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It really depends on what games you want to play. More modern game engines are making better use of the FX 8350, so the chip isn't looking too bad in the latest titles (can sometimes surpass more expensive i5 albeit only by a small amount). I do think for the price it's a really good deal. You do need to be aware however that not all titles are that well coded, and in those you are potentially leaving performance on the table that you'd get if you has an i5.

It does also depend on what resolution and settings you want to play on? Given you're going for a 780 I'm assuming you're looking for at least 1920...
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cdrkf

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Yes and no... it will be very game dependent.

Allot of newer games (e.g. Watchdogs, Battlefield 4 etc) use multiple cores well and the FX 8350 shines. Unfortunately allot of older or lighter games that only use a couple of threads (e.g. most MMO titles) will be held back on the 8350 as they can't use it properly. This is why the general consensus is it's best to game on Intel as you'll get more consistency.

The other thing to consider is AMD's Mantle can be a real benefit in supported games on their processors, so you might get more out of an R9 290 + FX 8350 than the 780 (although as it stands there's only Battlefield 4 out that uses it, many more mantle games are due out).

Having said all that, you're proposed rig would run almost anything well (depending on settings) it's just worth bearing in mind that in some titles the 780 might be held back a bit compared to a similar system using an i5.
 
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This did prove true for me, but the impact was not as bad as I feared it would be. Here's some observations that may help you gauge your own results...

For example, Guild Wars 2 is an MMO that will use all 8 of my CPU cores at anywhere from 25-60%, with the render pipe being bound to a single CPU core that is usually at 60-100%.

In PvE areas I stay pegged at 50-60 FPS with all details maxed. Turn water reflections off (* Biggest FPS impact out of all settings) and it stays even higher. If you know your slotted skills and surroundings well, you can even turn the HUD off for another 4-6 FPS across the board.

In large zerg events it still stays in the 30+ range with 30-40 people on screen.

In towns it stays in the 40-50 range with 40-50 people on screen but no fighting/VFX.

Players in game with me on comparable Intel systems are reporting on average about 6 more FPS +/- 2 FPS at the same time. So that's around a 10% bump on a game that's single core bound on the renderer. But the frames on the AMD side are still good and easily playable.

* That was when I was on air at 4.4GHz with a Hyper 212 EVO.
* I saw similar results with the Neverwinter MMO.

With good cooling/motherboard/PSU you can OC your 8350 pretty easily.
 
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cdrkf

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It really depends on what games you want to play. More modern game engines are making better use of the FX 8350, so the chip isn't looking too bad in the latest titles (can sometimes surpass more expensive i5 albeit only by a small amount). I do think for the price it's a really good deal. You do need to be aware however that not all titles are that well coded, and in those you are potentially leaving performance on the table that you'd get if you has an i5.

It does also depend on what resolution and settings you want to play on? Given you're going for a 780 I'm assuming you're looking for at least 1920 x 1080p resolution maxed out, or higher? If not then you can probably save a bit of money and drop down a rung to the GTX 770 / R9 280X.

As maddogfargo said the difference isn't huge usually.

 
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