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Hi am building a gaming pc but am not sure which cpu should i get AMD FX 8350 or an intel core i5? I mean the AMD is cheaper but should i trust it please help me and thank you.
 
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I agree you really cant beat AMD for the price performance.
 
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Get the fx-8320, oc it to the fx-8350 level. Spend the savings from the i5 on the graphics card. Graphics grunt still seams to be more important then cpu grunt, unless you play games like starcraft, but even a fx-8320 should be more then man enough for that any way.
 
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I really don't like that review of BF4. It's unrealistic because it's single player. Those results will be completely different in the multi-player. I mean, this is just an empty server.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-4-graphics-card-performance,3634-10.html


Honestly, I think either one are fine. The concept that Intel's are only good for $2k+ builds is a little high. I honestly thing that number is around the $700-800 mark.

If overclocking is for you, than AMD is great on a budget because you can overclock to Intel performance levels. If you don't care about overclocking, than I would get just a i5 4570. The Intel premium isn't that high. I really think it should come down to what you can fit in your budget.
 
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Connecting to a multiplayer server with no other players means the strength of the AMD's 8 cores/threads will not be fully utilised . In multiplayer with other players the FX can bench higher than an intel quad

The point where an intel becomes a better buy is probably $1000 or greater . Its definitely not $700
 
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If you are planning an upgrade in 2 years, I think you can do better.
It makes no sense to me to buy a cpu and motherboard that you will dump in 2 years.
Use a Z87 based motherboard now with a haswell I3-4330, a $125 cpu that will play games very well today.
The Z87 motherboard will be able to hold a i5-4670K which is about the best gaming cpu out today, and likely for a few years in the future.
I7 is more expensive and the extra hyperthreads will not be used much in games.

 
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And the Intel CPUs are completely maxed because it's empty? What about the Intel 6 Core?

At stock clocks, the CPUs are pretty much the same. It's only when an FX CPU is overclocked does it really take the lead. And again, those differences between Intel and AMD aren't really that big. Intel has the edge in Single threaded applications and their IPC. An i5 4440 has no problems completing with 8320FX and it's only $20 more. That's not really high of a premium. The thing that makes AMD CPUs is all of them are able to be overclocked.
 
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Intels tick/tock means that in two years time a Z87 mb will be old junk
 
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people dont give enough credit to the fact that games are about to get much better optimized for multi core in the past intel has been the king because of their awesome single core performance but the future is a coming and it will be very beneficial to have 8 cores or 4 cores with hyperthreading. That said an is 3550 or higher will be great for current and past gaming but the future is foggy.
 
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A few weeks after buying my fx-6100 I was reading reviews about it and was stating to regret the purchase. I had teamed it with a 560 GTX and 8Gb, whole rig cost me $600 Aus, only thing I recycled was a 650 watt PSU from my old pentium 4 rig with a HD6670. Compared to the old girl it was no surprised it flew, but I started playing Assassins Creed 2 and couldn't play on that higher settings, high with all extras turned of with a 1440 x 900 monitor, but that is an older game that likes strong single core performance. I was in big buyers remorse at that point, thinking I should have forked for an i3, but some updates, a more modern game like bf3 especially on multi player it was vastly improved, decent frames smooth play. Upgrade that with a 680 GTX, a 1920 x 1080 monitor and a nice OC I was playing BF3 on ultra all settings, Running fraps I was getting over a hundred frames, never dropping below 55 fps. It feeds the big cards appetite. After a year and a half I couldn't be happier. I can't wait for future games.
 
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Outlander-04 said Intels tick/tock means that in two years time a Z87 mb will be old junk

I do not exactly agree.

Two years ago, the Z77 and i5-3570K was launched.
It was a very good gaming cpu, and still is. There is no compelling reason for the 3570K owner to upgrade, and will not likely be for two years more. The i5-4670K is marginally faster, and the Z87 chipset has a few advantages.

I think it is more likely, that the upcoming Z97 based motherboards will in fact be the reason for upgrades.
1gb sata and pcie support for boot devices may well be compelling to some. More so than the broadwell 14nm cpu chips. It looks like current haswell chips will still run on Z97.
For gamers, though, I see little on the horizon that will compel the gamer to need to change out the motherboard or cpu for several years.

And don't believe the FUD about games of the future requiring 8 cores. Game developers will not sell many games that require 8 cores to run well.
 
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Agreed. The higher core count for desktop computers is still the minority. The market is pretty much flooded with dual and quad cores from both manufactures. In order for games to require higher core counts, the market would need to be flipped. Game developers would be foolish to not make games compatible with the 4 cores or less.
 
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I dont exactly agree either .
But I do think its wrong to suggest an intel has an advantage because it will be current in 2 years time . Neither platform will

But I think you are very wrong about core counts . New games engines for PS4 and XBOX are all optimised for 8 threads . Sure there will be people working using older engines , but the cutting edge will be at 8 threads from this time forward
 
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Intel All the way, with the new Haswell products, i3 is more better than ever before. i5 is still there for mid range systems. And with the i7, life has never been faster. And the all new ivy-bridge-e series have the fastest cpu on the planet. The Intel core i7 4960X , base clock of 3.5ghz and a boost clock of 3.8ghz. I don't have anything to say about AMD except that they're okay. Hope this helps
 
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Personally I think Intel is better and not always more expensive, the i5-4440 is the one I will be getting soon and it is only around 170$ and as you can see here it performs up to par with the i5-3570k.

http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/499/Intel_Core_i5_i5-3570K_vs_Intel_Core_i5_i5-4440.html

So if you want a lower budget good CPU definately I will recommend the i5-4440. As for Intel vs AMD take a look at this and keep in mind the Intel i5-4440 is like the 3570k.

http://techreport.com/review/23750/amd-fx-8350-processor-reviewed/5

Intel is way better for gaming.
 
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only 0.29% of PCs have 8 cores, 92% have 2 or 4 cores, this hasn't changed since October with the advent of consoles with 8 cores. It's doubtful that games developers will focus on optimising for 8 cores. Many non-gaming programmes will run on 1-2 cores for a long time to come, hence generally speaking, few strong cores are more important than many weak cores.

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/cpus/
 
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