Building a PC with AMD's FX 8350 in 2023... Can It Still Game?

[@Turktien]

For anyone still using these (I retired mine two years ago and now have a 5800X3D), Locking your framerate at 60 will really help with your lows as you're almost always going to be CPU bottlenecked now. Locking the framerate to 60 (in my case I have a freesync and locked mine at 49 since 48 was my bottom end) takes the extra load back off the CPU instead of letting the video card push it to its max all the time (uncapped framerate) and that really helped keep the frametimes more consistent :)

[@Turktien]

Should add... it won't help for the ones that are already barely hitting 30 since the framecap wouldn't help there. Cyberpunk was a good example of one where the 48 fps cap worked well at 1080p med/high settings on my RX 480. I think I used a 90% res scale. Anywho... Very good chip in terms of longevity and fun to see what you can get out of it but it's definitely reached the end of playing "new" games.

[@Viking8888]

That's very good advice for these old systems. I built and gave my nephew an FX-8350 system with an RX 580 GPU several years ago and had him cap his games at 60 as well (his monitor is 60hz only). That made a world of difference for game smoothness and also helps to draw less power from the GPU as it doesn't have to work as hard. I do the same thing with my RTX 2070 Super in some games and notice up to 100 watt difference over just letting it run wild! 😉

[@drag1286]

How are you setting your frame caps? In-game or Adrenalin or?

[@Turktien]

@@drag1286 MSI Afterburner but specifically riva tuner

[@Viking8888]

@@drag1286 In game if available. If not then in either Adrenalin or Nvidia control panel works.

[@danielyoshida2243]

I still have my 8350 with a gtx 1060 and my gf uses for basic working and light gaming. Still an awesome pc for its age.

[@mikeymike3760]

Incredible. Just rebuilt my old 8350 build from back in the day, can’t believe I found a video and a professional well done video at that about the same thing. So cool haha

[@varela79]

Still rocking my FX8350! I'm running it with a GTX 1070 with STARFIELD! While it is rough at the edges I will still continue to play it on my rig until I can get my new rig next month!

[@bstaznkid4lyfe392]

I'm still using this CPU today..It works what I need and play games..

[@Loki_Trickster]

My 8350 was passed to 5 different people, and now lives out a quiet life as a media box. That cpu, motherboard and ram owes me nothing for a long while now, and when it finally kicks the bucket or I move another part down into its place. I'm going to encase it in resin. For a quote "bad cpu" as reviewers have said. That cpu has started several pcgamers passions. And has had everything from a hd 7750 to a 1070ti hooked up to it. From Main gaming rig to racing simulator chair, minecraft server to sleepy nas/media storage system.

[@Angealll]

I got my fx8350 back in 2013 and used it for gaming until 2019, then my brother got to use until last year and it is now chillimg in our family's media PC, thinking about framin the CPU and motherboard as a cool nostalgia piece when i retire it. All in all 10 years of solid performance and no problems. Could never really get why people were so disappointed in the platform other than that it was not as fast as intel at the time.

[@CyberneticArgumentCreator]

Maybe it was because of it blowing up motherboards, had terrible performance and no upgrade path?

[@Angealll]

@@CyberneticArgumentCreator 1-Ive never seen a report of blown up motherboards unless someone overclocks without adequate cooling (cause that FX8350 can be a room heater) :D 2 - Performance was very good and welcomed at release, especially compared to the entry price here for Intel platforms. 3 - There were enough processors that came after the FX8350, how worth it were they to buy over the FX8350 is a different story though. Besides Intel to this day requires you to swap platform every other generation. At the end of the day i go to whoever provides me with best performance for my money. It's just that Intel has not won me over with their products in a long time. It's not to say that AMD don't have their problems even to this day though (like every other PC hardware company)....

[@GunMedalGleam]

Ive personally never hear of boards blowing up either. But if your a straight knuckle head i can see it. Am3 allowed alot of freedom and people where putting 8350 into cheap board that could barly handle atlon x2. 8350 where good for productivity but suffered in games because of the low per core performance. At the time games only used 1 or 2 cores. Pentiums at the times performed better in game and i5 were king. With that said, i dont know anyone in real life who was disappointed with the 8350, only on youtube.

