Help me choose hardware for my next custom project

Gaming and anything single threaded 2500k is the easy choice. Highly threaded tasks the 8000 wins of course. If we were to OC both to a reasonable level that most of the chips could attain, I suspect the 2500k will match it in highly threaded tasks. Limited google fu backs this up

eg
Cinebench scores
8350 stock/OC - 6.92 / 8.25
2500k stock/OC - 5.47 / 7.71
Thats 25% / 7% difference
And for kicks the full load power draw (which translates into more heat I need to dissipate, which means more noise)
8350 - 213 / 364
2500k - 148 / 221

So yes, at stock the AMD does deliver on multi threaded tasks, but I will be looking for a mild OC. With an old intel chip I can almost match the 8350 in what it does best, beat it at everything else, so why would I move to it only to have higher power consumption?
 
Archer said:
Gaming and anything single threaded 2500k is the easy choice. Highly threaded tasks the 8000 wins of course. If we were to OC both to a reasonable level that most of the chips could attain, I suspect the 2500k will match it in highly threaded tasks. Limited google fu backs this up

eg
Cinebench scores
8350 stock/OC - 6.92 / 8.25
2500k stock/OC - 5.47 / 7.71
Thats 25% / 7% difference
And for kicks the full load power draw (which translates into more heat I need to dissipate, which means more noise)
8350 - 213 / 364
2500k - 148 / 221

So yes, at stock the AMD does deliver on multi threaded tasks, but I will be looking for a mild OC. With an old intel chip I can almost match the 8350 in what it does best, beat it at everything else, so why would I move to it only to have higher power consumption?
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The question is how much more do you need to spend, to give you that OC potential.
I can plug and 8350 into a R1100 Motherboard and call it a day. That works out at R4 000.

The moment you want to OC, you need to start getting a cooling system, better motherboard, more expensive ram etc.

Your right with the mAtx situation, all the decent AMD motherboards all have Crossfire, which means Atx.
 
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HideInLight said:
The question is how much more do you need to spend, to give you that OC potential.
I can plug and 8350 into a R1100 Motherboard and call it a day. That works out at R4 000.

The moment you want to OC, you need to start getting a cooling system, better motherboard, more expensive ram etc.
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I hit a stable 4.3Ghz on the stock cooler. So R0 extra. And that was iirc 8°C below the max allowed temp. But since I already have a 2500k, why would I "upgrade" to a chip that will 95% of the time give me a similar (if not worse) performance. R0 vs R4000, not a difficult choice

Nevermind that regardless of what the cooling would cost I would have gotten it for the AMD or Intel chip since I'm after silence. So its a null point actually
 
Thinking along the same lines, I'm now wondering if 2500k -> 4670 is worth it. Doesnt seem like a huge difference for most of my tasks... Going to be such a mission fitting an ATX board into this chassis though :/
 
Archer said:
Thinking along the same lines, I'm now wondering if 2500k -> 4670 is worth it. Doesnt seem like a huge difference for most of my tasks... Going to be such a mission fitting an ATX board into this chassis though :/
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If you can push that cpu that far already then an upgrade don't seem worth it until you have the budget for the i7 socket 1050 lineup.
Basically the i5 4670 is for those who want an overclocked 2500k without the hassle.

Don't know if it's too late, but it might of been a good idea to sell the GPU, and try the new one in your existing setup. See how it runs with Unreal Engine 4 tech demos, and the current new games like shadow of mordor, watch dogs, lords of the fallen.

In the end of the day their performance will depend on how well they've been optimized, the cpu will just be trying to make up for coding.
You could also run some tests then to see how much these games really gonna need to make full use of your gpu. You can then plan your upgrade around that knowledge.
 
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After much back and forth, thinking I will end up keeping the mobo/CPU, the expense for such a small performance gain is not worth it. Plus I can still OC more (currently at 4Ghz cause I've never felt like I need more). Which means I'll probably get a 512GB SSD and chuck the 3.5" HDD into some other rig in the house
And fitting an ATX into the case wasn't difficult after all, just wire management that becomes a bit more tricky
 
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