Excellent deal..... got over 300 heat at £101 just 4 days ago!
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Gkains to jasee
10 Dec 164#8
There is more to computing than games though and there are certain workloads where an FX 8320 is very good value indeed. Like running lots of virtual machines, or similar things where having 8/4 cores is an advantage.
Anyway, the thing is that an FX-8320 costs £120 and for that price on the Intel side you can't even get an i3-6300 (£135+). So yes, an i7-6700K is faster but for close to £300 vs £120 you would expect it to be. The old adage: there's no such thing as bad product, just a bad price. And AMD have been forced to price their CPUs low enough for them to have specific niches.
So, hopefully ZEN will put an end to this kind of automatic "AMD=bad" prejudice.
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louloul
10 Dec 16#1
what si the normal price?
tsimehC to louloul
10 Dec 161#2
Around £80 for just the motherboard.
louloul
10 Dec 16#3
ram =about 40 quid so good discount there
skykid3
10 Dec 162#4
Product TypeMotherboard - ATX
Chipset TypeAMD 990X / AMD SB950
Data Bus Transfer Rate5.2 GT/s
Processor SocketSocket AM3+
Max Processors Qty1
Compatible ProcessorsSempron, Phenom II X3, Athlon II X2, Phenom II X2, Athlon II X4, Athlon II X3, Athlon II, Phenom II X4, Phenom II X6, FX
jasee
10 Dec 162#5
AMD, no thanks :disappointed:
Gkains to jasee
10 Dec 164#8
There is more to computing than games though and there are certain workloads where an FX 8320 is very good value indeed. Like running lots of virtual machines, or similar things where having 8/4 cores is an advantage.
Anyway, the thing is that an FX-8320 costs £120 and for that price on the Intel side you can't even get an i3-6300 (£135+). So yes, an i7-6700K is faster but for close to £300 vs £120 you would expect it to be. The old adage: there's no such thing as bad product, just a bad price. And AMD have been forced to price their CPUs low enough for them to have specific niches.
So, hopefully ZEN will put an end to this kind of automatic "AMD=bad" prejudice.
floppydesk
10 Dec 162#6
no point as new AM4 Zen is out in 3-5 months.
iluvsafc to floppydesk
10 Dec 16#7
depends on your budget and weather your building a pc for your son for Christmas :wink:
ollie87
10 Dec 16#9
Penny-wise, pound foolish then. Since when he asks for an upgraded CPU in a year or two you'll have to buy a new motherboard AND RAM (since DDR4 will be what AMD will be using) as well as the new CPU. It's all about that upgrade path for me I'm afraid, even for budget rigs.
BettySwollocks098 to ollie87
10 Dec 161#10
not everyone will be upgrading their cpu in "a year or two" lots of people don't have that money to spend and in most cases the 8320 beats the i3 some it doesnt I know
iluvsafc to ollie87
10 Dec 16#12
this board with an fx8350 and an 8GB Sapphire Radeon RX 480 with 16gb DDR3 1600 CL10 ram will certainly not need an upgrade in a year or two. :laughing:
babylon to ollie87
10 Dec 161#18
Maybe it's just me, But in all the years I've been building my own pc'a, I have never upgraded the CPU, You can easily get 3 to 4 years out of a CPU these days, By that time, More than just the CPU has been superceded, Be it USB, Pci, Agp, pcie, Bus speed, Memory type, The list goes on.
Buy for now, Not for 4 years down the line.
ElRobinio
10 Dec 16#11
Going by benchmarks the FX-8320 is 20% faster than my 5 year old i5-2500K. If they bought this mobo and that CPU, I can't imagine they would need to upgrade it for a good few years yet.
floppydesk to ElRobinio
10 Dec 16#13
im using a AMD am3 8120 at present but saving for mobo/cpu/ram.
bob_hoskins
10 Dec 162#14
Thanks OP.
I'd previously thought about the board but didn't think it was worth it as I'd need to get new ram (yep still on DDR2). This gives me some sort of upgrade path and works with my current chips.
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Anyway, the thing is that an FX-8320 costs £120 and for that price on the Intel side you can't even get an i3-6300 (£135+). So yes, an i7-6700K is faster but for close to £300 vs £120 you would expect it to be. The old adage: there's no such thing as bad product, just a bad price. And AMD have been forced to price their CPUs low enough for them to have specific niches.
So, hopefully ZEN will put an end to this kind of automatic "AMD=bad" prejudice.
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Chipset TypeAMD 990X / AMD SB950
Data Bus Transfer Rate5.2 GT/s
Processor SocketSocket AM3+
Max Processors Qty1
Compatible ProcessorsSempron, Phenom II X3, Athlon II X2, Phenom II X2, Athlon II X4, Athlon II X3, Athlon II, Phenom II X4, Phenom II X6, FX
Anyway, the thing is that an FX-8320 costs £120 and for that price on the Intel side you can't even get an i3-6300 (£135+). So yes, an i7-6700K is faster but for close to £300 vs £120 you would expect it to be. The old adage: there's no such thing as bad product, just a bad price. And AMD have been forced to price their CPUs low enough for them to have specific niches.
So, hopefully ZEN will put an end to this kind of automatic "AMD=bad" prejudice.
Buy for now, Not for 4 years down the line.
I'd previously thought about the board but didn't think it was worth it as I'd need to get new ram (yep still on DDR2). This gives me some sort of upgrade path and works with my current chips.