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Solved > I5 4670k vs FX-8350?
OP we are not 'too' bad about fighting in this forum section. That said we have had a couple of posters come into this forum section when a certain set of circumstances had "even us" sort of pointing a questioning user toward an Intel build, and be a little too adamant about Intel being far better than the AMD FX processor systems. They however generally go on their way since there is really only a 'core' of people that will try and help posters with that always presented question of "how do I overclock my X thing". It takes a certain crazieness to try and answer that question day after day after day. Especially when there are 1000s upon 1000s of tutorials to overclock just about anything. Hehehe .
And then as begs your question; there again there are probably at least 100s upon 1000s for posts seen in g00gle or other engines that 'try' and compare the FX-8350s to other Intel cpus. I just did a g00gle search again this morning and came across the link I posted above. The posters in it were civil and polite and in the end I liked the fact that a few other thoughts came to the surface. Like using a 3570K IB instead of a 4670K for gaming. I never heard that since everybody wants the latest. Be that as it may be as a thought, there is a poster in that thread with TWO rigs. One Intel and the other AMD. Both are pretty darn stout. More Stout than 95% of those posting in this AMD Cpu Forum Section. That particular poster was not impressed "overly" by either of his systems. They both worked.
Interesting comment made about comparing the top of the line Asus ROG board for AMD and a more top of the line Asus ROG board for Intel The AMD was cheaper. The argument we hear "most" of the time is that you don't need top of the line boards for Intel. Well okay but top of the line is after all top of line. Go figure.
We have at least 2 "helpers" in this forum section that have gotten the later Intel 4670K or 4770K in the just the last few weeks. They Had/Have pretty freeken quick Intel FX-8350 and one an FX-9370 processors and since I know their style and presistence and mind-set, it is not an issue for me to hear them say, they can game on either cpu setup and that generally the Intel rig hands them maybe 3 to 5 FPS more in the games "they" use. So if I need a few more FPS, then by knowing them well enough...I could say I would need to go Intel. I would trust their say-so more than 1000s of other reviews.
So the idea that we could give you a performance report on an FX-8350 cpu is just a shade on the realistically not doable side. Trying to do so has been done 1000s of times already on the internet. 90% of those tries are not what I personally would listen to. Too much hype and BS in many discussions about Intel Vs AMD. That very circumstance is why I linked you that thread above. It is not too infused with bias and brings out some ideas that appeal to me having done that bench for big numbers a few years ago and just like any racing...it gets old after a while or does for many.
I like my FX-8350 on an earlier CHV mobo for video editting at 4.7Ghz. The sum-beeatch is just smartly fast. Oh so much faster than my i7 860 cpu is/was when at 4.0Ghz. Oh sure tell me to upgrade my Intel. Horse pucky when it does all I need on everything else. We all have ideas that just scratching at the surface seem fine...dig down and it is just throwing money after money.
If you only game and will do so with ONLY (forever and ever) one video card, then the Intel 4670K on a $130.00 or less motherboard of good repute and using a CM212EVO cpu cooler, might be your better dollar value route. Put any extra money toward the better rated $400 to $500 video card and enjoy. And you should be able to enjoy as such rig would be very good for gaming. It would also be nearly thumb-proof for those of us with extra thumbs in our make-up.
And then when everything is already said 100s of times, get what you want. Don't care if I like or your bud likes it...get what you have the most inclination toward and learn it inside and out. Then no matter what; you have satisfied yourself and that is the person I want most to see satisfied.
RGone...ster.
