AMD FX 8350 on sale for 1440p LAN Gaming and Multimedia Rig

[TheSniperFox]

Hey,

 

I was just thinking about building a new LAN / Multimedia / Gaming Rig for my girlfriend. Since the AMD FX 8350 is on sale, I was thinking about picking this one. 

 

Of course it will be enough for any LAN Gaming or Multimedia applications or Photoshop. But my girlfriend also likes to play AAA titles at her 3440x1440p monitor (with free sync). 

Will the FX 8350 be a great bottle neck at this resolution? At the moment it would be paired with an AMD RX 480, which will be swapped out for Vega next year. Reading reviews and watching benchmarks on Youtube are confusing. 

Some say it will bottleneck. Others say no, cause everything over 1080p is GPU bound anyway, so no more difference in case for the CPU on higher resolutions. 

 

What are the experiences of current FX 8350 (or 8320 / 8370) users? 

 

Thanks.

[Djole123]

The FX 8350 is conisdered OK-ish. 

 

You should wait for Zen tho.

[Mi26]

Wait and see 

[Cryosec]

yep, it will bottleneck on CPU intensive games. Also, it's an old arch, so consider waiting for Zen if go Intel

[Guest]

obviously, the higher the resolution the better. 

 

But it will struggle to hit 60 frames in some games, regardless of the GPU being powerful enough. (yes, bottleneck) 

 

[TheSniperFox]

23 minutes ago, Djole123 said:

You should wait for Zen tho.

Of course I could wait for ZEN, but I just want to catch some good deals on christmas sale. That is why I am asking for an FX 8350 on detail  

 

The question should maybe: How much does it bottleneck? 55-60 FPS should be at least the minimum. 

[Fluffinator]

2 hours ago, TheSniperFox said:

Of course I could wait for ZEN, but I just want to catch some good deals on christmas sale. That is why I am asking for an FX 8350 on detail  

 

The question should maybe: How much does it bottleneck? 55-60 FPS should be at least the minimum. 

If you want 55-60 to be the minimum you would be dreaming that would be the max you would get and I doubt it, maybe if the settings are turned down. With a 480 no way at 1440p on AAA games.

[TheSniperFox]

2 minutes ago, Fluffinator said:

If you want 55-60 to be the minimum you would be dreaming that would be the max you would get and I doubt it, maybe if the settings are turned down. With a 480 no way at 1440p on AAA games.

Please do not take the RX 480 as reference. It will be replaced by VEGA. My questions is..will the FX 8350 by a bottleneck to any high end GPU at this resolution? 

[Fluffinator]

Just now, TheSniperFox said:

Please do not take the RX 480 as reference. It will be replaced by VEGA. My questions is..will the FX 8350 by a bottleneck to any high end GPU at this resolution? 

Definitly, I would get a i5 Skylake or wait till Zen. I saw some good deals on Skylake stuff on cyber Monday not sure if there still cheap or not.