AMD’s FX-8320E: The Right Answer For The Gamer On A Budget? @ Techgage

A bit of an older article but Techgage brings up an interesting question.  Can you really game on an AMD FX processor?  I already know the FM2+ based boards make good low in gaming rigs but for the cost it always seems like Intel is the better choice.

Released this past fall, AMD’s FX-8320E processor promises to deliver a lot of processing power for those on a budget. It sports eight cores, and as a Black Edition, its overclocking capabilities are unrestricted. But is that enough to make this the best go-to budget processor, especially for gamers?

AMD based systems have several things against them, the first being the aging motherboard supply.  Sure you can find a AM3+ motherboard but for a long while nobody had them stocked and what is available aren't all that special.  The second is that even though the proc has 8-cores they are generally slower than Intel cores and thus have slower performance in DX9 based games. 

Of course, DX11 is a different story.

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