I need a new AMD CPU I do video editing and gaming, 75% gaming 25% editing and my AMD Fx 8320 OC at 4.0 is making me sad in some games not being able maintain a constant 60 fps so am looking for a replacement I was thinking the AMD 8370 and was hoping to OC it at 4.5GHz or more it depends
My Current Set Up:
I hate to say it but I think your time and money would be better spent upgrading to an i7 or Xeon. If it's just gaming performance you want to improve a quad core with hyper-threading, but if you want to improve the video editing too then a hex or octa core.
I understand that selling your FX8320 and getting an FX8370 won't cost you much but I really doubt an extra 500MHz would get you a massive performance improvement.
Good luck whatever you decide.
Just a thought, if you post up your OC settings and heatsink details someone might be able to suggest some tweaks that will help you get better performance from your existing CPU/Mobo without buying anything new.
How can I check that I kinda just used OC genie I was gonna properly learn how to OC later but I heard the 8370 can go up to 4.8Ghz
First, make sure that it is the cpu that is holding you back in-game and not the gpu. Monitor the useage. If you are having low frame rates while the gpu is not at 100% utilization, then it is the cpu. If you are getting low frame rates with 100% gpu utilization, then it is the gpu. For a real step up in performance, you would need to spend quite a lot of money. I would suggest that you try to hold out for Zen to show up. Less than a year now.
Also I already know Intel CPU are better but switching over means I gotta get a new motherboard and I just but this one :/
Wont that be a new CPU slot?
Besides isnt the R9 390 AMD's best GPU, Atm
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you are about as far as you can get with AM3+. Swapping the cpu won't really help much of anything. The best AM3+ cpu would be the 9590 and it wouldn't do so well with your mobo (a 970 chipset), so you are stuck with the 8370 at best. And that would merely be a boost in stock clocks over the 8320 that you have now (as would hte 9590 for that matter). Do what I said earlier and figure out if it is the cpu or the gpu. The 390 is not even close to the best gpu. The 390x, Fury, Nano, and Fury-X are all faster cards. A 390 with an 8320 is a solid set up though. I think that you just can't expect to be able to keep 60fps in all modern games all the time with a decent rig. What games are you having issues with?
Mostly H1Z1, Skyforge, Blade and Soul , That's about it
Well, there is your problem. None of those games are well optimized at all. Not only that, they aren't commonly benchmarked, so I probably can't find any decent information on what you would need in order to maintain 60fps. I say just stop worrying about it so much. With a 8320 and 390, you are likely getting good frame rates in any game. If you don't like the frame rates you are getting, then lower some settings. Some impact performance more than others, so find a balance that works for you in each game. If you want to be able to just throw the settings to max in every game and never worry about it, then you are going to have to spend a ton of money.
K Just Checking Good to know its not really my Computer
One more question I have a dual set up Hard drives , ones a SSD the other is an HDD Sometimes when I try to run stuff from my HDD the videos will lag, or games will freeze is my HDD dying?
While it is on, put your ear to it. Listen for clicks or strange noises. Very possible that it is dying. HDDs die. No way around that. You could get a new HDD with the money you were planning on spending on a cpu. Or a large SSD for that matter, depending on your needs.
CrystalDiskInfo will show hard drive health and stuff.
http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
Although it is a hard drive, so I'm not too surprised. Some drives speed up and slow down depending on load, so things can get fluttery.
K thanks for the help
Upgrading from a FX8320 to a FX8370 is a waste of money.
Because its basicly the same chip.
If you realy want decent performance in gaming and rendering.
And you could afford it, then upgrading to a 5820K X99 might be interesting for you.
But also a MS i7 like 4790K or 6700K would be a nice step up.
Allthough it highly depends on which kind of games you play mainaly.
Because if you play GPU intensive games, then you should still see some good frame rates with a overclocked FX83xx cpu and a 390.
But yeah there are also allot of cpu demending games, especialy at 1080p, in which the FX cpu´s will bottleneck the 390 somewhat.
I'll throw my backing behind the I7 6700k. Unless by something big happens processors won't be get much faster anytime soon and it's worth it just to hop on the DDR4 bandwagon so you can save yourself some money when you upgrade again down the line.
As for X99, while it does do better in productivity, due to it''s lower clock speeds you'll get lower performance in most games.
Whoops, I forgot to quote MisteryAngel's post in my post. I was talking about the I7 6700k vs the I7 5820k.
Ahh, okay.
Now the world will never know :)