Is this a great deal? - AMD FX-4350 @4.2Ghz / 4 Cores for £71 ($114)

florosus

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I found this cpu on the PCPartsPicker and thought this was a mindblowingly good processor for the price ( less than £100, where as intel's 4core/4Ghz i7 costs £250!!!) Would you suggest buying this for a pc to handle photoshop/games (supposing I bought a good motherboard and other non-bottlenecking hardware to compliment it, which I'd rather discuss in another thread). Is there a catch I'm not seeing or would this be 'recommended'?

Thanks

[UPDATE!]

This makes it look even more exciting:

Manufacturer AMD
Model FX-4350
Part # FD4350FRHKBOX
Data Width 64-bit
Socket AM3+
Speed 4.2GHz
Cores 4
L1 Cache 2 x 64KB Instruction
4 x 16KB Data
L2 Cache 2 x 2MB
L3 Cache 1 x 8MB
Lithography 32 nm
Thermal Design Power 125 Watts
Includes CPU Cooler Yes
Hyper-Threading No
Integrated Graphics No

-I'm willing to buy a seperate 'discrete' GPU. Does the Hyper-Threading really matter as much as the speed, number of cores and PRICE?
 

Dylzan

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Not really, it's about an i3 level of performance for around the same amount of money, but with greater power consumption and outdated featureset. You cannot compare processors by core count and clock speed.