FX8350, to upgrade, or not to upgrade, that is the question.

[sonrise]

I agree with a lot of people here, just wait, and go with Intel.
Current AMD Cpu's are just not making it.

 

[staffy007]

if you read the review on oc3d(here) it spells it out in black and white.
for a new build forget it but for someone that wants bit of a performance jump(cpu only upgrade) would be the only reason to buy it(toms words)

 

[dragoonk]

It's a decent chip, with a slighly higher power cunsumption. I would give it a chance if I were you. But that's just me.

 

[Christoi]

It's worth noting of course, that most games do not utilize more than 4 cores and even then, the 4 cores usually aren't utilized fully. Other than the minor clock speeds differences, you won't see much of a performance difference in games in comparison to an FX-4300 or an X6 1100T.

For AutoCAD programs you will most likely see a larger performance increase though, with multithreaded applications the 8350 is ahead of the 3570k from reviews I've read.

Having said all that, it's only 15-20% faster than the 1100T so I don't think it'll be worth the upgrade. Your choice though.

 

[Ironhand]

If you are dying to upgrade now then go to the 8350. They perform better then the early FX chips. If you can wait then I would hold onto your 1100T and wait for what is coming after the 8350s.

Chances are you have to upgrade your mobo if you switch to the 8350 and I dont know if AMD will carry over the AM3+ socket on the next CPU they release.