Is the 8350 still a good buy?

[Zayzo]

The E3 Xeons work on H boards!? That's good to know, I thought you needed z97 at least.

Most consumer boards support all the xeon e3s

[iHardware Shelden]

Most consumer boards support all the xeon e3s

Wow that's awesome, looks like I'm putting Xeons in all my Intel builds now.

[Zayzo]

Wow that's awesome, looks like I'm putting Xeons in all my Intel builds now.

Its the poor mans i7. I like to use it in silent gaming builds. They stay very cool and use very little power while being an i7(technically).

[Lolucoca]

@Oberon.Smite I'd go for the i5 just because of it's socket (1150). It provides better upgrdeability, with the FX, you'd have to do a complete platform switch... 

[Oberon.Smite]

@Oberon.Smite I'd go for the i5 just because of it's socket (1150). It provides better upgrdeability, with the FX, you'd have to do a complete platform switch... 

Oh no, I'm not implying that he should get an FX. He should get a 1150/1151 i7 or Xeon.

[SlientNinja.cmd]

Xeon 1231v3 would be the best bet.

[FizzyFantom]

As most people have said above the FX isn't a bad option for productivity on a budget (depending on what you are coming from of course).

 

Where the FX chips don't look that good is their proposition as an investment. If you are investing enough money to get an FX8350 and OC it you can certainly afford a good Z97 board and a mid range i5. While this doesn't offer quite the same value as the FX immediately (for your productivity workload) it will be more readily upgradable. The CPU can be replaced with a great i7 and the board will support your future upgrades better with features like PCI-e 3.0 and native USB 3 on the chipset.

 

Ultimately it comes down to your monetary restrictions now and when you plan to upgrade the machine. If you plan to splash out on a much better build down the line on a new platform (like Intel extreme edition or Skylake or even Kaby/Cannonlake) then the FX might be able to "tide you over" until then, but for a machine you plan to keep on the same platform for a while, Intel is the way to go.

 

Best of luck with whatever you choose

[Hieb]

For video editing the FX-8350 is pretty solid. Though for gaming even a locked i5 would be a lot better.

[19_blackie_73]

Its the poor mans i7. I like to use it in silent gaming builds. They stay very cool and use very little power while being an i7(technically).

they are - the software of my gigabyte mobo says it is a i7-4770 in the variation xeon 1231

[Sauron]

Yes, if and only if you can't afford a xeon 1231 v3. I'd go for an 8320 instead of an 8350 btw, it's significantly cheaper and can be overclocked to 8350 levels without effort.

[as96]

The CPU itself it's not that bad for that purpose but there are better options at that price.

[Nena Trinity]

I think the best buy he can do is the FX-8370E cause it only uses 95W and can be run on cheaper motherboards like MSI 970A Krait Edition!

[i_build_nanosuits]

I do video editing and design along with photo manipulation along with some gaming. I need a CPU upgrade and I need multiple cores for cheap. The FX-8350 is becoming an old man. Is it still a good deal for the price or is it too old to consider?

If you don't game much and mostly use this as a workstation then yes it can be a good buy but i would recommend getting the FX-8320 or 8320E whichever is cheaper along with an hyper 212 EVO cooler and the cheapest 6 or 8 phase motherboard available to you...and then clock the CPU to 4.2/4.4ghz and call it a day.

Otherwise if you do mostly gaming and don't render that much an i5-4460 and a cheap H97 or B85 motherboard will run you about the same but will perform better in most applications outside of video rendering and editing, it's faster in most cases and consumes less than half the energy the overclocked FX will use...resulting in much lower heat output and noise...the core i5-4460 can be used under the stock heatsink for a while and when the fan will get loud get the better aircooler for it.

If you have some more budget the Xeon 1231V3 is an EXCELLENT CPU for your workload and is a direct drop in into those H or B series board...it has hyper-threading so core i7 performance in workstation applications and very impressive performance in games as well (better than the i5-4460 and/or FX-83XX overclocked across the board for not much more in most cases, can stream...render...anything well) it's also binned to be a very efficient CPU and will run under the boxed heatsink perfectly fine forever, many of these will run the advertised frequencies with less than 1.1v on the Vcore...it will last forever and is a very good performing chip.

If you're a serious gamer the AMD FX even with a strong overclock will limit your performance in many games if you pair it with a strong GPU such as an R9 290X/R9 390 or GTX 970 or better...in which case the i5-4460 perform better and more consistently across the board.