upgrade or over clock fx6300

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wondering whether to upgrade or over clock my fx6300 or upgrade to another CPU but think i will need another mother board and Ram?

I currently need a new case so do i rebuild my PC with a better CPU cooler or start a new build with my PSU SSD and GPU?

I currently have a fx6300 with stock cooler
Gigabyte motherboard
8gb of avexir core red ram
GTX 780 TI
850 pro Samsung 500 GB SSD
750w PSU

Do i upgrade my cpu to something like a Ryzen 5 1600/1600x?
or shall i over clock my CPU?
I will play new shooters & RPGs etc and want to play well on 1080 played well a few years ago on games such a crysis 3.

thanks in advance
 
funny enough there was a thread roughly the same as this but user has 4 core version and a board that couldn't handle dropping in a higher rated FX cpu.
Whats your mobo, others might be able to advice if dropping in a higher rated CPU would be better along with cash being put to a GPU rather then Full ryzen over haul.

as a quick reference for yourself

in a nut shell, ryzen 1600 is a beast! dont bother with the X version

@Journey @Plec ..i was about to quite the Taichi bundle and the price has shot up!!!!!!!!!!!!

- back to track

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £411.98
(includes shipping: £10.50)



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stock cooler should see you with 3.7Ghz overclock to all cores

other maybe able to comment on this but if you can drop this in your board

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £158.69
(includes shipping: £8.70)



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seems ryzen 1600 still better but food for thought

if going for a new cpu is an option but wanting to keep costs down, Ryzen 1400 could do the trick- not your current core but you get the idea
 
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orbitalwalsh said:
@Plec ..i was about to quite the Taichi bundle and the price has shot up!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ouch!

That's a shame - but it was a bargain while it lasted. Will be hard to justify speccing now - as no saving. Infact it's £42 over buying separates - but you do get a guaranteed 3.9GHz - but not worth the money over a guaranteed 3.7/3.8GHz - unless scared of doing it yourself. Plus, you would spec the b350 motherboard, as you have now, to save money.

Was good while it lasted
 
Ryzen would be a good shout depending on your budget in mind or if your board supports it then you could just drop in an FX8000 series unless overclocking that 6 core will take you to similar performance for less.
 
Upgrading into your existing socket largely depends on the motherboard you have as the higher clocked Piledriver's have notoriously high TDP requirements meaning not all motherboards can cope. Plus you'd be upgrading into a dead socket architecture.
 
thank you for the replys. i broke my case and cannot turn the PC on so im a little unsure on what MOBO i have i just know its a gigabyte gaming one.

Will try get some pics or a model number off it tonight.

There was mention of upgrading my GPU but i did think the gtx780ti was ok and the bottle neck would be more the CPU and ram than the GPU?
 
R9mpo said:
thank you for the replys. i broke my case and cannot turn the PC on so im a little unsure on what MOBO i have i just know its a gigabyte gaming one.

Will try get some pics or a model number off it tonight.

There was mention of upgrading my GPU but i did think the gtx780ti was ok and the bottle neck would be more the CPU and ram than the GPU?
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an upgrade wouldn't go a miss- every one loves new hardware and warranty lol.

by any chance was this an off the shelf bought PC ???
 
orbitalwalsh said:
an upgrade wouldn't go a miss- every one loves new hardware and warranty lol.

by any chance was this an off the shelf bought PC ???
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nope i built it up about 3-4 years ago atleast and has had little love since really.

I cannot turn the PC so i cannot find out the motherboard. im currently online trying to match the photos i have to a gigabyte mother board haha
 
orbitalwalsh said:
Im guessing its the Rev 1.0 you've linked and not any of the other versions?
I think if you have Rev 3.0 or 4.0 you'll be able to use FX- 9590 listed above for £160 - costly for an older power hungry chip- but if you havent got £400 for mobo-ram and cpu might be worth a shout
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i think it is the Rev 1 yes. but to be honest ive just matched the pictures to what i have taken this morning i can't power on the system to double check.

i think a Ryzen might be the way to go.. but what combo do i go with?
 
