CPU Gaming Advice

[Freeedom]

Which would I benefit more from, when solely looking at JUST gaming, not future upgrades etc etc.

i5 7400 or FX-8350 -- Which of these two would be better

THEN

i5 7500 or FX-8350 -- Which one of these two then?

Thanks.

 

[atljsf]

i5

the fx line has no future in multiple ways

any i5 you mention will be better

 

[Freeedom]

i5

the fx line has no future in multiple ways

any i5 you mention will be better

I thought so, the problem I have is I am on a budget, and it's £24 extra for the 7500 over the 7400, would this be an investment worthwhile, would I notice much of a difference?

Thanks.

 

[atljsf]

if you don't buy a cpu to overclok it, the speed that has when you buy it, will be his only speed, always

if you are on a budget, you will want to use it for a long time, buy the fastest one you can, some games do use alot more the gpu, but some games will punish you hard for having a slow cpu

change a gpu is really easy, cpu, not so much

 

[Freeedom]

if you don't buy a cpu to overclok it, the speed that has when you buy it, will be his only speed, always

if you are on a budget, you will want to use it for a long time, buy the fastest one you can, some games do use alot more the gpu, but some games will punish you hard for having a slow cpu

change a gpu is really easy, cpu, not so much

I think I'll look at then then, do you know what sort of Wattage power supply I need to look at?

 

[Ecky]

Depends on the rest of your system, but the one in my signature draws under 200w under load, measured at the wall.

 

[atljsf]

minimum to be sure, is a decent brand psu, 500 watts, unless you plan to buy a very small gpu with no extra power connector, a 430 watt psu can do it well, there, but a 500 watt psu is better this days

 

[danielthegreate]

Neither. A Ryzen 1500x (with Wraith Spire 95W Cooler at 189$ atm) costs the same (or less with the promo code) than i5 7400 and has twice the threads. You will have better frame times and the CPU has much more processing power. You can also overclock the 1500x with the included cooler(stock tdp is 65w, wraith spire is a 95w cooler) which gives you much higher performance than the i5 7400.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113436
Or instead of the i5 7500 you can get the Ryzen 1600.

 

[sizzling]

Agree, I'd pick Ryzen over an i5

 

[CrypticDaniel]

Hello @Freeedom, in reply to your post, I would recommend you to use an FX-8350, but only with a RX 480, my conclusions can be found below:

Why (or why not) choose FX 8350:
Pros:
-Compatibility with DX12 is a strong point of the processor, benefiting from future games and/or implementations on current games
-Combined with the Graphic Card RX 480, you'll get a consistent performance on games that uses the DX11 API. For most results the FPS Counter won't drop below 40 FPS.

Cons:
-Not optimized for DX11
-Will add more soon if needed.

Articles:
Early DX12 Games performance on AMD Devices: https://goo.gl/3p96zs
Current state of DX12 games: https://goo.gl/znnvgV
BF1 performance on "All-AMD" build: https://goo.gl/hi5vYT

Benchmarks (Using RX 480 + FX 8350):
Fallout 4, 1080p/Max Settings: https://goo.gl/wB1M2Y
The Witcher 3, 1080p/Max Settings: https://goo.gl/wwe1Cp
(OC) Crysis 3, Very High/FXAA: https://goo.gl/eEA9W4
Batman Arkham Knight, 1080p: https://goo.gl/5QMABU
Rise of the Tomb Raider, 1080p/Ultra Settings: https://goo.gl/EfNwjD
Need for Speed, 1080p/Ultra Settings: https://goo.gl/YXnEMt

 

[sizzling]

The FX range are not strong, very weak cores using a 6-7 year old design on an end of life socket and RAM, they are borderline obsolete. Here one of the games you were listing, BF1 the FX8370 using DX12 and it still comes out below an i3 6300 http://media.gamersnexus.net/images/media/2016/game-bench/battlefield/cpu/bf1-cpu-benchmark-dx12.png

http://www.gamersnexus.net/game-bench/2673-battlefield-1-cpu-benchmark-dx11-vs-dx12-i5-i7-fx?showall=1

Not only will buying an FX CPU give you the worst performance for your money, to upgrade will require a new cpu, motherboard and RAM. Suggesting anyone buys a FX in 2017 is terrible advice.

 

[sizzling]

Again Fallout 4 FX performing under the i3

https://www.techspot.com/review/1089-fallout-4-benchmarks/page5.html

I can find more if you like.

 

[madmatt30]

How much do you have to spend on CPU/mb/ram ??

The ryzen 1400 is £10 less than the i5 7400 in the UK & is generally a better CPU for starters

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/search/?cc=uk&q=Ryzen+1400

If you're really really budget limited then the pentium g4560 at £55 makes any i3 a worthless buy

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/8gKhP6/intel-pentium-g4560-35ghz-dual-core-processor-bx80677g4560