Please recommend an AMD Processor for me

[frozentundra123456]

Thanks for trying to be condescending but most of you guys are using i5s/i7s.

Like Frozen says below me, unless you have a game that SPECIFICALLY benefits from the i3 (Dolphin Emulator is my favorite example), I'd still pick the FX.

That is not exactly what I said. There are plenty of newer games in which the i3 is very competitive, and a lot of older games in which it is faster than a stock 8350. TBH, I play mostly older games, and am not particularly into the latest games like watchdogs, ACU, etc., and not particularly demanding of framerate, so I probably would go with an i3 for efficiency or an i5 at a bit more cost for better overall performance.

 

[tential]

That is not exactly what I said. There are plenty of newer games in which the i3 is very competitive, and a lot of older games in which it is faster than a stock 8350. TBH, I play mostly older games, and am not particularly into the latest games like watchdogs, ACU, etc., and not particularly demanding of framerate, so I probably would go with an i3 for efficiency or an i5 at a bit more cost for better overall performance.

I screwed that thought up and never finished it, my bad there on that misquote.

 

[OverVolt]

The AMD is plenty efficient if you don't OC it. Its 32nm afterall.

It does hold more heat because it is SOI but... meh.

 

[cbn]

I'm surprised nobody mentioned the 860k? .

.....But then the price of the FX-6300 (as well as the OEM FX-8300/FX-8310) is becoming so low in some cases.

 

[Jovec]

The AMD is plenty efficient if you don't OC it. Its 32nm afterall.

Depends. CPUs aside, the FX platform isn't too power efficient. The APU platforms are.

 

[OverVolt]

Depends. CPUs aside, the FX platform isn't too power efficient. The APU platforms are.

If its single threaded I don't usually break 90w at full load with an FX 8150.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

.....But then the price of the FX-6300 (as well as the OEM FX-8300/FX-8310) is becoming so low in some cases.

$85 for the 8310 shipped to your for from Tigerdirect with visa checkout. That's a steal.

 

[burninatortech4]

An 860k overclocked to 4.6ghz does not bottleneck a single 290* on my friends rig. I'm not sure why this chip is being discounted (unless 8 threads or 2+ gpu's are required). 80 bucks is hard to beat. Most games only use 4 threads, Kaveri's IPC is higher, and most Vishera's top out around that clock anyway.

 

[SPBHM]

An 860k overclocked to 4.6ghz does not bottleneck a single 290* on my friends rig. I'm not sure why this chip is being discounted (unless 8 threads are required). 80 bucks is hard to beat. Most games only use 4 threads, Kaveri's IPC is higher, and most Vishera's top out around that clock anyway.

IPC increase was small, and don't forget AM3+ CPUs have l3 cache (even if it's slow, it's not as slow as DDR3), and many games can take advantage of more than 2 modules.

if you can buy 3-4 modules AM3+ for a similar price, it's a better choice.

check some of the benchmarks here
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2413015

for $80 the 860K is nice, but the 6300+ are better gaming CPUs, if you want an AMD CPU I would choose one of those new cheaper 8300s or the 6300 with some OC (no need for 4.7GHz, a little over 4GHz should be easy and deliver almost the same performance)

 

[TurtleCrusher]

You can get the 8310 and a decent 970 motherboard for $135. Eight cores, overclockable to 4Ghz at 125w TDP even with a 4-phase VRM group. Unless you're pairing it with the highest end GPU, it wont be held back in lightly threaded games. For those games that are threaded well it will future-resist quite well. We know for certain as the consoles have taken a clear direction and designers will follow suit.

Even regular Counterstrike Source/DOD/Global Offensive uses four threads. Even at 1400Mhz, the 8xxx can run DOD:Source at 45-60fps, maxed settings. 2100Mhz or more and I cant tell the difference between it at 4.2Ghz. This game used to only use one core and aggressively needed performance. Now it runs on practically anything with cores. This is the direction of games from here on out.

 

[Yuriman]

An 860k overclocked to 4.6ghz does not bottleneck a single 290* on my friends rig. I'm not sure why this chip is being discounted (unless 8 threads or 2+ gpu's are required). 80 bucks is hard to beat. Most games only use 4 threads, Kaveri's IPC is higher, and most Vishera's top out around that clock anyway.

At those clocks, I'd expect it to be very near a lower end stock i5. Considering a ~2.9ghz i5 would be ~$100 more expensive, seems pretty fair to me.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

If people have the gall to overclock first gen i7s for years then complain about the power consumption of Piledriver... LOL! The reviews of 4.5-4.8GHZ first gen i7s hit near 300w alone.

 

[NTMBK]

Holy crap you guys, the OP hasn't posted in this thread since the original post. I think he's probably not listening to your 8 pages of bickering, give it a rest.