re: AMD FX8320 or AMD FX8350 or Intel?

I like Tom's forums. Most, not all, of their experts there are helpful and provide accurate information. I also think Tom's best X Hardware for the money articles are a good starting point for builds, although those articles can be a step behind.

Their motherboard reviews, I don't like them. Judging a motherboard based on the performance of the overclock button? What respectable enthusiast is going to spend $200 on a motherboard and just use the auto-OC features?

Really, they're all flawed. I don't think any one site has the resources to produce a testing environment that every reader will be happy with, so you just have to look at multiple tests from different sites. You'll easily find the consistencies.

If I ever get rich, I'm going to build a large hardware test lab and do things right. And since I'm a bored rich guy I won't make any money. No advertisers to fear, no free test hardware from the big brands begging for praise. Straight-up objective data from more hardware combinations than any review site has ever been able to provide. I'll probably need to hire a staff too.


That's kind of sad that my dreams of being wealthy involve long hours running a not-for-profit test lab.

I also hate how they focus solely on gaming when it comes to CPU selection. I get that it might be their intent, but it's less helpful.