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i5 3450 vs amd fx 8320

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July 24, 2014 12:32:05 AM

Which of them is best for gaming with gtx 760......... i5 3450 and fx 8320........... what difference is there between ivy bridge and hasewell in gaming......

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July 24, 2014 11:51:07 AM

In gaming, you'll see no difference. If you haven't bought anything, i suggest you to go with a Haswel setup. AM3+ and LGA1155 are already dead (AM3+ specially), so you'll be stock with your build without the upgrade option.

At least, with a LGA1150 motherboard with the 90 series chipset, you'll be able to upgrade to broadwell when they come out (5th gen Core i).
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July 24, 2014 12:03:33 PM

The i5-3450 has a 3DMark11 Physics score of 5290, whereas the FX-8320 has a physics score of 6180 so it's a tad faster in that respect.

That doesn't paint a whole picture though, and you should know that the i5 has fewer cores, but they are stronger, whereas the FX-8320 has more cores, but they are weaker. That means the i5 has better single-threaded performance and the FX-8320 has better multi-threaded performance.

In Crysis 3, Far Cry 3, and Battlefield 4 (which take advantage of as many cores you can throw at them) the FX-8320 comes out on top most of the time. However, in older games and applications that don't utilize multi-threading the i5-3450 wins out most of the time.

So there you go, both are fantastic processors and each has it's strong suits.

Go with the FX-8320 if you use a lot of multi-threaded applications.

Go with either the Haswell, or Haswell revamp for an Intel system, because the support and upgrade options for the prior Gens are minimal at best.
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