AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor better than 3770k.

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How much of a overclock would it take a AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black to be better than a i7 3770K out the box? Is it even possible? That excludes a 1000$ water cooling system.
 
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Overclocking can give you at most a 20% real world improvement.

The FX8350 needs a bit of an OC to come up to the I7. Unfortunately to do it the 8350 uses more than 3 times the power and gererates A LOT more heat. Spending money on that cooling, you may as well just buy the better CPU.
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not really, my x6 at 3.7ghz loses to my bro in laws 2600k at stock, its alot closer than my stock clock of 2.8ghz, but i could be wrong, but the x4 965 for its price is a nice buy compared to a $300 i7. The only overclocked amd cpus that can reach the i7 in majority of apps would be a 6300, and of course the 8350 and thats close without an overclock. In games then i7 is like the i5 where the 8350 competes with, and a 6300 with an oc comes near the 8350 performance
 
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No, i just don't understand overclocking. How about the fx-8350?
 
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Overclocking can give you at most a 20% real world improvement.

The FX8350 needs a bit of an OC to come up to the I7. Unfortunately to do it the 8350 uses more than 3 times the power and gererates A LOT more heat. Spending money on that cooling, you may as well just buy the better CPU.
 
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