AMD CPU help

[carnyc]

I am trying to build a video editing computer but I am also trying to do so on a budget. I am looking at the AMD FX-8350 black edition 8 core. Is the amount of money im saving worth it or should I just suck it up and go with intel?

 

[Moress]

Either wait for Ryzen or go with intel. the FX series is old and bad

[LabRat]

yup, no comparison. xeon or i7. you can invest in a $240 cpu ( xeon ) and buy a cheap motherboard ( $80 ) that supports it and get 16gigs of 1333 and you're set.

[DarkBlade2117]

14 minutes ago, carnyc said:

I am trying to build a video editing computer but I am also trying to do so on a budget. I am looking at the AMD FX-8350 black edition 8 core. Is the amount of money im saving worth it or should I just suck it up and go with intel?

 

An i5-6500 can out perform the FX-8350 in rendering ect,I'd wait for Ryzen as you should be able to afford the 6c/12t variant

[Paradine Sage]

If you want it before the end of March 2017 then go with an i7 on the x99 chip set or a xeon.

 

If you are willing to wait until April then Ryzen is probably a much better price to performance chip for your needs.

[Garett1]

23 minutes ago, Moress said:

Either wait for Ryzen or go with intel. the FX series is old and bad

fx series is old and bad lol, ive had mine forever and its still running strong. Most games at 60fps Arma 3 is the only one that I don't. 1080p gaming just fine :). Battlefield 1 Ultra 60fps. This thing never gets old and I love it. But seriously wait for Ryzen, thats when Im finally gonna upgrade. 

[carnyc]

I think I might just go with intel as I dont really want to wait until april. With this decision made is a 6 core i7 that much better than a 4 core for video editing? I might do a little bit of gaming but editing is 95% of what this build will be used for. 

[Garett1]

1 minute ago, carnyc said:

I think I might just go with intel as I dont really want to wait until april. With this decision made is a 6 core i7 that much better than a 4 core for video editing? I might do a little bit of gaming but editing is 95% of what this build will be used for. 

Intel would be a good choice, the reliability and life span is a lot better than AMD

[Nena Trinity]

For video editing a FX-8350 should do fine but a i5-6500 would be about the same! (depends on the program)

[i_build_nanosuits]

1 hour ago, carnyc said:

I am trying to build a video editing computer but I am also trying to do so on a budget. I am looking at the AMD FX-8350 black edition 8 core. Is the amount of money im saving worth it or should I just suck it up and go with intel?

 

get the cheapest FX for that...FX-8320E is a good bin...if you can buy used...even better...get that with a cheap ''8 phase'' VRM motherboard and overclock it...if you need more cooling buy a 30$ aftermarket heatsink...dont cheap out on motherboard Gigbyte 970A-UD3P is a good cheap board for overclocking...for example...i had one, for a cheap workhorse PC it's good for the price...otherwise spend a bit more and get DDR4 RAM, i5-6500 and H110 boards.

If you do video games as well, get the intel kit you'll thank me later

@Nena360@Morgan MLGman would you agree?

[Nena Trinity]

12 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

get the cheapest FX for that...FX-8320E is a good bin...if you can buy used...even better...get that with a cheap ''8 phase'' VRM motherboard and overclock it...if you need more cooling buy a 30$ aftermarket heatsink...dont cheap out on motherboard Gigbyte 970A-UD3P is a good cheap board for overclocking...for example...i had one, for a cheap workhorse PC it's good for the price...otherwise spend a bit more and get DDR4 RAM, i5-6500 and H110 boards.

If you do video games as well, get the intel kit you'll thank me later

@Nena360@Morgan MLGman would you agree?

FX-83X0 is decent for gaming but the i5 has better compatibility with older titles thanks to its stronger per core performance! ((I love using my FX to convert 8 videos at the time in Ubuntu that is indeed fun to see go fast!))

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

how does an overclocked fx compare to a similar priced i5? An 8 core fx is comparable to a 4 core i5 but can work out cheaper considering it is unlocked. ignore the comment above about lifespan, iv had mine since 2011 and i can still play all of the latest games. is your video editing 3d rendering or just cutting video clips?

[LabRat]

there really is no real world trade off. the old AMD chips have old architecture and can't keep up. will it play games, yes. but Intel is delivering the information at a faster pace giving a smoother experience.

[Morgan MLGman]

8 hours ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

get the cheapest FX for that...FX-8320E is a good bin...if you can buy used...even better...get that with a cheap ''8 phase'' VRM motherboard and overclock it...if you need more cooling buy a 30$ aftermarket heatsink...dont cheap out on motherboard Gigbyte 970A-UD3P is a good cheap board for overclocking...for example...i had one, for a cheap workhorse PC it's good for the price...otherwise spend a bit more and get DDR4 RAM, i5-6500 and H110 boards.

If you do video games as well, get the intel kit you'll thank me later

@Nena360@Morgan MLGman would you agree?

The only way I'd recommend AM3+ in general is if buying used at great price as those CPUs might give the best value for money if you need a powerful CPU on a tight budget, though for gaming I'd just go for the newer platform like an i5-6500/7500(the cheaper of the two), not even for the CPU performance itself as the FX-8core will do the job just fine with an appropriate GPU, but for the features that the platform brings. Or to just wait for Zen.

 

9 hours ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

An i5-6500 can out perform the FX-8350 in rendering ect,I'd wait for Ryzen as you should be able to afford the 6c/12t variant

Nah, I disagree. My old FX-8350 @4,5GHz scored 710 points in Cinebench, it's a tiny bit more than my old i7-3770 @3,9GHz with Turbo to 4,1GHz across all cores (700) so if the workload is even remotely multithreaded the FX would outperform the i5 without any issues as it's up to 35% faster in multithreaded tasks, watch this what Jay says about rendering:

 

The FX does it just as fast as his overclocked i7-3770K which is significantly more powerful than an i5-6500.

 

[ShiftyFella]

Video editing is not really super cpu bound beyond timeline performance, unless you go full software encode or have 4k+ timeline but at that point, you better off getting cpu render farm and that is not for budged editing rig anyways. For any mainstream\family video editing any fx 6 or 8 core will do just as well as i7. Minor difference will be noticeable only when you start exporting like 2-3hrs long videos or have like super tight upload schedule to yt with alot of vids, where you can't afford to just wait another 5min for each video on i5 vs i7. If you go heavy on effects and other things, you will be more gpu limited then cpu, if you want to use hw acceleration, which you absolutely should, as it will be only real big difference in performance vs what cpu you will go with, also Sony Vegas unlike Premiere can really take advantage of extra cores, so if you edit there you might have advantage compared to non ht i5 but it likes chewing ram alot, so you might run out of it before you hit cpu bottleneck, if you hit it at all. AfterEffects sometimes favors more threads when you go real heavy on non gpu accelerated effects too. I have fx-6350 workstation build and l never had any issues in Vegas or Lightworks doing any 1080p editing.

 

What you buy depends on what prices you have locally, as I can get new 8370 with 970 mobo for about 190$ or 220$ if I go with 990x board but i5 6500 non k alone costs 210$ here, so it's better to get 8370 and spent extra money on things like ram, bigger ssd and gpu instead. If you don't have enough ram or your drive is sloooow it will affect your timelines performance alot more then having faster cpu. If you can afford get i7 6700\7700, if not don't sweat it,if you go with fx and just get what you can afford.