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Vasto on 03 September 2014

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VanceIX on 03 September 2014

I'd avoid AMD CPUs for gaming. 8 cores are great, but it doesn't help that they are MUCH weaker than the individual i5 or i7 cores.



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generic-user-1 on 03 September 2014

there is nothing crazy about those cpus..



Hynad on 03 September 2014
generic-user-1 said:
there is nothing crazy about those cpus..


For the energy they use, they are quite good. Yes.



vivster on 04 September 2014
Hynad said:
generic-user-1 said:
there is nothing crazy about those cpus..


For the energy they use, they are quite good. Yes.

Yeah, no. The only good thing is the price. performance/energy consumption ratio is pretty much one of the worst things on this thing.



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Hynad on 04 September 2014
vivster said:
Hynad said:
generic-user-1 said:
there is nothing crazy about those cpus..


For the energy they use, they are quite good. Yes.

Yeah, no. The only good thing is the price. performance/energy consumption ratio is pretty much one of the worst things on this thing.


At 95W? Are you kidding?



vivster on 04 September 2014
Hynad said:
vivster said:
Hynad said:
generic-user-1 said:
there is nothing crazy about those cpus..


For the energy they use, they are quite good. Yes.

Yeah, no. The only good thing is the price. performance/energy consumption ratio is pretty much one of the worst things on this thing.


At 95W? Are you kidding?

Sorry, I was comparing it to intel processors. It's probably awesome compared to othe AMD models.

Also I hope you know that TDP is not the actual power consumption.

 

A 4770k is 50% more powerful while consuming 30W less

 



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CosmicSex on 04 September 2014

My rig uses the FX 8320. I am very pleased with the performance and I have yet to bother overclocking it. They are also very cost efficient.



Hynad on 04 September 2014
vivster said:

Sorry, I was comparing it to intel processors. It's probably awesome compared to othe AMD models.

Also I hope you know that TDP is not the actual power consumption.

 

A 4770k is 50% more powerful while consuming 30W less

 

Indeed, the price has a part to play in the mix. A 4770k costs nearly twice as much, and actually doesn't have 50% more performance... I don't know where you took that from. xD

Also: Quite good /= awesome.



Captain_Tom on 04 September 2014
shikamaru317 said:

AMD didn't just release these 2, they also lowered some prices on existing models and released the 8320e for $147. Honestly, $147 for an 8 core processor is a pretty darn good deal. That's barely more expensive than Intel's i3 and cheaper than the cheapest i5. I'll need to see some comparison benchmarks for confirmation, but I'd guess that the FX 8320e would outperform an i3 by a pretty big margin and come fairly close to matching the cheapest i5, which costs like $40 more. And it can be overclocked, which neither the i3 or the cheapest i5 can. More and more games are being coded to make use of 8 cores now, largely thanks to PS4 and Xbox One. Might just use one of these in my next build.


You are pretty close to 100% correct.  I have been around all of these processors and I find that when all cores are utilized it goes i5 < FX-83xx < i7, and rest assured that all future AAA games WILL utilize all 8 cores well.