i7 2600 vs FX-8350

[CliffTerios]

Heyo, 

 

so my brother doesn't need his old rig anymore and offered it to me. I've been wondering if it's worth swapping some of my components for his. 

 

I am wondering if it'd be worth the hassle replacing the motherboards and my FX-8350 on 4.4 GHz with his i7 2600. I'd be pairing it with my current GTX 780 Ti and 16 GB of DDR3 1600 MHz RAM in dual channel. 

 

My FX chip gets really hot on the OC and the poor airflow of my case isn't helpful either. I'm doing a lot of gaming but also content creation so I'm wondering if I'd see any benefit in terms of raw FPS ingame but also video editing and CPU based rendering of videos, as also of course streaming or recording with CPU heavy software such as Dxtory. It is worth noting that in Tripple A titles, even on the OC, my FX can't record using Dxtory without a massive hit on performance. Shadowplay is alright but I would like to go back to Dxtory.

 

I know a thing or two about AMD chips but never worked with an intel so I have no idea if it'd be worth it. Any experience?

[Andrew Sh]

5 minutes ago, CliffTerios said:

Heyo, 

 

so my brother doesn't need his old rig anymore and offered it to me. I've been wondering if it's worth swapping some of my components for his. 

 

I am wondering if it'd be worth the hassle replacing the motherboards and my FX-8350 on 4.4 GHz with his i7 2600. I'd be pairing it with my current GTX 780 Ti and 16 GB of DDR3 1600 MHz RAM in dual channel. 

 

My FX chip gets really hot on the OC and the poor airflow of my case isn't helpful either. I'm doing a lot of gaming but also content creation so I'm wondering if I'd see any benefit in terms of raw FPS ingame but also video editing and CPU based rendering of videos, as also of course streaming or recording with CPU heavy software such as Dxtory. It is worth noting that in Tripple A titles, even on the OC, my FX can't record using Dxtory without a massive hit on performance. Shadowplay is alright but I would like to go back to Dxtory.

 

I know a thing or two about AMD chips but never worked with an intel so I have no idea if it'd be worth it. Any experience?

Yep the FX 8350 is a hungry hot mess. 
Get rid of it for the i7 2600, it's still a beast.

 

Intel has always been better for gaming also so won't regret the change.
You'd likely only see gaming benefits in games where CPU is a bottleneck (like that racing game DIRT for example)

I'd recommend checking for FX 8350 vs i5 6600k reviews. They'd probably be similar enough on performance.

[vorticalbox]

The i7 2600 has slightly lower multi-threaded performance than the 8350 but has higher single threaded. So from your post I would say no however, the i7 would be cooler and use less power for only a little drop in multi-threaded applications.

[paprikman]

Just get it, it's good.

I hope, he's not asking any money for this thing.

[CliffTerios]

Just now, paprikman said:

Just get it, it's good.

I hope, he's not asking any money for this thing.

Ha, nah. It's just sitting in the corner unused since a while so he said I can have it. 

[paprikman]

Just now, CliffTerios said:

Ha, nah. It's just sitting in the corner unused since a while so he said I can have it. 

Then don't waste any time and start swapping right now. 2600 is still a nice cpu and can rock some balls. Especially with 780 ti.

[Waqas409]

grab the i7 2600 before he changes his mind and sell it on ebay  

[don_svetlio]

FX 8350 actually outperforms it by a bit.... people seem to be forgetting that the 2600 is not a K chip and thus is locked at 3GHz or so. 8350 at 4GHz is a better solution

[LeStringMan]

For gaming the 2600 will be faster (though you probably wont see a huge difference with a 780 ti.), the 8350 will be better for your rendering and content creation.

[AresKrieger]

6 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

FX 8350 actually outperforms it by a bit.... people seem to be forgetting that the 2600 is not a K chip and thus is locked at 3GHz or so. 8350 at 4GHz is a better solution

From what I can tell it's only going to be 5ish% faster in tasks like rendering, and in games it loses by quite a bit, despite it not being a k chip

 

Either way OP it's free so there is no harm in giving it a try

[Prysin]

31 minutes ago, CliffTerios said:

Heyo, 

 

so my brother doesn't need his old rig anymore and offered it to me. I've been wondering if it's worth swapping some of my components for his. 

 

I am wondering if it'd be worth the hassle replacing the motherboards and my FX-8350 on 4.4 GHz with his i7 2600. I'd be pairing it with my current GTX 780 Ti and 16 GB of DDR3 1600 MHz RAM in dual channel. 