Just overclock it for now, don't upgrade the chip because you'd be better with just getting a full upgrade to a new socket. When you decide the GTX 780 ti no longer cuts the mustard then it is time for the full upgrade, that is what I'm doing with my setup anyway.
 
R9mpo said:
i think it is the Rev 1 yes. but to be honest ive just matched the pictures to what i have taken this morning i can't power on the system to double check.

i think a Ryzen might be the way to go.. but what combo do i go with?
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Doogles said:
Just overclock it for now, don't upgrade the chip because you'd be better with just getting a full upgrade to a new socket. When you decide the GTX 780 ti no longer cuts the mustard then it is time for the full upgrade, that is what I'm doing with my setup anyway.
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its the fact that he could gain min average 10fps in games - properly with his Current card- specially in more CPU bound games were it could rise- GPU upgrades always good but its the fact he could upgrade and still lose Frames because of the CPU and nothing more .
I can see the point of getting a full upgrade at once , but then it comes to - is it best to wait extra ** months for volta which on paper should be a better from then Pascal was over maxwell. Then again you might get a cracking deal on a second hand 1080 Ti haha .
always the way with tech- always something better coming out later . In thoery you should be able to get gains with cpu upgrade without having to touch the GPU.
Upgrading just the GPU now and you won't get the full gains you payed for . Getting full system upgrade gets your everything... but at a cost!

have a look at your steam library gaming time and work out for yourself gaming to cost ratio :)

ryzen is here to stay for a good while at least :)

also see how much your old system could fetch ? heck you might be able to clean sweep as suggested above earlier :D
 
orbitalwalsh said:
its the fact that he could gain min average 10fps in games - properly with his Current card- specially in more CPU bound games were it could rise- GPU upgrades always good but its the fact he could upgrade and still lose Frames because of the CPU and nothing more .
I can see the point of getting a full upgrade at once , but then it comes to - is it best to wait extra ** months for volta which on paper should be a better from then Pascal was over maxwell. Then again you might get a cracking deal on a second hand 1080 Ti haha .
always the way with tech- always something better coming out later . In thoery you should be able to get gains with cpu upgrade without having to touch the GPU.
Upgrading just the GPU now and you won't get the full gains you payed for . Getting full system upgrade gets your everything... but at a cost!

have a look at your steam library gaming time and work out for yourself gaming to cost ratio :)

ryzen is here to stay for a good while at least :)

also see how much your old system could fetch ? heck you might be able to clean sweep as suggested above earlier :D
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i dont think i game enough to warrant a full system refresh and to be honest i dont have a good enough monitor to even go above 1080.

i think i may OC the 6300. but how well will the board do with a OC? will i need a CPU cooler if so which is best? do i go air or water cooled?
 

bit naff but skip to 3mins in

shows you can get some games and get bottleneck down if you do upgrade GPU later in life :)

so idea with that chipset sorry for what you can get away with cooling wise
 
orbitalwalsh said:
its the fact that he could gain min average 10fps in games - properly with his Current card- specially in more CPU bound games were it could rise- GPU upgrades always good but its the fact he could upgrade and still lose Frames because of the CPU and nothing more .
I can see the point of getting a full upgrade at once , but then it comes to - is it best to wait extra ** months for volta which on paper should be a better from then Pascal was over maxwell. Then again you might get a cracking deal on a second hand 1080 Ti haha .
always the way with tech- always something better coming out later . In thoery you should be able to get gains with cpu upgrade without having to touch the GPU.
Upgrading just the GPU now and you won't get the full gains you payed for . Getting full system upgrade gets your everything... but at a cost!

have a look at your steam library gaming time and work out for yourself gaming to cost ratio :)

ryzen is here to stay for a good while at least :)

also see how much your old system could fetch ? heck you might be able to clean sweep as suggested above earlier :D
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Dunno how OP is but for me I've had my system almost 6 years and am rather attached to it, I'll probably keep it as backup.
 
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