AMD or Intel?

[TheDigitalRealm]

Right, I have the opportunity to get a Crosshair V formula-z and an FX 8350 for £250, or an Intel i7 4770k and a GD65 Gaming for £330. I really like the Crosshair motherboard. I know an FX-8350 is fine for gaming now...what I'm worried about is performance in 1 or 2 years time. I don't plan on upgrading my cpu for a while...and I'm not sure whether the board having PCIe 2.0 will be much of an issue. 

The 4770k is a faster processor, but the GD65 Gaming is a lower-end motherboard than the Crosshair. 

Am I better off getting the 4770k and GD65 for £330, or getting the FX-8350 and Crosshair V Formula-Z and putting more money into other area's of my build (monitor, GPU, mechanical keyboard.) I'm happy with the performance both will offer now. 

I was told with the next gen consoles being 8 core, pc games may become more optimized for 4+ cores and will take advantage of the FX-8350's 8 cores more.

 

[crunzaty]

Right, I have the opportunity to get a Crosshair V formula-z and an FX 8350 for £250, or an Intel i7 4770k and a GD65 Gaming for £330. I really like the Crosshair motherboard. I know an FX-8350 is fine for gaming now...what I'm worried about is performance in 1 or 2 years time. I don't plan on upgrading my cpu for a while...and I'm not sure whether the board having PCIe 2.0 will be much of an issue. 

The 4770k is a faster processor, but the GD65 Gaming is a lower-end motherboard than the Crosshair. 

Am I better off getting the 4770k and GD65 for £330, or getting the FX-8350 and Crosshair V Formula-Z and putting more money into other area's of my build (monitor, GPU, mechanical keyboard.) I'm happy with the performance both will offer now. 

I was told with the next gen consoles being 8 core, pc games may become more optimized for 4+ cores and will take advantage of the FX-8350's 8 cores more.

 

I would go intel on any gaming build. 

 

When it comes to the cores on the consoles, you have to remember they are not as highly clocked as a PC and they never will.

8 cores isn't really necessary unless you're rendering videos and editing videos and pictures^^

[TechSage]

Intel definitely,4770k will last you a while, and the FX 8350 isn't really 8 cores, every 2 cores are actually 1 1/2 cores  

[Bleedman0xx]

A GD65 Gaming isn't really considered a lower-end motherboard. And don't forget that the 4770k is hyper-threaded. In 1 to 2 years, you're still going to have great performance.

[extremescouter]

I would definitely go for the 4770k, and the gd65 is a great gaming motherboard. 

[s3ns3]

the 4770k is hyper-threaded. In 1 to 2 years, you're still going to have great performance.

3,4 even 5

[brownninja97]

AMD for only gaming and intel for gaming and editing at the same time. There is a high chance that AMD will be a lot better for gaming soon haswell.

[TheDigitalRealm]

I would definitely go for the 4770k, and the gd65 is a great gaming motherboard. 

Okay, thanks. Really want a red themed build, and the GD65 Gaming seems to have just as good if not better features than the slightly higher priced Asus Maximus VI Hero.

[Elite14]

hi im trying to decide what CPU to get, a AMD Phenom II X4 3.4ghz, or a Intel i3 Dual-core 3.4ghz which should i get?