What Processor ?

jaackla · 9 Oct 2013 at 18:09

These 2 processors are priced pretty much the same

AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 9370 Black Edition 4.40GHz (4.70GHz Turbo) (Socket AM3+) Processor - OEM

OR

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM

NoNameNoNumber · 9 Oct 2013 at 18:11

You'd need medical help if you bought the AMD

nick.lidgett · 9 Oct 2013 at 18:12

well LGA1155 is a dead socket so if was to buy the intel then want to upgrade you would need a new mobo too, maybe worth bearing that in mind.
I personally would pick the intel but that's based on the fact these forums have brainwashed me

stulid · 9 Oct 2013 at 18:13

Firstly do you have a motherboard yet?

Do you do anything that maybe takes advantage of the eight cores of the FX CPU (although its probably still slower)?

Usually a i5 4670K is a similar price as a i5 3570K if you don't have a board yet.

shadow_boxer · 9 Oct 2013 at 18:15

What will this system be used for? Budget?

jaackla · 9 Oct 2013 at 18:16

GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H MOBO <---- my motherboard

jaackla · 9 Oct 2013 at 18:17

Mainly gaming

nick.lidgett · 9 Oct 2013 at 18:21

jaackla said:
GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H MOBO <---- my motherboard

then you have no choice but to get the intel chip from the two you have listed.

jaackla · 9 Oct 2013 at 18:23

how comes?

shadow_boxer · 9 Oct 2013 at 18:27

jaackla said:
how comes?

If you want to keep your motherboard then get the i5-3570K. The AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 9370 Black Edition isn't compatible with that motherboard

nick.lidgett · 9 Oct 2013 at 18:28

jaackla said:
how comes?

the mobo is designed for intel chips,

the differences between intel and amd chips is like night and day.

sockets, architecture the list is endless

biuro74 · 9 Oct 2013 at 19:18

nick.lidgett said:
the mobo is designed for intel chips,
the differences between intel and amd chips is like night and day.
sockets, architecture the list is endless

By the way, some (long) time ago there was no difference which processor you put into mobo: AMD, or Intel. Both worked the same way in the same motherboards, but AMD was a bit cheaper ;-)

This changed further, but maybe in the future there will be chipset & mobo design to unify motherboards to use both CPU brands again in the same mobo.

nick.lidgett · 9 Oct 2013 at 19:20

biuro74 said:
By the way, some (long) time ago there was no difference which processor you put into mobo: AMD, or Intel. Both worked the same way in the same motherboards, but AMD was a bit cheaper

This changed further, but maybe in the future there will be chipset & mobo design to unify motherboards to use both CPU brands again in the same mobo.

And your point is.....? :confused:

eddyhall · 9 Oct 2013 at 19:26

In echo of the other posters, if you are keeping the Z77 mobo, go for the 3570K and overclock.

If you are replacing the mobo (which you would have to for the AMD chip) go to Haswell instead.

gpuerrilla · 9 Oct 2013 at 20:26

eddyhall said:
In echo of the other posters, if you are keeping the Z77 mobo, go for the 3570K and overclock.

If you are replacing the mobo (which you would have to for the AMD chip) go to Socket AM3+ instead.

Fixed for you.

Alkalinepro5 · 10 Oct 2013 at 10:06

Piledriver chips are actually pretty sweet, but the 8320 is the one you want to get.

Just built a rig with one of these for my brother!

Marine-RX179 · 10 Oct 2013 at 10:26

Th0nt said:
Fixed for you.

What he meant was if OP was replacing motherboard, there's still no reason to go socket AM3+ over socket 1150 (considering even a non-K i5 with turbo boost would mostly matches the performance of the overclocked FX8, if not beating it).

ALXAndy · 10 Oct 2013 at 10:30

Marine-RX179 said:
What he meant was if OP was replacing motherboard, there's still no reason to go socket AM3+ over socket 1150 (considering even a non-K i5 with turbo boost would mostly matches the performance of the overclocked FX8, if not beating it).

Still not listening huh? The only bottleneck I get with my 8320 is the one BF3 puts on it. Seems it has a 200 FPS cap.

BF3 this morning. I can assure you that on my 1155 Sandy it was crap due to the locked multi and lame clock speeds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YecKj4GmLc

As I will maintain until I turn my toes up to the daisies, there are NO Intel CPUs below the 4770k worth buying. Quite simply because the AMDs will do everything the Intels up to the 4670k can but at a massively cut price.

The extra money can be fed into the GPU/S where it will matter the most.

Martini1991 · 10 Oct 2013 at 10:42

He's got the chance of an unlocked 3570K and doesn't need a new board, it's a done deal.

Hell, he can get a second hand i7 3770K cheaper than it'll cost to to jump to an FX8320 and AM3+ board.

So the AMD stuff is irrelevant.

Plus, if you care about future proofing, AM3+ isn't it right yet, we need more info about the 83XX replacements (Which could be very much worth a switch to AMD).

ALXAndy · 10 Oct 2013 at 10:44

Martini1991 said:
He's got the chance of an unlocked 3570K and doesn't need a new board, it's a done deal.

Hell, he can get a second hand i7 3770K cheaper than it'll cost to to jump to an FX8320 and AM3+ board.

So the AMD stuff is irrelevant.

If he can get one? then yes, obviously that's a great way to do it on the cheap.

There were some 3770 Xeon clones doing the rounds recently for really cheap (about £140 IIRC). That would do it too