Recommended CPU Socket for Longevity of My System

[Gaidax]

I7-4770K is definitely a better choice that FX-8350, there is like no contest. You really need to like DIG hard to unearth some odd benchmark where FX-8350 is better. Just get I7 and stop ramming your head on the wall really.

On the future, honestly - it does not matter - just look how the last 3 years treated desktop CPU's - there were improvements, sure, but people with 3 years old high-end Sandy Bridge CPU's are still doing just fine with newest comparable CPUs' being just like 20-25% faster, really.

If you buy I7-4770K now it will easily be good for the next 4-5 years. Expecting something to be good for 5-7 years when it comes to computers is a bit insane, IMO, but I7-4770K certainly won't put you in a rash to upgrade in a couple of years from now.

HOWEVER

While FX-8350 is not better performance-wise, it's not really that much worse than I7, while being somewhat cheaper. So if you have a certain budget to meet, then it may be a smarter idea to get FX-8350 instead and put that spare cash into some other better components.

 

[16bit]

I7-4770K is definitely a better choice that FX-8350, there is like no contest. You really need to like DIG hard to unearth some odd benchmark where FX-8350 is better. Just get I7 and stop ramming your head on the wall really.

On the future, honestly - it does not matter - just look how the last 3 years treated desktop CPU's - there were improvements, sure, but people with 3 years old high-end Sandy Bridge CPU's are still doing just fine with newest comparable CPUs' being just like 20-25% faster, really.

If you buy I7-4770K now it will easily be good for the next 4-5 years. Expecting something to be good for 5-7 years when it comes to computers is a bit insane, IMO, but I7-4770K certainly won't put you in a rash to upgrade in a couple of years from now.

HOWEVER

While FX-8350 is not better performance-wise, it's not really that much worse than I7, while being somewhat cheaper. So if you have a certain budget to meet, then it may be a smarter idea to get FX-8350 instead and put that spare cash into some other better components.

I have decided to get the 4770k unless I go over budget. If that happens I will probably go with the i5 4670k.

 

[jaguarskx]

Considering the 8350 beats the 4670k in BF4 beta benchmarks, I'd say you're just spreading rumors and speculation. Upcoming games will be geared much more heavily toward AMD architecture.

I don't recall seeing any benchmarks where the FX-8350 beats the i5-4670k.

The benchmarks I've seen shows the FX-8350 does beat the i5-2500k and I think it scored 1 FPS more than the i7-2600k, But I have not seen any BF4 benchmarks that shows the performance of both FX-8350 and any of the Haswell CPUs.

It may be true, but I would need to see benchmarks that proves it.

 

[8350rocks]

Considering the 8350 beats the 4670k in BF4 beta benchmarks, I'd say you're just spreading rumors and speculation. Upcoming games will be geared much more heavily toward AMD architecture.

I don't recall seeing any benchmarks where the FX-8350 beats the i5-4670k.

The benchmarks I've seen shows the FX-8350 does beat the i5-2500k and I think it scored 1 FPS more than the i7-2600k, But I have not seen any BF4 benchmarks that shows the performance of both FX-8350 and any of the Haswell CPUs.

It may be true, but I would need to see benchmarks that proves it.

Even if you extrapolate a 10% linear gain for the 4670k over the 2500k (which is extremely generous, given that most gains are around 8%) you still end up at ~58-59 FPS for the 4670k.

While the comparison did not have the 4670k listed, I would expect that to be a mere formality. Wait and see if you want, though I don't expect I am missing low at all...if anything I am likely overshooting the end result.

 

[socialassassin]

I7-4770K is definitely a better choice that FX-8350, there is like no contest. You really need to like DIG hard to unearth some odd benchmark where FX-8350 is better. Just get I7 and stop ramming your head on the wall really.

On the future, honestly - it does not matter - just look how the last 3 years treated desktop CPU's - there were improvements, sure, but people with 3 years old high-end Sandy Bridge CPU's are still doing just fine with newest comparable CPUs' being just like 20-25% faster, really.

If you buy I7-4770K now it will easily be good for the next 4-5 years. Expecting something to be good for 5-7 years when it comes to computers is a bit insane, IMO, but I7-4770K certainly won't put you in a rash to upgrade in a couple of years from now.

HOWEVER

While FX-8350 is not better performance-wise, it's not really that much worse than I7, while being somewhat cheaper. So if you have a certain budget to meet, then it may be a smarter idea to get FX-8350 instead and put that spare cash into some other better components.

I have decided to get the 4770k unless I go over budget. If that happens I will probably go with the i5 4670k.

A good choice. Although right now the only games which see a real benefit from more cores are Crysis 3 and Battlefield 4, this may be (hopefully) a trend that continues going forward.