New AMD CPU

You should upgrade to Ivy Bridge. Seeing as you are Crossfiring, an i5 3570K and Gigabyte Z77-UD5H will do the trick.

For the sake of cash, I say stay with the platform you have. The 8350 is a fast cpu and will work nicely in your setup.

+1

If the motherboard is compatible, go with the 8350.

Dont listen to the sandy bridge guy in order for you to switch to intel you have to buy a new mobo the 8350 is more than enough for your crossifre settup

Yes, FX 8350 will be more than enough for your system.

the fx 8350 is far better in gaming and apps too.its a good cpu it can handle two hd 7950 in crossfire without any problem.no need to worry you will be happy with it. 

which motherboard do you have?model please?

That's an extreme fanboy exaggeration with much bravado (I think you know better than that, other than for for highly threaded apps), but yes, the 8350 will get the job done. Don't know about dual 7950's without an OC, though.

lololol   did i said that its better then i5?   i think you thought that right? let me tell u that i said there that fx 8350 is far better then ii x4 965be.

  Yeah, you're right. Of course it's better than the 965. I'm half asleep and read what I was thinking, not what was in context.  

I should really refrain from typing when I'm about to go to bed...

Save yourself some cash can go with 8320.

If you play CPU intensive games, there's a good chance the 8350 will bottleneck.

If you have the money, go with Intel.

this advise gooooooood

I upgraded from an X6 @ 3.4 Ghz, to a 2600k @4Ghz.

After all that money spent, my games play basically the same.

Save some cash and go with the 8320.

Well I have played some cpu intensive games with the 8350 and it has not bottleneck. When you assume........you know the rest

+1 , those Ismell fanboies . 8350 OR 8320 are both good , you can save a bit with the 8320 and if lucky be able to oc it just as much as the 8350 .

Lets both run SC2 with the same GPU. Your FX against my i5. Guess who wins

Just wow on this comment.

I have just come back to the PC world after a fair few years and i cant get my head around the phenomena of people asking questions about AMD products and getting reply's of"go Intel". I thought x360-PS3 fanboys were bad,they have got nothing on the Intel crowd.

AMD dropped out of the speed race a while ago.

Wat?

This is getting out of hand.

AMD's PD are fast enough for most applications. The fact that Intel is generally fast-ER doesn't change that fact.

Not crossing the finish line first doesn't mean you "dropped out of the race."

Go with AMD for the cheaper route, or go intel, and enjoy perfect performance.

I upgraded from my "cheap" X6 AMD to the "performance" 2600K


I'm "enjoying" a lighter wallet...but my games play the same.

I should have put the money into the GPU side of the PC.

"Fast enough" is just what AMD is. A long while ago, there was a Tom's Hardware article where AMD announced that they were no longer trying to best Intel.

AMD also has the handicap of using as much as 100W more power to deliver similar performance.

And poor crossfire/SLi performance.

Oh someones hating. The real expression shall be Go to AMD for the best bang for your buck, or go to intel, and enjoy bancruptcy for a bit more performance than the amd. Computers are designed to hog energy so please dont use the energy saving crap against me.

No one was hating, AMD are cheaper, so that is the correct term, intel offer superior Price/Perf on all corners, check the i3 line.

Are you kidding me the 8350/20 is on par with the i5 and like amd said theyre not competing with no one. Amd is on top of the line for innovation. 8 core 4GHZ. Almost time for amd to step back in the game for top

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-fx-8350-black-editio...

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-2500k-unlo...

The i5 costs a tad more, but is far superior in efficiency, uses way less power, and is as fast.....

Also has grunt to push multi GPU setups, unlike FX.

Like i said dont use the energy efficwny crap on me. $5 more a month for energy bill isnt a problem for most people youngster. OP wants an AMD and i dont blame him he knows the right way. I have numerous intel builds and one amd build imade it 2 days ago. Hooked up to an ssd 7950 gpu and 80+ broze psu i prbably will pnly pay $5 or less for energy bill extra.

Show me where the 8320 matches the i5 in gaming.
AMD is still at least a full year behind.
Nice grammar. Tells me about your education.

Oh sorry are we in school? Am i being graded? This is a hardware site not grammar site so please dont correct anyone but yourself.

Useless thread, and a perfect troll bait for AMD loyalists, knowledge will never overshadow their lust for AMD.

With a SSD, anything will feel fast (even a P4), but I digress.

OP, I've already said it once in this thread, but I'll say it again, the 8350 is the right choice for you (since you already have an AMD board, as long as it's compatible).

Op said he wanted an amd cpu not an intel either people are blond or just plain stupid

AMD's pile driver chip is faster than bulldozer, and even faster than the phenom II's.


AMD didn't stop trying to make their CPU's faster.

The power differential doesn't make the chips slower, it makes them less efficient with power.

I'm running SLI and switching from my AMD X6 to the 2600k gave me a difference.....in my bank account.

Gaming? Not so much.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/11/03/amd_fx8150_mu...

Were talking about piledriver 8350

Enough of the arguing guys, we should all know enough about tech to realize that it never is debatable. You have an AMD Motherboard so the cheapest processer route to give the best performance would be the FX-8320.

As for AMD "Loyalists" and Intel "Fanboys", I don't think you can compare them to the likes of the XBOX or PS3 followers.

The ironic thing is picking AMD because it comes out $80 cheaper up-front but then saying you do not mind paying $5/month extra for power for the 3+ years you might use it which will bite you back for $180.

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