Best amd gaming cpu
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IInuyasha74
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Yes the FX-8350. The FX CPUs don't have numbers with the letters like the APUs do. Might help with searching.
Going by tests though the FX 8350 does about as well as an i5, sometimes better for gaming. They aren't as good for some other tasks though, so many people will say don't get an AMD CPU but if you are on a budget its still a good CPU for gaming.
Going by tests though the FX 8350 does about as well as an i5, sometimes better for gaming. They aren't as good for some other tasks though, so many people will say don't get an AMD CPU but if you are on a budget its still a good CPU for gaming.
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Yes, but it depends greatly on the game.
The fx8350 will perform better than a 4350 in only the games that are made for it really.
The fx8350 will perform better than a 4350 in only the games that are made for it really.
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Actually. the 9590 is the best AMD CPU for gaming, but it runs very hot and requires a high-end motherboard. If you really want to go AMD, the 8350 is good. Just make sure the motherboard you buy supports it. If you're willing to go Intel and spend a bit more money, buy the i5 4690k.
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i have the fx 9590. have a large heat sink on it and have the corsshair x forumla z mobo and it experience crashes when the turbo kicks in on the cpu so i had to turn it off. if you spending the money anyways i really would dish out 200-300 more dollars and get top of the line cpu and mobo. it really is worth it if you do more than play video games. i compose music and do graphic design and video editing and amd was horrible and wouldnt work most of the time with those expensive programs i used. so now im switchin over to something more like an i7 4790k which is way better than amd's and the asus z97 pro just to save a few bucks instead of getting the maximus from asus. i knew i would regret getting amd instead of intel.
my best advice is to go intel which will save you from buying expensive cooling and a larger power supply. it balances out.
my best advice is to go intel which will save you from buying expensive cooling and a larger power supply. it balances out.
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For those suggesting the 9590, its the same CPU just its default clock speed is higher and it consumes a huge amount more power and runs extremely hot. In truth the 9590 is the fastest, but since it costs quite a bit more and an 8350 can be overclocked to the same speed they really aren't worth considering.
As for performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4et7kDGSRfc
See that video review, particularly the last half. Its looking at it overclocked but the FX 8350 wins by a larger portion when both of them are at their stock speed because the i5-3570k overclocked a lot further.
The FX 8350 won in:
Crysis Warhead 1440p, 1080p were close
ARMA 2: 1080p and 1440p FX 8350 beats it by a huge amount
Farcry 3: 1080p and 1440p FX 8350 still way higher.
Metro 2033: i5-3570k wins in all scenarios
Natural Selection 2: FX 8350 wins all scenarios
Skyrim: Mixed results
Trine 2: Mixed results
A lot of other games show this. The FX 8350 is much much faster than the 4350 in pretty much everything, always. It also often manages to top the i5 for gaming.
As for performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4et7kDGSRfc
See that video review, particularly the last half. Its looking at it overclocked but the FX 8350 wins by a larger portion when both of them are at their stock speed because the i5-3570k overclocked a lot further.
The FX 8350 won in:
Crysis Warhead 1440p, 1080p were close
ARMA 2: 1080p and 1440p FX 8350 beats it by a huge amount
Farcry 3: 1080p and 1440p FX 8350 still way higher.
Metro 2033: i5-3570k wins in all scenarios
Natural Selection 2: FX 8350 wins all scenarios
Skyrim: Mixed results
Trine 2: Mixed results
A lot of other games show this. The FX 8350 is much much faster than the 4350 in pretty much everything, always. It also often manages to top the i5 for gaming.
IInuyasha74
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No problem, I understand
Honestly I had to fight the urge to point out the 9590 in my first post. Didn't want to over complicate things. Honestly I think AMD shouldn't have ever bothered with those 220w TDP units. Seeing a 220w TDP is just kinda sad, but at least I guess they made a killing on anyone who bought one back when they were like $800 originally. lol
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IInuyasha74 :
No problem, I understand
Honestly I had to fight the urge to point out the 9590 in my first post. Didn't want to over complicate things. Honestly I think AMD shouldn't have ever bothered with those 220w TDP units. Seeing a 220w TDP is just kinda sad, but at least I guess they made a killing on anyone who bought one back when they were like $800 originally. lol
lol, I really can't believe anyone even bought it back then. There must be some really die hard AMD fans out there.
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FX 8350, necessary motherboard, and aftermarket cooler are just not worth it, and the 9590 even more so. I would rather have a Xeon 1231v3, and an H81 or H97 board. If you want FX, I wouldn't go beyond FX 8320.
