Best AMD Cpu from this list?

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The fx 8320e and fx 6300 are the best options there

and fx 6300 would be best for your situation, i would only get an amd CPU if you can overclock it. If not you should get an Intel i3 instead
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Couldn't really find an i3 and a motherboard with usb 3 headers for the same price to performance as to what I'm currently planning on getting. Considering both a $90 motherboard and a $140 processor both for only $150 compared to something like a $220 intel build for the same price. (Deal exclusively at microcenter)
 
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Is there a reason a 6 core is better than the 8 core for my situation? Does it have better single core performance, or?
 
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Yes the fx 6300 has better single core

And at least on their website, I'm seeing Intel i3s for $100 and motherboards for $40. Why do you think it costs $220 for an i3 and motherboard??

And by the way, the fx 6300 is worth $100 not $140 the whole [strike]$139.99[/strike] Save $50!! Now $89.99 is a marketing tactic to make you think you are saving
 
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I was referencing the 8320 with the $140. Anyways, would something like this be better than an overclocked 6300?
http://www.microcenter.com/product/446260/Core_i3-4170_37_GHz_LGA_1150_Boxed_Processor
http://www.microcenter.com/product/446600/Z97_Anniversary_Edition_LGA_1150_ATX_Intel_Motherboard
 
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Yeah, just realized that deal doesn't apply with the z97, only reason I was going to pick it up. What motherboard from MicroCenter do you recommend with the deal they're having with the i3-4170? Will the 4170 still be fine for League and streaming at the same time? Thanks!
 
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Alright.. well the i3-4170 isn't on sale at all and I don't have the funds to get it w/ a decent motherboard. If I do end up getting the 6300 and overclocking it, will there be any huge differences in FPS?
 
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The FX-8320E is better. At matched clock speeds it will as fast as the FX-6300 in single core applications and faster in multi-core. Being there's little/no difference in price in store at Microcenter between the two it would be kind of foolish to get the FX-6300.
 
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FX-63xx and FX-8xxx perform the same when clocked the same. The FX-6300 comes in clocked very slightly higher than an FX-8320, because it has fewer cores, but when gaming most of those cores will sit idle anyway. The clockspeed difference is small, so I'd personally take the 8-core.

FX-8320e comes with lower clocks than FX-8320, but is a higher quality chip, binned for its ability to run at lower voltages (and thus have a lower TDP). If overclocking, an FX-8320e is a better choice. If not, go with the 8320 or 6300.

The advantage of an i3 over an FX CPU is that the individual cores are 50-75% faster, and games generally don't heavily utilize more than 2-4 threads anyway (i3 is 2 core, 4 thread). However, an FX CPU's mostly idle-cores allow it to stream with little to no performance penalty, whereas the i3 might take a hit. An i3 is faster in 99% of games when not streaming, but I couldn't say which comes out ahead in that use-case.
 
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he said the i3 wasn't on sale, so he was getting the 6300. But since he ended this post with a question, he might have bought the 8320e instead, which would be a better choice.
 
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