i5 4670K or AMD FX 8350?

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Karsten75

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I wonder if people even read to see if the question has been asked before. THis is the most-often asked question on this board, I'm sure.

For performance and power consumption (less heat to manage), the Intel i5 line has no competition from AMD, that includes modest overclocking.


If you're looking to save a buck or overclock extremely, go AMD.
 
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i5 4670k and FX 8350 are almost a dead on match in most games, with the 8350 pulling ahead slightly in newer, heavily threaded games. But not by much.

They are also very close on cost, with the i5 paying for itself in 2-3 years of use from power savings.

Both mainstream and high end motherboards for AMD are slightly less expensive than comparable Intel boards. But again, this is fairly close.

All things considered, they are so close at stock speeds and with good overclocking, that it really doesn't matter much for just gaming.


* Caveats *

Areas where an 8350 or i7 4770/4790k will be better than the i5 4670 are streaming, video editing, and some heavily threaded games and apps.

*IF* you decide to get the i5, go with the new Devils Canyon version. Pretty much tha same price, better TIM on the IHS, and slightly higher stock clock speed.
 
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I'm not arguing with you - you seem to speak from a position of knowledge and I've done nothing more with AMD than look at CPU benchmarks since maybe 2000. So I'm asking this to further my knowledge. Do you have a link to benchmarks that show Intel i5 vs AMD 8350 in the applications you referenced?

 
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You could look at benchmarks for some of the following:

Crysis 3
Battlefield 3
Battlefield 4
Watchdogs
FarCry 3

Note: Tom's CPU charts use 3 games that can use 2, 4 and 6 cores. This will also give you an idea how performance changes between these CPUs as core usage goes up.

For real-world application and experience, I suggest you also look at video comparisons. On YouTube there are some comparison and side-by-side videos by:

Tek Syndicate (* These are all Intel guys, not AMD fanboys)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu8Sekdb-IE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4et7kDGSRfc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIVGwj1_Qno

Nicholas11x12 (* several side-by-side gaming vids with 8350, i5 and i7 - also 5th gen intel vs 4th gen)
Channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb0N0jgHiCwoGgkf5slDVUg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbRc6Fb2u0A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LPsyc0FFyI

Jayz2Cents (* Good custom builder - recent BF4 vid)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvLRZxRL8N8

Actrons - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV2Voo5h3eU


These will give you an idea how close they are, and what games may be better on one or the other.

And no worries, I don't read any of this as argumentative. To be honest, it really doesn't matter much at this point. Both are so close you will be happy with either platform.

But I will say again, if you go Intel, definitely get the new Devil's Canyon CPUs. :)
 
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