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i2500k vs AMD Bulldozer FX-8 Eight Core 8120 Black Edition?

for gaming and work loads that aren't highly threaded the 2500K is the better choice, for those that are highly threaded and encoding tasks, things like that the Bulldozer chip is a solid contender, really depends what you want from a system.

in the real world of real world resolutions and what not, you'll never likely notice the difference between the two in gaming as long as you have a 'normal', 'human' graphics set-up and not some quad Crossfire system or something.

have used both of them (own the 8120) and a friend uses a 2500K, in normal gaming environment you could put them side by side and you'd not notice the difference, except obviously one has an Intel Inside badge on it and the other has AMD FX badge, that is the only 'obvious' difference.

also by 'multi-tasking' do you mean opening Chrome windows, media player and what not at the same time, that sort of thing, because doubt there'll be any difference between them in such 'simple' tasks.

Edit: also the analogy, a Mclaren is no faster than a Micra unless of course you are breaking the speed limit, which is illegal...! just throwing it out there.
 
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I was going to say the 2500K, but then I thought about it for a while, and changed my mind to the 2500K.

So yeah it's a tough decision, but if I'm pushed, I'd say the 2500K, or the 2500K.
 
Gashman said:
for gaming and work loads that aren't highly threaded the 2500K is the better choice, for those that are highly threaded and encoding tasks, things like that the Bulldozer chip is a solid contender, really depends what you want from a system.

in the real world of real world resolutions and what not, you'll never likely notice the difference between the two in gaming as long as you have a 'normal', 'human' graphics set-up and not some quad Crossfire system or something.

have used both of them (own the 8120) and a friend uses a 2500K, in normal gaming environment you could put them side by side and you'd not notice the difference, except obviously one has an Intel Inside badge on it and the other has AMD FX badge, that is the only 'obvious' difference.

also by 'multi-tasking' do you mean opening Chrome windows, media player and what not at the same time, that sort of thing, because doubt there'll be any difference between them in such 'simple' tasks.

Edit: also the analogy, a Mclaren is no faster than a Micra unless of course you are breaking the speed limit, which is illegal...! just throwing it out there.
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Sounds good. But how about this argument

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Capodecina

Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 5,256 If it is for gaming, then I strongly advise against going down the AMD path, especially when you are starting a new build from scratch.

i5 2500K can easily overclock from 3.3GHz to 4.5~4.6GHz effortlessly with only little voltage increase; Bulldozer on the other hand overclocking to 4.6-4.8GHz would consume something like 150-250W extra over the i5 2500K at the same frequency, so not only would you need a much beefier CPU cooler, it will make your PC much hotter as a whole and add to the energy cost as well. Also, comparing to Bulldozer the i5 2500K has vastly superior single-thread performance, meaning that in game that uses 3 cores or less it will deliver much more reliable performance. If you play mmos, the Bulldozer will make you keep pulling your hair screaming "why my GTX570 is having so low GPU usage and my frame rate is so crap!?""
 
arekgreenman888 said:
Sounds good. But how about this argument

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Capodecina

Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 5,256 If it is for gaming, then I strongly advise against going down the AMD path, especially when you are starting a new build from scratch.

i5 2500K can easily overclock from 3.3GHz to 4.5~4.6GHz effortlessly with only little voltage increase; Bulldozer on the other hand overclocking to 4.6-4.8GHz would consume something like 150-250W extra over the i5 2500K at the same frequency, so not only would you need a much beefier CPU cooler, it will make your PC much hotter as a whole and add to the energy cost as well. Also, comparing to Bulldozer the i5 2500K has vastly superior single-thread performance, meaning that in game that uses 3 cores or less it will deliver much more reliable performance. If you play mmos, the Bulldozer will make you keep pulling your hair screaming "why my GTX570 is having so low GPU usage and my frame rate is so crap!?""
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Yes it quite something that a 2500k can consume much less wattage then a 8 core FX chip even when overclocked plus you get a spare GPU on the side as well which you don't get with Bulldozer.
 
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