(10-18-2013, 11:06 AM)Visionary Wrote: [ -> ]Is it safe to say that for best single thread performance I should stick with Intel?
Yep. In fact, most of the games will run full speed with an i5 4670k at stock clock...
(10-18-2013, 11:06 AM)Visionary Wrote: [ -> ]Should I wait until the next generation of intel processors come out in 2014, or should I get a nice haswell cpu and motherboard for Christmas?
Depending on how much time you're willing to wait: if you want to play demanding games NOW get them on christmas, if you're not in much rush wait until 2014
Are there any AMD CPUs that I can get now that will work until I upgrade to Intel next year? There has to be something that works
FX 8350 is the fastest CPU of AMD side atm . It's slightly faster than FX 8320 . Obviously , it's not worth an upgrade
Next gen Intel Core I series : Broadwell isn't a tock but a tick .
Intel Tick-Tock . Therefore , Broadwell won't be much faster than Haswell .
Just get an i5 4670k @ 3.4GHz which is 1.5 time faster than FX 8350 @ 4.0GHz
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