FX9370 or FX 8320

[Chimras]

Just want a quick answer

[Demonking]

i5 4460.

[79wjd]

If it has to be on AM3+ (because you already own a high end AM3+ board), then FX8320, they're basically the same cpu, so the cheaper one is the better one. 

[derick90]

9370 Is a waste of $, all it is is an OC 8350. 

[Chimras]

6 hours ago, Demonking said:

i5 4460.

Now i dont have a motherboard compatible for the i5 4460 nor do i want to spend money for a new mother and a new processor

 

[Enderman]

if you can afford a 9370 then you can afford to use intel instead of AMD

[79wjd]

2 minutes ago, Chimras said:

Now i dont have a motherboard compatible for the i5 4460 nor do i want to spend money for a new mother and a new processor

 

What motherboard do you have now? Can your motherboard even properly handle an FX8320? 

[BrinkGG]

3 minutes ago, Chimras said:

Just want a quick answer

Just get the 8320 and a cooler. Or better yet, an 8350 and something like an H55 so you can get a decent overclock on it. 

[Demonking]

2 minutes ago, Chimras said:

Now i dont have a motherboard compatible for the i5 4460 nor do i want to spend money for a new mother and a new processor

 

Then you should've said that in your original post.

[BrinkGG]

Just now, Demonking said:

Then you should've said that in your original post.

He did. The 4460 wasn't an option. He said 9370 or 8320. 

[KemoKa]

Sell your motherboard, get an i3-6100 and a B150 motherboard and be done with it. Don't buy 200W parts on a whim. AMD 8-cores are bad choices for almost anything except running VMs on the cheap.

[Chimras]

7 hours ago, Brink2Three said:

Just get the 8320 and a cooler. Or better yet, an 8350 and something like an H55 so you can get a decent overclock on it. 

Right now i have the H110i GT, i guess its also a good water cooler for overclocking and for the 8350

[Chimras]

7 hours ago, Enderman said:

if you can afford a 9370 then you can afford to use intel instead of AMD

 

7 hours ago, KemoKa said:

Sell your motherboard, get an i3-6100 and a B150 motherboard and be done with it. Don't buy 200W parts on a whim. AMD 8-cores are bad choices for almost anything except running VMs on the cheap.

Nor am i looking for the best high end gaming PC, im just looking for a good CPU that i can use for a long while and replace my AMD II X4 Phenom 965

[KemoKa]

5 minutes ago, Chimras said:

 

Nor am i looking for the best high end gaming PC, im just looking for a good CPU that i can use for a long while and replace my AMD II X4 Phenom 965

That just strengthens my point. For normal consumer tasks, i3s dash AMD's flagship CPU to pieces. Single threads will be so much faster, not to mention upgrade paths - you will actually have an upgrade path.

Speaking of which - you're on a Phenom II x4 - those work on AM3 motherboards, you need an AM3+ board, ideally with a 990FX chipset for the FX 8-core CPUs to actually work, so you may as well just go to Intel. Or wait for Zen. Which could be amazing, or could not be, it remains yet to be seen. But I can tell you from personal experience that i3s are wicked fast and damn, do they keep cool.

[BrinkGG]

8 minutes ago, Chimras said:

Right now i have the H110i GT, i guess its also a good water cooler for overclocking and for the 8350

Yep! Go for the 8350 and put that on there. Use this as reference for what your overclock should be:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-J6zv8iuJggx4mSFYLqqCdlkJ8u6a2utA4JyeBSYbmI/edit#gid=0

Just look for the other people using FX 8350

[ADZ_123_!"£]

5 minutes ago, Chimras said:

 

Nor am i looking for the best high end gaming PC, im just looking for a good CPU that i can use for a long while and replace my AMD II X4 Phenom 965

So you don't have a compatible mobo then.

 

Get an I5 4690 and a H97 mobo or a I3 6100

[BrinkGG]

1 minute ago, KemoKa said:

That just strengthens my point. For normal consumer tasks, i3s dash AMD's flagship CPU to pieces. Single threads will be so much faster, not to mention upgrade paths - you will actually have an upgrade path.

Speaking of which - you're on a Phenom II x4 - those work on AM3 motherboards, you need an AM3+ board, ideally with a 990FX chipset for the FX 8-core CPUs to actually work, so you may as well just go to Intel. Or wait for Zen. Which could be amazing, or could not be, it remains yet to be seen. But I can tell you from personal experience that i3s are wicked fast and damn, do they keep cool.

There are boards that are AM3/AM3+ that support both generations. 

[KemoKa]

2 minutes ago, Brink2Three said:

There are boards that are AM3/AM3+ that support both generations. 

And has OP specifically mentioned precisely what board he has? In any case, I'll take that with a massive grain of salt seeing as even 970 chipset boards have had compatibility issues with the 8-cores. Plus, the VRMs have to be large enough to handle the 800lb gorilla that is a 28nm 8-core.

[ADZ_123_!"£]

1 minute ago, Brink2Three said:

There are boards that are AM3/AM3+ that support both generations. 

Presuming he has a AM3 mobo then he can't use the 8320 or 9370 in it:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1646855/am3-cpu-am3-socket.html

[aisle9]

The 9370 makes your PC into one of the best convection ovens on the market.

[Demonking]

3 hours ago, Brink2Three said:

He did. The 4460 wasn't an option. He said 9370 or 8320. 

& That's not enough. He should've said i don't want to which to a new motherboard to avoid intel suggestion. We need more details. Budget, and what i said above should've been in the box below the title.

[HelplmChoking]

8320 is great, I've been running mine for a while now and its really good for rendering etc, on account of the core count. Don't listen to the people bashing the FX CPUs, they're great if you need lots of cores very cheaply.

[Demonking]

3 minutes ago, Rangaman42 said:

8320 is great, I've been running mine for a while now and its really good for rendering etc, on account of the core count. Don't listen to the people bashing the FX CPUs, they're great if you need lots of cores very cheaply.

Tell that to Ark, Dayz, arma 2/3 players & simulator players, and other games that are CPU bound like GTA5.

[HelplmChoking]

Just now, Demonking said:

Tell that to Ark, Dayz, arma 2/3 players & simulator players, and other games that are CPU bound like GTA5.

What if you like to do more than just game though? What if you need to get work done, what if you want to do more than one thing at a time? If he's already got an AMD board, may as well stick with it?

[79wjd]

17 minutes ago, Rangaman42 said:

What if you like to do more than just game though? What if you need to get work done, what if you want to do more than one thing at a time? If he's already got an AMD board, may as well stick with it?

If the board he has is capable of running an FX8, then an fx8 may be the better choice, but he still hasn't said what board he has and an fx8 isn't something that can just run on any board. 

 

Also an i5 will do pretty much everything better other than rendering and virtualization.