[@cavemantero]

@@GunMedalGleam it was the benchmark andies who said 'FX bad' when the benchmark software was in collusion with Intel apparently

[@zuffin1864]

The best thing about older pc parts is that smaller youtubers can test like 100s of parts and combinations on a budget and make fun videos like this

[@webduelist]

Everyone in 2013, "its terrible" Everyone in 2024 "how is this thing still alive when the 2500k is long dead"

[@ianmcculloch9876]

I still have a AMD FX8350 still , great video

[@b0ne91]

You could've gotten a lot more out of this CPU. Core frequency barely matters for FX CPUs. The trick is doing FSB overclocks and taking both Hypertransfer and Northbridge as far as you can. If your HT won't do 2600, it's worth ignoring FSB overclocks and instead doing 2600 NB with 1.45 NB voltage and 2400 HT, then keeping the cores at 4.6. Pretty much any FX 8350 will do that. Additionally - RAM OC. 2133Mhz mininum - pretty much any 1600CL9 sticks will do 2133CL10 at 1.65V and DDR3 can easily take that voltage. 2400-2666 is definitely better though. These CPUs are starved for memory, so tuning timings is worth it. I found tRRD and tFAW had the biggest advantages.

[@michaelbolchunas1445]

I did same thing with mine

[@x7slim8x]

I second everything said here..

[@x7slim8x]

....he also should've shown the thermal margin instead of "temps" as we all know they are so wonky with any program reading them until that last 10ish degrees or so.

[@StudmasterSteve]

The trfc was a huge improvement for me. Got it super low with my Gskill 2133 ram. Boosted my ram considerably.

[@b0ne91]

@@StudmasterSteve If you can get tRRDS/L at 4/6 or 4/4 and tFAW 16 down, that'll do wonders to both latency and bandwidth.

[@zuffin1864]

I found a great buy for one of these in an old used pc i bought, this guy put the biggest radiator fan combo i'd ever seen. Like perpendicular mount, fan sandwiched between TWO radiators, and then he also had r9 270x SLI... really a crazy pc for 2012

[@mattdrafting]

Until just a month ago I was running an fx8350 and a pair of 660ti reference cards running in sli. I'm currently still running the 8350, cooled with a 120 aio which is barely enough. I used to have it overclocked to a stable 4.6 but the silicon has degraded and won't run much past base clock without losing stability now. The 660ti were rewritten with custom bios's cranked to their limits. I was happily running anything that wasn't full dx12. On an rx580 now but moving on to an i7 8700k and 6700xt.

[@chriswright8114]

i love seeing people still discover these workhorses. currently still running an FX-8350 on a GA-990FXA-UD3 board (rev3) with 16gb RAM and an RX570. you definitely won't be running anything new at ultra settings, but if you tweak something here and change something there you can still have a great time with no issues. great video.

[@darroldhansen1151]

If you don't mind, based on your system above, how's the performance for esport games like Dota2 and CSGO/CS2? I am planning to build something similar like your system.

[@darroldhansen1151]

@ms2ar Thank you so much for the information, bro. Really appreciate it.

[@testing448]

My first pc that I ever built was on the FX Platforms. I had an amd fx 6300 and x fired Radeon 7850. I do have some videos on my channel of some games from ages ago. It did it’s job and I was a single father with a daughter who was very limited so it was all I can afford at the time when I couldn’t afford intel. I sold it a year later and built an amd fx 8300 water cooled with a GTX 770. It was my Day Z stand alone rig till I eventually sold it and got a PS4. Good ol days with those rigs. Now I have a nitro 17 AMD Ryzen 7 7840hs with a RTX 4060 and loving it so far.

[@kennethmcclellan6889]

I went through some of my old stuff the other day and found one of those and the older 1090T. Both did a good job back in the day.

[@JezyYT]

Great video Danny! Love watching video’s like this on old hardware as I love tinkering with older stuff its always a surprise to see the results

[@napstericious]

Shader loading time has been fixed with the latest AMD drivers. That’s not because of the cpu but rather gpu drivers

[@Modern_Noob]

I have my pc for 12 years this processor still kinking . My motherboard us asus formula v . 8350 fx amd overclock water cooler . 1080 gtx 6gb . 2 pratriot ddr3 16 gb 2400hz is nice keep using for my videos editor only this computer never die on me

[@jerrybandy3827]

I'm still using the FX 8350 with 16GB ram in the MSI 970A-G46 and the R9 390x (8 GB) gpu, both of which are power hungry and make great room heaters. But it's running at 4.3 GHz and can still run Microsoft Flight Simulator on medium settings. They were both "state-of-the-art" 8-10 years ago. But it's still got some life left in it.

[@salat9100]

I use the same config with a different motherboard.

