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As the title states, looking to build a budget gaming rig and these two processors with their respective motherboards will come in around the same price.
From what I can gather, the i3 will soundly beat the FX in single-threaded performance but will lag in multithreaded applications. Given that most games are headed in a multi-threaded direction, i'm leaning towards the FX... BUT the lack of an upgrade path down the road scares me.
What says the minds here at AT?
BTW, i'm thinking the 8320e will have more overclocking headroom than a garden variety 8320 given a better binned chip? Is this accurate?
EDIT (my thinking as of 11/27 @ 10:50AM EST):
My options as of now, stretching the budget a little bit:
AMD FX-8320e - $132
MSI 990FXA-GD65V2 - $69.99 AR
Total: $203 + tax
OR
Intel i5-4440 - $150
MSI H97 Guard-Pro - $79.99 AR
or ASRock Z97 Anniversary - $69.99 AR (I question the build quality of this mobo)
Total: $229 or $219 + tax
I know I could really crank up the clock on the 8320e combo, but the i5 setup would be plug, play and done. Decisions, decisions.
EDIT 2:
I bought the Haswell i5-4440.
From what I can gather, the i3 will soundly beat the FX in single-threaded performance but will lag in multithreaded applications. Given that most games are headed in a multi-threaded direction, i'm leaning towards the FX... BUT the lack of an upgrade path down the road scares me.
What says the minds here at AT?
BTW, i'm thinking the 8320e will have more overclocking headroom than a garden variety 8320 given a better binned chip? Is this accurate?
EDIT (my thinking as of 11/27 @ 10:50AM EST):
My options as of now, stretching the budget a little bit:
AMD FX-8320e - $132
MSI 990FXA-GD65V2 - $69.99 AR
Total: $203 + tax
OR
Intel i5-4440 - $150
MSI H97 Guard-Pro - $79.99 AR
or ASRock Z97 Anniversary - $69.99 AR (I question the build quality of this mobo)
Total: $229 or $219 + tax
I know I could really crank up the clock on the 8320e combo, but the i5 setup would be plug, play and done. Decisions, decisions.
EDIT 2:
I bought the Haswell i5-4440.
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