FX-8320

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I've been thinking to upgrade my pc, i would like to know if the FX-8320 is any good.
Also i'm not gonna be doing only gaming on it, i wanna do some work with photoshop, fruity loops, and sony vegas.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

What's your current specs before u get into upgrade talk.
As with the FX series CPUs, u need a decent 970 or 990FX Mobo (990 especially for FX-8) to make such a jump.

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Operating System
Windows 8.1 64-bit
CPU
AMD A6-5400K
Trinity 32nm Technology
RAM
8,00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 669MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASRock FM2A88X Extreme4+ (CPUSocket)
Graphics
512MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 7540D

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You have FM2/FM2+ socket Motherboard which FX series CPUs are not compatible with. Those require AM3+ socket Motherboard, such as ones with 970 or 990FX AMD Chipset.

Is the AMD Radeon HD 7540D the only GPU? Or is there a dedicated GPU (Video Card) installed in that system? As a dedicated GPU would be quite helpful.

If you need CPU upgrade, then I would suggest an FM2+ A10 series of CPU.
But you will need to ensure you have the latest BIOS Update as well before changing CPUs.

Here are the details for your Motherboard and it's overall support:

CPU Support list:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/FM2A88X%20Extreme4+/?cat=CPU

General Specs:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/FM2A88X%20Extreme4+/?cat=Specifications

[FluffyPinkDecoyBunny]

You can't move to the FX-8320 without getting a new motherboard. The A6 uses socket FM2 and the FX is on AM3+. If you already knew this, great.

As for the CPU move, you'd be going from a Dual-core to an Octo-core. You'd see a great improvement over any program that utilize all them cores.

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Originally posted by Bad-Motha:

You have FM2/FM2+ socket Motherboard which FX series CPUs are not compatible with. Those require AM3+ socket Motherboard, such as ones with 970 or 990FX AMD Chipset.

Is the AMD Radeon HD 7540D the only GPU? Or is there a dedicated GPU (Video Card) installed in that system? As a dedicated GPU would be quite helpful.

If you need CPU upgrade, then I would suggest an FM2+ A10 series of CPU.
But you will need to ensure you have the latest BIOS Update as well before changing CPUs.

Here are the details for your Motherboard and it's overall support:

CPU Support list:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/FM2A88X%20Extreme4+/?cat=CPU

General Specs:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/FM2A88X%20Extreme4+/?cat=Specifications

thanks, im using the integrated gpu by the way

Is the athlon x4 860k and r9 270x a good combination?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Then in terms of gaming performance, sure a better CPU will be very helpful, but so will a dedicated GPU.

What Power Supply do you have (brand+model) -or- do you know the specs, or perhaps can just link to it.

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I have a corsair cx500 80+ bronze

[Bad 💀 Motha]

The 860K is a decent enough low-budget CPU that packs a decent punch. On-par with FX-6300 in terms of CPU power.

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-ad860kxbjabox

860K does not have an onboard GPU, so a dedicated one will be required here.



EDIT:
CX-500, then you are pretty much limited to a 95W CPU + R9 270 series.
As a higher AMD GPU would push that PSU too much.