[@garrettbischoff3817]

I have the same board and CPU! It's pretty sweet. I recently got a new 32 gb set of ddr3 1866 from amazon for really cheap. It's done really well in the past but now it's just my main Linux pc i occasionally work on and slowly upgrade ever since I built a new PC for gaming. I realize that I don't want to stress the board too much with new gpus and such so I'm sticking with hardware upgrades that work with as little bottlenecks as possible so I can make this thing survive for as long as possible in the event my new main PC dies

[@forfun6273]

I’m waiting on thermal paste and then I’ll have the fx8350 16gb ram gtx1060 3gb with 500gb nvme ssd then two 750gb hdds that I’m hoping to raid 0 maybe. Not sure if it’s necessary. Thinking I’ll run os off hdd and put games on ssd??

[@garrettbischoff3817]

@@forfun6273 I just got a 4tb hdd for mine in case I want games

[@ThatUnfortunate]

i'm still running an AMD phenom ii x6 1045t and athlon ii x2 645. Get about 60ish fps on older titles like l4d2 running everything on max with a gtx 970 but modern triple a games, it wont start cause its missing SSE instructions. Other than that, its still kicking today in 2023.

[@thaddeus2447]

Really really wanted FX 8320 back in the day, had Athlon ii x4 631. Now rocking 7950X . Still Love to see FX series get some love!

[@JorgieTV01]

Me too

[@2011jaydog]

awsome vid danny, i just had a friend give me a fm2+ a10 7860k cpu and mobo n 16gigs ram, i was surprised it qould play gta5 even red dead on low settings across the board, but i slapped a rx 580 8g gpu in it and surprisingly plays some games i thought it wouldnt play..goes to show that old tech is still cool to check out and can see a systems limits kinda..

[@PiotrWozniak-u9b]

I use one of them even in 2024 altogether with 32 GB DDR3 1600, two SSD's (SATA for booting M2 for data & programs and Radeon 6600. And it rocks!!! 💪

[@takeshi7]

When you overclocked it, you also should have overclocked the hypertransport link. It makes a pretty good improvement.

[@Teksers]

Haven't heard that name in a long time :P.

[@dionmiller8547]

I came to say this. He should do a follow up video where he tries to optimize the platform some more.

[@blainegwen4858]

ram as well, he said he was using 1600 and it will do well over 2133 with a mild OC

[@fillypo]

Thank you for the vid! I have this bad bad boy in my rig with 2x 5000 series AMD graphics cards. Haven’t upgraded since.

[@Sparhawk77]

Still rocking mine. I only play Elder Scrolls Online and it still does the job

[@dandahl1039]

I have my FX8350 BE running on a Gigabyte 990FX mother board with a RX480 with 8GB graphics with a 2GB SATA HD. No need to OC this thing already runs at 4GHz+. My main PC for 8 years. Still runs Win10 64 and games really well.

[@RaptTor-e3b]

Ran a PC for gaming using a overclocked FX 8350 / GTX 1070 /with a 970 MB chipset / 32 GB ram , and a basic use PC with an FX 6300 / GTX 970, till end of last year upgrading and switching to full Red Team builds, a Ryzen 5900X / RX 6950 XT for gaming rig and a Ryzen 5600X / RX 6800 for basic use and secondary gaming PC gaming at 1440P, with both running 32 GB of ram, I still use the FX 8350 rig in bedroom for gaming , now paired with a RX 6600 XT, gaming at 1080P which has held up a FPS rate in the low sixties or higher so far in the games I play at mid to low settings, so most games I play are still playable at 1080P, if you're on a ( do mean extreme) budget system looking for beginner PC it'll work , but recommend for getting most of your money, going with at least an early Ryzen CPU or Intel CPU system which allows an for future upgrades, as with the FX 8350 there isn't any upgrade path, so you're dumping money into a non-upgradeable system, and as far as gaming is concerned low end system that as games progress will digress in FPS and limit the number of future coming games you can play, as there's a huge world of difference between my Ryzen 5900X rig and the older FX-8350 PC .

