Do you need to overclock the AMD FX-8350

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Jesse Wood

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284
-Thats the link for the processor. Don't bash it just because you see the AMD name. I really do believe they are doing better and I'm not paying 500 dollars just to get a decent intel processor.

Now:) I hope I didn't sound mean lol. I'm wondering if a 4ghz processor with 8 cores even needs to be over-clocked. I just want to play games like Bioshock infinite, Bf3, skyrim, minecraft. I'll be fine with anywhere from 50-70 fraps. Would I need to overclock that? I'm also getting a 16 gb set of ram. And I'm already 400 over my budget because I'm getting a EVGA GTX 670 FTW edition. I was just going to get the Radeon 7950 but when I saw the Bioshock gameplay for the 670, I about crapped myself.

So, should I overclock? should I dump my video card for a cheaper one and spend more money on a cooler? What do you think.

Thanks!
 
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There's really no need to overclock this, AFAIK. In most modern games, the GPU will be a bigger bottleneck to performance, unless you have a really cheap CPU. The FX-8350 has enough bandwidth and speed that it should not be an obstacle to your GTX 670, fro what 've seen. Overclocking it would provide marginal (if any) improvements. Just to clarify, though, I'm an Intel guy, so maybe someone with more experience in AMD can give you more details
 
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No you don't, it will work fine. Also, you make yourself sound like an idiot. You can get a stronger intel cpu for around 200-220. You also need to realize that the 7950 loses to the 670 by an almost unnoticeable margin in general. AMD will probably come out with a driver that boosts performance a lot as well. The only problem I am seeing is that some benchmarks are showing the 670 winning and others are showing the 7950 winning. You also have to remember that the 7950 gives you infinite for free.
 
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There will be games out there where that CPU will hold you back a bit, but only because the game is CPU-bound. No matter what your processor, for those games, overclocking will give you a significant upgrade.

However, I am going to call you out on claiming that you have to pay $500 to get a decent intel processor. For $220, the i5-3570k is just about the best option out there for a gamer who doesn't use heavily multithreaded programs on a regular basis. The only reason you'd spend $500 is to get a Xeon if you've got something stupid like a tri-titan setup.

(As for the 7950 vs the 670, the 7950 is arguably better value, but between the ability to max Physx effects and the fact that nvidia simply wins on high refresh rate monitors due to the significantly lower frame latencies...)
 
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