i5 or 8350?

[TheCrazyCryptonian]

Probably the millionth thread on the subject, but could someone list the pros and cons of each, Thanks!

[miyabwah]

Which i5? But you can overclock a 8350 to get 4570S performance. Or more.

[AMICLG]

What is your usage, just gaming or gaming and editing.

[Morpheus]

8350, personally i believe more cores will be favored in the future

[TheCrazyCryptonian]

Which i5? But you can overclock a 8350 to get 4570S performance. Or more.

 

4670k

[Jamdude]

Get a 4670k over an 8350, if not that i5 then go for the 8350.

[CoolBeans]

8350, more cores, these will help with optimization, cheaper, a little less power efficient 

i5, less but stronger cores, this will help in poorly optimized games and emulators

[miyabwah]

8350 is good for modern & upcoming games.

[bluedyguard]

The FX runs emulators just fine. The only game that gets lower than 60 is SotC.

[crashdown287]

8350 is awesome bang for the buck, and the motherboards are cheaper than the ones for the i5

[AMICLG]

Get the i5. AMD is done. Wait till the FX line up can actually compete with their phenom ii x6s

Either your a troll considering your username or you don't know that Piledriver chips beat out the phenom II line and should learn about this stuff before you tell a guy to get a nearly 4 year old chip.

[bluedyguard]

Either your a troll considering your username or you don't know that Piledriver chips beat out the phenom II line and should learn about this stuff before you tell a guy to get a nearly 4 year old chip.

 

He's just jaded.

[MeltyMoon]

Get the i5. AMD is done. Wait till the FX line up can actually compete with their phenom ii x6s

The 8350 beats Phenom II x6s though...... I know you're new here but we don't look kindly on fanboys...

 

@TheCrazyCryptonian either CPU will do you just fine! You just have to place your bets on which architecture will be more efficient in the future. As of now though, you'll have a great experience with both!

[TheCrazyCryptonian]

The 8350 beats Phenom II x6s though...... I know you're new here but we don't look kindly on fanboys...

 

@TheCrazyCryptonian either CPU will do you just fine! You just have to place your bets on which architecture will be more efficient in the future. As of now though, you'll have a great experience with both!

 

Thanks! 

 

I think we are moving towards more cores but i still play some older games without any optimization so ill stick with the i5

[TechFan@ic]

Thanks! 

 

I think we are moving towards more cores but i still play some older games without any optimization so ill stick with the i5

You'll still get excellent performance in the older games with an 8350 since they're not nearly as intensive as the newer ones like BF4 & Crysis 3 where all cores are put to good use and the game is actually quite intensive so you do need the additional performance of the larger number of cores.

What I'd personally recommend though is if you go with an FX 8320 and spend more on a more powerful graphics cards.

[Dsgreek]

I'd say for a 8350 (for better overlocks) or an 8320 to save some money

Really good price to performance ratio.

Moar cores for upcoming titles and with the mantle API coming in soon and stuff being optimized for next gen hardware it'll be a good investment.

But i5 still rocks.

Whatever floats your boat .

[Recon-UK]

There is no real winner, both are strong in different area's, if building an entire new PC based on Price/Per, i would choose the FX, however, for straight gaming, an i5 will be the better choice for now as it covers the most.

Streaming and video editing is better on the FX, but don't let people fool you, an i5 can stream very well too, just do not expect extreme framerates.

 

 

I actually did a thread for a person wanting every bit of performance for the money here:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/83689-priceperf-uk-pc-build/

[TheCrazyCryptonian]

You'll still get excellent performance in the older games with an 8350 since they're not nearly as intensive as the newer ones like BF4 & Crysis 3 where all cores are put to good use and the game is actually quite intensive so you do need the additional performance of the larger number of cores.

What I'd personally recommend though is if you go with an FX 8320 and spend more on a more powerful graphics cards.

 

I'm going for a 780 ti so there isn't much to upgrade there

[Titanicium]

I'm going for a 780 ti so there isn't much to upgrade there

 

There is actually SLI 780ti 

 

Anyway: I personally play a lot of games which ain´t optimized for more then a few cores so I would personally go for the i5, but the 8350 will most likely give you better performance in the future as the games gets better optimized for more cores

[ViruZ_HUN]

i5 4670k preforms best