[@christophercarlone9945]

Thanks again for making this video. I had to log back into my KZbin account to mention that these CPU's really shine on the standard ATX motherboards of the day. Through trial and error, I found out that upgrading to an FX8350 from an FX6300 was more or less a fruitless endeavor because my motherboard (which was a mATX at the time) didn't support overclocking higher than 4.0 GHz. I also couldn't maximize my RAM's capabilities either because the mATX board I was using didn't have enough VRM / Power Phases to support overclocking as high as I wanted to go. My hope on my next (and final upgrade/build) utilizing this chipset is that I can manage to get that 4.9 GHz overclock with 32GB of RAM at a minimum of 2400mhz using four DIMMS. I am also looking into giving Nvidia SLI a shot by purchasing another 1070 ti GPU (8GB VRAM) and plugging that into an ATX mobo that supports SLI functionality. Though my concern lies again with the CPU - can it handle overclocking all cores, plus the RAM, plus TWO 8GB GPUS? I guess I'm about to find out! Thanks again for making this video! Cheers!

[@Nick-bc2lm]

Heh.. been running this cpu for past 12 years with a gtx 1070. Just bumped it up to 32gb ram. Few games were hitting the 16gb limit. Just saw the Aio... mine went out about the 10 yr mark. Repaste and installed evo 212. Runs cool now. But its almost time to build a new one.

[@Bdot888]

My first pc had a FX 6300 and 380x. At the time it handled the simple games I wanted to play and I upgraded to a 970 and retired that pc in 2020. I gave my FX 6300 and 970 to a family member who plays esports titles and its still chugging along

[@arthurwintersight7868]

It really gives me hope for current high-end hardware having some serious longevity.

[@TornadoStormWolf]

im running a AMD FX 8320E and a GTX 660 soon to be a 980 and 32gb of ram and 2 Tb of samsung 870 evo storage and ngl its not a bad pc for this day of age

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Nice build - good result. Thanks for taking the time to do this. This shows The AM3+ platform can still be a good.

[@MrRoro582]

I had a FX 8370e with a RX 390, had that PC for like 10 years got rid of it in 2022. I really liked that PC.

[@MalikATL]

I wonder how long my 6600 xt will last i'm new to PC gaming lmao good thing i got a i5-12400 with my pc

[@Bdot888]

@@MalikATL at 1080p you will be fine for a while! Some newer games might be more demanding so youll have to adjust quality settings but other than that you are good!

[@MrRoro582]

@@MalikATL Depends on what resolution you play games in, if you play in 1080p you should be okay, you will have to adjust graphic settings on some games. Also depends on the types of games you play. I am on a 7900xtx so I can play everything at max settings using FSR2.

[@sragga]

nephew is using mine. my old rig for runescape. if i can remember its an 8350 black edition, 16gb ddr3, gtx 760ti, on an asrock extreme 3.0 board i think. i was playing wow on it until i upgraded to a 2700x 4 or 5 years ago

[@GoWMarkusFenix]

Yeah... So i bought AMD FX 8350 CPU which will ship tommorrow, so now i know what can i expect with my GeForce 1080 8 GB MSI Gaming GPU :). Thank you for this review, those CPU's might be old, but they still rock. It will surely be better than my current CPU AMD FX 4300.

[@RonGrethel]

Antec is actually amazing for budget PC accessories. I had an fx8350 and an older antec cooler. Could not find the AM3 adapter to use it with fx8350. Called them and they sent the part for free.

[@StudmasterSteve]

There is so much room for improvement in the 8350. Not just overclocking the cpu but the ram,Northbridge,hypertransport. Also nvme drives do work on my motherboard with a adapter. I am very proud of my system and is probably one of the fastest ones out there at the moment.

[@jamesolcott4388]

I'm still running 2 amd FX processors one is a 6300 6 core and the other is a 8320, I don't game and never had any issues. Both systems are rocking 16 gigs of memory

[@weaponx26]

Before my 3600 I had a 1055t and a 8320 before that I couldn't figure the benefit of the 8350 over 8320 all things considered

[@craig71686]

My old desktop has an FX 8320e overclocked to 4.4Ghz, 16GB 1600mhz DDR3, 2.5mm SSDs and a GTX 1650 GDDR6. It still runs most modern AAA games fine with a 30fps cap. The 1650 seems to be a good match in performance for it. I could overclock it higher but I'm only using an inexpensive Red Dragon tower cpu cooler. I mainly just use it now to test new game performance to see how it runs. Definitely has impressed me.

[@Hostyl176]

This sounds eerily like my old (now my kids') desktop, except mine has an RX 580 and Hyper 212 Evo cooler. It runs Fortnite and Forza 5 just fine (after the awful load times of course). I was stunned that it could actually run Hogwarts Legacy in a playable state.

[@snakesgunsandbikes]

Got a back up system with the FX6350 OC'd to 4.5ghz on a basic Biostar board with 16gb ddr3 and a R9 280x Does well in a pinch.

