AMD FX-8350

[khlzcrs]

what is the best video card and power supply wattage for this processor? need answer ASAP

[Atmos]

Best video card, when a game is poorly optimized for a multicore cpus.

• R9 270X / GTX 760/950

 

Best video card, when a game is standardly optimized for a multicore cpus.

• R9 380/280X  /  GTX 770/960

 

Best Video card when a game is well optimized for a multicore cpu.

• R9 390/290X  /  GTX 780/970

 

As far as powersupplies go, it varies around the gpu mainly. Perhaps if you have a 390 or 970, and an 8350 then you'd want to have at least a 600W psu, where as with an intel xeon 1231v3 or 4690K, you might be able to get away with a 550W psu. Preferably though, get more wattage than you need. I always rec. at least a 650W psu, even for fairly efficient rigs.

 

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[VioDuskar]

that's not how it works.

[Guest]

GPU: R9 380 http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-DL-DVI-I-DL-DVI-D-Graphics-11242-07-20G/dp/B00ZGL8D5M/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1443512679&sr=1-1&keywords=r9+380

PSU: XFX 650W TS http://www.amazon.com/XFX-650W-FULL-WIRED-BRONZE/dp/B0045L5LGI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1443512644&sr=8-1&keywords=xfx+650w

[khlzcrs]

thanks for the answers \m/ 

 

Best video card, when a game is poorly optimized for a multicore cpus.

• R9 270X / GTX 760/950

 

Best video card, when a game is standardly optimized for a multicore cpus.

• R9 380/280X  /  GTX 770/960

 

Best Video card when a game is well optimized for a multicore cpu.

• R9 390/290X  /  GTX 780/970

 

As far as powersupplies go, it varies around the gpu mainly. Perhaps if you have a 390 or 970, and an 8350 then you'd want to have at least a 600W psu, where as with an intel xeon 1231v3 or 4690K, you might be able to get away with a 550W psu. Preferably though, get more wattage than you need. I always rec. at least a 650W psu, even for fairly efficient rigs.

 

Also make sure to follow your topics to get notification. @khlzcrs

thanks. Atmos. is AMD FX-8350 worth it? I'm planning to build it for gaming and for multimedia works.

[Guest]

thanks for the answers \m/ 

 

thanks. Atmos. is AMD FX-8350 worth it? I'm planning to build it for gaming and for multimedia works.

An i5 will perform better in games as it has better single core performance.

[Atmos]

thanks for the answers \m/ 

 

thanks. Atmos. is AMD FX-8350 worth it? I'm planning to build it for gaming and for multimedia works.

 

An 8350 today, only excels in server grade workloads unfortunately. And games just aren't transitioning to a solid multicore workloads quickly enough to justify buying an 8 core cpu.

For the same price, you can get a cheap i5, which will give you about 20-35% better fps in games, and about the same performance rendering images or running programs. You can also aim for a Xeon E3 1231v3, which yes, can still game just as well as any other cpu, but is basically an i7 for the price of an i5, and will stomp the 8350 in every scenario.

[Kilerbomb]

thanks for the answers \m/

thanks. Atmos. is AMD FX-8350 worth it? I'm planning to build it for gaming and for multimedia works.

Coming from experience: No, it's not worth it. While it may perform similarly to an i5 for single player games, multiplayer is a whole different world. In games like BF3/4 multiplayer the 8350 will bottleneck faster cards. (Used to have an 8320, which is almost identical to the 8350, with my 780ti, fps nearly doubled in BF3 after I upgraded to my current processor)

[khlzcrs]

An 8350 today, only excels in server grade workloads unfortunately. And games just aren't transitioning to a solid multicore workloads quickly enough to justify buying an 8 core cpu.

For the same price, you can get a cheap i5, which will give you about 20-35% better fps in games, and about the same performance rendering images or running programs. You can also aim for a Xeon E3 1231v3, which yes, can still game just as well as any other cpu, but is basically an i7 for the price of an i5, and will stomp the 8350 in every scenario.

i'm thinking about that too x) i'm an intel guy but i have no budget for now. just for a temporary PC i will go to amd x) but i'm thinking just to save money and buy an intel build (skylake) can you build me $1000 skylake build please? don't include liquid cooler and case. im gonna work for it thanks in advance atmos.

[Atmos]

i'm thinking about that too x) i'm an intel guy but i have no budget for now. just for a temporary PC i will go to amd x) but i'm thinking just to save money and buy an intel build (skylake) can you build me $1000 skylake build please? don't include liquid cooler and case. im gonna work for it thanks in advance atmos.

 

The price is going to fluctuate, but for about 1000$ usd, you could aim for this. Think of this as less a "Buy this exact item, from this exact site" and more of a "This is a good setup, if you can try to find these items for similar prices"

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CgQtD3

 

Optionally, since the prices on amd cards if im not mistaken have higher import taxes in the PH, then you can swap it for a GTX 970, you'll lose a bit of performance, but it will be about 75usd cheaper.

[khlzcrs]

The price is going to fluctuate, but for about 1000$ usd, you could aim for this. Think of this as less a "Buy this exact item, from this exact site" and more of a "This is a good setup, if you can try to find these items for similar prices"

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CgQtD3

 

Optionally, since the prices on amd cards if im not mistaken have higher import taxes in the PH, then you can swap it for a GTX 970, you'll lose a bit of performance, but it will be about 75usd cheaper.

thanks bro. 

[AfroZenPizza]

The 8350 is outdated.
If you're planning to overclock, you can outrun an 8350 is all areas at it's stock clocks using a i5-4690k. That isn't really fair though, so perhaps I should level the playing field and state that you're going to get about the same level of multicore performance out of both systems with their average air based overclocks , but Intel is delivering that performance in a way that you're going to benefit from it more frequently. This gap only slightly widens with a 6600k.
I'm really not trying to give you a hard time over wanting an AMD, or considering going with it while you save for another system, but it's not a really sound investment at this time. Maybe just hold off until you can afford your Skylake system, or invest in a Devil's Canyon for the time being. Intel tends to hold it's value better, so if you're planning to sell this build when you have money for Skylake it might be the way to go.

That's just my take on it though.

 

Edit: I meant to include this from the start. There is no way to answer your question about what the best GPU and power supply would be without knowing what you intend to play. In well-optimized modern games there is very little CPU dependency, which means you're not likely to see a difference between AMD and Intel. In older games, or ones that are based on programming methods that were used before the paradigm shift from CPU performance dominance to GPU, you're going to have a very pronounced difference favoring Intel. This is also going to be the case in most online/multiplayer games as it is very difficult to move away from a linear process, and the more unknowns, the less you can do to distribute an expected future for performance gains..