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Soon I'm deciding to build a new budget pc and I've noticed that the AMD CPU's are dirt cheap and seem very good in specs.

I only play video games and browse the net I don't render any videos or run any high-processing hyperthreading programs is AMD a good decision? Will it last atleast 3 years ?

I was thinking of getting the FX-6300 and overclocking it to 4.0ghz or not even overclock it.

 
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There are better options than the FX 6300 out there...but none of them cost the money it does. If you have budgeted about $100-120 on a CPU, then the FX6300 is a great value. It will even perform as well as some CPUs that cost as much as $150.

For your purposes, overclocking would benefit you, and you should be able to easily get 4.0 GHz out of the 6300, many see as much as 4.4-4.7 GHz with good cooling setups. I think you would be quite happy with such a build. Just pair it up with a good GPU, like a HD 7870XT or something similar.
 
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An AMD chip will definately last you a few years. I know intel chips better but I hear good things about the FX-6300 and if you're going price for performance AMD is where it's at. I had a phenom 2 last me until now when I decided to upgrade, got easily 4 years out of it.

You might not be maxing out all settings on all possible games, but the money saved from getting one of the top end chips is much better spent on your GPU.
 
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Yes, AMD is fine for overclocking and last a good long while. I gave my nephew my old Phenom II X6 1100T PC and it's still overclocked now and running like a champ. It's going on 4 years now and never so much as a hiccup out of it.
 
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What will decrease it's life is raising the voltage, but that is usually not a worry to anyone overclocking as you will porbably be replacing the chip when it is obsolete rather than when it has failed.

The risk of failure is far outweighed by the savings you recieved in this case.
 
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The title of this thread is very provocative so I won't be surprised to see some brand loyalty flag waving in the coming comments but I will do my best to answer your question. The answer really depends on how much money you are willing to spend. There are faster options available from intel but they are also a lot more expensive for maybe a 20% performance increase,also their motherboards are often more expensive as well. All the same they are faster and if you have the money that's the way to go. If you are looking for value than AMD is almost impossible to beat. For around $110 you can get an FX 6300 that has 80% of the performance of a $220 I5 3570K, that is where AMD shines and why I chose the 6300. You mentioned the 6300 above and it will be more than capable of running any of the tasks you have stated. Being equipped with 6 cores will also help to "future proof" this chip for a while and I see no reason why you can't get 3 years if not more out of it. If you decide to overclock they are very friendly towards that, I hit 4.5 on mine by changing only a few things. I hope this helps and beware the trolls.
 
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I don't think the comment from cmi86 about FX6300 being 80% the performance of 3570K, although not "wrong," would be an accurate way to describe cpu performance difference. Don't get me wrong, I love AMD and my choice to build lower end pc would be based around FX6300, and I always recommended FX6300.

I think you really need to consider the 1~4 core performance vs 5~6 core performance as your guideline. Will you be mostly gaming, or transcoding videos, or opening a bunch of apps at once?? Do you plan to overlclock or not? I personally think that for most people, faster 4 core performance is better, so recommend lower end quad core ivy bridge (if not overclocking).

But here is something to help you consider.
1. 3570K (compared to FX6300) generally 60% faster when using 1~4 cores, and about equal using 6 threads or more.
2. 3350P (about $40 cheaper than 3570K, can't OC) compared to FX6300 OC'd to 4.5 Ghz is about 15% faster when using 1~4 cores, and about 25% slower using 6 threads or more, but 3350P uses MUCH less power. So with OC, FX6300 has advantage, but without the OC, 3350P wins all the way. Also remember, if you want to OC, you would probably need at least $25 more for aftermarket heatsink (i.e. hyper212 series).

So the bottom line is that you have to consider the pros and cons, and pick the best one for YOU. Find the overall budget, and play around with the parts combination to find the sweet spot for you.

 
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