[@JorgieTV01]

Those 6350s were great, I was running a 6100 wanting one of those lol

[@mp3155]

Oh! I overclock mine at 4.8 when gaming with no issues too!

[@chriscalderon1337]

Man I loved overclocking this CPU. I had my HT and NB running at 2600MHz and my CPU at 4.7GHz @ 1.375V or something like that. Plus 32GB of 1866MHz DDR3. My motherboard the Asus TUF Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 even supported NVMe boot. It was great for programming and esports games.

[@StudmasterSteve]

Sabertooth is a beast! Good job on the 2600 across the board. I was able to get 2700 north and 3100ish on the hyper. My cpu is at 4.89 at very similar voltage. Ram had improvements at almost 2400 for my 2133 gskills(primary/secondary tight timings helped pushed it farther). Good job

[@MereMortalsAttempt]

I’m currently running a sabertooth 990fx gen3 r2.0 with pcie 3.0. With an NVME adapter in a PCIE x16 slot I’m getting transfer rates of 3200 mb/s… no problem with optimizing shaders here ;). Run’s Fortnite 1080p on epic settings with an average fps in the 80s. Only hiccup I had was I needed to modify the bios to get the NVME to be recognized as a bootable drive

[@StudmasterSteve]

@@MereMortalsAttempt I haven't got a nvme drive yet installed but with prices dropping like they are....looking at it soon

[@qT_p13]

I had an fx8300 until 3 years ago. I hated it for its terrible performance, but am also really appreciative of all the knowledge I gained from overclocking it. I always loved tech and been around it all my life basically but that cpu really fueled a passion in me for this stuff. I ended up giving the system (with my old 1070) to a friend for his local small business and ot may not be doing any stressful work but it has found a peaceful place to spend the rest of its life.

[@Eric-je9df]

Just retired my fx 8320 two weeks ago. It was a great run. Now on Ryzen 5600 and it’s deliciously smooth.

[@Nick_R_]

It's interesting that the 1% lows were consistently better at stock clocks. Not by much, but consistent. I mostly still game (weekends) on an fx8350, currently supporting an rx580. I recently built a 5800x3D based machine and in demanding newish titles it's great. But the old beast still runs old games very well, albeit with greater power consumption (its been at 4.6ghz since 2013). At its OC that's around 225 watts. The Corsair H80i has never been removed, I just keep the rad and fans free of dust. Under load, like Red Dead, it peaks at 53°.

[@whitewolff3802]

I am running a 8350 with 16 gig ram and runs like a charm no other adjustments 2 it and it can play most of my games now like forzer 5 and morr

[@chriskovi8585]

I've used the FX 8350 for 7 years till 2019, a friend of mine ist still using it for Office und small games.

[@criticscooby]

This is a great idea to test it out I've never had this chip, but I've heard this a couple of years back the first time, so I'm glad somebody took the time to check it out, but I'd not use this at all for everyday usage.

[@Steele_Wings]

Still rocking this in a windows 8.1 system and crossfire setup. HD 7800 series.

[@farleygoertzen1227]

I'm watching this on my 8350 with GTX 570, 16 gigs ram and Win 11 pro!

[@pauls4522]

Ran fx8350 from jan 2013 to december 2020. It served me well in 1080p. Even when i retired it, only a few games dropped below 60fps maxed out in 1080p for me with an rx580.

[@HereIsKhansu]

Still rocking with my FX 8320

[@adamlilleker487]

I’m still using mine paired with a nvidia 2080ti aio. CPU has a double rad aio. With 32gb of 1866ghz DDR3. Multiple ssd’s different sizes. Using a saberthooth motherboard. Was thinking about buying a newer one recently but there isn’t anything wrong with my setup when playing modern titles in 4K high setting. Looking to spending about 2k on my next build to last me another 11 years hopefully. Built my own case using an ikea tv unit and glass shelves to direct air flow. 7 fans in total. Runs very quite as air flow is plenty. Although the fans I have only run as low as 800rpm and up to 1200rpm. Magnetic lift fans. Both rads are top mounted and 280mm. Used a kitchen splash back as a front panel and fitted a remote control usb led lighting at the top to illuminate the case. It also has all my 1:32 fast and furious cars in the case as a display. You can barely see the computer inside because of the cars lol 😂 runs at room temperature on ideal and no more then 55•c on gpu and 37ish for the CPU. I know I have epic bottle necks with the 2080ti but I will transplant it in to my new computer in the future. Also have a 850w gold power supply. Thanks for reading 👍🏻

[@TheGyuuula]

Have you done NorthBridge overclocking? It really helps to squeeze out a few more % of the system.

