Xbone using 7-Cores, I see the FX series being more utilized!

[Scizor119]

Yeah, they are horribly hot. Yes the sockets is not any longer useful or even remotely well thought of, but since we're getting more crappy PC ports, and so hyper-threading and more cores and threads.
Then again, I could possibly be completely off the mark and have no idea, this cud also be terrible for PC. I am going off what I pieced together from reviewers and friends. Is this right?

 

[Math Geek]

for exactly the reason you said, the fx series 6 or 8 core cpu's are still plenty capable and offer better productivity performance than their i5/i7 counterparts.
take a look at the recent far cry 4 benchmarks tom's did. same system just different cpu and as you can see even the fx 4 core is still running strong when paired with a solid gpu.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/far-cry-4-benchmark-performance-review,4019-4.html

it will be debated and folks will get all kinds of hot and bothered by it but the fx series is still a good chip and offers plenty of gaming performance. sure the i5/i7 gets better fps but is 70 vs 79 fps going to ruin your gaming experience?? and note that is on ultra at 1080p they idd the cpu comparison.

 

[gamerk316]

The problem with the FX lineup is the FX-4xxx line isn't any better then PII X4, and the FX-6xxx line often loses to the i3. The only chips that are attractive at their price point are the FX-83xx.

 

[Math Geek]

i go the other way myself. i say the 8350 is not worth it but the 6300 is. the cost of the 8350 with the expensive mono needed to run it gets too close to an i5/mobo combo.

the 6300 however at $100 with a cheaper mobo is the better buy in my opinion. i chose these over the pentium g3285 and cheaper i3's myself if the potential for upgrade is not there. if the builder plans on upgrading quickly, then the 1150 socket is better with an i3 for the simple fact of updatability.

just my opinion anyway but i do shy away from the more expensive amd chips right now since they get too close in cost to the better i5's. benchmarks show me that the 6300 won't struggle with ultra settings on games with the right gpu and at $100 beats out the i3 for a long term solution.