What to buy 8350 or 8320?

crispykiller96 · May 5, 2014

Hi there i'm getting a new Asus M5A97 Evo R2.0 AMD 970 Socket AM3+ Motherboard to replace my aging AM3 motherboard and wanted to know which of these chips would perform better now i know both chips have 8 cores 8320 at 3.5GHZ and the 8350 at 4GHZ but there is a £33 price difference between them now if i spent the £33 on a decent cooler and better compound would the 8320 perform exactly the same as the 8350 if i overclocked it to 4GHZ same speed as the 8350 but the difference would be i have a better quieter cooler and not as noisy one also i would like to avoid bumping the voltage up if possible thanks

Update i would only overclock too 4 GHz only

ImperialistMillitant · May 5, 2014

Depends on the quality of the chip. You can overclock a 8320 to 8350 speeds but an 8350 is a higher binned chip. It should in theory be able to overclock higher. So its a hit and miss really. Most would suggest just purchasing the 8320 and overclocking it.

tambeshakunt · May 5, 2014

crispykiller96 :

I would suggest the 8320, its a great chip in terms of value for money imo, but anyway, have a look at this for details:

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-FX-8350-vs-AMD-FX-8320

hope this helps.

crispykiller96 · May 5, 2014

tambeshakunt :

Thanks for the link mate judging by the tests there pretty much the same processor with the 8350 having the slight edge on the 8320 but if i overclocked the 8320 to 8350 speed they should in theory be the same i noticed the power consumption is a bit higher then the 8350 so in total i think the 8320 is a better buy i wouldn't imagine a 500MHZ overclock would heat things up to much with a adequate cooler

mckinleyr97 · May 5, 2014

As an owner of a AMD 8350 FX, I'd say the 8320. Price change is dramatic when the 8320 goes on sale which is does a lot in the US (8350 rarely goes on sale.) Performance between the two most the time is very minimal and at most, minor. Put the savings towards a quality CPU cooler and you'll have money left over and the over-clocked 8320 will outperform the 8350 if it still has the oem heatsink.

logainofhades · May 5, 2014

What is your budget for motherboard and CPU?

crispykiller96 · May 6, 2014

logainofhades :

Maximum would be £150 mate for the cpu and the motherboard is £81 on its own

logainofhades · May 6, 2014

For AMD, I would go with this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£105.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.95 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.88 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £196.82
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-06 17:55 BST+0100)

Closest I could get to total budget for Intel, with what I wanted for cpu, was this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£198.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£36.71 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £234.71
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-06 17:56 BST+0100)

sora · May 7, 2014

The 8320... It is pretty much just as strong as the 8350 in all terms.

damric · May 7, 2014

FX-8320 is really the only logical choice for the AM3+ platform. Need cheaper, get the FM2+ Athlon. Need faster, go intel.

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