Upgrade path

[choliscott]

Hi everyone,

Currently have a 6100 unclocked. The cpu is used for gaming & noticed that it doesn't do too well at stock speed. So I'm trying to figure out if I should just get a new board & OC the 6100, or if I should invest in either a 6300 or 8320.

If I was to invest in a 6300 or 8320, would I need to OC either one of those to make it play games well or does these two cpu's play games well at stock speed?

I know overall the best upgrade would be the intel I5 Sandy or Ivy bridge, but looks like I could save $50-$70 going the AMD route.

 

[Barfo]

oh hai

 

[ShadowVVL]

I have been waiting for this thread for a long time!

From Ivy bridge to Netburst!

 

[Puppies04]

Hi everyone,

Currently have a 6100 unclocked. The cpu is used for gaming & noticed that it doesn't do too well at stock speed. So I'm trying to figure out if I should just get a new board & OC the 6100, or if I should invest in either a 6300 or 8320.

If I was to invest in a 6300 or 8320, would I need to OC either one of those to make it play games well or does these two cpu's play games well at stock speed?

I know overall the best upgrade would be the intel I5 Sandy or Ivy bridge, but looks like I could save $50-$70 going the AMD route.

If it is only $50-$70 saving then go down the intel route, if you get a "k" chip that can be overclocked it is going to beat any AMD chip at stock for gaming and be able to overclock by a greater % increasing it's lead further. You could easily save the difference in price over 2-3 years in electricity costs alone as the AMD chips can pull more than double the wattage of intels offerings once overclocked.

 

[Torn Mind]

Overclocking those chips are necessary for them to get even close to an i5-3470, and they still trail the Intels even with overclocks.