OK I need to update my wife's system. She is running on an old mobo that only take DDR2 and she is only running 4GB and needs 8GBs. She is also running an older Phenom II x4 925.
Our original plan was to update my rig and then use those parts to update her's. I have an MSI 890FXA-GD70 with a Phenom II x6 1090T @stock 3.2 and 8GB of G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1333.
After reading reviews and forums for the past 2 days I am now wondering if it is even worth it to try and upgrade my system to a FX series. If I am understanding things right just to get the same performance as I am getting with my 1090T I would have to go with either a FX-8120 or FX-8150. This puts me spending $30-$60 over what I was originally going to spend on a FX-6100.
So here are my questions:
1) Will I see a performance increase with the FX-8120 or will I have to go with the FX-8150?
2) If it is the 8150 is it worth dropping the $190 for?
3) Would I be better off to just get my wife a FX-4100/4170 and keep my 1090T?
My rig is for gaming, some video rendering (not much at all though), and work in PhotoShop.
Her rig is mostly a gaming rig. The reason we need to update it is due to some problems she is having in The Secret World and this past Guild Wars 2 BWE.
Thanks
Jeff C
Our original plan was to update my rig and then use those parts to update her's. I have an MSI 890FXA-GD70 with a Phenom II x6 1090T @stock 3.2 and 8GB of G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1333.
After reading reviews and forums for the past 2 days I am now wondering if it is even worth it to try and upgrade my system to a FX series. If I am understanding things right just to get the same performance as I am getting with my 1090T I would have to go with either a FX-8120 or FX-8150. This puts me spending $30-$60 over what I was originally going to spend on a FX-6100.
So here are my questions:
1) Will I see a performance increase with the FX-8120 or will I have to go with the FX-8150?
2) If it is the 8150 is it worth dropping the $190 for?
3) Would I be better off to just get my wife a FX-4100/4170 and keep my 1090T?
My rig is for gaming, some video rendering (not much at all though), and work in PhotoShop.
Her rig is mostly a gaming rig. The reason we need to update it is due to some problems she is having in The Secret World and this past Guild Wars 2 BWE.
Thanks
Jeff C