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@Ad Hoc: Lol yea it was kinda crazy for anyone to buy those at that price. I guess they were hopeful it was major improvement. Hate to think how disappointed they must of been.
@logainofhades: The FX 8350 is only a little bit more expensive and typically overclocks a little easier with lower voltage. Granted the FX 6300, FX 6350, FX 8320, and FX 8350 are the only FX CPUs even worth considering. FX 8350 is getting dropped in price also, the whole line of them are. I think that is how they are going to try and fight Intel's slowly improving CPUs vs. the FX CPUs non-existent improvement is to price cut them until they finish their new architecture.
Either way it is true that the Intel CPUs will last longer before being too out of date, but cost a bit more.
@logainofhades: The FX 8350 is only a little bit more expensive and typically overclocks a little easier with lower voltage. Granted the FX 6300, FX 6350, FX 8320, and FX 8350 are the only FX CPUs even worth considering. FX 8350 is getting dropped in price also, the whole line of them are. I think that is how they are going to try and fight Intel's slowly improving CPUs vs. the FX CPUs non-existent improvement is to price cut them until they finish their new architecture.
Either way it is true that the Intel CPUs will last longer before being too out of date, but cost a bit more.
IInuyasha74
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Take it up with Tek Syndicate, not me. I just watched the video of the review, I didn't do the testing. A lot of other sites have found that with higher resolutions like 1440p the FX 8350 doesn't take nearly as bad a performance hit as the Intel CPUs, but for 1080p gaming the other reviews tend to put the FX 8350 below the i5-3570k. Though they are always way over 60FPS on those other reviews, so maybe that has something to do with it.
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Last week I swapped an i5-4690k for the FX-6300 @ 4.5 Ghz I had in my main PC. It wipes the floor with the FX even at stock speeds. Plus the room is much cooler (greatly reduced power consumption). Seriously, this is coming from someone who's never owned an Intel CPU in the ten years I've been building my PCs - save your pennies until you can get an Intel. Yeah, I know that's not answering the O.P.'s question. 
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jeffredo :
Last week I swapped an i5-4690k for the FX-6300 @ 4.5 Ghz I had in my main PC. It wipes the floor with the FX even at stock speeds. Plus the room is much cooler (greatly reduced power consumption). Seriously, this is coming from someone who's never owned an Intel CPU in the ten years I've been building my PCs - save your pennies until you can get an Intel. Yeah, I know that's not answering the O.P.'s question.
much agreed. like i said before, even if your gaming intel will still keep up, and save you money and hassle. i just got my fx virshera and already hate it. im replacing mine with a i7 4790k. even though it has less cores, each core can handle two processes at the tsame time with the hyper threading. so it would tech be like having the 8 core. plus intel thermal design is way better with less errors. where you save a couple hundred with amd, you end up having to buy a couple hundred dollars worth of cooling to go with it. just stick with intel. im regretting my choice and quickly fixing it before my parts are too out of date.
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The FX 8320 is typically $35-$50 less than the FX 8320. The average overclock is about 50-100mhz different between the two. The price difference just isn't worth it.
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I agree with getting the FX-8320 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009O7YU56. The 8320 is easily one of the best CPU's available on the market when it comes to the price you pay for the performance you get.
It is an outstanding bargain. You can easily overclock it to match the 8350.
It is an outstanding bargain. You can easily overclock it to match the 8350.
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Pretty much my reaction.
The guy spends 10 min talking nonsense and then the "benchmark" show his girlfriend (or whatever) playing some games while he puts totally random numbers on screen.
I can do the same type of "benchmark" with my wife playing games and then put on screen results how Pentium Klamath 233MHz (from 1996 or so) is actually faster than this year's refresh i7 CPUs and say how pointless is to buy a new system.
I mean - just look at this:
Now sarcasm away I'm not saying AMD CPUs are completely useless or that Intel outperforms them in every single task and so on. And it's normal to see in certain situations one to gain a few FPS more than the other due to the game engine optimizations but to publish results like the one above without double checking what got wrong is just... wrong. There is NO WAY same (or similar) tier CPUs to have twice the performance.
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Yeah, quite ridiculous, Benchmarks with Arma 3 (yes I know, different game, but virtually the same)
http://www.techspot.com/review/712-arma-3-benchmarks/page5.html
http://www.techspot.com/review/712-arma-3-benchmarks/page5.html
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The following consideration includes the "value" perspective.
