AMD 8350 Black edition?

[Daniel Macdonald]

would a amd 8350 go good with my Geforce GTX 970?

 

[okcnaline]

It'll be okay, but that's about it.

 

[firo40]

Not worth bottlenecking over a few dollars. Get a has well i5 and you'll be golden

 

[okcnaline]

More like bottlenecking in single-threaded programs...

 

[photonboy]

More like bottlenecking in single-threaded programs...

Incorrect.
The FX-8350 is a bottleneck to MOST GAMES.

There are LOTS of benchmarks that prove this. Here's a few benchmarks, but I could provide many if need be:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8350-vishera-review,3328-14.html
or
http://techreport.com/review/23750/amd-fx-8350-processor-reviewed/9
or (for Shogun 2)
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2012/11/06/amd-fx-8350-review/6

Here's a summary from the above reviews (compared to 3rd gen Intel. 4th gen is even better):

1) "I've gotten too picky about heat and noise over time, and gaming performance matters a lot to me..."

2) "AMD remains deeply uncompetitive in primarily single threaded applications such as games without offering the significant benefits in multi-threaded applications you’d expect from a chip boasting eight cores."

3) "Would FX-8350 be my first choice in a new build, though? Probably not. Although I’m impressed by the work AMD’s architects have done in the last year, performance remains too workload-dependent."

The FX-8350 just doesn't make sense as a gaming CPU if you've done your homework on how it performs on average. While it may be slightly cheaper than a good i5 it's not worth it if looking at the TOTAL COST as the difference on performance in some games is HUGE (over 50% in some cases).

If building a new system with a GTX970 that kind of money deserves an i5-4690K setup.

 

[okcnaline]

Look, it has 8 cores. Things that use many cores would benefit, but my point is the SINGLE-THREADED applications is a bottleneck. Games are. Most use only up to 4.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Look, it has 8 cores. Things that use many cores would benefit, but my point is the SINGLE-THREADED applications is a bottleneck. Games are. Most use only up to 4.

Using 4 is still multithreading just to less of a degree.