i3 6100 vs fx8350 vs fx8320

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Hi all!

I am building a PC and I am aiming for a £500 price tag. My use case is mainly gaming, seeing as everything else I do is not very taxing on the system (browsing, scripting, excel vba, some simulation all of which are light).

So, after looking at real world benchmarks I realised that i3 6100 is pretty amazing and won't bottleneck a gtx 970 that I got for cheap on offer.

But... My i3 will be pushed to ~60 - 80% capacity on things like GTA V... I overlooked AMD somewhat due to the hate they tend to get, and now I am beginning to wonder if it would be better to go for fx8350 or fx8320 since they tend to operate at about 50-70% load on the same titles.

BUT! On games that are not utilizing multiple cores much the AMD CPUs seem to perform much worse than the i3, reducing FPS.

YouTube no longer helps, synthetics don't seem too convincing. See the problem? I'm getting conflicting messages here.

So basically, should I care about the load on i3 6100 or should I sacrifice the single core performance and go for fx8320?
 
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It fits in the budget so why not I think, the 990FX mobo. However if I'm fair, the i5-4460 is the better performer. It also fits in the 500 GBP range and performance wise this would be your best option hands down:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.31 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DG4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£41.76 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.72 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video...
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FX-8300 and FX-8320 is only good if you can afford it with a properly VRM cooled motherboard. Otherwise It's going to throttle and you won't see the performance you'd expect.

Also, the FX-6300 mostly actually achieves the same performance of the FX-8320/50 as games simply don't support those 8 cores.

You are in budget for a high quality FX-6300 build. This is what I'd get. You can overclock very very well and all components selected are actually high quality aswell.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£78.77 @ CCL Computers)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK THEMIS 65.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£20.16 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£64.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£33.95 @ More Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£146.39 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case (£58.96 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £498.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-13 12:34 GMT+0000

With this build you can OC the FX-6300 up to 4.5 Ghz with a bit of luck and see great performance.
 
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If you're not consistently using 100 percent CPU in the titles you play, the i3 seems like the answer because of its stronger single core performance in other games. Not only that, you can upgrade the CPU in the future if you need to. Really no where to go with the AMD's.
 
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idk why you're taking a 990FX motherboard for a 6300 but sure. this is good.
just remember that the upgrade path for AMD is closed. Zen is coming in about a year or so, and that will be a totally Different platform, while LGA 1151 is here to stay for a year or two.
 
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It fits in the budget so why not I think, the 990FX mobo. However if I'm fair, the i5-4460 is the better performer. It also fits in the 500 GBP range and performance wise this would be your best option hands down:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.31 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DG4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£41.76 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£32.72 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£159.98 @ Novatech)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£37.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£52.80 @ Aria PC)
Total: £498.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-13 12:42 GMT+0000\

Edit: Updated to fit in R9 380 4GB graphics card
 
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yep. this is better. +1
 
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Ok this is great. Thank you all.

I'll give best answer to RCF so more people can see that build.

Just a note, I already have the gtx 970, I got it on offer for £200. But! I now understand that 83xx CPUs are not as good as they first seemed to be because they require other more expensive components like mobo and cooler to operate at full capacity. Am I understanding this right?
 
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