[@TobyCatVA]

My FX-4150 4 core is my little CPU that could. I had intended to order the FX-63506 core but kids squabbling while I was ordering it online I messed up and when it came via UPS I was ready to build so I just did with the thought "I'll upgrade later." 10+ years later, it and the 16GB 1866 RAM, Samsung 980PRO SSD, and GTX-970 are still fine. I am just now looking for an upgrade and trying to find the parts that will take me through the next dozen years of Gaming and video-watching happily without breaking the bank. (Target is $800ish)

[@josephlozano7792]

That's dope. 4.9 ghz? Wow. Gonna bust out my 8320e and 990fx board and do a build around it. Used to have it on a h60i but never pushed it past 4.4.

[@tapioorankiaalto2457]

I've got a 8350, 16 & 1080 in my older desktop PC. Plays even Cyberpunk 2077 and Starfield ok with FSR3 frame gen mod and optimizing the settings. Also plays almost any. VR game.

[@riczz4641]

The fx 8350 is a content mine. I feel like you can make a "fx8350 in 20xx" and always will be interesting

[@JorgieTV01]

I agree, this cpu will never die honestly.

[@arranmc182]

I had an FX-8350 for a couple of years and wasnt a bad CPU to be honest, I had a Phenom II 1090T and it was missing new SSE instructions some games needed so instead of building a hole new system I was just able to replace the Phenom II with an FX-8350 and was able to use the computer just fine for another couple of years with out any real issues until I later upgraded to Ryzen with a R5 3600 CPU, the FX-8350 for me came in clutch as Ryzen was already out and I got a decent deal on it and saved me spending out on a whole new platform as im glad I did as it allowed me to hold out till Ryzen 3000 came out.

[@mesicek7]

1:48 could have picked like 90% of the gpu's from the pascal era to do that.

[@トバイアス-k7v]

Hello, my mashine is still alive, I use a FX-8385 CPU (without overClocking) and 32 gb RAM (4x8 gb Geil/ Black Dragon ) and a Radeon RX 570, with 8GB, I mainly use my machine for the home office, but I also play games now and then, most of the games actually run quite well!! Sometimes I also connect my daughter's oculus to the computer using a link cable or WiFi. I really enjoy playing half-life with it, and it works surprisingly well.😃

[@dweisz2633]

Yes! I'm watching your video and others because I found this FX CPU and case and motherboard together today at the dumpsite that someone just though away.

[@YountFilm]

I got an fx 8350 in 2022 because it was the maximum cpu upgrade for my current mb, and I hadn't budgeted out a new build yet. It still works great on med-high settings with newer games, and I can edit 4k video pretty smoothly with gpu acceleration (1050 ti). Once I get a new build I'll set this one up as a server/NAS.

[@timmillwood8992]

FX 8350 here . also running the same Gigabyte MB with a white edition gigabyte 2060 super video card.

[@WesValure]

FX 8320 / 4.3 Ghz overclock - Rx6600 1080p games... Works great...

[@AlexPerez-ek3xp]

I'm still rocking the 8350 in 2023 with no problems to run any modern games. Nice video!

[@igobythisname]

it's August 2024, and I'm gaming with an FX 8350! I'm not a hardcore gamer, I'm mostly running a Plex Server, but I have been playing GTA Online for the past 6 years, and just this week I bought RDR2. my GTX 950 2GB doesn't seem good enough for RDR2, so I picked up an RX 580 8GB OC for $75, hoping the jump from 2GB to 8GB will improve things for me. yes, I'm gaming on a super budget system, but i'm hoping to build a new pc soon. the problem is that i want to game on my plex server, not ideal, i know...

[@honeyjackalope]

My old gaming PC had one of these with a 770. Now I have it in my living room as a media PC.

