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8350 or the 8320??

v3llr

v3llr

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Hi there guys,
Just wondering if you think that it is worth splashing out the extra money for the 8350 or if i should just get the 8320 and the over clock up to higher speeds?
I am on a bit of a budget (currently have a 4100) and looking to upgrade to play games better and maybe do some streaming as well, if you could let me know what you guys think that would be great.

PS i have a Gigabyte 78LMT-S2P

Thanks :D
 
FX-8320, you can overclock it to the same speed as an FX-8350. Although i would NOT overclock on that board, no VRM cooling and fairly low power-phasing.

My suggestion: Get a better board first and overclock what you have, then upgrade the CPU to an FX-8320 when you can afford it. What is your top budget?
 
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I am currently overclocking what i currently have at a stable 4.45GHz.
My case has good airflow so vrm doesn't seem to get too hot, even when the PC is on for extended periods of time.
Would it get hotter if I had the 8320 in it?
I am hoping to spend as little as possible (being a student)
I think the max i could spend would be £150 all in.
 
This is the absolute lowest i could get. That is the best mobo you're probably going to get for the price. If you sell your current CPU and Mobo on the popular auction site you should be able to get it down to £150 or under in total. Your current board would struggle with even an FX-8320. This board will be able to handle very high overclocks as it has a 8+2 power phase, your current one only has 4+1. I can understand the tight budget, i am a student too. :D

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320E Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
Total : £191.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
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Thanks man,
Another advantage of that mobo is that it doesn't have a multi tone blue colour scheme :)
 
Your budget is stretching too much be worth it really. Have you tried running the games you are interested in on your current setup? Its worth checking up some benchmarks to see what you would gain in your preferred titles before spending the cash. (Will the extra cores even be utilized?)

theBennyBoys suggestion is about as low as it gets but its a good suggestion, but for just a few quid more:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-502-AS&groupid=701&catid=1903

Asus in general seem to be the preferred brand for FX chips, not that there is much wrong with the gigabyte. You also need pretty good cooling which will stretch your budget even further. The 8 cores get far hotter than the 4 cores.

Although I hate to say it, but you are probably best to save more and go with the blue team at a later date and higher performance increase.
 
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Ok, if i was to go Intel, what would your recommended system be, at this moment in time?
Also what is the difference between the 8320 and the 8320E?
 
At your current budget of 150, there is little to no choice on either side. The gigabyte and fx8320E is as good as it gets, I'm just not sure you would see much benefit over your current setup. It really depends on the games you play. If they dont utilize more than 4 cores, you will see no benefit or worse if you cant clock to the same speed as your current 4 core.

The E versions are the newer released versions that have lower power, and a more refined process (they seem to clock better and lower volt).
 
The main thing that I am looking to do is be able to do multiple tasts at the same time, for example encoding and streaming at the same time as playing dayz.
i think for this kind of processing the 8 cores would be better, and also for GTA V and Dying light i think that the extra cores would probably help out a bit?
I am not sure tho, maybe with the applications that I want to use i wouldn't get extra performance?
 
"maybe with the applications that I want to use i wouldn't get extra performance?"
The question is, how badly does you current build perform at your chosen tasks.
The 8320E will add a theoretical boost of 80% over your current but it could be as low as 30% at some tasks too. Streaming maybe at the upper lvl of that but I'm not sure as its not something I do and therefore can't say if it would be worth it for you or not.

Although the 8320E is better bang for bucks, you maybe in the rare situation that the 6300 would suit your needs better as its possible you current board maybe able to hold it, although OC would be a no go. Maybe worth looking into.
 
