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 I was thinking the 3570K would be better for gaming than what I have now.

 

I read all around LTT how the FX is horrible for gaming and I thought maybe a upgrade to a 3570K would be better.

 

Plus it wont cost me much to upgrade anyway. We are talking $50 - $60 out of pocket.

I'd say a 3570K and overclock the life out of it is a good choice, man. You should easily be able to get well over 4GHz out of it with a hyper 212 evo or something.

I have finally moved to a desktop. Also my guides are outdated as hell.

 

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I'd say a 3570K and overclock the life out of it is a good choice, man. You should easily be able to get well over 4GHz out of it with a hyper 212 evo or something.

 

That's the plan!

 

I have the Cooler Master X6 Elite and its doing a great job cooling my 8350 at 4.8Ghz.

 

I'm sure It can handle a 3570k overclock with no problem.

 

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That's the plan!

 

I have the Cooler Master X6 Elite and its doing a great job cooling my 8350 at 4.8Ghz.

 

I'm sure It can handle a 3570k overclock with no problem.

 

Then yeah, go for it. I don't know why people here love haswell so much, but take it from me. Get the ivy bridge and worry about a new CPU when Cannonlake is out. See how skylake does. Cannonlake will be a drop in nm process of Skylake's architecture, so if Skylake works well, Cannonlake should work well. Broadwell is apparently a hotter Haswell, so screw that.

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Then yeah, go for it. I don't know why people here love haswell so much, but take it from me. Get the ivy bridge and worry about a new CPU when Cannonlake is out. See how skylake does. Cannonlake will be a drop in nm process of Skylake's architecture, so if Skylake works well, Cannonlake should work well. Broadwell is apparently a hotter Haswell, so screw that.

Its probably because its the ''Current Generation'' of cpu's.

 

I have no issues with buying a 3570k.

 

As long as its better than the 8350 in gaming I'm happy.

 

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I'm not sure what the performance difference is between the 3570k and the 4690k but It can't be that much different.

Good luck with your "gaming upgrade".

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Good luck with your "gaming upgrade".

 

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The only good thing the FX is good for is multitasking and Multithreaded applications/games.

 

 

 

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So my local Micro Center has the Intel Core i5 3570K brand new in box for $169.99.

Is it worth going from a FX 8350 to a 3570K?

I can pick up the 3570K + Motherboard for about $250.

 

Of course before picking those parts I would sell of my current Cpu + Motherboard and I would most likely pay $50 - $60 out of pocket.

as a gamer it's entirely worth it IMHO the i5-3570K at stock is 35% faster than the FX-8350 when it comes to gaming:

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-FX-8350-vs-Intel-Core-i5-3570K/1489vs1316

 

The prices you get on those intel parts is very good too...i'd do it in a heart beat!

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as a gamer it's entirely worth it IMHO the i5-3570K at stock is 35% faster than the FX-8350 when it comes to gaming:

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-FX-8350-vs-Intel-Core-i5-3570K/1489vs1316

 

The prices you get on those intel parts is very good too...i'd do it in a heart beat!

That's all I need to know!

 

I'm currently working on Selling the FX and motherboard, so as soon as there sold I'm driving down to Micro Center to pick up the 3570k!

 

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