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What cpu should I choose for my new rig? I will use my PC for gaming and general work. 

 

In my country, the 8320 is 80 dollars cheaper than the 4670k and 50 dollars cheaper than the 8350. 

 

The 8320 is the sure pick right? However, I have a few questions: 

 

1) Will my gaming performance suffer(especially with CPU-bound games)? 

2) How high of an overclock would most 8320s reach? (First hand experience would be appreciated) 

sick of the playground fight over the last few pages (and dravic posting reviews of very old drivers doesnt help)

if your ONLY playing games like minecraft, skyrim, world of tanks and other games that are poorly threaded then get the i3, itll be about 10%faster (110fps instead of 100fps)

if your playing those games AND crysis, bf3, bf3, moh warfighter, gta4, gta5 and other mutithreaded games then get the fx8320, because those games use 4 cores (well you can run on 3 and bottleneck on 2) youll get more performance, on each of those games (ommiting gt5) im running around 75% cpu usage give or take...

bearing in mind piledriver is now on par and sometimes surpassing phenom youll have another 2 modules left for recording fraps or streaming at the same time, id pick an 8320 with a decent cooler (hyper 212 evo, be quit dark knight pro, GlacialTech Igloo H58 if itll fit [i really want 1! :(] over an 8350, i dont think theres much if any difference in the binning anymore..

also there is only a small amount of performance to be had from overclocking a cpu (unless your in those poorly threaded games) and practically nothing more to be had over 4.4ghz.

http://www.techspot.com/review/655-bioshock-infinite-performance/page5.html

not much to be gained

http://www.techspot.com/review/458-battlefield-3-performance/page7.html

not much to be gained.

http://www.techspot.com/review/642-crysis-3-performance/page6.html

poorly optimised, likes fast speeds.

with those games like skyrim, minecraft etc i wouldnt worry anyway cus those games usually give you 214235 frames a second anyway/

:-) happy gaming. B)

Funny because Radeon can't use more than 2 cores I think for the GPU drivers while nvidia GeForce runs on multiple cores for years now. Thus Radeon vs GeForce equivalent with amd FX, GeForce will always win.

So it seems that even GPU section of amd doesn't give shit about multi core support.

also... More than one GPU on amd FX cpu is very ineffective even in GPU driven games.

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crossfire-sli-scaling-bottleneck,3471.html

AMD gpu-s are amazing as single cards but CF configurations can be bad, you are misleading the OP here, because he never said anything about multi gpu, nor did i ever say what gpu he should buy, and your comment has nothing to do with his CPU choice, since this is a CF vs SLI review...

Historically SLI is a more stable option and it gives better scaling, and amd has a notorious habit of making "sub par" drivers, but they are improving, and this old link does not contain the new driver updates that fix frametime issues with CF, they fixed it for the most part, but they will improve in the future.

And i believe the gpu debate is for another thread, not this, and one more thing, i have never saw a high core count effecting an AMD card different than it did with an Nvidia card soooo, i don't see your point, that applies only in multi gpu configurations because SLI is more advanced and scales better like i said...

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AMD gpu-s are amazing as single cards but CF configurations can be bad, you are misleading the OP here, because he never said anything about multi gpu, nor did i ever say what gpu he should buy, and your comment has nothing to do with his CPU choice, since this is a CF vs SLI review...

Historically SLI is a more stable option and it gives better scaling, and amd has a notorious habit of making "sub par" drivers, but they are improving, and this old link does not contain the new driver updates that fix frametime issues with CF, they fixed it for the most part, but they will improve in the future.

And i believe the gpu debate is for another thread, not this, and one more thing, i have never saw a high core count effecting an AMD card different than it did with an Nvidia card soooo, i don't see your point, that applies only in multi gpu configurations because SLI is more advanced and scales better like i said...

 

You missed the parts where they tested single gpu vs single gpu on FX 8350? GeForce wins even though an ARMY of AMD fanboys swear by the GPU. Single Radeon 7970 wins on Intel tho (since these cards weren't even overclocked, the Radeon loses in some parts a bit but that's easily fix-able).

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Then don't invest in any platform, intel has alluded broadwell won't be 1150. AM3+ has no certain future either.

Feature, not future

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You missed the parts where they tested single gpu vs single gpu on FX 8350? GeForce wins even though an ARMY of AMD fanboys swear by the GPU. Single Radeon 7970 wins on Intel tho (since these cards weren't even overclocked, the Radeon loses in some parts a bit but that's easily fix-able).

I read that review on release... you are wasting your time, i had ATI and Nvidia cards over the years, and the only thing i can say that is better on Nvidia are the drivers, and not by a lot, so your argument is not valid, this thread is over anyway, no reason to keep this up...

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What cpu should I choose for my new rig? I will use my PC for gaming and general work. 

