A10-7850 vs i3-4360vs or FX-8320(or8530) vs i5-4440

LionK

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Background:
This will be the first system I'm building since ages
I prefer AMD over Intel (for no sane reason but from image; so screaming intel just pushes me more towards AMD.)
The above CPU's will be combined with a R7-270X. No need to explain dual graphics ;-)
Overclocking less important, but I will do, just for the hell of it.

To make it more clear what i will be using it for:
40% Corel Paintshop and Videostudio
40% Civ 5/Beyond Earth and soon GTA V
20% other stuff what computers are made for...

The benchmark based pro and con's are pretty clear, and the reason why i am indecisive. It is obviously a decision between amount of cores vs single core performance. Pricewise, these CPU’s are in the same region over here.

There is a million threads covering this, BUT, i would appreciate real life experience with the above software.
 
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I can understand the preference for AMD (I still remember how well their old K6 series performed compared to Intel's Pentiums; ah, the good ol' days...).

Given that, I would recommend the FX over the A10, especially since you're getting a discrete GPU anyway. The FX will perform better (http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1200?vs=698 for the 8320, http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1200?vs=697 for the 8350), not to mention will be less of a bottleneck if you upgrade your GPU in the future.

spdragoo

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I can understand the preference for AMD (I still remember how well their old K6 series performed compared to Intel's Pentiums; ah, the good ol' days...).

Given that, I would recommend the FX over the A10, especially since you're getting a discrete GPU anyway. The FX will perform better (http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1200?vs=698 for the 8320, http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1200?vs=697 for the 8350), not to mention will be less of a bottleneck if you upgrade your GPU in the future.
 
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