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AMD "Zen" A Monolithic Core Design

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On non-OC Intel CPUs (or a mild OC) they are very adequate.

And they need to be quiet :p

That's just not doable without a 120mm fan. MAYBE a 92mm with nice heatsink, but that's not going to happen with a cheap block of roughcut aluminum lol.
 

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If you keep it say 4 years, that $50+ isn't trivial compared to the cost of the CPU. Once you add a decent overclocking MB and a cooler and add the electric cost, you are definitely spending more on the FX. You are in i5 territory.

That is also assuming you leave your computer on 24/7, which most don't. If the computer runs 8 hours a day, which is more reasonable, the cost difference is only about $4.50 a year.

Motherboard wise, I'm spending about $100 either way I go. And I'm putting a better cooler on either one as well. Yeah, the stock cooler on the i3 is good enough to keep it from thermal throttling, but it in a warm room it gets loud and lets the temps get higher than I like.
 
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