Should I go with AMD or INTEL right now ??

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Should I get AMD processor or INTEL right now ?

I have not enough money for Haswell I think so Ivy Bridge vs Vishera processors . I will be buying a Radeon 7870 XT or GTX 660 with this build.
And which motherboard should I get with that processor you choose ??
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You shouldnt't be watching at power consumption it will only cost you about 10,- more a year, If you live in a country were energy is very very expensive then you might wan't to go with intel.

Also you should go with the hd 7870 xt, it's performs way better then the gtx 660.
 
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well it all depends on what you want to do. intel is better for gaming. the fx 8350 performs close to the i5 in most games, but some games like guild wars 2, skyrim and sc intel performs a lot better. (AMD is still playable on those games though). If you want to do a lot of video editing or other heavily threaded tasks, you might want to consider AMD, if all you are concerned with is gaming, then get an i5.

a good mobo for the FX-8350 would be http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131873 if you want to overclock your processor, then http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131851 would be better
 
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I will mostly play games, watch movies, browse the web and things like that. No video editing or bussines work . I want to have best gaming experience but on a budget. What will be best for that, I am considering FX 6300 processor with that asus motherbaords you recommended, but maybe i5 3470 with z77 pro 3 will be better. What do you think ?
 
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you'd get more performance out of intel. so an i5 3570k with a z77 board, or a 3470 with a h77 board. if you don't have an unlocked intel, there isn't much point in getting a z77 board. if you don't mind the performance hit in games, then an FX-6350 would do well with the M5A97 board i posted, or with the M5A99 board if you want to overclock
 
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I'll throw this in; the next generation of video games will be optimized for eight cores. Might even have AMD-specific optimizations due to the PS4 and XBOXOne having AMD proccies.

I say go for the 8350. 'Tis a beastie. It's comparable to performance, in games, to the 3570k. Outside of games and into the real of mutli-threaded programs, the 8350 wins. No contest.

The 8350 is also cheaper than the 3570k. AMD's equivalent motherboards are also cheaper than intel's.

I say go for the 8350.
 
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With few games even using 2 cores, them using 8 is a long way off, Intel does basically everything better, except for thos that work in video encoding and rendering...the 3570K takes the 8350 hands down, often at stock, but if you OC you run away...the 4670 is even a bit faster and that's only the i5's, if in the budget can go i7 and be even better
 
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FX 6300 vs I5 3470 vs I5 3570K vs FX 8350
Considering sockets and all the other things, which CPU would you buy right now if you are on budget, that will be as much as possible future "proof" and be good at performance ??
 
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Hmm. Tradesman1. "Intel Partner" Oh my!



FX 6300 vs I5 3470 vs I5 3570K vs FX 8350

The FX 6300 is budget orientated. It's a good proccy for the price.

The i5 3470? Wouldn't bother. It's only slightly cheaper than it's older brother. See below.

The i5 3570k? Only if you're hell-bent on throwing your money away.

The 8350? That's my recommendation. The next generation of games will be utilizing many more cores due to the high core count of the console's proccies.

And future proofing? No such thing. You buy what's good for your needs now. It's utterly stupid to think that "I'll buy this! It'll perform just as well as next year's part! And the year's after that! And after that!". The phrase "Today's supercomputer is tomorrow's bargain bin machine" comes to mind.
 
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So maybe I can buy FX 6300 now and use it till STEAMROLLER comes out. And just buy steamroller and upgrade it to the same motherboard am3+. What do you think ?? Or should I go all in now and buy the best choice right now .
 
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Intel partner yes use to be associated with AMD also, but haven't seen a thing from them in years that made it worthwhile to keep around them, the 8350 is on a par with the 2500K which is 2 generations behind Intels current offerings, and is still except for a few limited in DRAM capabilities. It is fantastic in video rendering - so it's a good buy, great buy!!! if that's all you do, which isn't applicable to most people.
As far as futureproofing, I fully agree there is no such thing, but it's what people want and is sort of applicable here...I got an 8150 when they were released - no contest the 2500K was better all around. When the 8350 came out, I matched it to my 3570K, again no contest (except the video rendering, for a lower end CPU, it gave a run to the 2600K and 3770K till either of those was OCed...then for fun took the 2500K back up to 4.8GHz, clocked the 8350 to 4.8 and even the old, old (tech wise for Intel) walked away from the 8350. No contest. And if AMD past performance is any indication, their next line should about par up with the 3570K, be behind the 4670K and will shortly thereafter be facing the Broadwell CPUs which will be even more powerful, It's a vicious cycle, and I for one am hoping it will change, I'd love to see AMD come out with a CPU that could challenge Intel, it would provide a push to Intel to get their newer tech out sooner, Broadwell is all but ready to go Skylake is there, Skymont on the books, etc
 
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While i do agree with you to an extent.... We are still a few years off from all 8 cores being truly utilized.
 
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For sure. But considering how the processors of the "next-gen" consoles will have relatively weak cores, heavy-multithreading will be a necessity. And when we've got processors that have the same number of cores (eight) as the consoles AND are made by the same company (AMD), I'm going to go ahead and assume(!!) that the 8350 will be a far safer bet if the OP is hell-bent on future-proofing. Despite it being a fallacy.

If the OP wasn't, I'd suggest the 965 BE.
 
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"I'm going to go ahead and assume(!!) that the 8350 will be a far safer bet if the OP is hell-bent on future-proofing. Despite it being a fallacy."
 
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No problem with that, everybody has an opinion, me, all depends on if setting up now he wants power now....and in the future or wants to 'settle' for less and the 8350 - if it doesn't do it now it won't in the reasonable future - as I said, when AMD comes out with their latest greatest, I test them , and they haven't matched up in years - as I also said, I'm hoping they DO COME OUT with something good.
 
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