Much difference between AMD 8320 and AMD 8350??

[ValiantUK91]

Hi all a friend of myn is planning on getting a gaming pc after i mentioned im getting one hes planning on getting the same set up as me but he wants to spend a little less he was thinking of getting a AMD piledriver 8320 black edition or even the AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6350 Black Edition instead of the 8350 will he notice any significant changes? also a 500GB hard drive instead of the 1TB.

heres my set up:

1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £124.99
1 x MSI 990XA-GD55 AMD 990X Chipset (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £51.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99

thanks

 

[teppic]

The 8320 and 8350 are the same processor, just one is clocked by AMD a bit higher. So if you have both CPUs running at 4GHz, they'll perform the same.

The 6300 is a good CPU for the money. It tends to clock higher than the 8320/8350, and on games that use 2-4 cores (most) you'll get the same performance at the same clocks. Upcoming games are likely to use 8 cores though, so they'll be better with the 8320.

 

[ValiantUK91]

The 8320 and 8350 are the same processor, just one is clocked by AMD a bit higher. So if you have both CPUs running at 4GHz, they'll perform the same.

The 6300 is a good CPU for the money. It tends to clock higher than the 8320/8350, and on games that use 2-4 cores (most) you'll get the same performance at the same clocks. Upcoming games are likely to use 8 cores though, so they'll be better with the 8320.

thanks a lot just starting out with the whole gaming pc so not to sure on things yet ill tell him to get the 8320

 

[teppic]

Get him to overclock the CPU a bit, even if it's just 4GHz (all 8320s will do that). Then you'll get the same performance as an 8350.

 

[elroberto]

With a decent aircooler it's quite easy to get the 8320 up to 4.4-4.5. While you may get slightly better clocks with an 8350 that isn't guaranteed.

 

[jonnyp1993]

Clock a fx6300 to 4.5. Its cheaper and will run faster than a 8350 at stock

 

[adolf hamster]

sure can you not disable cores on all the amd chips, so you could go for an 8320, disable 2 cores, clock her higher, then when games start optimising for more than 4 cores, re activate and win.

this is ofc assuming that the oc ceiling is due to heat not the chip's potential

 

[HankScorpio]

sure can you not disable cores on all the amd chips, so you could go for an 8320, disable 2 cores, clock her higher, then when games start optimising for more than 4 cores, re activate and win.

this is ofc assuming that the oc ceiling is due to heat not the chip's potential

Alternatively just buy the FX6100 and the time being, seeing as its quite cheap and when games start being optimised for more cores buy a better cpu.

 

[teppic]

Alternatively just buy the FX6100 and the time being, seeing as its quite cheap and when games start being optimised for more cores buy a better cpu.

I wouldn't - the FX-6100 is pretty weak. The 6300 is much better. They might be 2nd hand for <£50.

 

[HankScorpio]

Oh yeah I meant that one