Hey everyone. I need you to tell me if this is worth upgrading too. I currently have the phenom 2 x3 720 be cpu and I have the v8 cooler with a 770 chipset mobo. Someone is offering me a amd fx 8 core 8150 with antec 920 and a 990 chipset board for a little over 200. Will I notice a difference in games? Is it worth upgrading? I have the monster 6870x2 card and max out everything. I dont want to upgrade if I dont have too.
hmmm..... not to the 8150. if you do upgrade, the 990mobo is the way to go, but for gaming, you want the 6300. take the offer, but get an fx-6300, and see if you can sell the 8150 on e-bay for about $100-150.
There would be performance gains, but to me I don't think it'd be worth $200 even for all that stuff. I just don't think it's wise to invest in a CPU/platform that is already outdated.
You can buy a newer/better FX-8350 for not much more than $200, so if your motherboard has a AM3+ socket then it should work with a BIOS update.
If not, then just decide whether or not you're happy with the performance you currently get and if not I suppose you could take his offer.
Thanks that is what I needed. I might just buy a new motherboard