick with AMD what motherboard and processor would you guys recommend? Feel free to leave suggestions for switching to Intel as well.

Much appreciated.
 
Martini1991 said:
Just saw your original thread, any reason you ignored all the advice :p?
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The original was me requesting a build for myself as my friend was going to give me his processor. Once he found out his processor wasn't great he wanted to upgrade it going by what you guys said, hence the second thread.
 
Did you end up buying yourself a 600 quid PC in the end then?

Erm, if your friends buying a new board and CPU, I'd up the budget to go for the Intel 1150 route.

Or, go for the cheap as chips FX8320 with a board.
 
JimJam123 said:
Probably about £350 for the motherboard and processor. Any other suggestions are welcome as well.
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Haswell.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99
Total : £363.92 (includes shipping : FREE).



IB.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £185.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £53.99
Total : £329.96 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
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What games will be played on it? a £190 Intel CPU is not always better than a £100 AMD CPU, and even then it takes more than a GTX 660TI to make much difference.

Think carefully, for what you need the FX-6300 may well be just as good as the 3570K, if that's so spend the £100 you saved on a better GPU or something else...

Edit, the M5A78L is not a great Motherboard, the FX-61## is also not as good as the FX-63##, having said that he may be better off with an Intel CPU, or there may be other reasons as to why he's not happy with it that's are not even related to the CPU.

It would help if we had more information on what is happening that makes him unhappy about it.
 
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If he's already got the base, he may's well get the best he can, none of this half way none sense.

The 100 pound saved to go on a better GPU won't really amount to much when he has to 1.) Sell the 660Ti 2) Get one of the current GPU's which don't really offer all that over the 660Ti.
 
Martini1991 said:
If he's already got the base, he may's well get the best he can, none of this half way none sense.

The 100 pound saved to go on a better GPU won't really amount to much when he has to 1.) Sell the 660Ti 2) Get one of the current GPU's which don't really offer all that over the 660Ti.
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I'm not here to push one CPU brand over the other, I use an Intel CPU for gaming.

There is not enough information to cite the CPU as the problem, it might be, but if it isn't then he will have ended up spending another £350 and end up with the same problems.

We need to get to the rout of the problem before we can properly advise him.

PS: GTX 680's / 7970's are going for around the £250 mark these days, a 7950 for £180 with games, selling the GTX 660Ti and the games from the 7950 he would almost get it for nothing.
 
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