AMD FX 8350 or 8370?

[gui9715]

So I am considering buying a new cpu and I am hesitating between the AMD FX 8350 and the 8370 since they have only 20$ differance, I am wondering if the 8370 is worth the 20$ and if I could overclock it even more the the 8350. My cooler is a Hyper 212 evo.

Mainly for gaming and I already have a FX 8120 and im looking to get the most of my system without changing my mobo yet.

Motherboard : MSI 970 Gaming
CPU : AMD FX 8120 (8-Core @ OC 4.3GHz)
CPU Cooler : Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Memory : Kingston HyperX 8GB DDR3-1600
GPU : EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC
SSD : Corsair Force LE (480GB)
HDD : Segate Barracuda 7200 (300GB)
HDD : Segate Barracuda 7200 (700GB)
PSU : Thermaltake TR2 600W
OS : Windows 10 Pro (64-bit

 

[RobCrezz]

What the main use of the computer?

I would avoid these CPUs, they are very old tech now and theres no real reason to buy them.

 

[gui9715]

Mainly for gaming and I already have a FX 8120 and im looking to get the most of my system without changing my mobo yet.

 

[Ditt44]

I would say "No". Minimal gains at best and only more heat generated. Save your money toward a new build. If there is any room to OC, you can venture there, but I would not. Otherwise, get an SSD if you don't have one at this time and if possible, more RAM up to 16GB, if you don't have that now. You can speed up the system around the current CPU. BUT... that is dead-end investing on RAM, at least the SSD can migrate forward.

 

[atljsf]

ryzen is here

i wouldn't put money on any of those, better new mainboard, cpu and ram, that will deliver results and work with less watts than those two cpus you mention, that are not cheap or will perform that well when compared to ryzen

intel is also a option here

 

[RobCrezz]

Mainly for gaming and I already have a FX 8120 and im looking to get the most of my system without changing my mobo yet.

In my opinion, its time to change your platform. Even if your motherboard can take the 8350 and 8370, it needs to be a model with good power phases to effectively overclock, and even with the best overclock its still going to be far behind modern intel or AMD Ryzen chips.


If you are really set on keeping that platform, can you list your full specs, motherboard make and model, PSU etc?

 

[bignastyid]

Save your money till you can upgrade to a newer/better platform.

 

[jeffredo]

If you had say an FX-4100 I could see upgrading to a Vishera 8-core. Since you already have an FX-8120 its just not worth it.

 

[gui9715]

Motherboard : MSI 970 Gaming
CPU : AMD FX 8120 (8-Core @ OC 4.3GHz)
CPU Cooler : Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Memory : Kingston HyperX 8GB DDR3-1600
GPU : EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC
SSD : Corsair Force LE (480GB)
HDD : Segate Barracuda 7200 (300GB)
HDD : Segate Barracuda 7200 (700GB)
PSU : Thermaltake TR2 600W
OS : Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)

 

[Ecky]

Piledriver delivered some IPC improvements (5-10% I think?) but honestly, at the same clocks an FX-83xx may not even be discernibly faster than what you have. By comparison, a modern Ryzen or Intel CPU is almost twice as fast per clock, and draw less than half the power.