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i5 or Piledriver

terraazrael

terraazrael

terraazrael

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I'm currently building my first computer and I already have an i5 3570k, I was just wondering whether I should get a refund and get an FX-8350.

This is going to be my first gaming PC but I'll be using it for little projects with C#/Lua, creating pixel art, some 3D modeling (and rendering) and some school work.

Here's an idea of the type of games I'll be playing:
  • SoaSE : Rebellion
  • Battlefield 3
  • Total War
  • Sleeping Dogs
  • Borderlands 2
Honestly I would rather stick with my i5, but I'm open to suggestions and advice.
 
There are more and more people taking their own PC`s to work (BYO). Companies are even encouraging it - Its even becoming necessary to get a job at some places. In this regard - The Piledriver blows the i5`s and most of i7`s out of the water Intel has.

Imagine when these medium and smaller companies can start taking advantage of the so many cores AMD has.

personally I would pick the 8 cores vs Intel 4 cores because I could play games and use it for work.
 
jeff6475 said:
I would get an FX8350
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Unfortunately outvoted mate >_< I'm going to stick with my i5 since i already have it and I'm ordering most of the parts this week.

MAK360 said:
There are more and more people taking their own PC`s to work (BYO). Companies are even encouraging it - Its even becoming necessary to get a job at some places. In this regard - The Piledriver blows the i5`s and most of i7`s out of the water Intel has.

Imagine when these medium and smaller companies can start taking advantage of the so many cores AMD has.

personally I would pick the 8 cores vs Intel 4 cores because I could play games and use it for work.
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I've only just started my A levels, I doubt I'll have a full-time job anytime soon. Anyways by the time I start working I'm pretty sure this year's CPUs will become redundant.

Thank you all for your input. ^_^
 
martinoheat said:
would the FX-8350 be a better choice than the i5 3570k when doing video editing?
i presumed that the 8 cores would be better at such heavy loads, but looking at anandtech's benchmarks it seems that the i5 is a better choice in pretty much all tasks....
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/697?vs=701
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They appear to trade blows in those benchmarks. I would probably opt for the FX-8350 if gaming is not a main priority (and you intend on running Windows 8), otherwise i'd just wait and see what Haswell has to offer (if you can wait for another 6 months?).
 
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In those benchmarks the FX also has a 600MHz higher clock. At equal clocks the pileof****driver will be even more behind.
 
gurusan said:
In those benchmarks the FX also has a 600MHz higher clock. At equal clocks the pileof****driver will be even more behind.
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Yea...PD seem to do well only because of its default high clock...if you look at it from the view that it only got around 10-15% of overclocking headroom left, comparing to 39%-45% of Ivy...
 
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