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8370E or 9590

Th3M8dH8tt3r

Th3M8dH8tt3r

Th3M8dH8tt3r

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It's decision time again. I'm in need of a new CPU as I've just built a new work rig and put the 6350 I bought last year in that. Now I'm back to my 8150 Bulldozer for the time being.

I need some opinions from you kind folk.

It's obvious to see that the 9590 is currently the quickest CPU off the shelf from AMD and is the best buy when aiming for plus 5.0Ghz as an everyday clock. My 6350 has been doing this for the last 12 months.

However, I've read and seen opinions that the 8370E is actually the better chip to go for for plug 5.0Ghz overclocks.

My question is this. Is the 8370E a better piece of hardware? In that, is it made different, designed different etc to the 9590? What is making it appear to be better and warrant being advertised as happy above 5.0Ghz on liquid or top end air cooling?

As a caveat, I'd rather not here the just buy the 8350 chip, it's the same as the 9590 just clocked lower stock argument please. I had it with the 6350 and the 8150. My reasoning is that these chips are tested to be better at higher frequencies with zero effort and as such, are going to to go higher than buying one that's rated at a lower speed. The chance of getting one that's maxed out the box is the same, read tiny, as getting a lower rated chip that'll do astronomical clocks.

Look forward to hearing peoples thoughts on which chip I should buy next. And no, Intel is not an option. lol.
 
Both those CPUs are the 8350 with a few tweaks. The E offers a lot better power consumption which means you should be able to get a better over clock on a 'lesser' motherboard.

The 9590 needs an INSANE board to handle 5ghz easily. If you don't have a 990x board already you'll need one now..

Read a few reviews and its evident, even with these tweaks, AMD isn't challenging Intel at all in the gaming stakes.

Intel is untouchable so far for mainstream gaming. A little silly to spend money sidegrading when you dismiss Intel which would be a real upgrade..
 
What PSU and motherboard do you have??

If you were only going AMD I would get the FX8370E over the FX9590 as it probably is a slightly newer stepping,although as indicated by some I suspect all of them are now the newer stepping and I would expect the review FX9590 chips to be worse in power consumption than the newer ones.

However,TBH I would get the FX8320E,as it seems to hit decent clockspeeds.

But out of interest OP,why did you ditch your FX6350 for an FX8150. I would have stuck with the FX6350 as I see it being OK for a while longer anyway.
 
Board is a Crosshair Formula 5 so I'm covered on the board front. PSU is a Corsair RM1000 so covered there as well.

I'm interested in why the 9590 and 8370 are rated to different RAM speeds. One thing I am finding with the 8150 and 6350 is that I can't run my RAM much above 1600mhz when overclocking despite it being rated to 2400mhz.

Reason I'm running the 8150 again is it's a temporary thing while I decide what CPU to put in my gaming rig. The 6350 has gone in my work rig.

It might be nice having a lower power consumption purely from a heat perspective, I don't know.

Cooling is a 480mm and 360mm radiator with Laing D5 putting coolant round the loop so I've got headroom with temps.

Plan is to replace the 8150 for now as in 2016 AMD are releasing their new generation of CPU. If they come out with something not great or fiendishly expensive then will be the time to switch to Intel.
 
I'd go with the 8370. None-e though for a custom loop. The 9590 is a speed binned 8350, whereas the 8370 is a newer revision of PD that should get higher clocks at lower volts.
 
pandem0nium said:
I'd go with the 8370. None-e though for a custom loop. The 9590 is a speed binned 8350, whereas the 8370 is a newer revision of PD that should get higher clocks at lower volts.
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Nicely put, thank you. That's what I'm after, an actual REAL update to the hardware. 8150 is sitting here at 4.8Ghz so I need to know I'm going to get some real gains by replacing it and not just waiting for the next gen AMD.
 
It nqy be a new revision but what holds and CPUs back (against Intel) is the architecture. The 'new' CPUs are still based on the original 8350 template , with a few tweaks. Yes, they'll be better than the 8150 but I don't think there worth the £100+ upgrade price...

You'll see a few % real world perform increase, maximum...
 
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