re: Okay, so now I'm serious about building a PC...

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OK now how about running it at that all of the time? I bet the temps are out of control for long gaming sessions. That's a long way to push it and constantly run it on air. I can push my 8350 on air to 4.6 but that doesn't mean I would run it like that all of the time.

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My point is all things equal you're going to see maybe 200mhz or so more with an 8350 over and 8320 when overclocking. Be that a simple POST, booting into windows and taking a screenshot in CPU-Z or running it 24/7 Prime 95 torture tested. When all things are equal in any case, you dont see much more at all from the 8350 over the 8320.

Stock for stock, the 8350 is a noticeable upgrade, but my point was once you overclock both, the 8320 is a much better value. Keep in mind the 8320 is $145 right now vs. the 8350 which is almost $50 more. That's significantly more cost for not much more performance when both are overclocked.