Is that a realistic option? I was thinking it would be around 4-5 years, are they going to stay with the am3+ socket? From what i can tell the biggest advantage the 8350 has for me is that i could upgrade the cpu later. How long are motherboards supposed to last?
Well at the moment I know that Steamroller will be socket AM3+, but after that I really don't have a idea on Excavator. Sorry that I don't have any really big news for you.
But in question to the 8350 it is a great overclocker that is powerful from the get go if you do want to OC, I highly recommend a aftermarket cooler.
It seems to me that the i5 3570k both overclock pretty well. But with the 8350 it gets pretty toasty. Aside from that the only reason i was still looking at the 8350 was for the possible upgrade path.