^ mas better na kun mag upgrade sya bro, mas ideal kun CPU (i5 lang) ang i-replace nya granting, its on the same socket para lesser ang gasto labi na, gaming ang main purpose nya sa rig... or even mag i7 sya kun ganahan mo gasto'g dako. if mag platform change to FX-8350, for now, it is a bad2x move...
main reason:
* cost on the platform change --> mas dako ang ma gasto kay mahal ang FX-8350 CPU sa pinas (not to mention na pangita-on pud kaayo), mahal ang AM3+ mobo that's good for OC'ing. plus this animal needs a good CPU cooler for OC (if wla'y big air, or water CPU cooler na available. if need paliton).
* over-all power consumption sa FX-8350 --> mas dako. ang actual power consumption sa rig, mag depende gyud hinoon ni's gamit. kun sige'g duwa ug mag sige'g full load ang system (like mag video encoding, editing, rendering & others), dako gyud ni'g kaon. kun mag general computing work load lang, tabla2x ra ni'g idle. power consumption wise nila kay negligible ra @ idle mode...
* gaming fps on a FX-8350 vs an SB (i5-2500K) & IB (i5-3570K) @ stock & OC'ed speed --> the FX-8350 is inferior on CPU bound gaming titles like Skyrim. but if GPU bound, we'll wala ra ni'y kurat... kun naa man gani fps difference, negligible ra...
check this link on Skyrim, CPU bound man gyud ni na game...
AMD FX-8350 - Gaming Performance | bit-tech.net
so, ang akoang ma recommend, kun gusto mag AMD FX set-up, wait for the next generation for you to jump into the AMD FX band wagon (utong lang usa gamay. maabot ra lagi ni next yr or kun pas2x-san nila, basin end of this year)... or kun gusto mag change into a AMD FX now, it's your choice pud... just check lang akoang comment sa taas para ma weight ninyo ang gasto...
kun new build gyud, kumbate ra ang FX (nothing is wrong gyud on this choice. AMD's FX CPUs are able and are powerful too) pero, check intel's comparable offering (i5)... for now, intel is the speed king in terms of CPU's brute power & processing speed... but AMD is the fastest OC'ed CPU on GHz numbers... this is a fact... but this GHz is just a number... it's only a heaven for the OC'ing crowd or a raibow na ad2 mag slide2x... ehehehehe... this does not in anyway translate to the usefulness of the CPU on its fastest obtained GHz number... in short, the CPU is useless in this state on "real world use"...
CPU-Z Validator World Records
and to add, on these desktop platform... Intel's LGA 1155, 1150 are now dead... 1151 is the current one... on AMD's side, the AM3+ platform is also dead... the new FX will use a new platform...