Upgrade from a fx-8350 to a i7-4770K

samosnik · Jan 29, 2014

is it worth it? i dont do any video edditing and i Mostly play games. The budget is no problem.

tonyzet · Jan 29, 2014

No, if budget is not a problem buy a better GPU or some fancy peripheral...

vmN · Jan 29, 2014

No, it would be a waste of money.
Spend them on something that would give a bigger performance increase, like a SSD or something like that.

ewok93 · Jan 29, 2014

It's a pretty small upgrade, the 8350 is a good CPU. You're better off spending money overclocking or upgrading your GPU. Having a nice keyboard/mouse/monitor/headset is nice too.

vmN · Jan 29, 2014

So to sum it up.
The fx 8350 is a excellent CPU, and noone recommend switching out out for a 4770k.
A better solution would be to buy some other peripherals, SSD or maybe a better cooling solution for better overclocking.

samosnik · Jan 29, 2014

Ok thanks and to you think it will bottcleneck if i have x2 GTX 780?

tonyzet · Jan 29, 2014

You never mentioned that you want to sli. And..... the thread is on fire!!!!!!!

dish_moose · Jan 29, 2014

For gaming the Intel is better - the problem is the amount of money you'll spend to change is not worth it. Wait for the new cpus to come out and then maybe it will be worth it. The 8350, while being less efficient, is still a very capable cpu - especially when OCed. You could get a very good gpu for the money - GTX 780(Ti) or a 280x/290x if your psu will handle it.
-Bruce

vmN · Jan 29, 2014

tonyzet :

DID I HEAR SLI. BRING IN THE 4960X!!!!!
Jk it should be able to handle it, but OP what are you doing since you are having 2 beefy GPU's?

ewok93 · Jan 29, 2014

Yeah, that's different. It should be able to handle it, but a 4960x would be ideal. There is no need for that unless you want to do something crazy. One 780 can run BF4 on ultra just fine.

samosnik · Jan 29, 2014

vmN :

RobCrezz · Jan 29, 2014

If budget is no problem, and you are going high end SLI, then Socket 2011 is the way to go, with a 4930k!

The 4960x is great too, but the 4930k is almost the same for much less.

ewok93 · Jan 29, 2014

Half the price, actually. So if budget is seriously no issue and $1000 means nothing to you, go for the 4960x. If you'd rather save $500, go for the 4930k.

dish_moose · Jan 30, 2014

I still say go for the gpus - wait till the next gen of cpus/mobos. I'm thinking Intel must have something up their sleeve. AMD has closed the gap way more than I thought they were capable of.
-Bruce

vmN · Jan 31, 2014

dish_moose :

How is this true? AMD havent closed the gap by any means.

tonyzet · Jan 31, 2014

vmN :

@vmN

Nope, there laptops are great if you can't afford to pay for the heating during winter

dish_moose · Jan 31, 2014

I said AMD has closed the gap because in very gpu intensive games, an AMD cpu like an 8320/50, especially OCed, will perform pretty well - well enough that the gain from dumping mobo/cpu will not be that great.
-Bruce

ewok93 · Jan 31, 2014

In many games an 8320 or 8350 overclocked will perform closely to an i5 or i7. Of course it won't perform nearly as well for single threaded games, but it's powerful enough to compete.

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