Worthy upgrade or not?

Hello,

What is your guy's opinion on changing my cpu to a AMD FX-6300 or Fx-8120?

This is my current build:

  • AMD Phenom X4 965 @ 4.0 Ghz
  • Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
  • AMD Radeon 6950 unlocked
  • 16Gb of G-Skill 1600mhz ram
  • Rosewill HIVE 650W
  • 120Gb SSD
  • Fractal Design Define R4
  • ASrock 990FX Extreme3

I mainly want to improve performance in Planetside 2.

I intend to overclock the CPU.

On a side note, would saving my money and buying a R9 3XX series graphics card, once they are out, be a better idea?

Thanks for ideas / suggestions

 

It really isn't worth it. At least not for Planetside 2. That game is really only optimized for one or two threads. The Phenom IIs have better per core performance than the FX series. Especially the 8120. I'd just try and keep pushing the Phenom or grab an Intel.

You will want to upgrade your GPU soon though too. I would wait until the R9 3XX cards drop tho

I have an FX-8150, and it runs more smoothly for a lot of stuff compared to the Phenom. I mostly use MS Excel, Access, SQL Server and occasionally other products (SPSS, Visual Studio, MapInfo,...). I think it is a significant improvement. There are deals now where you can get an 8320 for $100. I think it is worth it. Also, if you go six-core, go 6350. It is far better than the 6300. 

Also, I upgraded from a 6950 to a 660ti a few years ago, and WOW, what an increase. you can get those on ebay for super cheap right now, and the performance can get within a hair of a GTX760. 

All the programs you listed for the most part can take advantage of multithreading which the FX series dominates. Planetside 2 isn't one of those programs though.

Opps, I did mean the FX 8320.
Is it safe to safe that changing GPU's would bring me a FPS boost to planetside 2?

I did think about changing to intel, but I want to hold on and see the next desktop orientated CPU (non-APU) coming out from AMD that supports DDR4. Any guesses to when it will come out?

 

 

From what information that has been going around, probably not until early-mid 2016.

It probably won't. What is your CPU usage when playing Planetside?

Well Xen is the new architecture but we probably won't be seeing any of those parts until 2016. Same goes with the new Excavator desktop APUs.