Hey I am getting a i5 3570k would this CPU be good for Gaming?
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photonboy
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The CPU is arguably the best considering value and heat output. (The i5-4670K is almost identical but likely costs more, and the FX-8350 is similar/cheaper? but produces a LOT of heat. While future games may benefit from the FX-8350 the fact that 98% run better on the i5-3570K and the heat output make me recommend the i5-3570K.
The CPU at stock settings will hit 3.9GHz on Turbo. With a modest cooler you can hit 4.2GHz. With a good cooler you can hit 4.5GHz reliably but you need to read tweaking guides and can easily crash if settings and cooling aren't just right.
There's very little advantage to going above 4.2GHz for gaming anyway for most games (it also depends on your graphics card).
*One good motherboard of excellent value is the Asus P8Z77-V LK.
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/ASUS-P8Z77-V-LK-Motherboard/1745/9
The CPU at stock settings will hit 3.9GHz on Turbo. With a modest cooler you can hit 4.2GHz. With a good cooler you can hit 4.5GHz reliably but you need to read tweaking guides and can easily crash if settings and cooling aren't just right.
There's very little advantage to going above 4.2GHz for gaming anyway for most games (it also depends on your graphics card).
*One good motherboard of excellent value is the Asus P8Z77-V LK.
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/ASUS-P8Z77-V-LK-Motherboard/1745/9
iam2thecrowe
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they also have totally different stock coolers and different thermal throttling. the intel cpu's produce less heat. more wattage = more heat and amd is way ahead on wattage. The temperature a cpu is running at has nothing to do with the heat its producing. you can have 2 identical cpu's with different heatsinks and they will both run at different temps, but they are both producing the same amount of heat. Apart from that the i5 3570k is a great cpu for gaming, and good price/performance, especially when overclocked. the amd 8350 is cheaper, it also performs significantly worse in many titles, slightly worse in others, and about on par in some, depending on game and game settings.
photonboy
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AMD processors do produce far more heat if you compare apples to apples. It's pretty much common knowledge. If you compare an overclocked FX-8350 to an overclocked i5-3570K you can easily get 100WATTS more draw by using the FX-8350. That's a huge difference.
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