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Well, it's 2016 and am3+ is crap, so if you're not going to go Intel, then wait for Zen. Plus an 8350 is barely an improvement over an 8150.

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I'm not interested in building an Intel system for myself.  I know I need an upgrade to my rig though, and I'm wondering what the community thinks about my choices:

 

Do I buy an FX-8350 now and use my existing rig until it dies?

Do I wait, save money for now, and build a High-end Zen based rig later?

 

I'm thoroughly torn.

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And lastly :

 

Zen

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Well, it's 2016 and am3+ is crap, so if you're not going to go Intel, then wait for Zen. Plus an 8350 is barely an improvement over an 8150.

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I would wait. If you're deadset on AMD (which isn't the mindset I'd recommend to have), then Zen would be worth waiting for. So far, it looks like a big leap from the AM3+ socket. Just how far, we don't know.

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8350 is like 4 years old. So yes, Zen all the way

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Don't understand the reasoning against Intel, but Zen, 8350's are shit.

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Wait for Zen if you don't want Intel. Looks pretty promising from what I have seen up till now. But it would need some real user benchmarks to see if Zen lives up to the expectations (I really hope it will). If it doesn't, then go with Intel. 

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9 minutes ago, SherifsDog22 said:

Don't understand the reasoning against Intel, but Zen, 8350's are shit.

I support underdogs, and AMD's pricing on high end CPUs is usually more in my range.

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1 minute ago, Arma_Sektos said:

I support underdogs, and AMD's pricing on high end CPUs is usually more in my range.

Except for the fact that you can get a better performing i5 build for around the same cost as an FX8 build. And supporting the underdog does nothing but hurt yourself if they don't offer a competitive product.

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Just now, djdwosk97 said:

Except for the fact that you can get a better performing i5 build for around the same cost as an FX8 build. And supporting the underdog does nothing but hurt yourself if they don't offer a competitive product.

Supporting a longstanding underdog like AMD is about the long game though, and I've always taken that stance; I think in terms of decades, not quarters or fiscal years.  I'm more worried about their sustainability as a company.  The more people that jump ship, the less likely they'll be around at some time in the future, and Intel has no other competitors in this space; at this point it's about keeping the industry competitive as well, which means AMD needs all the support they can muster.  I have faith that they can develop chips to rival Intel's offerings, but they won't if the market demand isn't there.  What can I, as one person do about all of this?  Not much, but that won't stop me.  I respect people that have differing views, I just ask for that same consideration.

 

As for building better price to performance Intel rigs?  I get that, because I also build PCs professionally; I build what my customers want, and most just want performance now.  The common user doesn't think about the computing industry like I do.  I've... had to come to terms with that.  As long as I can do what I need to with the rigs I build for myself, I'm okay not having that better performance (for the reasoning stated above).

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I too understand and appreciate the underdog stance, when me and my friends were building our rigs in 2014, they all chose AMD but I couldn't because there weren't any good MATX boards since I needed a smaller rig. I rock their GPUs though because they age like fine wine and I don't have the cash to upgrade every year or two.

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Zen hands down.  I just switched from a 8350 to a i7 6700k.  The 8350 was having issues and I could feel it was dated with daily tasks.  I really hope zen brings something to the table because I was a huge amd fan when the 8350 was first released and I have now completely switched to intel and NVidia. 

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Okay then.  The general consensus is to wait for Zen, and I can't say I'm disappointed.  Thanks for the input guys! 

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On August 26, 2016 at 10:28 AM, Arma_Sektos said:

I support underdogs, and AMD's pricing on high end CPUs is usually more in my range.

Lol AMD doesn't make high end CPUs

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Lol I just bought a $300 laptop with the a10 9600p basically just for college I admit I'm an amd guy and maybe a little biased but pumped for zen I just couldn't wait another year for their raven ridge apus obviously different circumstances though I'd definitely wait for zen supposed to be next month I believe

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