| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Multi-tasking for gods , media creation is as good if not better than the i7 3770k, which costs a chunk of change more. Newer games run great! | Older games and most Emulators don't utilize the full power of this processor, although single core performance beats out Nehalem. Power usage. |
| Overall | 5 |
"Excessive browser-tab openers"
Post your Dolphin Config so us other FX users can use Dolphin without the hassle...
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Price, Performance | Overclockability, doesn't make me toast |
| Overall | 4 |
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Technically 8-core, 4.0Ghz base clock, lots of cache, AM3+ socket | overclocking is heat limited very quickly |
| Overall | 4 |
Thank you for letting me know about the sony vegas pro performance!
Am contemplating jumping into the video editing pool...great to know that this processor delivers (when the time comes)...
I would not say that AMD has gotten back in line, I would say they made a processor that performs well in certain situations though. Since this review I have moved to an i7-3770k because intel's 4 core 8 thread processor performs even better than the AMD. The 8350 is still way better than most though in terms of rendering.
Is the price/performance ratio worth it in your mind (incl MB and Proc purchase)?
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Very fast. It's the cat's meow until the steamroller comes out. Easy to heavy overclock if you have a good cooling solution. | Not a one yet. |
| Overall | 5 |
Fanboyism is illogical. Go with whatever suits your needs better.
AMD vs Intel = to me it's what you can afford, my personal opinion is they both have there place in market. But I do run with Intel and Nivda. I have not used AMD in over 7 yrs. But I have build some friends some AMD systems that I would use myself.
I agree my friend. Going amd all the way personally. I had horrible experiences with Intel and ATI graphics so i switched to, amd + nvidia. Been rocking it ever sense solid things those FX cores are . Also with Win8 i got about 20% gain on CPU speed at least, and that was back on FX8150 so i assume Win8 will affect this one as well. Further testing required but they are soild as hell. BEANS for you!
Seems more like a personal opinion then a review tbh.
What do you mean "beats" an i5 3570K? Also, there are affordable motherboards for LGA1155 too, and since a stock i5 3570K benchmarks higher in mostly everything else but H.264 encoding and wPrime and unzipping/certain renderers, (AFAIK, do tell if there's something I've missed), overclocking the i5 would be more than redundant.
Although I will agree that its intel couterpart is faster and more energy efficient, there has been proof in many reviews where it has performed on or above par of the 3570k in most games. I think in the future when we see more multithreaded games it will pull an advantage. This isn't to say that the 3570k will be absolete by any means.
First of all as you might notice I said if you are an AMD fan buy this. That's pretty clear. Secondly as far as the bench's go most of the ones the 3570k beats the 8350 are geared toward intel and IMO mean nothing. As far as gaming, in most games a nice OC'd 8350 beats the 3570k. I have seen many tests that bear this out and if you want to you can find them for yourself. I hate the stupid RED vs. BLUE wars that go on all of the time. There is nothing wrong with liking either one but please stop hating one or the other, it's counterproductive.
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Fast! Great for gaming, can keep up with Intel! | Hot, needs water to push it far |
| Overall | 5 |
This is on my current wishlist atm :3 Probably more excited about getting it than a person should be, but with great reviews like this how can i not be, nice one
