fx-8350 or i5 4440 with r9 280x

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I wanna buy a new processor and I was wondering which one should i choose. For me the i5 is cheaper at the local store. I need da pc for gaming and think i5 is a good choice but fx8350 can be overclocked to i7 performance levels. Please advice. Also please tell me a gud board to go with the processor.
 
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The FX-8350 can NOT be overclocked even close to i7 levels. You'd be lucky to overclock it even close to i5 levels, and in fact there are games where the FX-8350 loses to i3s.

For example...
http://2-ps.googleusercontent.com/h/www.hardcoreware.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/570x421xassassins-creed-iv-fps3.png.pagespeed.ic.fndiB29yZP.png
http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/cpu/core-i3-4340-4330-4130/Charts-1/sleepingdogs.png
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2013/11/14/intel-core-i3-4130-haswell-review/5
http://media.bestofmicro.com/J/K/348032/original/CPU-Cores.png
http://media.bestofmicro.com/F/H/371213/original/StarCraft2.png

The i5-4440 is stronger than the FX-8350. Normally the i5 is more expensive as well. If it's cheaper...
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The FX-8350 can NOT be overclocked even close to i7 levels. You'd be lucky to overclock it even close to i5 levels, and in fact there are games where the FX-8350 loses to i3s.

For example...
http://2-ps.googleusercontent.com/h/www.hardcoreware.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/570x421xassassins-creed-iv-fps3.png.pagespeed.ic.fndiB29yZP.png
http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/cpu/core-i3-4340-4330-4130/Charts-1/sleepingdogs.png
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2013/11/14/intel-core-i3-4130-haswell-review/5
http://media.bestofmicro.com/J/K/348032/original/CPU-Cores.png
http://media.bestofmicro.com/F/H/371213/original/StarCraft2.png

The i5-4440 is stronger than the FX-8350. Normally the i5 is more expensive as well. If it's cheaper, the decision is clear.
 
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Wanted to quote you but accidently chose your answer as solution.

Intel motherboards are generally cheaper than AMD ones on similar performance levels. A z97 for normal overclocking will go for as low as 100$, while you would only get absolute crap boards on Am3+. A good h97 is 80$, with much more features than a am3+ board for that price. And you can even go as low as h81 with bios update for the I5, which sells for 48$ here.

Decision for gaming is clear. I5 by all means.
 
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I have an old Intel e2180 on basic intel board and 4gb ram. I recently got an r9 card and a gs 600psu.But it was bottlenecking and I got below par 20-25 fps on games like farcry 3. So I am getting a new processor.
 
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