Really tight budget CPU

[TYCriswell2]

I am wanting a new build, and on a limited budget around 700-800$, but I am planning to get the computer parts Black Friday so they will be cheaper. I am looking at a 

AMD FD8350FRHKBOX FX-8350 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition Processor

 right now. I code and game a lot. I also multi task. I am on a limit of 150$.

[c_marriott]

If you're lucky you maybe able to get an i5

[OnekillWalter]

do you have a preference between AMD and Intel? do you overclock?

 

be aware that AMD FX series is build with half physcal cores, and half logical cores. meaning the fx- 8350 is an 8 core cpu but only 4 physical and 4 logical. Would you like to know more?

 

I suggest an i5-4460. its a 4 core cpu. but its 4 true cores. as per what I read in the past, Intel cores are stronger than AMD.

[TYCriswell2]

do you have a preference between AMD and Intel? do you overclock?

 

be aware that AMD FX series is build with half physcal cores, and half logical cores. meaning the fx- 8350 is an 8 core cpu but only 4 physical and 4 logical. Would you like to know more?

 

I suggest an i5-4460. its a 4 core cpu. but its 4 true cores. as per what I read in the past, Intel cores are stronger than AMD.

I do not care which company it is but I want to over clock it a little bit

[FruitBasketSilex]

be aware that AMD FX series is build with half physcal cores, and half logical cores. meaning the fx- 8350 is an 8 core cpu but only 4 physical and 4 logical.

No.

An AMD fx-8350 is a true(ish) (eh, sort of, not really) 8 core CPU. It has 4 modules, or little buddy groups, of cores, but each of those cores has most of its own stuff, but shares things like the FPU, and therefore, one core ends up waiting on the other. It has 8 physical cores, but they're buddied up, which ends up really gimping it sometimes. An 8350 is NOT hyperthreaded. It's an 8c 8t CPU.

An i5-4460 is a 4c 4t CPU, without the gimping of the FX series, (FX series is the only gimped series, unless you count the opterons from which the FX originate) as each core has its own supplies with which to execute instructions.

[OnekillWalter]

I do not care which company it is but I want to over clock it a little bit

if you can strech your budget to get a good Z97 LGA1150 motherboard with a i5-4690k and a simple CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Evo. or a 990X mobo, fx-8350 and an hyper 212 evo. the AMD setup is great too, dont under estimate it, but Intel is known to perform better per core.

[OnekillWalter]

No.

An AMD fx-8350 is a true(ish) (eh, sort of, not really) 8 core CPU. It has 4 modules, or little buddy groups, of cores, but each of those cores has most of its own stuff, but shares things like the FPU, and therefore, one core ends up waiting on the other. It has 8 physical cores, but they're buddied up, which ends up really gimping it sometimes. An 8350 is NOT hyperthreaded. It's an 8c 8t CPU.

An i5-4460 is a 4c 4t CPU, without the gimping of the FX series, (FX series is the only gimped series, unless you count the opterons from which the FX originate) as each core has its own supplies with which to execute instructions.

thank you for the clarifications. ^^

[FruitBasketSilex]

thank you for the clarifications. ^^

No problem, bud. just here to help.

Additionally, hyperthreading is basically doubling the pipelines to the actual cores. If you imagine each core as a pacman, and each thread as a feeding tube, then hyperthreading doubles the amount of feeding tubes per pacman, or core, and allows it to have more data to crunch, even if it doesn't end up doing all of that in a given cycle. That's why hyperthreading doesn't double performance, it gives about 30%ish.

[riklaunim]

Look on ebay for Ivy Bridge - I have i5-3570T and according to cpuboss it's the same generic performance as most of those AMD 8-cores at a fraction of TDP. There may be also i7-3770 (or even K) at higher prices. Motherboards can be very cheap, just check if they are still alive (if you want official Win 10 support). Some other Ivy Bridge i5 may be also available at low price, especially if they were in pre-made corporate PCs.