AMD FX 8350 + DDR4 ??

[Callum Stringer]

I am in the middle of a new build and have run into the following problem

 

I was given a 970a SLI Krait Edition Motherboard and I bought a FX 8350 for it which was fine

I have ordered DDR4 Ram Which from what I am reading is not compatible. I am not sure what the best option is. I paid 150 for the RAM 170 for the 8350 and got the motherboard for free.

What would be the best option to save as much money as I can

[WereCat]

Return the CPU and RAM, sell the motherboard and buy Ryzen R5 1400 with B350 motherboard and DDR4 RAM.

[Colty]

You can get an 8350 for $90 on Ebay used, $140 new. Return the 8350 and the RAM. Get some fast DDR3 and go from there. 

[Colty]

Or get an 8350k and Z370 board. You'll have lots of room for upgrading and it beats the Ryzen 5's in pretty much everything, especially when OC'd. 

[EXVS]

FX8350 only works on 970 or990 chipset with DDR3 ,  you can have Ryzen 5 with B350 +DDR4 or 8th I3+Z370 board + DDR4 .

The performance will be better choice

[PrashMotion]

6 minutes ago, Colty said:

You can get an 8350 for $90 on Ebay used, $140 new. Return the 8350 and the RAM. Get some fast DDR3 and go from there. 

You should do that, Colty's idea makes sense.

[Callum Stringer]

I live in switzerland so it`s hard to get second hand parts, I will look into returning the parts 

[Callum Stringer]

12 minutes ago, Colty said:

You can get an 8350 for $90 on Ebay used, $140 new. Return the 8350 and the RAM. Get some fast DDR3 and go from there. 

I can`t return any of the parts which part would be best to use and which to sell?

[Colty]

5 minutes ago, Callum Stringer said:

I can`t return any of the parts which part would be best to use and which to sell?

Use the DDR4. It'll last you longer and isn't an unreasonable price. 

[Dabombinable]

2 minutes ago, Callum Stringer said:

I can`t return any of the parts which part would be best to use and which to sell?

Keep the RAM, and try to sell the RAM+motherboard. For quite a while (several years) dual core i3 have been better in games, and uad core i5 better in the majority of productivity tasks. BTW, the single core performance of the 8350 when AMD launched it was around 4-5 years behind (hence why keep the RAM, and buy anything Ryzen or the Pentium G4560 and higher)

[Callum Stringer]

3 minutes ago, Colty said:

Use the DDR4. It'll last you longer and isn't an unreasonable price. 

I will sell the 8350 and the motherboard, should i sell them together?

 

[FloRolf]

love it that people come here AFTER they screwed up. 8350 for 170, lol.

[Guest]

Buy Ryzen 5 1400 and B350, best option out there for around 250USD.

[Callum Stringer]

Just now, FloRolf said:

love it that people come here AFTER they screwed up. 8350 for 170, lol.

Thats swiss prices

[Colty]

Just now, FTL said:

Buy Ryzen 5 1400 and B350, best option out there for around 250USD.

I'd argue that an 8350k and Z370 would be better for gaming and future upgrades. 

[FloRolf]

Just now, Callum Stringer said:

Thats swiss prices

yeah and i know that CHF and € are pretty close. The 8350 isnt worth 50€. It's half a decade old and even back then it was a shitty chip.

[EXVS]

8th intel cpu and Z370 board is a really good choice but Z370 borad may not good for budget control

R5+B350 Is pretty good for those who doesn't have so mush to cost~

[Brooksie359]

4 minutes ago, Colty said:

I'd argue that an 8350k and Z370 would be better for gaming and future upgrades. 

Honestly I would argue the i3 8100 is a much better deal. That or get the i5 8400. The 8350k seems like a dumb gpu tbh.

[Guest]

@Colty

It is worse for future upgrades, since you are stuck at 6 cores whereas AMD has 8 on their mainstream plattform (Think Ryzen 2 and so on)

It's also much more expensive.

 

Comparing amazon.com:

Ryzen 5 1400: 170$

i3 8350K: 210$

B350 (depends on model): 70$

Z370 (depends on model): 120$

cheap cooler: 20$

 

Ryzen total: 240$

i3 total: 370$

 

I think it's obvious which one the better buy is for right now.

[Colty]

1 minute ago, FTL said:

@Colty

It is worse for future upgrades, since you are stuck at 6 cores whereas AMD has 8 on their mainstream plattform (Think Ryzen 2 and so on)

It's also much more expensive.

 

Comparing amazon.com:

Ryzen 5 1400: 170$

i3 8350K: 210$

B350 (depends on model): 70$

Z370 (depends on model): 120$

cheap cooler: 20$

 

Ryzen total: 240$

i3 total: 370$

 

I think it's obvious which one the better buy is for right now.

Core count doesn't matter. When it comes down to it, the 8700k is only 2% slower in multithreaded applications as the R7. And that better single core performance matters a lot for games. Also, I'm seeing i3 8350k+Z370 board combos on newegg for $275. And for just the CPU, $180. 

[Callum Stringer]

12 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

yeah and i know that CHF and € are pretty close. The 8350 isnt worth 50€. It's half a decade old and even back then it was a shitty chip.

Everything is just more expensive in switzerland, ignoring the exchange prices

 

[Callum Stringer]

6 minutes ago, FTL said:

It is worse for future upgrades, since you are stuck at 6 cores whereas AMD has 8 on their mainstream plattform (Think Ryzen 2 and so on)

It's also much more expensive.

 

Comparing amazon.com:

Ryzen 5 1400: 170$

i3 8350K: 210$

B350 (depends on model): 70$

Z370 (depends on model): 120$

cheap cooler: 20$

 

Ryzen total: 240$

i3 total: 370$

 

I think it's obvious which one the better buy is for right now.

Which Motherboard would you recomend?

 

[Colty]

7 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

Honestly I would argue the i3 8100 is a much better deal. That or get the i5 8400. The 8350k seems like a dumb gpu tbh.

The issue is that it's a locked chip and still falls behind in single threaded applications and four core applications. The majority of games won't leverage those two extra cores. And even if they did, it would have to scale perfectly and you'd only get a small boost in performance compared to an 8350k OC'd. 

[Colty]

 

[Callum Stringer]

3 minutes ago, Colty said:

 

I think the i3.8350k is a better choice costing only a little more than the Ryzen 5 1400 on Digitec (Swiss Amazon) and seems to peform better