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FX-8320 or i5-4460 based rig

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Nikolay Petrov

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Hi all ! I'm building a desktop PC here and I've come to the point when I need some help. SO the parts I've already decided to buy are :
Case : RAIDMAX Simplex
PSU : Fortron RAIDER 650W
RAM : Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3 or Kingston HyperX 1600 DDR3 (I still wonder about those too)
Graphics : GF 660 GTX 2GB Asus
HDD : one SSD and one HDD
MB :
1) ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 with AMD FX-8320
2) ASUS Z97-C with Intel i5-4460
3) Something better in that price range

So the main question is in the title and if you can add any advice it will be greatly appreciated.
I'll use this PC for 3D rendering with SolidWorks and some gaming when I have the time 😀

Thanks in advance !
 
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You cant go wrong with either chip. I have a FX8320 desktop and a I5 laptop. My desktop is faster in everyday applications. However that isnt a fair comparrison. You will save money with the FX and it will do what you need. You wont be able to tell the difference in performance. Match the FX8320 with some fast sticks of ram and a SSD.
You can afford that now since you saved all that money on the CPU! ;-p
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The i5 build will crush the FX one. if you have the money, try to get the i5-4690 or 4690K.
 
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a 3.2ghz locked clock i5 will crush an 8 core fx cpu in 3d rendering? i think you need to read what he's asking again. he's not asking which will get better FPS in civ5... he's asking about 3d rendering. even at stock that 8core fx will destroy that haswell cpu... by about 25%

~if the op is planning on overclocking the 8 core fx then the fx will probably be a better all round option then that slow clocked haswell quad core. if the op isn't planning on overclocking then the question is more open to debate. in gaming the i5 will be as much as 40% better... in rendering the fx should be 25% better. you can probably toss +20 onto those numbers when overclocking the fx cpu aggressively.
 
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The core i5 WILL destroy the FX if it's an overclocked 4690K.
 
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please don't start any flame wars here 😵 I'm talking about i5-4460 and it's still pretty pricy for me, I'm not even considering 4690K 😵 that's way too expensive ... if I hade enough cash I would just buy i7 extreme and won't bother asking ...
 
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i5 won't do the job here for OP for sure except that little gaming. He is mainly into 3D rendering.

FX CPU is better chocie for sure when it comes to 3D Rendering but may not be in games. Anyhow, Your real bet is in Xeon/i7 from Intel. You would need a powerful CPU from Intel to make it happen for you.
 
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@OP, see if you can get a xeon e3 1230v3 or 1231v3 and H97 motherboard or something. That'll outperform the 8320 in rendering for sure, but I'm not entirely sure on how your budget would go about it. If not , the 8320 would be a good option. IF you want to lower the prices even more, there are 970 chipset motherboard that'll have nice features if you're going for an overclocking build.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1245 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($276.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($84.48 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($77.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($55.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($61.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $897.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-18 12:35 EDT-0400
 
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1) op didn't ask about an overclockable haswell, he asked about a lock clock 3.2ghz haswell

2) even overclocked an i5 can only hope to become competitive with a fx8 core in 3d rendering, you need to bump up to a i7 to match or beat the fx8 core in 3d rendering.
 
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because people look at an i3 destroying an fx8350 in skyrim/civ5 and think that the fx aren't competitive in anything not recognizing that difference cpu designs mean they're better/worse at different things.

and by the way "destroying" is relative. sure you'll hit 120fps with a i3 in civ 5... but you'll also hit 70fps with an fx8350 in civ5... unless you have a monitor with a higher refresh rate then 60hz, you'll never tell the difference between the two cpus in that game. so you gotta ask... what difference is there really?
 
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Can do better for same kind of money before MIR's

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($247.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($81.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($187.97 @ OutletPC)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($48.91 @ Amazon)
Total: $897.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-18 13:34 EDT-0400
 
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Really! OP does not need any such graphics card which is why I included Xeon E 1245 with 750Ti. His some gaming will be easily handled by the 750Ti with more powerful CPU for his 3d rendering needs. Also dropping Samsung Evo for Crucial for just $4 does not make that much sense.
 
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You do realize that the 1231v3 and 1245v3 are the same clock speed right? The 1231v3 is a haswell refresh, which will run cooler. They will perform identical. Why pay more for the same performance??? Also $4 less for 8gb more storage. So I managed to get the same CPU performance, 8gb more storage, and a better GPU, all the while reaching the same price you did. Difference being that my build doesn't include MIR's and yours did. 😉
 
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You cant go wrong with either chip. I have a FX8320 desktop and a I5 laptop. My desktop is faster in everyday applications. However that isnt a fair comparrison. You will save money with the FX and it will do what you need. You wont be able to tell the difference in performance. Match the FX8320 with some fast sticks of ram and a SSD.
You can afford that now since you saved all that money on the CPU! ;-p
 
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From desktop apps like graphics rendering point of view which is actual requirement of the OP, Fx 8350 is much better choice. Why only gaming perspective is being taken into consideration? Anyhow, nice reply from your side.
 
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Here's what i'd do:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($247.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PERFORMANCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($146.70 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($189.25 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $827.89

The Rosewill Capstone power supply is an excellent one, a lot higher quality than EVGA's power supplies. The 1231v3 will give you better performance than the FX-8350 in video editing, and will save you a few dollars every month on your electricity bill.

I also upped it to an R9 280, because it doesn't cost much more than an R9 270X, and the performance difference is sizable.

Hope that helps :)
 
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