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Bashiba wrote:Those look like solid choices to me.Radeon 7850 2gb - $185
Core i-5 3470 with the ASRock Z77 Pro3 Motherboard Combo at Newegg - $277
Corsair Vengeance 8gb (2x4) Ram $52
clone wrote:looks fine..... thankfully you didn't push that i3 on him, while AMD isn't great it was the better option at that level.
clone wrote:UMMMMMM..... guys?....... that chart JohnC offered up is totally misleading because it only shows the Bulldozer numbers & doesn't reflect the significant improvements that Vishera brought to the table, FX 4300 is superior in games to i3-3220 in every way except power consumption... FX 6300 is even better of course and both are quite compelling once you factor in overclocking potential which i3 lacks.
seriously pushing the op's friend into an i3-3220 is a mistake and the absolute wrong thing to do given it lost every gaming test it was in.
here's Anandtech's review gaming numbers http://www.anandtech.com/show/6396/the- ... 0-tested/5
Vishera is actually a pretty decent processor especially in this case where the op's budget is not open to throwing money and caution to the wind.
clone wrote:looks fine..... thankfully you didn't push that i3 on him, while AMD isn't great it was the better option at that level.
Scott Wasson wrote:It's worth reiterating here that the FX processors aren't hopeless for gaming—they just perform similarly to mid-range Intel processors from two generations ago. If you want competence, they may suffice, but if you desire glassy smooth frame delivery, you'd best look elsewhere.
Black Applesauce wrote:Guys, this isn't really worth all the fuss. Throw in an i3-3220, a 7850 variation, and some inexpensive RAM and mobo and you're set. Really.
Black Applesauce wrote:Guys, this isn't really worth all the fuss. Throw in an i3-3220, a 7850 variation, and some inexpensive RAM and mobo and you're set. Really.
Pop over to the gaming scatter, though, and the picture changes dramatically. There, the FX-8350 is the highest-performance AMD desktop processor to date for gaming, finally toppling the venerable Phenom II X4 980. Yet the FX-8350's gaming performance almost exactly matches that of the Core i3-3225, a $134 Ivy Bridge-based processor.
The FX-8350 isn't exactly bad for video games—its performance was generally acceptable in our tests. But it is relatively weak compared to the competition.
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