At a loss; the Same Price for H97+I5 4590 and MSI-970+FX-8350

[ss4rafi1]

Guys, I am from india and the prices of imported stuff could get rather absurd around here - espeacily if you dont live in the big cities. In my area  Gigabyte H97+I5 4590 costs 330$ and MSI-970+FX-8350 costs 347$. I primarily game on my system so which would be the better of the two builds. My psu is 500w corsair and gpu is gtx670 so that shouldnt be a problem. Btw, I am upgrading from a 2nd gen I3.

[JoaoPRSousa]

Intel. But get a 4460 instead.

[the jolly roger]

Guys, I am from india and the prices of imported stuff could get rather absurd around here - espeacily if you dont live in the big cities. In my area  Gigabyte H97+I5 4590 costs 330$ and MSI-970+FX-8350 costs 347$. I primarily game on my system so which would be the better of the two builds. My psu is 500w corsair and gpu is gtx670 so that shouldnt be a problem. Btw, I am upgrading from a 2nd gen I3.

get the h97+i5

[flibberdipper]

Go with the Intel combo, and keep the 4690.

[david cassar]

Easily the i5. The i5 straight out beats the 8350 in basically 99% of games and offers a much better gaming experience. Also it costs less and gives you more performance. absolute no brainer here

[ss4rafi1]

Thanks guys for your quick answers. The thing that even got me to consider the Fx(I have been using intel since 1995) was this benchmark

of it on youtube beating 3rd gen I7s in gaming. 

[ss4rafi1]

Intel. But get a 4460 instead.

4590 is 200$ and 4460 is 188$ here. And for some reason 4570 is 215$! I dont think the guys at the store understand what they are selling. Might have drove 500km to a big city but that would cost me even more. Sometimes I wish things were more reasonably priced here.

[Xaring]

Thanks guys for your quick answers. The thing that even got me to consider the Fx(I have been using intel since 1995) was this benchmark

of it on youtube beating 3rd gen I7s in gaming. 

That is for a "last gen" i5 and in a multithreaded app, he said they the 8350 bets it if you are gonna stream, but alone in gaming, i5 beats it (even more with the new ones).

[Sintezza]

Grab the i5 for gaming.

Its simply a better allrounder for gaming.

 

And i say this as a FX8350 user.

 

@Xaring is right about Logans video.

This is an older video about gaming + streaming with Xplit.

Not pure gaming.

[kameshss]

Definitely go with Intel bundle.

[TravisTea]

I had a similar dilemma. I just ordered an Asrock H97m Anniversary and i5 4460. For the money, seems like a great combo. You should look into the intel combo, especially for gaming.

[xsadrulesx]

i've used both the 8350 (8320 @ 4.5ghz) right now i have the i5 (4690k @ 4.5ghz) the i5 bitch slaps the 8350/20 no competition. in almost every game i played the minimum frames were significantly lower on the 8 core. i can't really speak for those youtube benchmarks but for a strictly gamer the i5 is the only way to go.

[WaitForMeImOnDialUp]

i've used both the 8350 (8320 @ 4.5ghz) right now i have the i5 (4690k @ 4.5ghz) the i5 bitch slaps the 8350/20 no competition. in almost every game i played the minimum frames were significantly lower on the 8 core. i can't really speak for those youtube benchmarks but for a strictly gamer the i5 is the only way to go.

in most games they perform about the same.  in the couple games that fx doesnt do good in, the i5 gets much better fps.

 

[harrynowl]

As you can get an i5 solution; get that.

[xsadrulesx]

in most games they perform about the same.  in the couple games that fx doesnt do good in, the i5 gets much better fps.

 

 

i've seen those benchmarks. that's what convinced me to get the 8 core. however once i put my 8 core to the test i wasn't very satisfied with the smoothness of the gameplay. i think this might have been due to a bigger fluctuation in fps. like i said once i was able to compare it to my i5 the minimum fps on the 8 core was much lower. With my i5 the gameplay is soooo smooth.

 

Also it ran hotter and the heat threshold is significantly lower to the i5 as well. my fans were going loud as hell so i could try to keep the thing just under 70 C while gaming. As opposed to my i5 which i have the fans running whisper quiet and can it runs at low 70s while gaming which is perfectly fine for that cpu. That's with both of them OC'd at 4.5ghz btw @ stock the fans weren't going so loud on the 8 core.

 

i'm just putting in my 2 cents, everyone is free to buy what they want. i just don't want any gamers to make the same mistake i made. if you're going to be doing a lot of rendering and stuff though the 8 core definitely starts becoming a more viable option. It's hard to beat it at that price range. However i only use my pc for gaming.

[zappian]

Dont listen to tek syndicate OP.

[WaitForMeImOnDialUp]

i've seen those benchmarks. that's what convinced me to get the 8 core. however once i put my 8 core to the test i wasn't very satisfied with the smoothness of the gameplay. i think this might have been due to a bigger fluctuation in fps. like i said once i was able to compare it to my i5 the minimum fps on the 8 core was much lower. With my i5 the gameplay is soooo smooth.

 

Also it ran hotter and the heat threshold is significantly lower to the i5 as well. my fans were going loud as hell so i could try to keep the thing just under 70 C while gaming. As opposed to my i5 which i have the fans running whisper quiet and can it runs at low 70s while gaming which is perfectly fine for that cpu. That's with both of them OC'd at 4.5ghz btw @ stock the fans weren't going so loud on the 8 core.

 

i'm just putting in my 2 cents, everyone is free to buy what they want. i just don't want any gamers to make the same mistake i made. if you're going to be doing a lot of rendering and stuff though the 8 core definitely starts becoming a more viable option. It's hard to beat it at that price range. However i only use my pc for gaming.

the whole "mininum" framerate issue was pretty much solved with omega drivers for people who used amd gpus. when i was @4.5ghz or higher i no longer had framerate drops before omega. no doubt the i5 is the better choice. but from my personal experience the 8350 was a beast in most games i play and even handled dual 280x's very well.

 

i do admit it has its weaknesses and isnt the best choice which is why i moved to 4770k (that and the 4770k was a deal no one could refuse )