[@hliasunknown]

those are my settings: AMD FX-8350 4.7Ghz 1.475V(1.392v under load) | LLC Medium Northbridge 2600Mhz | CPU/NB 1.3V(1.343v underload) | LLC Regular HyperTransport 2600Mhz DDR3 2400Mhz CL10(Command Rate 2) 1.65V CPU Power capability +30% Cinebench R15: Single 111-112cb | Multi 751-754cb Cinebench R23: Single 616 | Multi 4088 NB and Ram help with minimum fps, and response. Running the DDR 2400Mhz CL10 at CR1 i had some issues, could be from cpu memory controller. I Would recommend running Medium LLC on CPU, don't go above for 24/7 use. use Cinebench R15 for Temp testing, run it on loops and Linpack or Prime95 for stability test. Cinebench R15 produces the most Heat, Linpack lowers the voltage more than Prime and Cinebench thats why i think it's better for stability. Cinebench R23 is a joke :P, compared to R15. oh and FX-9590 runs 1-4threads at 5Ghz, 5-8threads at 4.7Ghz. Going beyond 4.7Ghz all core, means surpassing FX-9590, My CPU doesn't like to go above 4,8Ghz for some reason even with ridiculous voltage. if i close cores: 4core goes up to 5Ghz, 6core up to 4.9Ghz and 8core 4.7-4.8Ghz max. AND When they say 1.55V Max i think they mean, your peak voltage spike to not go above 1.55V. so putting 1.55V means that your voltage will go above 1.55V when it spikes, that means there is possibility for the cpu to degrade over time. AMD says 61.1C max for FX-8350(4Ghz with boost 4.2Ghz), however on FX-9590(4.7Ghz with 5Ghz boost) it says 57c max. I Don't think it helps amd to put 57c on their hotest running CPU, so i wouldn't just ignore it for daily use. AAAND :D, use Hwinfo64 for monitoring CPU voltage underload and temps. Lastly for PCIE 2.0 Hardware the Best GPU is those with PCIE X16, like RX 580,RX5700,RX5700XT etc. Intel and Nvidia GPU Driver have CPU overhead and that is the reason i wouldn't recommend using those. i hope my info helped even a little

[@Steele_Wings]

All my bulldozer setups still running. FX 8150. 8350, 9590. DUAL CROSSFIRE AND TRI SLI setup still running.

[@WSS_the_OG]

Fun video! I ran an FX8320 for a few years, until the first gen Ryzen CPUs hit the scene, so I think I retired mine around 2017. That meant the 8320 had a good three-ish year run. I loved it for the whole time I used it. But I also wasn't all that sad to see it put out to pasture. I'd guess these CPUs would fare better in modern titles if they supported AVX2.

[@raiyu1985]

Same story here 😆

[@TechnessCorner]

3:45 Just finished a BUILD with the FX 8350 @ 4.7ghz under Cinebench R15 R20 R23 runs all under 58.9 on an Medium AIR Cooler downgraded from a Dark Rock 4. Just about to find out how you went, I also let one go a year ago that was capable of 5ghz on AIR. So there my two cents, lolz, at least someone may care. Peace

[@EinSwitzer]

when your done it will be like an I7 no stutters or holds and slows due to system adaptation curves in visible ranges

[@thomaswagner8769]

I still run one of these. Built my desktop pc around 9 years ago and still use it daily for hours a day. Had to replace the cpu cooler and i upgraded the hardrive to an ssd. Other than that, still pushing that og hardware.

[@whitebeartigtig]

A couple years back I was using a FX 4350. With an overclock (I got mine to 4.7GHz on air) it was a great chip, matching the performance of an i3 4130. The AM3+ platform isn't quite dead yet, but it's close. It's dying out like the Core 2 Quad did a couple years back. I was able to pick up a deal on an X99 board with an i7 5930K and 16GB RAM and an NVMe SSD. Such a huge difference compared to the 4350. I passed my old 4350 system onto my sister, and she's quite happy with the performance.

[@rappidralph8863]

Hi i built a fx6100 for my grandson last year for Christmas also i have got the fx6300 and fx8350 that i use everyday without complaints surffing the internet great my main game warthunder witch is great gets into windows from bios 28 seconds SSD main drive loved the video.

[@sezden8479]

Try FX 9590 Danny, with the right cooler, liquid preferable, even now it rocks! 💥💥💥

[@TMOwen]

I built my boys PC with an FX 8320. It has an rx570. Not a bad gaming PC.

[@Phoenix_Enterprises]

I'm running a 9590fx liquid cooled and see no need for overclock...memory needs tweaking running 32 mb 1866mhz gskill now. They really needed a second memory controller to reach full potential with these systems...I need a video card upgrade to bring her back to full on potential again. 990fXa-ud7 board Good to see peeps at least looking at these systems again. I'm building a brand new system now with a 8320fx I got cheap for fun out of a brand new mobo I found in a parts box...should be fun. Can't wait to upgrade to a r9 system on a am5 board to play with the newest toys again. Thanks for sharing.

