Change phenom 2 for fx?

[daniikki]

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Hello everyone.
I've been racking my brains, recently I bought a graphics card for my PC, the Asus GTX660 DirectCU2 OC 2GB, and this same year in March-April, I bought a motherboard, CPU and RAM.

• Motherboard Asus Sabertooth R990FX R2.0
• CPU AMD Phenom 2 X4 965 3.4GHz
• Memory DDR3 Kingston Hyper Blue 8GB 1333MHz 1 module.
  I decided on the Phenom 2 CPU because I came from the 1 and it worked very well for me and I didn't know how the FX were, so now, from what I read, the FX are much better, especially for games, and I'm looking at the FX8000 series, I don't know if it's worth upgrading or not, or wait to change equipment in a year and a half or two.

Thanks for your time and regards.

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[Sylver]

Good

If it doesn't fall short for you, I would wait, because that team is still decent for practically everything.

Regards

[Obione]

If you want to treat yourself, you can sell that Phenom and get an 8320 for 130 euros. With yours, it would be less than 100€, you can push it above 4GHz with a decent cooler, if you don't have 25 euros, you can get a 212 EVO.

If you're doing well as you are, don't get dizzy and stick with what you have as Sylver says.

There are some games where the FX is noticeable, if you're going to push any heavy ones, check the performance with different micros to see if it's worth it.

[daniikki]

Well, I tend to get too attached to things, and when I get something new in my head... I also think I can play well with the one I have, but I could sell mine and get something... I don't know how much I could ask for it... the cooler I think is pretty good the one it came with, but I don't understand much, I could sell everything together, when I can I'll show a photo, and with what I get out and a little more (100€ from today's lottery) jajaja, well, get an fx, I had thought about the 8350 for 159 at http://xtremmedia.com/ although there's the 8320 for 125... I don't know what you think... and of course get a good cooler...
I usually play quite a lot now, I'm a bit hooked.
BF3, dishonored, tomb raider, far cry 3, assassins saga (all perfect, the last one already asks for something more, although with the change from the gtx550ti to the 660 there was a big change), waiting for the long-awaited watch dogs, anyway... maybe I have a few more.
Another thing I forgot, is that I confused myself when indicating my power supply, I don't know how I said it was a coolermaster, if it's a thermaltake of 600w, I didn't do oc to the graphics just in case, besides that I also got a hybrid disk and I don't know how much more everything can consume, besides with the change of processor fx maybe I would also have to get another power supply?? Well there you have it and thank you very much for your advice.
By the way it's on steam for less than 3€ the 3dmark program, is it worth it?? Although I never used it.
Good luck in today's lottery and may you win a lot.
Regards!!!

I leave you a photo of the power supply
Ah and cpu I found a fotuki

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[Sylver]

That source is quite effective as it seems, so I think you could keep it. Then, the platform change doesn't cost you so much, and if you've also won a little in the lottery today (congratulations!) then I think it could turn out to be a very good price, Christmas is always a time to treat yourself :sisi:

Best regards

[daniikki]

Thanks, friends, I think I'm going to take the plunge and look at an fx, now which one is worth it... I'll have to evaluate one and the other, I'm between the fx8320 or the fx8350, then there's the issue of the heatsink, and I'll share the experience.
As for the hybrid drive, I haven't been able to check the differences yet, I need to install drivers, programs, games, etc., when I have more time and so on I'll share my impressions.
Regards!!!!

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[amd125]

I recommend the Fx8320, the 8350 is the same micro but with a higher multiplier. The funny thing is that both have the multiplier unlocked, so with a good heatsink both reach a similar overclock, so with what you save by buying the FX8320 you can get a better heatsink.

[daniikki]

Good recommendation, which saves me from one, so I buy a good heatsink. Thanks to all again

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[daniikki]

Which heatsink do you recommend for the FX8320?

[Sylver]

As Obione told you, with a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO you are in luxury, it is not very expensive and it gives optimal performance.

Greetings

[amd125]

@Sylver:

As Obione told you, with a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO you're in luxury, it's not very expensive and it gives optimal performance.
Regards

+1 Many people mount that heatsink and it allows you to overclock the micro to 4.0 and leave it as an 8350 without problems. Then it already depends on the micro, most usually reach 4.1-4.2 and from there it's luck. Some have it at 4.5 but in general for water, but if what you want is an 8350 then you already know, 8250 + Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO and you will reach the frequencies of an 8350.

[daniikki]

Very well, so thank you very much, so I will do that, the 8320 with the master hyper 212 evo, besides what I have seen it has very good ratings, it is one of the most valued.
Regards!

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