Scorbing Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 I currently have an AMD FX 8120 and was thinking about getting the FX 8350 to replace the 8120. I heard that the FX 9370 price tag is not worth it because the 9370 is basically an 8350 over clocked, so do you think it will be worth upgrading to the FX 8350? This is the motherboard I currently have: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97/specifications/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted December 2, 2014 Global Moderator Share Posted December 2, 2014 probably not worth it unless you have a specific use for it. Do you? That being said, it's a $150 upgrade, so that's not bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 probably not worth it unless you have a specific use for it. Do you? That being said, it's a $150 upgrade, so that's not bad... All I am going to do is play COD, BF4, TitanFall and render video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted December 2, 2014 Global Moderator Share Posted December 2, 2014 then i'd say, yes, go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 it wont make a difference - well unless you consider 1 fps a differenceAt least - thats my opinion Draconian Guppy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knife Party Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 check the common bench marking tool website aka tom's hardware and comparison videos on youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Well I went ahead and got the FX-8350 Unlocked and the MSI GTX 970. Titanfall looks amazing now and so does BF4 but BF4 crashed on me and gave me a Direct X error. I searched the web and the BF4 forum is full of complaints about the same error so I guess I'm not the only one. Anyways, new CPU and GPU are amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S. Veteran Posted December 4, 2014 Veteran Share Posted December 4, 2014 It's absolutely not worth paying the price of a brand new FX-8350 for the slight performance increase over the FX-8120, but since you already ordered... I hope you can sell your old CPU to offset your costs. The GTX 970 is indeed amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 It's absolutely not worth paying the price of a brand new FX-8350 for the slight performance increase over the FX-8120, but since you already ordered... I hope you can sell your old CPU to offset your costs. The GTX 970 is indeed amazing. http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-FX-8350-vs-AMD-FX-8120 http://www.overclock.net/t/1320957/benches-fx-8120-4-3ghz-vs-fx-8350-4-3-4-6ghz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Thank you to the member of staff for the thread clean :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Thank you to the member of staff for the thread clean :) Oh? Did I miss something? What happened? Somebody posted something nasty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Oh? Did I miss something? What happened? Somebody posted something nasty?PM incoming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 PM incoming OK. Waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Oh? Did I miss something? What happened? Somebody posted something nasty? We miss the good stuff. :p I think I'm going with the AMD 8370 cpu, for my new desktop: http://www.amazon.com/AMD-FX-8370-Edition-Processor-FD8370FRHKBOX/dp/B00MUTWELC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417703292&sr=8-1&keywords=AMD+8370+cpu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Well I'll be darn. With the purchase of the GTX 970 I got a free copy of FarCry 4. Sweet! Hum 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted December 4, 2014 Global Moderator Share Posted December 4, 2014 this is from the overclock.net comparison --> "Yes, those are HOURS. The FX-8120@4.3ghz took 50minutes longer to render than the 8350 at the same clocks, and when the 8350 was at 4.6ghz, that lead jumps to a FULL HOUR of time saved!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 this is from the overclock.net comparison --> "Yes, those are HOURS. The FX-8120@4.3ghz took 50minutes longer to render than the 8350 at the same clocks, and when the 8350 was at 4.6ghz, that lead jumps to a FULL HOUR of time saved!" Exactly, so the upgrade was worth the $149.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S. Veteran Posted December 4, 2014 Veteran Share Posted December 4, 2014 Exactly, so the upgrade was worth the $149.00 If you actually run that sort of application, yes, in gaming performance it won't do much for you. That same set of benchmarks shows no significant difference in the unigine benchmark and 20% in Just Cause 2. The latter is very atypical, in most gaming benchmarks there's practically no difference to speak of, see for instance http://www.anandtech.com/show/8750/holiday-guides-2014-cpus, showing about 1% difference in BF4 (using the FX-8150 as a comparison which is approx. the same CPU as the FX-8120). I would have suggested keeping the money for now and eventually moving to a new motherboard + CPU with something like the i3-4360 or i5-4690K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 If you actually run that sort of application, yes, in gaming performance it won't do much for you. That same set of benchmarks shows no significant difference in the unigine benchmark and 20% in Just Cause 2. The latter is very atypical, in most gaming benchmarks there's practically no difference to speak of, see for instance http://www.anandtech.com/show/8750/holiday-guides-2014-cpus, showing about 1% difference in BF4 (using the FX-8150 as a comparison which is approx. the same CPU as the FX-8120). I would have suggested keeping the money for now and eventually moving to a new motherboard + CPU with something like the i3-4360 or i5-4690K. I did consider a new mobo and CPU but it was gonna cost me well over $500 (a good mobo and CPU) so I figured for what I was gonna pay for a new mobo and CPU I might as well get a decent CPU and a new video card because my GTX 570 was already 4 years old and wasnt really cutting it on BF4. I will eventually create a new monster with an Intel CPU. For now, this one will do. It still kicks butt...LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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