[@deathmalice256]

Building my daughter an 8350 build. I have had this cpu forever and has been passed around to friends (until I gave them their next “hand-me-down”). Should be pretty good with (yet another handmedown) gets 1060 for Fortnite lol.

[@turkovich530]

I'm using a 8320. I routinely get up to 79C. Occasionally 81. I'm not sure of the temp it starts limiting at. I'm not saying it's good, but I'm routinely peaking at 79.

[@stuartcowell4108]

Still rocking in my rig. Sabertooth 990fx r2.0 AMD FX8350 with Noctua cooler 16GB DDR3 GTX 970

[@christophercarlone9945]

I just purchased one of these, an FX8350 used to replace my AMD FX6300. I built my first gaming PC about five years ago using all secondhand parts with a friend. Now for the first time, I'm building a gaming PC on my own. Also replacing my GPU (Nvidia Quadrok4000) with the Quadrok5000). Rocking 32GB of RAM on a microATX mobo. Excited to see what the finished product will look like and how long it will last. EDIT: So I ended up swapping out the GPU for the QuadroK5000 and the improvement in performance was noticeable but negligible. I was finally able to play Monster Hunter: World at around 30 FPS on medium - low settings. Not the most ideal, but it got the job done and the game to load! Hell Let Loose, which is very CPU/GPU intensive was playable on Ultra settings but at 20-30 FPS depending on the area of the map or how much action was going on. The original upgrade that I did after seeing this video gave me very little returns on the investment in terms of performance, but it was a great experience that taught me a lot about system building. Thanks so much for helping aid that!

[@blainegwen4858]

that 8350 with even a mild overclock will pull 200w --- also with that OC, some faster ram up to 2133+ is very easy

[@P5YKOTIK1870]

I absolutely HATE those clips that some aio companies use and avoid those at all costs. Personally, I think that having a screw in each corner offers better and more even mounting pressure. I almost got a corsair h150 until I found out it used those clips, so I ended up getting a waterforce x360 instead for my 7700x cpu. Anyway, great video. It's always fun to see how older hardware performs compared to today's hardware

[@MagnumXL420]

It's kind of moot at this point, but you get even more performance gains by overclocking the northbridge on these chips. A mix of FSB + multiplier is the best way to overclock Bulldozer + Vishera.

[@fullbrightjeong8192]

Not only is he a master at configuring optimal computer components., You seem to be a master of marketing. I admire your attention to detail. Be successful.

[@kenrosstad5525]

Used an fx-8350 on that same board with a custom waterloop. It ran 5ghz @ 1.52v for 5 years before I updated to Ryzen. This vid is making me want to get those parts out and put it back together haha.

[@AsmergadorTV]

In 2024 My pc runs ok with 8350 gets me what I need currently trying out overclocking but I know time to upgrade is coming with windows 10 end of life support in 2025 😢

[@user-ts5qx4zj4u]

I still run this cpu, badly my Gpu failed and now i wonder what card to put in. Thanks for shairing such info for our oldtimer FX 🎉

[@StudmasterSteve]

3060 works well

[@user-ts5qx4zj4u]

@@StudmasterSteve thank you i will check

[@nevernicemeadow]

really like the video. though i would have loved to see power draw stock vs OCed

[@pham3383]

I retired this cpu last ye for a tr 3955wx Still runs well with gtx 780ti,my son use it now,its still runs well

[@Viking8888]

Nice vid Danny! Did you ever try booting your NVME drive on that motherboard with Clover bootloader (with a pcie adapter of course)? I pulled my FX-8350/GA-970A-D3P system back out and set it back up with an NVME drive. Figured I'd make a video on how to set it up for you and anyone else interested, but I haven't had the time to complete it yet. After I filmed that footage I decided to do a mod for that board to add the NMVE driver into the BIOS itself and that worked perfectly. I don't need Clover anymore. I'll probably do a video about that as well.

[@kevinduder7237]

very good video bro, cheers!

[@jarodspurlock]

I got my FX-9370 on display under my monitor its a golden sample I'm able to push it 5.2 Ghz and it be stable now I am on AM5 with the R7 7700x

[@kangerer8886]

Now he needs to do the test using the intel CPUs from that era and generation next

[@Kanivalos80]

If you have it and still does the job why not, but buying a 8350 in 2023 HELL no.... A used combo A320/R5 3600 runs circles around the FX lol.