Just wondering how much you'd have to overclock a 6300 or 6350 to get comparable levels of Dolphin performance to an i3 or maybe even an i5. This might be a more appropriate question for a dedicated overclocking forum but do you suppose it would be possible to compete with the i3 with stock cooling? Thanks!
FX 6300/6350 IPC performance is lower than FX 8350
In Dolphin , FX 6300 performance is similar to A10 5800K
Dolphin CPU Benchmark
FX 6350 is faster than FX 6300. However , FX 6300 oc better and higher tan FX 6350
With that said , OCed FX 6300 will beat any i3 but it's still no match for latest i5 stock speed
Quote:stock cooling?
will not be a good idea even if you don't overclock
Edit : except latest Haswell i3 , Haswell i3 is hard to beat (thought it's not out yet)