looking to upgrade from AMD fx-6300 to intel or stay with AMD

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callmeduty

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ok so my fx-6300 died after 3 long years of use and much happiness. An i'am looking to upgrade. I'am looking at a new mobo and cpu for my build. For mobo i go to gigabyte or asus, but as for cpu thats where i am torn should i stay amd and go for the 8350 or should i go for intel I5-4590?

Now my budget for this is around $300 for the cpu and mobo.

As a list of parts i have left from my old build are
1 xfx R9 390
1 500gb Crucial ssd
1 Seagate Barracuda 1tb
16gb of DDR3 Hyper X ram
A 750w corsair 80+ bronze PS
An for a cooler a hyper evo 212

As far as games i play Fallout 4, ark survival evolved, minecraft Modded, world of tank, and ALOT of games on steam.

I would love honest opinions none of this fanboy stuff and i want to stay with DDR3 ram
 
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It's not 😉 Don't know where people come up with this junk, maybe they 'think' because a newer line of CPUs is out that an older line just disappears. They really need to follow the industry a bit. The Ivy Bridge CPUs (i.e. 3570K and 3770K are nearing End of Life, of course they preceded the Haswell and also of course the Haswell refresh.

Intel has continued their plans for new CPU releases as scheduled and normally the CPU line is maintained for a 2 to 3 year period, which should take manufacturing/availability through the end of 2016, beginning of 2017, during which will probably see the EOL of the original Haswell (4670K/4770K) (much as they did with EOL for the SB CPUs.

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