FX 6300 OC or FX 8320?

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xflowpipe

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Hello All!
I recently just purchased a FX 8320. While doing my research, I stumbled a question that I have yet to figure out:

More cores or higher frequency?

For example, my current FX 8320 runs at 3.5GHz for the most part. I have noticed that Windows 8 has the last 2 as "parked" during my normal usage, leading me to believe I am wasting resources and possibly incurring a higher cost.

I been thinking of getting the FX 6300 which runs at 3.5Ghz but only with 6 cores instead of 8. This why I can overclock the FX6300 so Windows will instead use all 6 at a higher frequency, thus no resources are wasted by being "parked".

If this justifiable or should I just keep the 8320 and "future-proof"?

 
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DarkSable

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More cores beyond 4 doesn't really give that much of a benefit... yet.

On the other hand, the frequency of the cores is an absolutely arbitrary measurement of nothing ; which is why an i5 running at 3.4 GHz is still faster than a 8350 running at 4.0.

What exactly are you using this computer for? That'll answer your question about what CPU to go with.
 
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lazyboy947

lazyboy947

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DarkSable is right clock speed does not matter as much anymore it still helps to get higher performance but yes a 3.4ghz i5 beats a 4ghz 8350, but it still is a competitor to the i5 and going to a 6300 with the same clock speed is dumb ur losing performance for things that use the core count.

Both are piledriver cpus so if u were to disable 2 cores on the 8320 ud get a 6300 basically so there would be no difference.

If u were to get the 6300 itd be more of a downgrade as ur really not gaining performance just because something doesnt use the cores doesnt mean its being wasted. The cores will get load randomly and are never "unused" I havent looked or played with Win8 but im assuming parked is just background processing or a power saving feature but they will get used when under a higher load than standard use.

Also the overclock will not change the "parked" setting most likely its a windows feature that can be turned off and an overclocked 6300 at the same speed is the same as a overclocked 8320 if those cores stay in parked. Also if u really want it to be off "parked" see if u can disable cores, its not recommended as well then u turned ur more expensive 8 core to a 6 core which can be changed back, but just a waste than the cpu not using those cores.
 
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