 

My FX chip gets really hot on the OC and the poor airflow of my case isn't helpful either. I'm doing a lot of gaming but also content creation so I'm wondering if I'd see any benefit in terms of raw FPS ingame but also video editing and CPU based rendering of videos, as also of course streaming or recording with CPU heavy software such as Dxtory. It is worth noting that in Tripple A titles, even on the OC, my FX can't record using Dxtory without a massive hit on performance. Shadowplay is alright but I would like to go back to Dxtory.

 

I know a thing or two about AMD chips but never worked with an intel so I have no idea if it'd be worth it. Any experience?

Dear OP, it would be little to no use moving to that i7. The reason isnt neccessarily that the FX is better, but the CHIPSET you move to is worse.

 

Sandy bridge i7 is a solid performer, but its not really that much better then a FX 8350, hell, my own FX 8320 at 4.7GHz is FASTER then a Ivy i7 3770k (stock)... Yes explicit single threaded performance for sandy bridge i7 is higher, but the difference is minimal.

 

A stock 2600(k) scores around 125 in Cinebench R15 single core, a FX 8320 at 4.5-4.7GHz scores 110-114.

 

In contrast, a Skylake i5 6500, running a measly 3.5GHz turbo hits nearly 200.... So you realize, speed wise, you AINT winning much.

 

However the REAL "damage" comes from the chipset change. If you use a 990FX chipset, it is indefinetively better in every way compared to the sandy Z series (was it Z79? or was that Ivy?)

Either way, the change is NOT REALLY WORTH IT.

 

You may see 10-50% gains in older games, whilst in never games you wont see much if any.

My own experience moving from a 8320 for a i7 4790k, in The Witcher 3 i gained 20% performance, in Rainbow Six Siege i gained 10-30%, in GW2 i gained 70% (almost exclusively single threaded game).... at the cost of nearly 500 USD.... So go figure how much said investment was worth. Mind you, i switched from a 2012 product to a late 2014 product. So 2.5 years REALLY should have made a lot of improvements.

[Bananasplit_00]

8 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

FX 8350 actually outperforms it by a bit.... people seem to be forgetting that the 2600 is not a K chip and thus is locked at 3GHz or so. 8350 at 4GHz is a better solution

THANK YOU, if its a locked chip its not really worth it, its better single core but worse in multithread

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, AresKrieger said:

From what I can tell it's only going to be 5ish% faster in tasks like rendering, and in games it loses by quite a bit, despite it not being a k chip

 

Either way OP it's free so there is no harm in giving it a try

If it were Ivy, I'd agree but Jayz did a comparison between the 3770K and 8350 and in games, they were identical

[CliffTerios]

2 minutes ago, Prysin said:

Dear OP, it would be little to no use moving to that i7. The reason isnt neccessarily that the FX is better, but the CHIPSET you move to is worse.

 

Sandy bridge i7 is a solid performer, but its not really that much better then a FX 8350, hell, my own FX 8320 at 4.7GHz is FASTER then a Ivy i7 3770k (stock)... Yes explicit single threaded performance for sandy bridge i7 is higher, but the difference is minimal.

 

A stock 2600(k) scores around 125 in Cinebench R15 single core, a FX 8320 at 4.5-4.7GHz scores 110-114.

 

In contrast, a Skylake i5 6500, running a measly 3.5GHz turbo hits nearly 200.... So you realize, speed wise, you AINT winning much.

 

However the REAL "damage" comes from the chipset change. If you use a 990FX chipset, it is indefinetively better in every way compared to the sandy Z series (was it Z79? or was that Ivy?)

Either way, the change is NOT REALLY WORTH IT.

 

You may see 10% gains in older games, whilst in never games you wont see much if any.

My own experience moving from a 8320 for a i7 4790k, in The Witcher 3 i gained 20% performance, in Rainbow Six Siege i gained 10-30%, in GW2 i gained 70% (almost exclusively single threaded game).... at the cost of nearly 500 USD.... So go figure how much said investment was worth. Mind you, i switched from a 2012 product to a late 2014 product. So 2.5 years REALLY should have made a lot of improvements.

That was a very comprehensive reply, much appreciated! 

[Nena Trinity]

No point side-grading... Save up for i7-6700K, 6800K, next lake or Zen!