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Still in production is my friend's orange rig. We have most everything else, we just need a cpu and a motherboard. I can figure out the motherboard. We're trying to figure out which cpu would be best.

We are trying as hard as possible to keep it as low under 200 as possible.

$200 IS THE ABSOLUTE CELING.

With that said, we had the fx-8320 or the fx-6300/6350 in mind.

Overclocking may be a possibility but NOT a necessity.

This pc will be used for gaming, school work, and video editing.

CPU: AMD FX 8320e | Mobo: Gigabyte GA‑78LMT‑USB3 | Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper n520 | RAM: 8Gb @ 1333MHz

 

GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1060 mITX | PSU: Antec HCG 520w | Storage: Sandisk 120GB - WD Red 1TB | Case: Modded IBM A50 sleeper

 

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Still in production is my friend's orange rig. We have most everything else, we just need a cpu and a motherboard. I can figure out the motherboard. We're trying to figure out which cpu would be best.

We are trying as hard as possible to keep it as low under 200 as possible.

$200 IS THE ABSOLUTE CELING.

With that said, we had the fx-8320 or the fx-6300/6350 in mind.

Overclocking may be a possibility but NOT a necessity.

This pc will be used for gaming, school work, and video editing.

8350, but you will also need a more expensive cooler to cool it, as well as a higher end board that can handle the power it requires.... So, something like a 4690k or even a Xeon 1231v3 would ultmaitely be similar in cost. For gaming the 4690k, is the best of the three, but for editing the Xeon and 8350 have a bit of an edge as editing programs can take advantage of the more than 4 cores. 

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You can find an i5 4690 for like $190 right now. It's not the K series, but it's still great. Better for gaming than the AMD chip, and you can pair it with an H97 chipset board easily. However if you want productivity, the FX-8320 is amazing price per dollar right now. Its just not ideal for gaming as its single core performance is sub-par.

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break that ceiling to get a 4690k for an extra 30 dollars and you will not have the best gaming cpu at a budget but just the best gaming cpu. The 8350 is the sub 200 choice though. 

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If you live close to a MicroCenter store in the US, the 4690k is $200. They also have the AMD 9370 black edition for the same price.

 

Either processor is a good choice. Good luck!!

 

You're opening up a whole can of worms with this question lol

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If you live close to a MicroCenter store in the US, the 4690k is $200. They also have the AMD 9370 black edition for the same price.

 

Either processor is a good choice. Good luck!!

 

You're opening up a whole can of worms with this question lol

The 9370 isn't such a great option considering how much you have to pay to find a board that can support it, and a cooler that can cool it. 

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i5-4690k || Seidon 240m || GTX780 ACX || MSI Z97s SLI Plus || 8GB 2400mhz || 250GB 840 Evo || 1TB WD Blue || H440 (Black/Blue) || Windows 10 Pro || Dell P2414H & BenQ XL2411Z || Ducky Shine Mini || Logitech G502 Proteus Core

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The 9370 isn't such a great option considering how much you have to pay to find a board that can support it, and a cooler that can cool it. 

Very good point. 4960k it is then!!

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The 8320 will probably be your best bang for the buck for that price.

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core i5-4690K if you can afford...if its too much go with a core i5-4590.

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For gaming FX 6300, $109 CPU!!! And it has the same gaming performance than the 8350, it's only advantage is the clock speed and an overclock to 4GhZ is super easy!

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For gaming FX 6300, $109 CPU!!! And it has the same gaming performance than the 8350, it's only advantage is the clock speed and an overclock to 4GhZ is super easy!

no, it doesn't have the same gaming performance as the 8350....

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i5-4690k || Seidon 240m || GTX780 ACX || MSI Z97s SLI Plus || 8GB 2400mhz || 250GB 840 Evo || 1TB WD Blue || H440 (Black/Blue) || Windows 10 Pro || Dell P2414H & BenQ XL2411Z || Ducky Shine Mini || Logitech G502 Proteus Core

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8320 because it will give you room in your build for a better storage solution or gpu and performs well

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those are very old benchmarks. lol.

Rig Specs:

AMD Threadripper 5990WX@4.8Ghz

Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

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More and more games are using more cores, and if the game is old, well then it probably isn't as demanding anyway. The 8320 shouldn't be a bottleneck for a while.

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those are very old benchmarks. lol.

 

Show me a new one where the extra 2 cores give an advantage... It's always a super small difference between the 2 and it is because of clockspeed, you can see it with the 8320, they get the absolute same results.

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Show me a new one where the extra 2 cores give an advantage... It's always a super small difference between the 2 and it is because of clockspeed, you can see it with the 8320, they get the absolute same results.

no i cba. 

Rig Specs:

AMD Threadripper 5990WX@4.8Ghz

Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

"desperate for just a bit more money to watercool, the titan x would be thankful" Carter -2016

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