so basically what I do on my current rig is game next gen titles (bf4, bioshock, arma III), graphic design (photoshop, after effects, premier), run basic minecraft servers and payday servers, while all trying to get into streaming. My question is, should I get the 100-200 intel option or amd option. Please no biased opinions, just fact.
Definitely an FX 8320 or 8350. No contest. In gaming, it's debatable, but for servers and streaming AMD is the clear winner in that price range.
My general rule of thumb is that if you're looking for a processor under $200 USD or equivalent you should go AMD. To me AMD is industrial, Intel is elegant.
The AMD wins in streaming and ties in games. Its also really good for video encoding, rendering, editing, etc. because of the multi-threaded performance (8 cores). Not to mention that right now you can get a 8350 for $170, which is one hell of a value, even before you overclock it.
I'll support the above. You will notice no difference in gaming between the AMD and Intel chips, but for streaming the difference is noteworthy.
Here's a youtuber who paid for the FX-8350 and the i7 CPUs, they weren't handed to him by companies. He says that the move from the FX to the i7 wasn't worth it, the difference was barely noticeable and definitely not worth the high asking price. You can decide how much faith you can have in his opinion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvLRZxRL8N8
Jayz is the guy who was helped by Logan with his website, by the way.
the 8320/50 will be better at streaming than the i5 4670k... the i5 will be faster in Photoshop and most of Adobe suite, and very mildly faster in gaming (while not streaming)... Adobe suite includes all multi-threaded programs, but not all multi-threading is built the same... Adobe suite uses a lot of thread stashing, so the i5's single thread performance shines through... an i5 is actually noticeably faster in Illustrator and Photoshop... I don't do a lot of video editing, so I can't say for a fact the difference in Encore, Fireworks, etc..
An i7 will beat out an 8320/50 around the board in pretty much everything on Windows, ranging from a little to significantly... at that point you have to judge whether the extra performance is worth the rather hefty price tag...
In short, it depends on your budget and how you prioritize your computer usage...
Yeah, I have some extra money and the way I use photoshop and After Effects, I might as well just go intel. Thanks for the tips, and thank you everyone else as well. :D
I went from an FX-6100 at 4.8GHz to a stock 4670k. The 4670k feels a lot quicker, and my max frames per second are a lot higher, however the average is about the same. In games like DayZ and Arma III (and other CPU heavy/badly optimized games aka anything on the Unreal Engine) the Intel simply flies past my FX chip. The per core performance with Intel is a serious consideration you need to take.
I am not biased in anyway. I have built 3 systems with AMD CPU's, 1 with Intel, owned 2 AMD GPU's, and one NVIDIA GPU. So you can tell I do not stick with one company.
Go AMD for a normal CPU. Go intell if you have big bills to burn.
Hear! Hear!
Yeah, the 6100 was a tad bit weak in single core performance.
Streaming?
FX-8350.
No the 4670k WILL be better at streaming.
Its significant better SIMD performance will result is better streaming performance. Haswell is superior in streaming than piledriver. It is a old myth.
Which exact Intel processor are we talking about?
Seen as most of the comments barely have any knowledge in CPUs..
Define a normal CPU?
I'm pretty sure that pentiums and celerons are pretty inexpensive, so please don't compare companies like that.
Your stupidity / fanboyism have truly amazed me again.
should I get the 100-200 intel option or amd option.
This means high end i3s to low end i5s
Compared to FX-6300 all the way to FX-8350
I was just wondering since some people compared the fx 8350 to the core i5 4670k... Which is out of the $200 price range.
Uhh streaming programs like OBS and even Xplit are multithreaded pretty heavily so an Octacore 8350 crushes the 4670k. I have an 8320 and putting out 3500 bitrate 720p (high as twitch goes for regular people) stream costs about 10% across the cores.
uhh streaming is heavily depending on a strong SIMD and a well-organized cache which haswell have unlike piledriver.
It all lies in the architecture, learn about it.
EDIT; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26UKz42uQ1Y#t=16m35s