Athlon x4 740 + hd 7790 or Fx6300 + hd7770?

[necudo]

What would be better for gaming at 720p?
Also i'm not interested in upgrade path am3+ on fx6300 because i'll not upgrading.
I heard that GPU is the most important for gaming,so what's your thought,thx for help😉

 

[sm625]

Edit: actually this is a really tough call since the 7790 trounces the 7770 pretty good. I would say if you arent planning on streaming or recording or doing much of anything else while gaming, then the 7790 combo is going to give you better performance.

 

[Essence_of_War]

The 7790 is a much better GPU than the 7770.

 

[necudo]

Yeah guys,i'm gonna use it only for gaming purposes. So Athlon x4 740 + hd7790 would be better choice?
But going for fx-6300 would give me ~10fps more compared to Athlon,right? On the other hand so will 7790 over 7770,so practically both choices would give me similar results,or am i mistaken?

 

[Essence_of_War]

It depends on the game.

My guess is that modern games will probably run into GPU bottlenecks on the 7790 at 1280x720.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

If I may make a suggestion... 😉

Instead of the completely locked down 740, why not spend a little more and go for the unlocked 750K? The 750K is very easy to get to 4GHz+, even with the stock cooler. That will give some "free" performance at the cost of slightly increased power consumption. The performance is not quite 6300-level, but quite respectable, especially when paired with a 7790/R7-260X.

 

[frozentundra123456]

I have a HD7770 and am happy with it. I got it about a year ago for 90.00 before all the price cuts, so it was a good price at that time. If I were buying now though, I would try to get the 7790 or even a 7850. As long as supply lasts, the price is incredibly good on those cards right now.

I would agree with Nickname though, try to get at least the unlocked x4 750k or even the 6300. Having a bit more cpu power will perhaps mean you can go a bit longer without upgrading.

So I would advise trying to save up a bit more and go for the x4 750k and 7790.
On new egg the cheapest 7790 is 20 dollars more that the cheapest 7770. Definitely seems worth it. And surprisingly, the 750k and 740 are listed at the same price (???).

Only other thing is 750k has 100w tdp vs 65w for the 740, so it might require a slightly better motherboard, especially if you want to overclock, but I dont know enough about motherboards, especially AMD, to make suggestions.

 

[DominionSeraph]

Since it seems you're buying more than just CPU + video card (since there's at least a motherboard in there) why don't you fill out the sticky so we can see your whole situation and let us see what we can work out? We might be able to fit both the FX 6300 and the 7790.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

Only other thing is 750k has 100w tdp vs 65w for the 740, so it might require a slightly better motherboard, especially if you want to overclock, but I dont know enough about motherboards, especially AMD, to make suggestions.

It seems more then a little odd that the 750K is rated for 100W. The directly comparable A10-5700 has a 65W TDP. That is including the IGP...

Just making an observation.

Since it seems you're buying more than just CPU + video card (since there's at least a motherboard in there) why don't you fill out the sticky so we can see your whole situation and let us see what we can work out? We might be able to fit both the FX 6300 and the 7790.

^^This

 

[frozentundra123456]

It seems more then a little odd that the 750K is rated for 100W. The directly comparable A10-5700 has a 65W TDP. That is including the IGP...

Just making an observation.



^^This

True. I just took the tdp from new egg. In any case though, if he gets the 750k and overclocks to around 4ghz it will require more power for sure.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

True. I just took the tdp from new egg. In any case though, if he gets the 750k and overclocks to around 4ghz it will require more power for sure.

Going from my own 6800K, running the CPU pegged at 100% (Aida64 stress test, no GPU load) uses ~65W@4.1/4.4GHz. For the entire system. So I still have a hard time believing that 100W TDP. Unless of course they are referring to entire system TDP... 😛

But if that's what AMD says, I guess that its properly to safeguard OC'ers. To make sure they get a cooler that can handle 100W.