is fx 4100 worth it!!??

[sarthakyadav]

Hiiii
I am thinking about going for the amd fx 4100 cpu...currently i have a and athlonx2 5200+ and a gtx 550 ti,amd i am unable to get the performance from my rig(i think due to bottlenecking)...

I am kind'o short on budget,so couldnt afford an sb/ib intel cpu...and i think fx 4100 is a better bang for buck keeping in mind i hav less to spend....plz help

 

[T_Yamamoto]

You'll need to buy a new motherboard since your current mobo won't be able to take care of it.

That means you'll be able to get at least an i3

Yes an i3 will blow fx out the water

 

[NTMBK]

The FX4100 isn't great, but the FX4170 is pretty solid.

 

[Durvelle27]

You'll need to buy a new motherboard since your current mobo won't be able to take care of it.

That means you'll be able to get at least an i3

Yes an i3 will blow fx out the water

a FX 4170 can keep up with the i3-3220 so your statement is wrong.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

a FX 4170 can keep up with the i3-3220 so your statement is wrong.

Looks like AMD picked up their game! I'm surprised to be honest. Well still if he's upgrading, I think Intel would be the way to go.

 

[Durvelle27]

Looks like AMD picked up their game! I'm surprised to be honest. Well still if he's upgrading, I think Intel would be the way to go.

i do agree that intel is the way but he also said he's on a budget two and intel won't fit. and i really don't like to recommend i3s anymore only a i5 or i7

i3-3220 $130 + H77 $70 = $200

FX 4100 $109 + AMD 970 $75 = $184

 

[ShintaiDK]

He could also get a H61 board. And another note would be that you compare a 125W CPU with a 55W.

You also forgot a few screens:

 

[T_Yamamoto]

i do agree that intel is the way but he also said he's on a budget two and intel won't fit. and i really don't like to recommend i3s anymore only a i5 or i7

i3-3220 $130 + H77 $70 = $200

FX 4100 $109 + AMD 970 $75 = $184

He doesn't need a 70 dollar board. I've seen cheaper.

 

[Durvelle27]

He could also get a H61 board. And another note would be that you compare a 125W CPU with a 55W.

You also forgot a few screens:

he would have to first update the BIOs which you can't do unless you have a sandy chip and still the FX 4100 can be oced pretty easily to give you more performance

 

[ShintaiDK]

he would have to first update the BIOs which you can't do unless you have a sandy chip and still the FX 4100 can be oced pretty easily to give you more performance

All newer boards ship with updated BIOS. And if price matters, so must the utility bill.

 

[Rvenger]

He could also get a H61 board. And another note would be that you compare a 125W CPU with a 55W.

You also forgot a few screens:

Also remember the 4170 has much higher clock speeds and better multithreaded performance. Both are good choices because they certainly trade blows as you see in Skyrim above.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Also remember the 4170 has much higher clock speeds and better multithreaded performance. Both are good choices because they certainly trade blows as you see in Skyrim above.

Higher clockspeed, but slower yes. What good was that supposed to do as an argument? Trade blows in Skyrim? The i3 is ~20% faster.

 

[Rvenger]

Higher clockspeed, but slower yes. What good was that supposed to do as an argument? Trade blows in Skyrim? The i3 is ~20% faster.

It trades blows overall. Skyrim is an example where it falls short. The CPU is not bad at all.. I owned an FX6100 and it did just fine in games. BD gets painted a worse picture than it really is.




I remember when Athlon XP was bashed against the netburst based P4s, it really doesn't phase me.

 

[frozentundra123456]

a FX 4170 can keep up with the i3-3220 so your statement is wrong.

Well, 2 of the 4 games you listed (Dirt and BF3) appear GPU limited, so it is not a very good comparison. I would put the i3 ahead in gaming by a small margin overall and definitely ahead in single threaded performance. The FX would be ahead in heavily multithreaded productivity benchmarks.

If the op did not have to get a new mobo, the FX would be a good choice. Since he does, it is kind of a toss up, with the edge going to the i3 because of lower power consumption, IMO.

But personally, I would really try to save up a bit and get a lower end i5.

 

[SPBHM]

that's a pretty superficial test (with very few and GPU limited games mostly), also look at the power usage...

coming for a k8 X2 the FX 4100 will be a great upgrade... but the 6100 makes more sense I think.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

I would still go with the i3 for upgradability but if he's going to run this build and not upgrade for 10 years, then the 6200

 

[mrcmtl]

I don't really see the point of an FX-4100 or even 4170. I'd rather just get a Trinity APU for the same price even though the IGP would be disabled.

 

[nyker96]

I recommend i3-2xxx over fx 4xxx, i3 is better for games and everyday apps, on top of it, it consumes less power, meaning the cooling requirement will be less. It's simply a better choice, will also bottleneck less on ur 550ti.

 

[nenforcer]

Piledriver FX-4300 is launching later this month at ~ $130. I'd wait out for that one since it runs in the same socket AM3+.

 

[grimpr]

Get the FX 4300 and overclock it, much better value than the locked i3.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Bulldozer scales poorly with clock speeds, the vast majority of games will look like Skyrim, tripling the power out might make bulldozer on par, but is it really when it comes down to it?

It's not even really a choice, bulldozer is the worst cpu for gaming since 2006.


Consider used OP, I got my i3-540 and P55 Evo off this forum for $90 - if you have a decent budget you might even slip into a i5-2500k if luck is on your side.

 

[daveybrat]

Piledriver FX-4300 is launching later this month at ~ $130. I'd wait out for that one since it runs in the same socket AM3+.

I would wait for this personally. If it actually launches at $130 which i expect it will, i'd go with that cpu. It should have much better performance compared to the FX 4100 and for just a little more money.

Also, there are decent AMD AM3+ motherboards by Gigabyte, MSI, and ASROCK for $59

 

[Dark Shroud]

Seriously the FX-4300 seems to be the best way to go.

The A10 is also a good option since the FM2 socket will get a "Steamroller" upgrade path and the A75 boards do not cost much.

Intel overly limits the Core i3 and took forever to release the IvyBridge variants, it really isn't worth it to recommend it to people. Especially since we know that Haswell will use a new socket design at all levels.

He could also get a H61 board.

A B75 board would be a better suggestion as it will give you USB3 headers and PCI Express 3.0. Otherwise there isn't much a point going with an IvyBridge Core i3.

 

[SPBHM]

A B75 board would be a better suggestion as it will give you USB3 headers and PCI Express 3.0. Otherwise there isn't much a point going with an IvyBridge Core i3.

PCIE 3.0 is not supported by Ivy Bridge i3, also with the correct CPU many H61 boards will also support PCIE 3.0, as for sata III and USB 3.0, OK, but if you don't have a fast SSD and some external storage devices, not really a great loss.


again, if he wants AMD and tends not to upgrade much, I think the 6100 is the way to go, give it a small OC and it should be decent enough, you can buy one for $120,

 

[AtenRa]

I would wait for the PileDriver to be released next week and then decide. As of now i would go for the FX6100 and OC to 4GHz, nothing can compare with it at $109,99