Best Value Overclocker?

[Bascotie]

Hi guys,

I was in the Intel section and was told that these days, AMD is probably the way to go for value/performance when it comes to $200ish price range on CPUs (overclocking taken into consideration).

The i5-3570k seems to be a popular overclocker (seems like many get it to 4.3+GHz without much of a problem) and it runs for about $190.

What is a good rival on the AMD side within that price range?

This will be mainly a gaming computer (possibly a media server as well). Thank you!

 

[caddi daddi]

for top clock speed only the choice would be the 8350 paired with a very good board.
for performance in working and gaming it's intel with a good gpu thats on top.
to me it's amd for just overclocking fun and intel if you want it to do something.

 

[Zebodog]

I have an FX 8350 (paid $190 CDN) on a Sabertooth 990FX 2.0 (paid $190 CDN) and a CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO+ (paid $30 CDN) all running at 4.63GHZ prime 95 stable. I could go higher on the overclock but would need to go watercooling to get the temperatures down.

 

[Bascotie]

Thanks guys. It seems the other thread in the Intel section became the 'main' thread. If an admin could close this one please, so we can discuss it there. Sorry I opened another one, wasn't sure if I should bring the topic here.

Thanks for the tips Zebodog and caddi daddi. That seems to be the consensus

 

[Automata]

If the topic wanders in the original thread, you can have a staff member move it for you. I will lock this one and move your other to the general CPU forum.