4300. Its a little bit faster clock for clock and should overclock a lot higher so youll be faster at the end of the day. I agree that a 6300 would be a better choice but if it has to be a 4300, I think it would be worth it over a 960T.
As for unlocking, it should be unless your motherboard doesnt support core unlocking. It might not even be an option listed in the BIOS as core unlocking. For older chipsets, it was Advanced Clock Calibration (ACC) that you had to set to AUTO in order to get the other cores to unlock. If you could unlock your 960T, that would be a better option.........
I dont overclock. I dont want many volts, I m cool and silent.
I can sell 960T and give +40€ to get 4300 instead, if worths.
Here says that 960T is better in multi-threaded performance.
Not all cpu s are unlockable. My mobo(GA 970A UD3) supports that, and I have already checked it.
If you absolutely HAVE to upgrade with this budget then at least get the FX4350, but to be honest going from a quad to another quad with a lower IPC but higher clock rate is kinda pointless... It might net you a 10/15% increase but that's really not worth the money. I would suggest holding onto the PII until you have enough for a 6300 or a 8320, cause at least in my eyes the FX4300 is really not a viable upgrade over the old PIIs
If youre not going to overclock or consider anything other than a 4300 then stick with your 960T. A stock 4300 wont be much of an upgrade.
if you clock the fx 4300 and your phenom both at the same clocks (e.g 3.8ghz) the phenom will be quite a bit faster. idk whats happen to AMD theese days
The 4300 is a terrible cpu,what do you expect?if you clock the fx 4300 and your phenom both at the same clocks (e.g 3.8ghz) the phenom will be quite a bit faster. idk whats happen to AMD theese days