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Is it just me or does the hierarchy chart not really match up with that article? It places the FX 4300 and FX 6300 in line with the i7 870/875k and that is above the ivy bridge i3's. Based on this, if I am reading this chart right, wouldn't that make the FX 4300 and 6300 better buys than an i3?
 
@ ml413:"Nice article--think I noticed a few glitches: the i5 3350p is shown in the chart as having HD 2500 graphics at 77-watts (the article says it slips in under 70w with no HD graphics)."

Actually, it says the 3350P's onboard graphics are disabled. My comment was going to be "shouldn't the 'onboard graphics' box for 3350P say [DISABLED]?" I hadn't noticed the 77W bit--nice catch by you.
 
Got a i5-2500k ~1.6 years ago. Amazing that it is still on the top of the chart in terms of gaming. I had it OC'd to 4.5GHz for a few months while doing video encoding but it is back down to stock to reduce power consumption and wear/tear (from extra heat).

Prior to that I was running something like an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ which is on the exact opposite end of the list :-D
 
[citation][nom]Sakkura[/nom]Apps don't see it at all. They just hand the work over to Windows, which then decides how to assign it.[/citation]

Well let me rephrase that then for those of you who don't understand. Will Windows assign it correctly to the apps that need it?
 
Wait, you say overclocking has no bearing on the choices, but then you recommend the 3570k instead of the cheaper 3570? Come on, just admit OC-ing is part of the equation and stop being silly.
 
I am also a bit confused. From everything i've read the FX 8350 pretty much holds its own with the i5 3570K. At least it should have a little separation from the X4 965, which your above Far Cry 3 metric shows the FX chip being almost twice as fast in terms of frame rates.

Then when you consider its ability to do 8 threads...I mean we are now taking into consideration HT..
 


The FX-8350 is generally behind the LGA 1155 i5s. At best, it'll only hold its own in a few of the most well-scaling across CPU threads games such as BF3 MP, Far Cry 3, and Crysis 3. Tom's doesn't place the CPUs in this chart based on one nor even a handful of games. Once a few more such well-threaded games are out so that it's more the norm than the exception, this will probably change.
 


The cheaper i5s such as the 3350P make recommending the i5-3570 pointless, so the next step up is to give a K edition and then a six core model. Overclocking is not part of the equation for any of the other recommendations and is only part of it for that one because at that point, that's the only way to get appreciable performance gains over the stock i5s such has the i5-3350P and the i5-3470.
 
Well, look at their relative performance and then decide which CPU you want to get. If it is a matter of availability, then see if it offers satisfactory performance for your applications and/or games.
 


10% faster really isn't much. I'd say that it's okay to get an A10-5800K in that situation. It might not be ideal, but chances are that it'll be a little cheaper too.
 
The 3450P at $180 for March (and I think Feb.) needs an edit. The description lists 70W TDP and no graphics module, matching the P suffix. But the grid entries list 77W and Intel 2500 graphics. Looks like the dreaded copy/paste bug.
 
[citation][nom]bwcbwc[/nom]The 3450P at $180 for March (and I think Feb.) needs an edit. The description lists 70W TDP and no graphics module, matching the P suffix. But the grid entries list 77W and Intel 2500 graphics. Looks like the dreaded copy/paste bug.[/citation]
Edit: Ref to the 3350P, not 3450. derp.
 
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