 

In my country, the 8320 is 80 dollars cheaper than the 4670k and 50 dollars cheaper than the 8350. 

 

The 8320 is the sure pick right? However, I have a few questions: 

 

1) Will my gaming performance suffer(especially with CPU-bound games)? 

2) How high of an overclock would most 8320s reach? (First hand experience would be appreciated) 

sick of the playground fight over the last few pages (and dravic posting reviews of very old drivers doesnt help)

if your ONLY playing games like minecraft, skyrim, world of tanks and other games that are poorly threaded then get the i3, itll be about 10%faster (110fps instead of 100fps)

if your playing those games AND crysis, bf3, bf3, moh warfighter, gta4, gta5 and other mutithreaded games then get the fx8320, because those games use 4 cores (well you can run on 3 and bottleneck on 2) youll get more performance, on each of those games (ommiting gt5) im running around 75% cpu usage give or take...

bearing in mind piledriver is now on par and sometimes surpassing phenom youll have another 2 modules left for recording fraps or streaming at the same time, id pick an 8320 with a decent cooler (hyper 212 evo, be quit dark knight pro, GlacialTech Igloo H58 if itll fit [i really want 1! :(] over an 8350, i dont think theres much if any difference in the binning anymore..

also there is only a small amount of performance to be had from overclocking a cpu (unless your in those poorly threaded games) and practically nothing more to be had over 4.4ghz.

http://www.techspot.com/review/655-bioshock-infinite-performance/page5.html

not much to be gained

http://www.techspot.com/review/458-battlefield-3-performance/page7.html

not much to be gained.

http://www.techspot.com/review/642-crysis-3-performance/page6.html

poorly optimised, likes fast speeds.

with those games like skyrim, minecraft etc i wouldnt worry anyway cus those games usually give you 214235 frames a second anyway/

:-) happy gaming. B)

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sick of the playground fight over the last few pages (and dravic posting reviews of very old drivers doesnt help)

if your ONLY playing games like minecraft, skyrim, world of tanks and other games that are poorly threaded then get the i3, itll be about 10%faster (110fps instead of 100fps)

if your playing those games AND crysis, bf3, bf3, moh warfighter, gta4, gta5 and other mutithreaded games then get the fx8320, because those games use 4 cores (well you can run on 3 and bottleneck on 2) youll get more performance, on each of those games (ommiting gt5) im running around 75% cpu usage give or take...

bearing in mind piledriver is now on par and sometimes surpassing phenom youll have another 2 modules left for recording fraps or streaming at the same time, id pick an 8320 with a decent cooler (hyper 212 evo, be quit dark knight pro, GlacialTech Igloo H58 if itll fit [i really want 1! :(] over an 8350, i dont think theres much if any difference in the binning anymore..

also there is only a small amount of performance to be had from overclocking a cpu (unless your in those poorly threaded games) and practically nothing more to be had over 4.4ghz.

http://www.techspot.com/review/655-bioshock-infinite-performance/page5.html

not much to be gained

http://www.techspot.com/review/458-battlefield-3-performance/page7.html

not much to be gained.

http://www.techspot.com/review/642-crysis-3-performance/page6.html

poorly optimised, likes fast speeds.

with those games like skyrim, minecraft etc i wouldnt worry anyway cus those games usually give you 214235 frames a second anyway/

:-) happy gaming. B)

Thanks for the input. Could you recommend me a AM3+ motherboard? 

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Feature, not future

I think he meant future, AM3+ is already an old socket, AMD might kill it soon, and I actually hope so, they could do with something new... 

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More cores is always better for the future gaming.

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Flame wars and whatnot aside. Given that the fx9*** series are just a higher level binned cpu otherwise the same as the 83**s, the 8320 might not overclock as good as it used to, same with the 8350. I have no experience with these though, but i guess what I'm saying is that people who have experience with these CPUs from a couple of months ago might not be too relevant either :P

 

And one of the most important teachings: Look at the feature set of each platform, it might be more important than the few frames here and there that would otherwise separate the platforms...

Then don't invest in any platform, intel has alluded broadwell won't be 1150. AM3+ has no certain future either.
Feature, not future
I think he meant future, AM3+ is already an old socket, AMD might kill it soon, and I actually hope so, they could do with something new...

Maybe he did, but I didn't ;)

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More cores is always better for the future gaming.

 

My phone has a quadcore. Is it good for gaming? -no. They individual cores have to be strong aswell, that's why my answer on this topic is the 4670K

who cares...

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Maybe he did, but I didn't ;)

oh, didn't really notice that... but my point still stands. but: AM3+ (or rather 990FX chipset) does feature more PCI-e lanes (unless I misread where-ever that was) and better storage options than Z68 and Z77. Z87 did get 6x 6Gb/s SATA, like 990FX has. 

