Hey all. I'm building a pc and I need some help deciding on a cpu. It's boiling down to these two. I really need to play Atleast till 2016 ultra settings at any playable non choppy fps. Now in my country the fx 8350 is 15$ less than double the price of the fx 6300.
I need to know will the performance take a huge hit if I go for the 6300? The 8350 is just too much and I can't afford it till maybe august or September. Thats like the end of the year. I just don't give a damn about the fps only just no lag and not choppy.
theres not much need for 8 cores just if you multitasking or streaming the six core will perform just about the same as the 8 core apart from a few games where they use more cores more efficiently so go for the 6 core not much need for 8 cores all at the mo
And please just don't give answers to change to intel cause I just can't get the high end intel cpus. Iv gota get my other parts and itl be way over October when I complete this. And could someone give some benchmarks for the most cpu intensive games? And don't tell me about the gpu cause Iv got a hd 5450, and I just want no bottleneck from any other parts.
Hey thanks for replying. So if I'm gona stream games to my android with splashtop it won't give a big hit? Cause maybe I might.
But not very hardcore games. Just pcsx2 for god of war and some other story type of games, like, not very hardcore.
not to sure about that ive never heard of splashtop either might have a look
Its just a program that streams ur pc games to android. Thing is it just uses about 30 % of ur cpu horsepower. But I think I'd work if u use 2 cores for it and 4 for the game. Will getting it to maybe 4.3 ghz more or less lessen the gap?
It is likely that splashtop, being a streaming service is reliant on primarily one core so your single threaded performance it what you would want to consider when using that program. Since the 6300 and 8350 are the same Vishera architecture, a single core, at the same clock on either chip should provide nearly identical performance. So, the number of cores on the cpu shouldn't matter too much for that program. That said the base clock on the 8350 is higher than the 6300. However, Vishera chips are SUPERB over clockers! I have an 8350 @ 5.1, and I did a cheap gaming build for my sister with a 6300. Since the 6300 has less cores, and lower TDP, heat will be slightly less of an issue which will allow for greater OC head room with decent air cooling or cheap water cooling (I'm thinking h50 -ish).
So, if we consider all aspects, including money, it would seem like a better idea for you to grab the much cheaper 6300, stick at decent cooler on it (which you should do anyways because stock AMD coolers suck) and do a northbridge overclock on it to around 4.5-4.6. This will give you better single core performance, manageable heat and a lower price.
Thoughts anybody? I have seen the 6300 game, it's respectable especially for it's price, plus most games lean far more on the gpu than cpu.
I'm not sure what the price of one is where you are but you could also look into an 8300 or 8320. They won't clock as high but in the US there's a 30ish dollar difference between it and the 8350 so that may translate to more savings and still give you're cores
There really isn't a game (besides bf4) that can properly use all six cores. If you're streaming and gaming at the same time, it us arguable that Vishera offers a better deal than a Haskell i5 (in respect to streaming). My biggest issue us that Amy is EOL meaning you won't be seeing any new cpus.
That is true, long term it kinda sucks because there will be no new cpu to slap into the same socket. But you are right, the 6300 presents better value at the moment. But, this is the classic AMD v. Intel issue, amd was great performance/$ but in terms of pure performance... well, you know.
Yeah I know that amd is now out of the cpu market and more into the apu. Now in the budget Iv set out, which is reaching more than its max for the 8350, if I buy an intel, il get an i5 4440, which, is just a 15$ away from the fx 8350. Now why I'm choosing amd over intel is because in all the system requirements, Iv never seen the recommended go beyond the fx 8350. But in the recommended of intel cpus, it goes all the way to i7s which are about 70 % more than the fx 8350. I don't really need an upgrade headroom, cause if I keep waiting I won't have time to play. I'm in the 9th std and it's sort of dreaded that u should just work super hard in 9th and 10th. And after that more hard studies and finally college. And I sorta have an ambition to be a doctor. So anyway, as I was saying, while the fx 8350 is too much, and the only 8 core options I have are the 8350 and 8320, i may go with the 6300 or 8320. The 8320 is about 60-70$ less than the 8350,and less than 50$ more than the 6300. That's all. Some suggestions are appreciated.
Sorry that's any suggestions are appreciated
i dont realy understand that logic.
It basicly highly depends on what your main ussage of the system will be.
For gaming an haswell i5 is definitely the better choice then anything amd has to offer. But it does not stop only there.
remember that the haswell cores are way faster then AMD fx corers in general, so even in allot of all day usage tasks, you might experiance that diffrence aswell.
But still this does not mean that FX cpu´s are bad, because they are totaly not.
It just depends a bit on your ussage goals.
If you do some productivity work next to gaming, then then an FX8 core is definitely not a bad cpu for the money.
FX6300 is still the best processor to get below the $100,- price mark imo.
well if you don't plan on upgrading for a while and riding the am3+ platform out till it can't hang anymore just pick up the 8350. With games starting to take more advantage of multiple cores it could last you a while
if you're on a super budget tho the 6300 is straight. Even the 8320 isn't a bad option...plus the 8cores will make a pretty decent server cpu when you retire the rig
I have both and would rather have an FX-6300 and a 300$ GPU than an FX-8350 and a 200$ GPU.
Ok so according to everyone here, most of the people are saying that I go for the fx 6300. So il prolly go with it.
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I cannot look into your wallet, and i also dont know which GPU you have.
But if you can afford a haswell i5, then that will be my recommendation.
Because its simply better for gaming.
And i tell you this as an FX8350 owner.