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FYI only a 95w 8300 is supported on that mobo

not a 8320 / 8350

AMD FX-8300 3300MHz 1MBx8 8MB Vishera 32nm C0 95W 5200 F5a
AMD FX-8140 3200MHz 1MBx8 8MB Bulldozer 32nm B2 95W 5200 F5a
AMD FX-8120 3100MHz 1MBx8 8MB Bulldozer 32nm B2 95W 5200 F5a
AMD FX-8100 2800MHz 1MBx8 8MB Bulldozer 32nm B2 95W 5200 F4
AMD FX-6200 3800MHz 1MBx6 8MB Bulldozer 32nm B2 125W 5200 F5a
AMD FX-6120 3500MHz 1MBx6 8MB Bulldozer 32nm B2 95W 5200 F4
AMD FX-6100 3300MHz 1MBx6 8MB Bulldozer 32nm B2 95W 5200 F4
AMD FX-4170 4200MHz 1MBx4 8MB Bulldozer 32nm B2 125W 5200 F5a
AMD FX-4150 3900MHz 1MBx4 8MB Bulldozer 32nm B2 95W 5200 F4
AMD FX-4100 3600MHz 1MBx4 8MB Bulldozer 32nm B2 95W 5200 F4
 
passey89 said:
FYI only a 95w 8300 is supported on that mobo

not a 8320 / 8350

AMD FX-8300 3300MHz 1MBx8 8MB Vishera 32nm C0 95W 5200 F5a
AMD FX-8140 3200MHz 1MBx8 8MB Bulldozer 32nm B2 95W 5200 F5a
AMD FX-8120 3100MHz 1MBx8 8MB Bulldozer 32nm B2 95W 5200 F5a
AMD FX-8100 2800MHz 1MBx8 8MB Bulldozer 32nm B2 95W 5200 F4
AMD FX-6200 3800MHz 1MBx6 8MB Bulldozer 32nm B2 125W 5200 F5a
AMD FX-6120 3500MHz 1MBx6 8MB Bulldozer 32nm B2 95W 5200 F4
AMD FX-6100 3300MHz 1MBx6 8MB Bulldozer 32nm B2 95W 5200 F4
AMD FX-4170 4200MHz 1MBx4 8MB Bulldozer 32nm B2 125W 5200 F5a
AMD FX-4150 3900MHz 1MBx4 8MB Bulldozer 32nm B2 95W 5200 F4
AMD FX-4100 3600MHz 1MBx4 8MB Bulldozer 32nm B2 95W 5200 F4
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Running anything above the 8320 on his current board is a bad idea anyway. Which is why i suggested the Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P.
 
I realise that my motherboard is pretty ******,
but. for the time being, WILL an 8320E work in it ? (I only ask this because I notice that this cpu is also 95W)
 
v3llr said:
I realise that my motherboard is pretty ******,
but. for the time being, WILL an 8320E work in it ? (I only ask this because I notice that this cpu is also 95W)
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its not on the supported cpu list so dunno.

It "should" do but wouldn't like to guarantee anything
 
thebennyboy said:
This is the absolute lowest i could get. That is the best mobo you're probably going to get for the price. If you sell your current CPU and Mobo on the popular auction site you should be able to get it down to £150 or under in total. Your current board would struggle with even an FX-8320. This board will be able to handle very high overclocks as it has a 8+2 power phase, your current one only has 4+1. I can understand the tight budget, i am a student too. :D

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320E Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
Total : £191.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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I have this board and my 8350 is currently running at 4.7 with a single fan cooler, I could probably get it to 4.8 with more effort

I wish I got the 8320 though, practically the same thing wehen OC'ing is taken into account
 
Relentless81 said:
I wish I got the 8320 though, practically the same thing wehen OC'ing is taken into account
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;)

You can get 4.6Ghz for sure on the 8320. Might get nearer 4.8Ghz with an 8350 and excellent cooling but that's an extra £30 or more for your gamble.

Go rock bottom and clock the 8320 or put in the extra cash and go intel IMO.
 
I'd save up for a nice new z97 system, with an I5 or I7.

I wouldn't recommend buying a new AMD motherboard at this point in time - it's dead end technology, no upgrade path (no future CPU's coming), with really outdated technologies on it.
 
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