AMD FX-6350 vs FX-8350 for gaming

[Thepixel02]

So im building a new computer and im choosing between AMD FX-6350 and FX-8350 im going to play games like Minecraft, terraria, black ops 2 and borderlands 2 and some other games as well and im going to make servers when playing terraria and minecradt and listening to music and having a 5-15 chrome pages opened at the same time and record videos so which one should i get and im thinking buying 2 R9 290 in crossfirex would the two graphics cards bottleneck that cpu? Thanks in advance!

 

[LucoTF]

So im building a new computer and im choosing between AMD FX-6350 and FX-8350 im going to play games like Minecraft, terraria, black ops 2 and borderlands 2 and some other games as well and im going to make servers when playing terraria and minecradt and listening to music and having a 5-15 chrome pages opened at the same time and record videos so which one should i get and im thinking buying 2 R9 290 in crossfirex would the two graphics cards bottleneck that cpu? Thanks in advance!

Gaming performance is about the same for both CPUs, and if you're planning to crossfire 290s I strongly recommend you look at an i5 or i7 to get the full performance from them.

 

[Nuclear101]

Please refer to this chart, Thepixel02: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html as you can see, they are about similar in terms of gaming. However, using 2xR9 290 is just a huge waste of money. They will be severely bottle-necked by the CPU. Even if you do get a suitable CPU, unless you are running 3+ monitors, you are still wasting GPU power. Instead, get one R9 290x, upgrade the CPU to an i5, get a new motherboard, RAM, etc. and overclock the CPU

 

[Thepixel02]

But im thinging of buying the i7 4770(not the k one the normal) because that would be good right but is the difference in if a game says that i would have to have i7 4770k to play on ultra high so could i play with i7 4770 with ultra high settings?

 

[LucoTF]

But im thinging of buying the i7 4770(not the k one the normal) because that would be good right but is the difference in if a game says that i would have to have i7 4770k to play on ultra high so could i play with i7 4770 with ultra high settings?

You could also consider the i5-4690 which is significantly cheaper and performs similarly to the i7-4770k in gaming benchmarks