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drunkenmaster said:
Where does the £50 pentium k keep up with the fx8350 in gaming precisely? In a few games in which it would keep up with a 4770k also? I see two benchies with a 8350 and the £50 chip in, and the stock 8350, stock and overclocked fx6300(£90) and the stock and overclocked FX4300(£70, in one case the fx4300 only beats the stock p-K) all beat the £50 Intel chip when it's overclocked at 4.7Ghz.

Exactly how is that keeping up with? 23fps vs 40, or 70 vs 50?

From the watchdogs bench you could extrapolate that a 8320 should provide almost double the performance of the overclocked pentium K and costs just over twice as much.
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So you're agreeing that a £50 can keep up with an FX 8350 and even the 4770K in some games, but your portraying this negatively.. Ok then..

Also while the FX 8320 is double the price as you pointed out, but will net you some more performance in some multi-threaded software. it's also on a dead platform. The Pentium K is a good entry level point for people on low budgets. Allowing them to buy into a 'relevant' chipset with future upgrade options, and get a taste of overclocking all on a budget. Then later if wanted / needed buy another chip.

Their is very little to moan bout here, but some of you will just keep trying :p
 
Th0nt said:
Precisely. Like I highlighted, on top of DM's post, you can save £35 and still clock to the same range as the 8350. Ignore it all you like Broomstick, but this time it's your own comparison methods that failed.

Love Th0nt :p <-- Intelligence inside!
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I didn't do the review mate lol, just pointed out the FX 8350 was in there (£135) and the Pentium K delivered similar performance in games (£50) as DM pointed out it also keeps up with the 4770K (£225) in some games.

I think it's a blinding lil chip for the money, and on a platform that's relevant. My opinion shouldn't bother people so much :D

H97 / Z97 + Pentium K, great deal imho.

Can this just be put to bed now, it's getting really boring tbh :p
 
Tonester0011 said:
You're setting the bar low for benchmarking lol, 100mhz increase! :(
I want a minimum of 5Ghz for benchmarks, will be selling the chips that dont do that on the MM.

Be a right downer if i actually end up with a downgrade from my 4770k after all this.
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Haha, to be honest I'll be happy if it just runs stock speed 4.0Ghz > 4.4Ghz turbo at a decent temp :D

Obviously I'll try and aim higher for benching but would be happy with 4.5Ghz+.
 
Pretty impressed so far.

Out of the box @ stock setting this chip is very fast, like very fast..

Quick OC to 4.5Ghz @ 1.28v and 290X @ 1200 / 1350 and it flies !

Max temp for 4.5Ghz were 68c, (Antec Kuhler 920 high fan speed)
Could see this being my 24/7 setting tbh with silent fan speed.

Would like to push further for benching though. Will try for 4.6Ghz next.

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http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/8446508
 
Put a build together today with a Gigabyte Z97P-D3, £64, amazing how much you get for your money these days. Awesome lil mobo, had it paired with a Haswell Pentium, but a i7 K chip would be fine on this mobo. Entry into PC is cheapest it's ever been imho.
 
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