Haswell or 8350

[SPBHM]

if you are worried about the price difference, you should also include ivy bridge and haswell i5 as options.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Not if you consider the cost of the entire system if you get a 3770. If the cost is 150.00 more even, that is only 10 to 15 percent of a 1000 to 1500 dollar system. For gaming I would definitely get a 3570k, but I am not familiar enough with the other software to make a recomendation.

I do think though you need to consider the entire system cost not just the difference in the price of the processor and mb when you calculate % price differences.

Good points, however, in this particular case, the op is choosing between the soon to be released haswell and the already available AMD 8350. I suspect, he's already aware of the current Intel' line-up and want specifically latest and best from them. In which case, it makes sense to buy Haswell. I would, if I were buillding a powerful rig for myself, today. Even, if it's full potential isn't going to be available from day 1.

 

[moonbogg]

There is a reason the 8350 is dirt cheap, and it's not because it's awesome.

LOL, thats funny right there. To the OP, if you get yourself a 4770k with a GTX 770, you will be one impressed individual.

 

[galego]

I am building a multipurpose PC. It needs to be able to play modern games like Starcraft 2 and Skyrim as well as compile code quickly and run virtual machines (sometimes more than one at a time).

Case: Fractal Design R4

HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM

SDD: Samsung 840 Pro

GPU: GTX 660 TI

RAM: 16GB 1600mhz crucial ballistic ram (2*8)

I don't know about my CPU though. With Haswell coming out in a couple of weeks, compared to the eight core AMD......


What would be the better processor for some multitasking and gaming, the i7 4770k or the FX-8350?

Also what cooling would you reccomend? i am looking to do some overclocking, nothing too extreme just to whatever runs stabily without stressing my parts.

Thanks for reading

Current games are poorly threaded and favour the i7 over the FX. Games such as skyrim are heavily optimized pro Intel, but it is an exception not the norm. In general wait about about a 10-20% theoretical gaming performance gain for the i7. I say theoretical because often the gain is only perceived in a table of numbers (most eyes cannot differentiate a game running at 60 fps from one at 70 fps)

However, all triple-A game developers participating in a recent eurogamer poll selected the FX-8350 as the best cpu for future games.

The FX is better at multitasking, the i7 has the lag problem.

The FX has better overclocking capabilities and holds the worldwide record of overclocking.

For compiling I would not wait great differences. In the next benchmark the FX compiles linux kernel faster than the i7, but the difference is minimal

http://openbenchmarking.org/embed.php?i=1210227-RA-AMDFX835085&sha=96eefe6&p=2

Note that Haswell motherboard is not upgradeable, whereas that the FX mobo will allow the upgrade to next Steamroller chip (about 20-30% faster than FX-8350) according to last news.

Note that the FX has a memory bus of 1866mhz, using 1600mhz memory will penalize performance a bit.

 

[Gikaseixas]

The FX has better overclocking capabilities and holds the worldwide record of overclocking.

It makes no difference at all since the 4770 operating @ a couple hundred mhz's less will still be faster.
OP wait for Haswell reviews, it will help you decide