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AMD FX-8350 vs Intel Core i5 4570 for Gaming
I'm in a bit of a struggle right now, i can not choose between the AMD FX-8350 and the Intel Core i5 4570
A lot of people are saying choose the AMD if you play games like CoD, BF4 and Crysis, and go for the Intel if you play MMO Games (WoW, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3)
The problem is, i play both, so i have no idea which CPU to choose for my new rig i will be building next week
The difference between the AMD and Intel is only €50
The other things that will get build into my new gaming rig:
Motherboard: (For AMD: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P) (For Intel: Gigabyte G1.Sniper B5)
Graphics Card: 2x MSI Radeon R9 270X (Crossfire, 2nd will be build in at the end of next month)
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz RAM (Crucial Ballistix Tactical, will be upgraded to 16GB at the end of next month)
120GB Samsung EVO SSD & 1TB WD Blue HDD
I always had AMD builds, loved the performance, i also had a FX-8120 1.5 years ago (sold that rig)
Would be great if someone could help me out
Currently i would go for the AMD, because i can use the €50 for a new keyboard :P
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Now this is downright silly, couldn't you get a single 280X for the same price (the mining fever is waning, so they should be in stock again). Way less issues and incompatibilities with just a single powerful GPU instead of CF/SLI, not sure about performance in this particular case, but wouldn't be surprised if 280X will also be faster than the two weaker cards.
On the CPU side I'll let someone more neutral chime in, as I currently have three of the FX-8350 at home, and the last Intel CPU in my primary computer was a Celeron-300A back in around 2000.
50 EUR keyboard... that this one come with gold plated keys or something?
They are currently not in stock here (MSI ones, Club3D is, but i don't like that brand), also, graphic card will be upgrade to a R9 290X at the end of this year (christmas or so)
This is a new build? Why the 2x cards? Generally you put in a second card of the same type to prolong the life of your rig later on when it's cheaper. Fair enough if you already have a 270 lying round buy why not a 290?
As for processors this doesn't really help but I always go Intel.
Whoops, forgot to mention that the 2nd GPU will be added at the end of next month as well
Honestly don't waste the cash. Use your current rig for gaming for an extra month if you have to, get a 280 or a 290 (or an NVIDIA
) and then a year or two down the line when it's cheap second hand, stick another one in your rig and give it another year or two of keeping up with pretty much the highest settings. Even after then it'll do medium settings at least for a few years.
It's a waste of cash. You could even aim $50 lower total on GPU and stretch for the Intel if you decide to go that route.
Well... that will be a problem since my laptop is half dead. And i've already been waiting for 3-4 months for the new rig..
I've always been a AMD fanboy, so I'll have to go with AMD.
I always had Intel, I would suggest going for the i5 and instead of choosing R9 270x I would go for a GTX 770.
Edit: I would also go for a WD Black instead of blue.
You can wait until the end of next month. You also don't have to play on the top settings.
If you wanna get a 270 or that's all your budget allows then do it, I and I think everyone else advise against buying a second though so soon.
edit:
The fanboy in me agrees.
The reason not going for nVidia is AMD's Mantle, as used in Battlefield 4 (Which i play/will be playing a lot)
Intel, it will blow your mind. I had several AMD cpu's for years but they all lacked performance. 3 years ago I bought a 2500k and I was the best thing ever. Still using it and never had any performance issues with it.
Regarding CPU, performance difference is less, but AMD will outperform and its also overclockable.
If you want to save some more bucks get the 8320, you can overclock it to get performance of an 8350, they both are basically same.
GPU wise I'd say get 280x if you have money, its same as 7970
strange question & answer from topic starter. Nice trolling -) Eat well.
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4570-vs-AMD-FX-8350
The only reason AMD might be better is because it has 8 cores instead of 4. But a single core from a Intel will out perform any AMD core without a problem. There aren't many games that are able to use 8 cores.
As far as i know AMD GPU get corrupted from heat.
Intel.
FX-8350 will bottleneck you in a lot of games, whereas a 4570 will not.
Even overclocked, it will struggle to keep up with the Intel CPUs. Also Intel CPUs can overclock too.....in fact easier, since they run cooler.
@taronyu I have already mentioned performance difference is less, the only reason I suggested AMD is for its overclocking capability and more bang for buck.
Also there are games that use upto four cores.
PS: I'd not recommend cpuboss or gpuboss for benchmarking.
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Not in this case.
@NateN34 The mentioned i5 cannot be overclocked.
Either one is great. I have built two rigs with that AMD chip. One actually being a 8320 overclocked to 8350 speeds. The intel chip is a bit better for most games. AMD is cheaper/more economical etc.
@retry you can run it in turbo at all times, tho. Not really worth it if you're looking for an OC chip for sure tho, just buy the K.
IIRC some of the very early iCore chips could be unlocked at home but it wasn't easy. Maybe it was just experiments on overclockers.co.uk tho.
What games would that be? I have played plenty of new releases of the last couple of years and have yet to max my i5 3570k , heck I don't think i've seen just the game runtime go over 60%.
@RivaCom Source engine games, BF3, Watchdogs.
These dont require 4 physical cores but can use it.
why not give one of those apu's a try
Funny guy... got an AMD A8-4500M APU in my laptop, things are getting hot hot hot, also, BF4 wil only run @ low
I'm no gaming expert, but I don't think I can recall seeing many benchmarks in the past few years where Intel didn't embarrass AMD. People talk about the price virtue of AMD, but it seems like the power difference would make that up over time.
^APU will perform badly in cpu intensive games or applications.
No serious. i got a a10-6800k months back and it really does perform good. dirt 3 on max. BF3 on med/max. homefront on max
The Intel processor in this case is going to perform better than the FX8350, because it has better single threaded performance and almost the same multi threaded performance. It's also a newer processor.
Keep in mind that the FX8350 is not really a true eight core CPU. It's really a quad core with some fancy things to let them market it as an eight core. Windows 8 is smart enough to call it a "4 Core" CPU when you install it.