whats better i7-4470k or AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core

The 4770K hands down, and I'm an AMD guy...

That will be my next upgrade.

You can overclock the 8350 to run really fast, but you can also do the same with the 4770k and honestly they aren't even in the same league.

Look up the passmark scores for the stock chips, there's a pretty big difference. I'd send you the link but for some reason it won't load right now in my browser.

Edit: Here's the link:

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

4770k score: 10,234
8350 score: 9,065

1000 points might not seem like a whole lot, but when you get into your video editing the hyperthreading on the 4770k will dominate the 8350, even overclocked.

Again, I'm a current AMD user admitting this

if you can afford the i7, theres no reason to go for an 8350. The i7 is better than the 8350 by a bit.

They had the i7 4770k for $250 at microcenter... if you have one around you...
EDIT: Aww it went up to $280... glad I got mine when I did

with that budget, maybe the fx8350? I know you can have an i7 with 1k, but it sacrifices a bit.

The AMD is definitely the better value however if you also want to render videos next to gaming i would get the i7, if you have the money.

8320 is the best value around right now. $159 at newegg currently. Easily overclocks into the 4+ ghz range.

But yeah, if you can easily afford the i7, then just go for that.

The i7 4770k would be much better.

I'm surprised no-one mentioned the i5 4670k yet. Better performance in gaming than the FX 8350 and ever so slightly worse than the i7 4770k (and no difference in the majority of titles). It sells for around £160 I think and is one of the best CPUs on the market for gaming.

I have a i5 4670k myself and it is indeed very good for gaming. However since RushnReady set that he also wanted to render videos I thought that the hypertrhreading in i7's would maybe be helpful to him. If he only wanted to game the i5 would indeed be the better option .

It's raw performance vs bang for the buck. There is no wrong choice here. I think you will be happy with either choice. Just depends on how much money you want to throw at your build.

I understand. The i5 is no slouch for rendering though and is much cheaper, hence why I suggested it.

Here's an i7 4770k build I configured for you:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2uSsT
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2uSsT/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2uSsT/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£250.43 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£57.89 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£106.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£59.95 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 770 4GB Video Card (£287.72 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£80.00 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.98 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.59 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1008.83
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-03 14:12 GMT+0000)

It should max out most of the current titles and it will have that performance you want for rendering.

Here's an i5 4670k build:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2uSw3
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2uSw3/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2uSw3/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£173.82 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£57.89 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£106.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£59.95 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£369.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£80.00 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.98 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.59 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1014.09
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-03 14:15 GMT+0000)

It has a better graphics card (should max out everything on the market), CPU will perform very similarly in gaming but will be slightly worse for video editing/rendering.

And here's an AMD FX 8350 build, also with the GTX 780:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2uSyK
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2uSyK/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2uSyK/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£137.00 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£57.89 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£122.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£59.95 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£369.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£80.00 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.98 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.59 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £992.63
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-03 14:17 GMT+0000)

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Out of those, I'd personally forget about AMD and decide between the 2 intel options. The 4770k will be better for rendering and in the odd case may be slightly better for gaming, but has a slightly less powerful graphics card but should be able to max out anything you throw at it. The i5 4670k will be slightly worse for rendering due to its lack of hyperthreading and will be about equal in gaming and the 780 will produce slightly better framerates (you should be way past 60 with the 770 anyway) - you can look up benchmarks for each graphics card to see how they perform in the titles you want to play. I've given you a few options that you can configure (e.g. if you want Windows 8.1) that are around the £1000 mark.

You don't need an SSD but it is much faster than a standard HDD and would definitely be good to have.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2uUr9
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2uUr9/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2uUr9/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£250.43 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£57.89 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£106.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£59.95 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£95.19 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 770 4GB Video Card (£287.72 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£93.98 @ Dabs)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.98 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.59 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1118.00
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-03 15:51 GMT+0000)

I also changed the PSU to a gold rated one and it's fully modular so you won't have any extra cables lying around.

Looks very good. I'd personally spend the extra £10 and get the RM 750 over that PSU though.

Very nice

I'd still get THIS over that CPU heatsink though :lol: It's pretty much the best air cooler and its basically the same price as the one you suggested.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2uX1B

I know