Which is better please?

[AdladUK]

Hi,

I'm building a new system in a couple of weeks and was wondering which CPU would be the best (mostly I'll be gaming):

AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+)

or

Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011

I will not be overclocking, so it's performance out the box I'm interested in

Thanks!

 

[Martini1991]

May's well wait for Haswell.
The two products are different price ranges, they're not directly comparable.

 

[AdladUK]

May's well wait for Haswell.
The two products are different price ranges, they're not directly comparable.

I took the highest priced AMD processor... Intel have always been over priced in comparison from my experience. I noticed also Haswell isn't out until June?

 

[smilertoo]

LGA2011 is very expensive if you're not going to push the system.

 

[Martini1991]

I took the highest priced AMD processor... Intel have always been over priced in comparison from my experience. I noticed also Haswell isn't out until June?

You're saying a few weeks, you may's well wait a few more.
For gaming, it'll be the 4770K which is best, or a 3770K.
Neither of which are worth their premium over the i5 variants in my opinion.
And for the 4770K, it's just a guess, HT isn't going to become super more powerful suddenly.

 

[AdladUK]

LGA2011 is very expensive if you're not going to push the system.

How about Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W)?

I'm just trying to find out which is the best solution when not overclocking or spending silly amounts of money (£800+)

 

[Doomedspeed]

The 8350 sits around the performance bracket of the 3570k. Though the 3570k is better in games the 8530 is multi-threaded like the 3770K.

The 3770k is better than the 8350 and the 3820 is similar to the 3770K.

 

[AdladUK]

Okay thanks

 

[Smashx]

You can check cpubenchmark site as well!