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Arkaign on 20 December 2014
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The 8350 loses most games to the i3. Every professional review site reflects this. This is called EVIDENCE.
The 8350 loses virtually EVERYTHING to the i5. Again, every professional review site reflects this.

The AM3 chipsets are extremely old. PCI Express 2.0 is the limit, USB 3.0 is not native and results in lower throughput and higher CPU usage, SATA is not native 6gbps, resulting in slower performance with SSDs along with higher CPU usage. Power usage on both the mainboard and the FX CPU are MASSIVELY higher on the 8350, resulting in more heat/noise/electric charges.

Perhaps the worst part is that the FX AM3 in 2014 is that you need a board with extremely good VRM and capacitor quality to run an 8350 with a mild OC, and should you decide to upgrade CPUs in a couple of years, the 9590 is the best you will ever see.

With an 1150 build, you could start with the i3 or i5, then later on drop a 4790K in for performance way beyond the 9590 even on liquid cooling.

I have owned many AMD CPUs over the years. I wish they were still competitive. I had a 6350 in my HTPC until a few months ago, and it was okay for the task. If you already own one, great, depending on how it does for you it may not be worth replacing for quite some time. Things like ram, GPU, SSD can have priority over the CPU if you have limited funds and/or have some parts to work with already.

What IS extremely irresponsible, is recommending an obsolete product for no savings, for a gaming box at the end of 2014 headed into 2015.

The 8350 is $169, stock with a tin-can cooler, at newegg.

The best deal on an AM3 motherboard that will last long enough at the 125w+ that the 8350 needs is $102 AR right now :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131874

So, you're talking $272.98 for that combo. Is that a good deal? Let's compare it with a combo that will beat it in every game out there :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372

i5-4690K $219.99, unlocked and ready to run at 4.5Ghz+

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135386

Z97 series board, PCI-Express 3.0, DDR3-3000 Speed, capable of running that 4690 @ 5Ghz if you upgrade the cooler. $69.99

Total $289.98, so we're talking less than $20 more, for something that is in another league of performance. In almost every game tested, the AVERAGE FPS of the FX-8350 is significantly lower than the MINIMUM FPS of the slower i5-4330. The i5-4690K is better still.

It's just irresponsible to give bad advice to someone with limited funds. Someone may be stuck with their build for years before getting the time and money to upgrade again, so give the best advice you can. And building an FX-based PC now is just ridiculous. It's bad value, old tech, and is not competitive even $ for $ with the Intel.