lostsoul62
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The i5 3550 is 22nm, 77 Watts, Ivy Bridge, and 3rd generation, and the FX 8350 is 32nm, 125 Watts, has 8 cores so I don't know which one I should get. I won't be overclocking it. Any suggestions?
I know you said your not overclocking. But considering the 8320 in unlocked and easy to overclock, myself I would go with it. You should be able to get 4.2/4.3ghz with the stock cooler if you have good case air flow.
Hell no! Not trying to be rude, but 4.2/4.3 on stock cooler...I think not.
Hell no! Not trying to be rude, but 4.2/4.3 on stock cooler...I think not.
BS. It will do 4.2 with stock CPU volts. Unless you bump up the voltage it doesnt raise the heat much at all.
Of course it can be clocked to 4.2-4.3 w/stock HSF, but temps will soar. I wouldn't recommend any OC with w/stock HSF. If anything get the CM 212 , it's cheap, but does wonders.
Of course it can be clocked to 4.2-4.3 w/stock HSF, but temps will soar. I wouldn't recommend any OC with w/stock HSF. If anything get the CM 212 , it's cheap, but does wonders.
8350 uses the same cooler and it has a turbo of 4.2 and stock clock at 4GHz, so if it isn't stable and cool enough at 4.2 then the 8350 wouldn't be there, now would it?
And at that price, getting the 3570k makes way more sense.
Hi,
I just signed up to reply to this thread because some people looking for valid information may be mislead by some of the posts.
First of all, I have owned two FX-8320 CPUs and now own an FX-8350. I can tell you the following things:
- stock cooler is good for stock;
- 8320s will (most of the times) NOT clock to 8350 speed (4GHz/4.2turbo) on stock volts. The reason they are being sold as 8320 is that they cannot perform as 8350s at a decent voltage. Both 8320 (batch 1236) had VID (1.4 the first one and 1.3875 the second one) with even higher turbo VID ofc. Neither of them was stable at 4GHz with stock voltage and even so, they were running rather hot (4050 GHz, 1.3875v, LLC set to High - up to 60C on the core) with the FZ-120 (granted, not the best aftermarket cooler, but still keeps the CPU 5-7 degrees lower than the stock cooler). Stock cooler would easily go beyond the 62C recommended on the cores.
- 8350s run 4GHz on lower voltages and thus dissipate less heat, keeping within the 125w TDP, which and overclocked 8320 will most definitely will not (there are some very few golden chips that may do so);
- if you don't want the extra speed (granted in real life there's not THAT much of a difference between 3.5GHz and 4GHz on a PD chip), you can go for the 8320;
- if you want to be past the 4GHz barrier and not put a lot of cash into aftermarket cooling, go for the 8350.
Good to hear!
I just ordered an 8350 and a gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 mobo along with a corsair 550d casesome other upgrades. Looking forward to it even more now!
I have this Zalman cooler currently. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118046
It cools my x4 965 really well despite the terrible airflow in my ancient case. Does anyone have experience with Zalmans and fx series? specifically the 8350?
I'll probably run the 8350 stock for a while but eventually would like to try oc'ing it. How well should I expect the Zalman to cool it with a much better case/case fans?
Don't expect stelar performance from the cooler on the FX, my FZ-120 used to keep the Phenom x4 under 40C and the FX reaches 50+ in prime with the same case/cooling. That's at stock.
You will probably be able to do some mild OC-ing, depending on what stock VID your chip will have and how much can it take with stock voltage (or even a bit of undervolting) but if you want to get 4.5+ GHz out of it, cooling is most likely going to be an issue.
From what I've seen, most people OCing these chips are running either top-of-the-line air coolers or water cooling (either H100i or custom loops).
Have fun with the chip, keep an eye on the temps.
I'll be picking up a Thermalright Silver Arrow so that should suit it well I think. I'll probably just end up using the stock clock for a while and oc'ing it in a few months if I end up getting a larger psu. I've got a corsair hx850 right now but the fx 8350 seems power hungry, less so than other fx's though.