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Opinions about a switch from my thuban 1035t, to an fx 6300. More then likely, im going to xfire my r9 720... thanks.
Dump the ancient platform and move on instead of doing these minor update attempts that ends out expensive. And in your case upgrade to an i5.
I think your disdain for AMD is clouding your judgement. His motherboard has plenty of current features. AMD hasn't updated the FX chipset in a while, but motherboard makers have added features themselves. An eight core FX still has a long useful life ahead of it.
I think you forget how slow the FX CPUs are.
If you decide to upgrade, i'd recommend getting this:
http://www.amazon.com/AMD-FD8320FRHK...ywords=fx+8320
AMD FD8320FRHKBOX FX-8320 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition
You can't really go wrong with $139.99 for an FX 8-Core cpu. Certainly a lot cheaper than buying an i5 AND a new motherboard.
I'd do it if my board was AM3+, but since it isn't, my next upgrade will be an Intel someday.
I think you forget how slow the FX CPUs are. And doing upgrades with minimal effect for a moderate/high cost just to reuse a motherboard doesnt make sense. Specially when talking about the FX8xxx series.
He already has a 990FX V4.0 Gigabyte motherboard, recommending him to spend more for Intel motherboard + CPU is not the brightest thing.
My advice will be to upgrade to FX8320 and OC to 4GHz with the default cooler. That way you will get both higher single and MT performance than your current CPU.
If you're on DDR2, I'm not sure the fx series even supports that.
He already has a 990FX V4.0 Gigabyte motherboard, recommending him to spend more for Intel motherboard + CPU is not the brightest thing.
My advice will be to upgrade to FX8320 and OC to 4GHz with the default cooler. That way you will get both higher single and MT performance than your current CPU.
I said in another post that I went from a 1090T to an 8320 (OC'd it to 4GHz as well) and barely noticed a difference from the 1090T, though the OP is using a 1035T it's slightly slower than the 1090T, still the jump is going to be fairly marginal since Thuban's instruction per cycle speed is slightly higher or almost equal to Piledriver's.