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AMD FX8350 BE / Gigabyte HD7970 / ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2 Review

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There is no doubt the FX 8350 is faster than the FX 8150, although we would expect it to be, given the clock speed advantage. That said, when both processors are clocked to 4.6ghz, the FX 8350 scores 7.56 points against the FX8150's  7.32 points. Not a massive difference, but clearly the architectural changes help boost performance.

If you own a Core i7 2600k from the previous Intel generation, you will be happy with these scores. The 2600k 4 core HT enabled chip outperforms the FX8350 by a noticeable margin at the same clock speeds (9.05 v 7.56 points at 4.6ghz).

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8 comments

  1. Its a decent system you built, but I agree, the Intel chips are too tempting and faster systems are available for the same price point as this.

  2. Yeah not moving from Intel im afraid either 3570k is only a little more expensive in UK and id rather have it. Power/heat is important to me.

  3. If they sold it for £100 and their 990FX boards were £99 also, it might be more tempting to me. im interested in the 8 core systems, but they aren’t particularly strong cores so it seems pointless.

  4. Disappointing really. another full year and its just a little better than 8150. its clocked higher which helps, but Intel have so many options under £200 from core i3 and even 3570k

  5. How do things look when you graph performance versus cost?

  6. The AMD FX8350 didn’t even get KitGuru’s “Worth Considering” award. That bad?
    And they even compared it to an i5…

  7. can you tell me if this normal 38mm vs 22mm Lithography??

  8. correction 38nm vs 22nm