I think the best gaming CPU AMD has to offer at this time is actually the FX-6300. It's the only CPU they have that can be implemented to offer a somewhat competitive alternative to an entry level i5 or the more expensive i3's. The FX-6300 can typically hit 4.4-4.8ghz on <$50 worth of well chosen cooling, and at those speeds, at least starts to dance with i5-4430 type products with a similar implementation cost (sometimes less). The cost to overclock the FX-6300 can vary wildly depending on the approach of the buyer. The 970A-UD3P is a fantastic board for gaming and overclocking as it offers beefed up onboard sound quality and 8+2 phase VRMs, and sells for as low as $45 in a combo special with the FX-6300 at MicroCenter. Even with a <$50 HSF AND bigger PSU included in the cost of the AMD option; the FX-6300 still manages to offer a useful performance tuner alternative to a locked Intel option.
The FX-6300 may not be as practical, but that's not what everyone wants. There's a novelty to overclocking the ole AM3+ platform and the FX-6300 manages to hit it's stride below the implementation costs of an i5-45X0K. In fact, you can expect to have your CPU+board+HSF for around the cost of a K series i5 alone. From a practicality standpoint, an i3-4150 or i5-4460 on an MSI B85M GAMING makes more sense than the FX-6300+UD3P, but for someone who wants to do something different for difference sake, the FX-6300 can do it without being a poor value.
The 8 core parts are a bit more problematic for value as gaming parts as their real world implementation cost when overclocked to 4.4ghz and beyond tends to be comparable to either an E3 Xeon or overclock-able i5, either of which is a notably stronger option for real-time workloads. The 8 core parts may offer some better performance than the FX-6300 in a few games, but that only really counts from within an AMD only bubble. As soon as Intel options are also considered, the 8 core AMD parts don't look like very good alternatives for gaming. The 8320 and 8350 when priced well are still viable alternatives for some other situations.
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Zalman ZM-CNPS14X CPU Cooler ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Mushkin Redline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Cougar Turbine 120 (4-Pack) 60.4 CFM 120mm Fan ($29.50 @ Amazon)
Total: $821.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI B85M GAMING Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($86.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($199.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Cougar Turbine 120 (4-Pack) 60.4 CFM 120mm Fan ($29.50 @ Amazon)
Total: $825.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I think the best gaming CPU AMD has to offer at this time is actually the FX-6300. It's the only CPU they have that can be implemented to offer a somewhat competitive alternative to an entry level i5 or the more expensive i3's. The FX-6300 can typically hit 4.4-4.8ghz on <$50 worth of well chosen cooling, and at those speeds, at least starts to dance with i5-4430 type products with a similar implementation cost (sometimes less). The cost to overclock the FX-6300 can vary wildly depending on the approach of the buyer. The 970A-UD3P is a fantastic board for gaming and overclocking as it offers beefed up onboard sound quality and 8+2 phase VRMs, and sells for as low as $45 in a combo special with the FX-6300 at MicroCenter. Even with a <$50 HSF AND bigger PSU included in the cost of the AMD option; the FX-6300 still manages to offer a useful performance tuner alternative to a locked Intel option.
The FX-6300 may not be as practical, but that's not what everyone wants. There's a novelty to overclocking the ole AM3+ platform and the FX-6300 manages to hit it's stride below the implementation costs of an i5-45X0K. In fact, you can expect to have your CPU+board+HSF for around the cost of a K series i5 alone. From a practicality standpoint, an i3-4150 or i5-4460 on an MSI B85M GAMING makes more sense than the FX-6300+UD3P, but for someone who wants to do something different for difference sake, the FX-6300 can do it without being a poor value.
The 8 core parts are a bit more problematic for value as gaming parts as their real world implementation cost when overclocked to 4.4ghz and beyond tends to be comparable to either an E3 Xeon or overclock-able i5, either of which is a notably stronger option for real-time workloads. The 8 core parts may offer some better performance than the FX-6300 in a few games, but that only really counts from within an AMD only bubble. As soon as Intel options are also considered, the 8 core AMD parts don't look like very good alternatives for gaming. The 8320 and 8350 when priced well are still viable alternatives for some other situations.
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Zalman ZM-CNPS14X CPU Cooler ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Mushkin Redline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Cougar Turbine 120 (4-Pack) 60.4 CFM 120mm Fan ($29.50 @ Amazon)
Total: $821.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-02 14:16 EDT-0400
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI B85M GAMING Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($86.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($199.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Cougar Turbine 120 (4-Pack) 60.4 CFM 120mm Fan ($29.50 @ Amazon)
Total: $825.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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DubbleClick
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The 280 competes with a 770 and for $90 you can even get a h97 board. The I5 build will be way stronger for $15 more. So yeah, the only reason to ever consider amd right now is living near a microcenter to pay $100 for cpu+mobo or when you want to go amd for the sake of going amd.
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Even better with a similar price.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($81.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($273.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $826.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-03 10:34 EDT-0400
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