I like supporting the underdog, buying something different etc, so I'd consider the 8150 now that it got a price cut to $220 on newegg, putting it in line with a 2500K.
So I go check out Anand's review to refresh my memory, and the 8150 actually hangs well with the 2500k. Wins 7 and loses 8 of Anand's Windows 7 application tests vs 2500k. It sucks in single thread (which I can live with for generic CPU tasks) and shines in heavy threaded apps.
But then there's gaming...in which it's just miserable. No buy.
So yeah, not much to this post but that. I always though AMD should carve out a market by being the best gaming CPU's even if it meant sacrificing general performance. Bulldozer is the exact opposite.
So I go check out Anand's review to refresh my memory, and the 8150 actually hangs well with the 2500k. Wins 7 and loses 8 of Anand's Windows 7 application tests vs 2500k. It sucks in single thread (which I can live with for generic CPU tasks) and shines in heavy threaded apps.
But then there's gaming...in which it's just miserable. No buy.
So yeah, not much to this post but that. I always though AMD should carve out a market by being the best gaming CPU's even if it meant sacrificing general performance. Bulldozer is the exact opposite.
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