vivster said:
Well I use review sites instead of guts. But here a few facts with sources for you. Beginning with the prices. 4770k = 273€, FX-8370E = 183€ (that's 50% more expensive) http://geizhals.de/intel-core-i7-4770k-bx80646i74770k-a928911.html http://geizhals.de/amd-fx-8370e-fd837ewmhkbox-a1155963.html 4700k vs 8370E performance rating in games without graphics bottleneck(low resolution) That's 50% more performance where it counts. (I admit this is an aggregated rating and in some games the AMD CPU is only 30% behind) Power Consumption at full performance I have to reitterate here since the 30W I took are at a balanced load and not full performance. At full performance it's actually more than 40W difference. What's even more appalling, the CPU takes 20W more just to idle!
So we have 50% more power in games, a minimum power advantage of 20W(going up to 50 at full performance) and all that for only 50% more cost. This package looks less and less appealing. But as I said, it's good value for a lower price. Which is pretty much the only good thing to say about AMD CPUs. If you consider performance and power consumption it sucks balls.
(BTW computerbase.de is one of the oldest and respected independent computer websites in Germany) |
The link you provided indicates a performance difference more in the 30% range than 50.
And here is what it costs for a 4770k in my country:
359.99$ on newegg and NCIX.
Starting at 368.99 on amazon.
Compared to the 200$ price point of the FX-8370.
And cut the "going by guts" crap. You're obviously insinuating something and that's just flame baiting.
