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Hi,

 

I am going to be building my first PC this summer and I am in the process of picking the parts and I was wondering if there is really any noticeable difference between these two processors or whether I should just go for the slightly cheaper FX-8350?

 

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Hi,

 

I am going to be building my first PC this summer and I am in the process of picking the parts and I was wondering if there is really any noticeable difference between these two processors or whether I should just go for the slightly cheaper FX-8350?

 

Thanks,

British_Monarchy

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If you have the AM3+ motherboard already, I would get the 8350 because the 8520 is like an overclocked version out of the box. If you don't have the motherboard, I would get a cheap h81 with an i5 4440. Which will be on par with the 8350 but cheaper. 

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locked i5 and cheap mobo for gaming

 

But if you absolutely have to, personally I would prefer the FX 8320 to the 8350 and invest in overclock it further down the line.

 

You need a good mobo though.

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I have an i5-4440 and an H81. Trust me you will thank yourself for spending the money.

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If you have the AM3+ motherboard already, I would get the 8350 because the 8520 is like an overclocked version out of the box. If you don't have the motherboard, I would get a cheap h81 with an i5 4440. Which will be on par with the 8350 but cheaper. 

*I would get the FX 8320 because the 8350 is like an OC version*

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An i5-4440 would be a much better choice.

 

That is a little above my price range, I need to really get it under £800 with peripherals as this will be my first build so I am looking to AMD to be my saviour.

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FX-8320E is cheaper than both and has an improved stepping. You can always overclock to FX-8350 frequencies easily out of the box.

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*I would get the FX 8320 because the 8350 is like an OC version*

shhhh he said 8520 and 8350 not 8320 and 8350. 

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lol it doesn't exist tho

Oh, my mistake. I'm sorry for being misleading. 

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That is a little above my price range, I need to really get it under £800 with peripherals as this will be my first build so I am looking to AMD to be my saviour.

Including an OS, Monitor, Keyboard/mouse ? yes.

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That is a little above my price range, I need to really get it under £800 with peripherals as this will be my first build so I am looking to AMD to be my saviour.

AMD will not be your savior with CPU's :P

What motherboard do you have chosen with the i5 and how is it over budget?

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Sorry, too many numbers swilling around my head, I meant the 8350 (£102.49) or the 8320 (£109.00)

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dont want to break your boat, but may I ask why AMD? what do you plan doing with that computer? gaming? streaming? autocading? photoshop? 

 

in any case, i'd recommend intel. being on an AMD myself, I regret not going for the Intel chipset LGA 1150 CPUs. they offer better performance per core.

 

if you're on a budget, with a good Z97 mobo, you can simply upgrade your CPU. you can start low with a dual-core Pentium G3258 and overclock it with an aftermarket cooler. 

 

then upgrade it to an i5 or i7.

 

Am3+ is kinda dead.

may your framerates be high and your temperatures be low. #pcmr

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Including an OS, Monitor, Keyboard/mouse ? yes.

Yeah, so in reality it is more of a £600 build

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That is a little above my price range, I need to really get it under £800 with peripherals as this will be my first build so I am looking to AMD to be my saviour.

Something along those lines? should leave enough room for peripherals:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.94 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£60.34 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£51.38 @ CCL Computers)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.79 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£258.99 @ Amazon UK)

Case: Cooler Master K380 ATX Mid Tower Case (£23.99 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£47.99 @ More Computers)

Total: £628.42

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-31 20:30 BST+0100

This play games better than anything AMD has on the market today.

| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  |  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  |  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 2 VR

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dont want to break your boat, but may I ask why AMD? what do you plan doing with that computer? gaming? streaming? autocading? photoshop? 

 

in any case, i'd recommend intel. being on an AMD myself, I regret not going for the Intel chipset LGA 1150 CPUs. they offer better performance per core.

 

if you're on a budget, with a good Z97 mobo, you can simply upgrade your CPU. you can start low with a dual-core Pentium G3258 and overclock it with an aftermarket cooler. 

 

then upgrade it to an i5 or i7.

 

Am3+ is kinda dead.

Mainly gaming but also mechanics modeling for university. Would and i3 work as well as the Pentium as I don't want ot ruin the overclocking on my first build

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Mainly gaming but also mechanics modeling for university. Would and i3 work as well as the Pentium as I don't want ot ruin the overclocking on my first build

the Core i3 is much better than a pentium G3258...but my post above ^^ is worth saving or begging for.

| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  |  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  |  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 2 VR

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You could shave an extra 30$ going with this as well...same performance...single 8GB stick so you can still upgrade to 16GB if needed in the future, motherboard is cheaper with less connectivity though, i would build the H97 if possible but this would work just as well:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.99 @ Ebuyer)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£33.72 @ CCL Computers)

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£47.99 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.79 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£258.99 @ Amazon UK)

Case: Cooler Master K380 ATX Mid Tower Case (£23.99 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£47.99 @ More Computers)

Total: £598.46

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-31 20:33 BST+0100

| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  |  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  |  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 2 VR

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