AMD FX-8350 8-Core CPU from 2012 still going strong?

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[Chakotay]

What a moron, uses brand new gpu in old machine and is shocked it runs well

[Vienna]

Cant believe the FX 8350 came out in 2012

Damn i feel old...

[craigsommerville]

Everyone: Look at this BRAND NEW 10th gen intel CPU
Phil: Here is an AMD CPU from 2012
Phil wins

[Mobin]

Ironically this probably works better today with modern games, than how it did in 2012.

[AdamThomasMusic]

I bought an FX-8350 for my PC I built in 2015. It's still my main PC now, fantastic CPU it has never let me down.

[TeqsTV]

I can confirm even the fx-6350 is still holding strong, had mine 5 years and has never let me down <3

[Badoyz]

Bought my FX8350 back in 2012 and still using it daily today! It has done me well over all the years honestly.

[RektemRectums]

This processor holds a special place in my heart. Back in 2014 I had an i7-4790K but I still wanted an AMD processor to play with. I had more fun overclocking the 8350 and building a computer with it.
Most PC gamers will have a particularly fond memory of their own past PC builds. My FX-8350 inside a hideously beautiful Silverstone RVX01 with a huge MSI GTX 970 and three low profile fans for clearance was my most favorite build.
I have a 9900K with a 1080 Ti today but I tend to have more fun with lower grade parts. Pushing how far they can go.

Edit: it was 2014, not 2013.

[kostasbezaitis]

So many people are still on this platform. Glad to see it can spit 60 fps (or really close to!)

[johncate]

I bought one of these not long after it came out, and put it on the 970 chipset version of that Gigabyte motherboard. I could hit 5.2 GHz on air using a SilverStone HE01, but 4.85 Prime95 stable. The main problem, as you pointed out, was that in 2012, most applications couldn't run eight threads. It's a better CPU now than it was then, unless you were running Linux back then--but if you were running Linux, you weren't gaming.

[latt.qcd]

Bought this in around 2013 or so and I'm still using it to play modern games. Runs even Doom Eternal at max settings perfectly fine. It's one hell of a CPU.

[MrCipolenio]

It goes to show the versatility of PC gaming. This CPU wasn't even a great performer back in the day but if you had only updated your GPU you could still be using it today...

[TheScure]

This CPU works better now than in 2012... There were many games with 2 core utilization, 4 was considered good. Today on new engines, DX12, Vulkan it's an amazing CPU. If you are not obsessed with stable 60FPS or 144FPS or anything crazy then this CPU is still enough after 8 fuckin years.

[neojist]

Those extra cores/threads holding up better now that more modern games are optimized for more threads

[ado]

1:00 oh god that motherboard flex sent chills down my spine

[gojkogalonja]

"I see why this processor has so many FANS out there..." :D

[dabombinablemi]

With the results in Battlefield, EA made a point of optimising for the FX architecture with 3/4 if I remember correctly, and it seems to have carried through each successive game.

[leto]

Very interesting subject, I like to see how old "common" hardware is holding up these days. +1

[Blurredman]

I only upgraded 2 years ago to one!
Used to be on a x2 4200 for 10 years..

[renardgrise]

Loved my 8350... it is still running well in my backup\Secondary PC. Never had a complaint.... arguably aged better than the i5 it was competing against.