i5 4460 vs FX 8350

[Nuluvius]

I'm building a budget system and I'm trying to decide between these two chips. I'm currently leaning towards the i5 because it will be primarily used for gaming and in that arena the i5 will pull slightly ahead of the 8350. However it will also be used for a wider verity of tasks such as compiling code and limited virtualization which play to the strengths of the 8350.

 

Another consideration in the favour of the i5 is the superior motherboard technology.

 

While researching this was of particular interest:

 

I imagine it will invariably come down to Intel's stronger single core performance versus AMD's weaker but more numerous core availability. What I am wondering however is if anyone has first hand experience perhaps reaching equivalent/superior performance by overclocking the AMD chip. Though I'd value any other thoughts on the matter

[Excon]

Call em a fanboy buy 99% of the time id take the i5

[007agentHP]

Go with the i5.

[lani100]

I'd go for the i5

[JuztBe]

i5. I'm gonna go with i5 4460 and r9 280.
P.S. I'm AMD fanboy

[Vrbas]

I5 is the way to go.

[Nuluvius]

LMAO I'll just go with the i5 then!  :lol:

[Syraz]

as an AMD fan...*I miss my barton+dfi board*

 

go with the i5

[crystal6tak]

+1 to i5. You get an upgrade path down to a 4790k as well.

[harrynowl]

i5 would offer more consistent performance, so like every other poster I'd go i5.

 

FX is becoming less and less of an option these days.

[Profquast]

i5. Even though the FX might be a little bit faster in some of the workloads you list, it does so at twice the power consumption, heat and noise.

[Sintezza]

Which kind of virtualization are we talking about?

Hyper V, KVM, proxmox, VM-ware, Virtualbox?

[i_build_nanosuits]

as much as i would like to recommend the FX CPU, if you are any serious about your gaming i'd say go for the core i5...and by making that you have an option to sell this cpu which will retain great value it being a locked part and purchase something like a i7-4790K that will run at 4.4ghz out of the box on your cheap motherboard if you ever find yourself in need for more power in the future...the FX CPU can cope fairly well with the i5 in many newer multi-threaded games, but the fact that it consumes way more energy and also the fact that there is no worthy upgrade for it and will probably never be (at least not with the AM3+ socket) i would defenetly pick a locked i5...look for the i5-4590 BTW it's like 3$ more in the US ATM.

[Nuluvius]

Which kind of virtualization are we talking about?

Hyper V, KVM, proxmox, VM-ware, Virtualbox?

 

We are talking about very limited virtualization in this specific context; Virtualbox/VMware hosted small local VMs (cross platform). The serious virtualization is deferred to my ESXi based hypervisor. Even upon the conclusion of typing that out I know that the i5 is ideal for this...

[FellTheSky]

i would go for the i5

[cesrai]

I would say i5 better heat, better power consumption, upgradepility.

[cesrai]

I would say i5 better heat, better power consumption, upgradepility.