amd 8350 or 8370?

[rcbaker89]

Is there anything significant different between these two processors besides price point?

edit: i'm upgrading from a 6300 as I feel its under performing and getting ready to make the move to a new mobo as well.

 

[Woody1999]

The 8370 might overclock better as it will be a higher binned chip (AMD thought it was a higher quality wafer and so could give it a higher turbo speed) but otherwise they're identical. In fact, all FX-6000 and up chips are identical, just some have two cores disabled (as one might have failed) or just weren't high enough quality to reach 4.7GHz 9590 level.

Woody

Edit: if you're getting a new motherboard, it might be time you started thinking about going Intel. For the price of an 8370 and 990FX board you can get a much better locked i5 and H97 board.

 

[LookItsRain]

Buy an 8320, its cheaper and will overclock around the same for much less money.

 

[rcbaker89]

The 8370 might overclock better as it will be a higher binned chip (AMD thought it was a higher quality wafer and so could give it a higher turbo speed) but otherwise they're identical. In fact, all FX-6000 and up chips are identical, just some have two cores disabled (as one might have failed) or just weren't high enough quality to reach 4.7GHz 9590 level.

Woody

Edit: if you're getting a new motherboard, it might be time you started thinking about going Intel. For the price of an 8370 and 990FX board you can get a much better locked i5 and H97 board.

I thought about it. I just got done purchasing a GIGABYTE GV-N970G1 GAMING-4GD GeForce GTX 970 and CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) CMY8GX3M2A2133C8R

 

[raysfan98]

From the bit of Research I've done, I can only see that the turbo-boost of the 8370 is 4.3 GHz, where the 8350 is 4.2 GHz. This should not offer a performance increase if you overclock them both. The TDP's of the two are different (8370 being lower), and the 8370 has been released sooner. If it were me I would just get the 8350, and overclock it! Here is a CPU Boss comparison! (http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-FX-8370-vs-AMD-FX-8350a) Any other questions just ask!

 

[LookItsRain]

From the bit of Research I've done, I can only see that the turbo-boost of the 8370 is 4.3 GHz, where the 8350 is 4.2 GHz. This should not offer a performance increase if you overclock them both. The TDP's of the two are different (8370 being lower), and the 8370 has been released sooner. If it were me I would just get the 8350, and overclock it! Here is a CPU Boss comparison! (http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-FX-8370-vs-AMD-FX-8350a) Any other questions just ask!

An 8370 uses the same amount of energy as the 8350 at equal clock speeds, the tdp is just "lower" because of the 3.3ghz base clock, which it will never run at anyways.

 

[Woody1999]

I think we're leading the OP the wrong way here. An i5 would be a vastly better choice at this price point.

Woody

 

[RockyPlays]

grab an i5 4440 with a h97 board. Better performance than all those amd cpus.

 

[LookItsRain]

grab an i5 4440 with a h97 board. Better performance than all those amd cpus.

agreed, since the OP says he wants to switch mobo.

 

[rcbaker89]

I think we're leading the OP the wrong way here. An i5 would be a vastly better choice at this price point.

Woody

would an i5-7 be better than a oc fx8300?

 

[RockyPlays]

I think we're leading the OP the wrong way here. An i5 would be a vastly better choice at this price point.

Woody

would an i5-7 be better than a oc fx8300?

yes
when it comes to gaming, amd cannot compete with the single core performance of the intel cpus.

 

[rcbaker89]

What would be the best type of i7 to get and can you oc them pretty decently? price isn't really a big thing for me atm as long as its reasonable.

 

[RockyPlays]

For over clocking get a i5 4690k. Great gaming performance and will over clock very well.

 

[rcbaker89]

would i5 oc make gaming comparable for some time compared to the stock of this i7, and wouldn't I be able to push the i7 a bit further?
3.3ghz with i5 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116991
4.0ghz with i7 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117369

 

[LookItsRain]

You would have to buy a 4690k or a 4790k and a z97 mobo to oc.

 

[clfz]

grab an i5 4440 with a h97 board. Better performance than all those amd cpus.

This ^

 

[Woody1999]

The i7 4790K performs almost identically to the 4690K in gaming, as games cannot yet utilise all 8 threads of the i7. The same can be said for the FX-8350, no game can make use of all 8 cores.

Both can be overclocked to similar amounts, and so both will perform the same in gaming. Beware that you will need a Z97 board and a decent cooler to overclock the 4690K.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK AIDOS BLACK 48.6 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£16.95 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.99 @ Novatech)
Total: £262.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-14 12:28 BST+0100

Woody

 

[rcbaker89]

The i7 4790K performs almost identically to the 4690K in gaming, as games cannot yet utilise all 8 threads of the i7. The same can be said for the FX-8350, no game can make use of all 8 cores.

Both can be overclocked to similar amounts, and so both will perform the same in gaming. Beware that you will need a Z97 board and a decent cooler to overclock the 4690K.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK AIDOS BLACK 48.6 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£16.95 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.99 @ Novatech)
Total: £262.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-14 12:28 BST+0100

Woody

I was eyeing the i7, but like you said and several others i5 will give me the same results, and save me around 100 bucks, so i'll take the jump on the i5 and oc it low to mid 4.0's. i was looking at some different motherboards and a different cooler, let me know if it would be cost effective for purchasing them. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/smwYCJ . also was looking at this other asrock http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157502 . my case is discontinued i'm guessings, wasn't able to put it in there. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811855010 .

 

[Woody1999]

Why would you want to spend so much on an overpriced motherboard? A GA-Z97X-SLI would do just fine, as most of the overclocking headroom on Intel chips is in the processor itself.

Woody