3570k or fx 8320

[volcom]

Hello all,

I have a feeling my old phenom II x6 1055t is bottlenecking my gpu (r9 280x) so i want to upgrade the cpu.

Now i have two options:
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H & Intel Core i5-3570K for approx 200 euro's.
or
AMD FX 8320 Black Edition & Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 for approx 170 euro's.

what would you guys recommend me?
The only problem going to intel is that i need to buy a new cpu watercooling block.

 

[Zerk2012]

The 3570K is older hardware try to find a 4690K paired with a Z97 but either way the Intel for sure. You need to overclock the FX to around 5.0GHz to get the stink out and the i5 overclocked to about 4.5 will stomp it. Unless your using specific programs that can use all the cores better and their just a few of those.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/701?vs=698

 

[AHBman]

Hi
What you will do with these CPUs ?
The AMD FX 8320 is a great choice for vidéo encoding and 3D editing, and it can be overclocked @ 4,8 Ghz, it will equal an i7 4770
The 3570k is a little bit old, the 4690k is very good for gaming, no much difference between them and an i7 4770

 

[volcom]

i want to upgrade my cpu for gaming because this one doesn't really cut it anymore.
i just found those two sets secondhand so that why i'm asking which one i should take.
The 4690k + a decent mobo here is new around 350 euro's so that almost double of what those sets cost.

 

[AHBman]

So
i5 4690k + GB Z97 D3H or MSI Z97 G43
or MSI Z97 PC mate (cheap but good : 80 €)

 

[volcom]

So
i5 4690k + GB Z97 D3H or MSI Z97 G43
or MSI Z97 PC mate (cheap but good : 80 €)

those boards are around 100-110€ here in belgium
so total would be 320 €

 

[AHBman]

http://www.ldlc.com/fiche/PB00167158.html
It's from France, but i think that you can buy it from Belgium

 

[AHBman]

And you can go with a 4670k, a little bit less expansive
Or go with a non K cpu (i5 4440)

 

[AHBman]

Yes you finally could (LDLC Belgique)
http://www.ldlc.be/fiche/PB00167158.html

 

[volcom]

thanks for the help man! but let's say i don't have the money for the 4670k what would you recommend?

 

[vklyvis]

Well as I was an owner of fx8320 I did not have good time with it in gaming, it might be because I had 97 r2 evo - I dont know, but It bottlenecked by r9 270 in some instances in bf4, not even mentioning bf3. Tho it overclocked very well, I even had it at 5ghz at some point. Tho I jumped on 3570k and ud5h for ~190 pounds. I got a pretty bad overclocker with 3570k (4.4 at 1.28v), but I have no bottlenecks now, I have gtx 770 as well now,. In bf4 CPU stays at about 60%-80% usage. So I would say if you are only gaming, then go for 3570k, meanwhile if you do some work with it, you could really have fun with these 8 cores.

 

[AHBman]

So i5 4440, or FX 8350, which should be good also, desaccording to the says of Vklyvis (sorry), because a FX 8350 will not bottleneck a R9 270, and he will bottleneck only if it's a very big GPU (Bigger than GTX 770), and a FX 8350 can beat an i5 4440 in multithreaded recents games (Watch Dogs, Crysis 3), and most games will be multuthreaded soon
So, at 160 €, both of i5 4440 or FX 8350 are good choices, if you have a non big GPU, you can go for FX 8350 (Or FX 8320 with little OC)
And if your PSU is > or = than 500 Watts
The benchs (non syntethic) :
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-fx-8370e-cpu,3929-7.html

 

[Zerk2012]

So i5 4440, or FX 8350, which should be good also, desaccording to the says of Vklyvis (sorry), because a FX 8350 will not bottleneck a R9 270, and he will bottleneck only if it's a very big GPU (Bigger than GTX 770), and a FX 8350 can beat an i5 in multithreaded recents games (Watch Dogs, Crysis 3), and most games will be multuthreaded soon
So, at 160 €, both of i5 4440 or FX 8350 are good choices, if you have a non big GPU, you can go for FX 8350 (Or FX 8320 with little OC)
And if your PSU is > or = than 500 Watts
The benchs (non syntethic) :
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-fx-8370e-cpu,3929-7.html

This is not true the i5 beats the 8350.
http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1311513/width/500/height/1000/flags/LL
http://www.techspot.com/articles-info/827/bench/CPU_01.png

 

[Zerk2012]

i want to upgrade my cpu for gaming because this one doesn't really cut it anymore.
i just found those two sets secondhand so that why i'm asking which one i should take.
The 4690k + a decent mobo here is new around 350 euro's so that almost double of what those sets cost.

For the second hand get the i5 it's still a good chip.

 

[AHBman]

2 Fps hmm .... , sorry, but I dont call this a bottleneck, and I compare the FX 8350 to the 4440, not the 3570k/4670k ....

 

[volcom]

i want to upgrade my cpu for gaming because this one doesn't really cut it anymore.
i just found those two sets secondhand so that why i'm asking which one i should take.
The 4690k + a decent mobo here is new around 350 euro's so that almost double of what those sets cost.

For the second hand get the i5 it's still a good chip.

THanks for the reply's and help guys! i will get the i5 3570k