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My phone has a quadcore. Is it good for gaming? -no. They individual cores have to be strong aswell, that's why my answer on this topic is the 4670K

 

Hahaha, i can't stop laughing now. :D Ultimate answer to this topic.

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oh, didn't really notice that... but my point still stands. but: AM3+ (or rather 990FX chipset) does feature more PCI-e lanes (unless I misread where-ever that was) and better storage options than Z68 and Z77. Z87 did get 6x 6Gb/s SATA, like 990FX has. 

 

Pcie 2.0 2x = Pcie 3.0 1x

 

8x + 8x Pcie 3.0 on haswell >>>>>>>>  8x + 8x Pcie 2.0 on AM3. Then you need 16x + 16x Pcie 2.0 on am3 to get same results and it's still a bit older standard.

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Pcie 2.0 2x = Pcie 3.0 1x

 

8x + 8x Pcie 3.0 on haswell >>>>>>>>  8x + 8x Pcie 2.0 on AM3. Then you need 16x + 16x Pcie 2.0 on am3 to get same results and it's still a bit older standard.

Hmmm.. I read somewhere on the forum that AMD has good PCI-e support. okay I guess. also, Ivy Bridge also has PCI-e gen. 3 

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Your gaming performance will suffer by approximately 50% in CPU-bound games.

 

Overclocked 8320 might hit anything from 4GHz to 5GHz, depends on how lucky you are. However you will need huge voltage increase.

 

And you will be drawing 3 times the wattage of Intel CPU after OCing, and still will be slower than stock clocked i5. We are talking about 200w and more vs 80w i5.

 

Consider this when picking CPU by price. unless you have energy for free and dont need to pay bills, you might actually save money by going with Intel (in the long run).

 

Also remember to count cost of a mobo for OCing FX processors. And the better PSU (unless you are buying good one anyway). And the cooling.

 

What mobo are you considering? Will you SLI/Crossfire in the future?

 

this guy is an even bigger fanboy than I am! You shouldn't do that sir, I am the professional fanboy here!

 

Anyway, on a more serious note, according to logan @ the tek syndicate, the 8350/8320 competes with the 3770k in crysis & far cry 3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIVGwj1_Qno

 

 

1) No, You'll be just fine.

 

2) I cant say, I don't have any experience with FX series (I'm buying an 8350 when I can though)

 

 

as for motherboard recommendations? I'd say the ECS A990FXM-A AM3+ @ $120

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Thanks for the input. Could you recommend me a AM3+ motherboard? 

990fx is the way to go, ideally for the bigger chips you want an 8+2 powerphase so gigabyte ud3, ud5, ud7, asus crosshair 5, are the main ones, msi are awesome too.

http://www.overclock.net/t/946407/amd-motherboards-vrm-info-database

check that out  and pick a board that has the colour scheme you like.

fwiw 990fx has 2x16 lanes, or x16, x8, x8 and in the case of the gigabyte ud7 x8, x8, x8, x8

that said if you wanna run dual gpu you want a single card or dual card and pcie 2.0 x8 wont be problem with bandwidth (check out linus video from ages ago) 

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My phone has a quadcore. Is it good for gaming? -no. They individual cores have to be strong aswell, that's why my answer on this topic is the 4670K

Except that is a terrible analogy, with most games the limiting factor is your gpu (I am an MMO player I am well aware there is situations whereby cpu can be the limiting factor but they aren't nearly as common and those that will care usually know about this anyway), your phone cores are like a push bike (They will eventually get the job done but it will take time), the 8320/8350 is like a family sedan (Will do the job just fine in a timely manner and has loading capacity) while the i5-4670k is like a 2 seat sports car (will do the task slightly faster at a slightly higher cost however has less loading capacity)... Then your gpu is like the speed limit thus making in 9/10 situations the difference between the sports car (i5) and the sedan (83xx) not worth noting.

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Except that is a terrible analogy, with most games the limiting factor is your gpu (I am an MMO player I am well aware there is situations whereby cpu can be the limiting factor but they aren't nearly as common and those that will care usually know about this anyway), your phone cores are like a push bike (They will eventually get the job done but it will take time), the 8320/8350 is like a family sedan (Will do the job just fine in a timely manner and has loading capacity) while the i5-4670k is like a 2 seat sports car (will do the task slightly faster at a slightly higher cost however has less loading capacity)... Then your gpu is like the speed limit thus making in 9/10 situations the difference between the sports car (i5) and the sedan (83xx) not worth noting.

 

Yepp, my analogy was intended to be shitty. :D

 

Your's though describes it pretty good actually. :D I personally think that 4 cores are enough for gaming ATM and as  long as those perform like a 2 seated sports car, i am happy.  :P

who cares...

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