AMD FX 8320 analysis

Panos · 16 Nov 2013 at 09:32

Great stuff guys

If you have even a meagre water cooling solution (H100), you can push to 1.48v-1.5v if your fans are good.

The problem with the H100, at least mine, is that has two speeds. One up to 68C and then kicks in at higher rate. Hence my spikes to 68C before it drops it to 48-50C while benching.
And that is the limitation to most people overclocks. When they hit their stability test. Goes to 70 and the system shuts.

So if you have a custom water cooling system, push it to 1.48-1.50 and see what you can get of it.

Btw, the highest FX overclock around here I saw, is from a 8320 @ 6.<something>. (look at the benchmark discussions).

gpuerrilla · 16 Nov 2013 at 10:05

ALXAndy said:
H100. Don't bother with custom water unless you want to chase Cinebench records for the chip. Some of the games actually showed drops at 5ghz. 4.6-4.8 seems to be optimal, so just get it there with as few MVs as you can and leave it be. H100i is more than enough IMO.

Yeah I agree this is more than adequate especially with a brutal GPU.

gpuerrilla · 16 Nov 2013 at 10:07

beasty6 said:
worth it tho dude, helps a lot more that you have a 7990 with the ROG and 8320

Yeah I was thinking of either the 7990 or a 290 for a GPU upgrade.

Panos said:
Btw, the highest FX overclock around here I saw, is from a 8320 @ 6.<something>. (look at the benchmark discussions).

Yeah I think he used LN but on a 81x0? (Bulldozer)

almighty15 · 16 Nov 2013 at 11:07

ALXAndy said:
BTW I forgot to mention.. In some games you'll note I didn't use all of the different clocks. The reason? take a look at this. This is Tomb Raider during the benchmark.

Is that with a single GPU?

EdgeDs · 16 Nov 2013 at 11:22

Very intresting results Thank you. Not a benchmarker myself but wonder what the real life difference in feel is like between this and a i7?
Could certainly save me some money going amd

ALXAndy · 16 Nov 2013 at 11:49

almighty15 said:
Is that with a single GPU?

No. I can't even remember the last time I used a single GPU.

EdgeDs said:
Very intresting results Thank you. Not a benchmarker myself but wonder what the real life difference in feel is like between this and a i7?
Could certainly save me some money going amd

What would you be doing with it? if it's just general desktop duties and gaming you wouldn't notice a difference unless you were frame counting.

EdgeDs · 16 Nov 2013 at 12:25

ALXAndy said:
No. I can't even remember the last time I used a single GPU.

What would you be doing with it? if it's just general desktop duties and gaming you wouldn't notice a difference unless you were frame counting.

Gaming If can find something can play as almost blind lol. Other than that watching films and occasional encoding

almighty15 · 16 Nov 2013 at 12:30

ALXAndy said:
No. I can't even remember the last time I used a single GPU.

Then what settings and resolution you use?

ALXAndy · 16 Nov 2013 at 12:42

almighty15 said:
Then what settings and resolution you use?

If you look at the chart headers you can see. But in case you missed it - 1080p 4-8XMSAA.

For 3dmark I used P and Extreme and for Unigene both were set to extreme HD.

BurntProc · 16 Nov 2013 at 13:44

Thought I'd chip in with some benchmarks too. May do something more comprehensive later.

ALXAndy · 16 Nov 2013 at 13:48

EdgeDs said:
Gaming If can find something can play as almost blind lol. Other than that watching films and occasional encoding

Then you'll be fine. In productivity (encoding and the likes) the 8320 will be in front of any quad core Intel. They're actually up there duking it out with the 3770k, but obviously won't go near the 4770k.

But yeah, as a casual use CPU I think you'll find the FX 8 is more than good enough.

I've had a couple of I7s myself (920 and 950) and I noticed little difference in many things when leaving my Phenom 2 940 behind. Obviously in heavy stuff the I7s were much better but for day to day use it was hard to tell the difference.

almighty15 · 16 Nov 2013 at 13:55

ALXAndy said:
Then you'll be fine. In productivity (encoding and the likes) the 8320 will be in front of any quad core Intel. They're actually up there duking it out with the 3770k, but obviously won't go near the 4770k.

So you tell him an 8320 will be in front of any quad core Intel and then in the next sentence tell him they duke it out with a 3700k and can't get near a 4770k.

Both of which are quad core Intel CPU's??

ALXAndy · 16 Nov 2013 at 14:00

almighty15 said:
So you tell him an 8320 will be in front of any quad core Intel and then in the next sentence tell him they duke it out with a 3700k and can't get near a 4770k.

Both of which are quad core Intel CPU's??

Oh for crying out loud. Please don't litter this thread with more of your nonsense.

Funny how a I7 is only quad core when it suits really.

almighty15 · 16 Nov 2013 at 14:19

ALXAndy said:
Oh for crying out loud. Please don't litter this thread with more of your nonsense.

Funny how a I7 is only quad core when it suits really.

What you mean when it suits?

It IS a quad core... Hahaha... Actually crying at this....

BurntProc · 16 Nov 2013 at 15:43

almighty15 said:
What you mean when it suits?

It IS a quad core... Hahaha... Actually crying at this....

That's like saying the fx is a quadcore... We all know things are more complex if you go into the technicalities of it... But you're just trolling.

gpuerrilla · 16 Nov 2013 at 15:53

Troll is troll.

EdgeDs · 16 Nov 2013 at 15:54

Thank you ALXAndy i fully understood the points you were making and were very help full. I do not need a nitty gritty breakdown of the finer points of logical cores that a i7 can use.
If the blind can see clearly what's being said then i am really sorry almighty15 but i have to agree that it does seem to be a bit petty unless you genuinly belive their was an atempt to misinform.

gpuerrilla · 16 Nov 2013 at 16:03

Once you read through enough of his posts you will come to the conclusion it is obviously the former (disgruntled i5 owner). Time to ignore him and move on.

almighty15 · 16 Nov 2013 at 16:15

BurntProc said:
That's like saying the fx is a quadcore... We all know things are more complex if you go into the technicalities of it... But you're just trolling.

Are you saying the Intel Quad cores are really 8 core CPU's?

EdgeDs · 16 Nov 2013 at 18:16

Sorry for hijacking your thread And but the device that i have to use to be able to see what i type wont let me post my own threads and i can not see the letters on my computers keyboad to type lol.
Could anyone recomend a 8320 build does not need a strong graphics solution a 290 will be enougth no crossfire. 16 gig ram should be enougth and a good 750 850 psu. Very easy to fit cooler would be great only low budget of about £1200 I am afraid