The Amd Fx 8350 or Intel i5 6500

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Kideedoo

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So if you couldnt probably tell im on a budget. And the CPU I've gotten my eyes on ... its actually 2 CPUs. The Intel I5 6500 and the Amd Fx 8350.... Its a general fact that Amd Products generate great heat and Intel Should be the better choice. But nowadays the games are overly demanding with requirements increasing often. The Quad Core 3.20 GHz I5 sounds like the better choice but the problem is that it has 4 cores. 4 CORES. I fear that the games coming in late 2019 or even 18 might need a higher core CPU. Then there comes the question of getting a higher core CPU in which the 8 cores with 8 threads FX 8350 4.0 Ghz fits perfectly in budget and
performance but ive heard people say the excess heat(unless you water cool it) causes system degradation and causes lower FPS and i dont want to water cool it. So that is the problem Having to choose between these 2 CPUs. Help a Gaming mate in need. Thanks in advance.
 
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Trust me, go with the I5. When you think about it, yes, the AMD one has 8 cores. BUT those are really 8 not-so-good cores. So 4 really-good-cores is much better than 8 crappy-cores. Intel's single core performance is far better than AMD's.

And actually, 4 cores is fairly ideal for gaming. I use a i5 4690k and can run basically any new game on the market no issue. 4 cores, killer performance. Here's proof. I used to use an FX 6300 which has 6 cores. When playing the same games, the I5 was way better.

Another reason to get the i5 is the Upgrade path you may choose later. If you feel like you need to bump up to an I7 in the future, you have plenty of products to choose from. As for AMD, you basically top the upgrade path with the FX 8xxx series.

In the end, it all comes down to single core performance. Intel's 4 cores preform MUCH better than AMD's 8 cores. And heres something else to consider. The AMD CPU you talked about is actually 4 cores and 8 threads (or some confusing mechanism that isnt truly 8 full ores). AMD uses a weird system that makes 2 cores share the same cache, making single core performance lower and other advanced stuff.

Also, most games tend to use around 2 cores, with some heavy newer games maybe using 3.

So in my opinion, go with the I5.
 
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Just in addition to the precise comment above,

With i5 6500 you will have to get yourself a set of new MOBO and DDR4 RAM as well. How much is the i5 7500 where you live? It may be worth to choose it instead of the 6500.
 
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There is no contest. i5 6500

While games today can use more cores, they do not require more cores. And there will not be this lightswitch shift in a yhear or two where everything requires 4 cores.

Even the Dual core i3-6100 beats the FX-8350 in gaming benchmarks, the i5-6500 demolishes it. Why? because while the FX has twice the cores, they are slow and based on a very old (in computer terms) design, and have a much lower Instructions per clock. Its why a 10 year old 3 ghz processor is significantly slower than a 1 year old 3ghz processor.

Cores and clock speed are very superficial ways to choose a processor, in reality they are only valid against their own brand and generation, due to IPC.

Putting ANY money into an FX platform these days is a waste.
 
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The heat issues are generally overrated -- my FX-8320 runs fine on the stock cooler (but then, I haven't tried to OC it, either). And the FX chips aren't lagging behind quite as much anymore -- or at least, they're primarily only lagging back with the similarly-aged Sandy Bridge & Ivy Bridge chips from Intel.

That being said...the FX chips are essentially a "dead end", as the Ryzen chips use Socket AM4 (FX chips use Socket AM3+)...so unless you already have a Socket AM3+ board, I wouldn't recommend buying one from scratch (just like I wouldn't recommend buying a Haswell-based Socket LGA 1150 system from scratch, as they're just as "dead-end"). However, with Ryzen set to release early next month, if you can wait a bit before buying your new system you'll be able to see how the Ryzen chips perform compared to Intel's systems, & whether the expected cost savings will be worth it (& yes, as long as Ryzen can at least match the Haswell chips, which perform right behind or at the same level as their Skylake/Kaby Lake replacements, a cheaper Ryzen chip would be well worth it).
 
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