AMD FX-8350 Upgrade!

[facetime]

I can get the AMD FX-8350 listed $178 for the same price where i live.

But Q is i am upgrading from Intel Q6600, should i go Intel or AMD? Price is right and AMD new FX Vishera is much better then Bulldozer FX series.

 

[passey89]

go intel if all you do is game.

if your rendering or something that uses all 8 cores then go piledriver.

 

[Omaeka]

Wouldn't that require a motherboard swap as well? So you'd be paying more than $178. Buy an i5 instead, a 2500k or a 3570k, even if it doesn't slot into your current board, you can get a low end Z77 for about $50 or so, and the difference between a FX-8350 and a 2500/3570k is phenomenal.

 

[Phatzy]

Remove the link before a warning.

 

[passey89]

Wouldn't that require a motherboard swap as well? So you'd be paying more than $178. Buy an i5 instead, a 2500k or a 3570k, even if it doesn't slot into your current board, you can get a low end Z77 for about $50 or so, and the difference between a FX-8350 and a 2500/3570k is phenomenal.

any upgrade needs a new mobo. thts a core 2 mobo cnt remember the socket is it 775?

 

[facetime]

AMD AM3+ Motherboards are cheaper then Intel's Z77......I can get AMD 990X for less then $100, but Intel's good Z77 would cost $120 or so.

 

[humbug]

AMD AM3+ Motherboards are cheaper then Intel's Z77......I can get AMD 990X for less then $100, but Intel's good Z77 would cost $120 or so.

Intel is better if your looking to Game with top end GPU's like a 7970 / GTX 680 or SLI / xFire, anything less than that and its all about the same.

the FX-8350 has the edge over the i5's in most productivity work while the Intel is quite a bit more power efficient.

Thats pretty much it in a nut shell, Both chips have their advantages and disadvantages.

IMO if your not gaming at the highest level the FX-8350 is the one to go for.

 

[mmj_uk]

Intel is much less hassle when it comes to cooling, 3570K puts out about 60W (GPU excluded) under load whereas AMD are 125W+. I've had nothing but headaches with Piledriver cooling wise only people who have big overclocks are those ignoring total stability.

Unless you spend 8hrs a day constantly encoding stuff there is no point in getting AMD over 2500/3570K because it is still a fair bit slower in the majority of other things and you've got loads more heat to contend with once you put the cores to any meaningful (heavy) use.

 

[ubersonic]

Another thing is that per core the FX8350's performance isn't amazingly better than an over-clocked Q6600 whereas a 3570K is, so if yours is OC'd thats something to consider. Of course you could just OC the FX8350 or 3570K too.