Yup bit confused with this as you start out with saying the price is inline with the i3 range so why not include the i3 part within the test guys? We all know by now that what Company A thinks their product competes with from Company B is invalid so please just go by price!
Also the fact that the motherboard looks to be taking an extra 19w at idle means the power consumption benchmark is irrelevant, you're saying it should be similar to the 8730e but it should still be slightly lower than this based on the clocks no? so there is a difference in power usage, really should just exclude this as the motherboard has tainted those results.
With regards to the gaming section I would suggest you look at the difference as a whole as it would show it differently, for instance vs the i5 its £40 you said so I just had a quick google and you can get the GTX 770 for £250 and the GTX 780TI for £290, thats £40 of a quick google so comparing those two cards, i5 + 770 vs FX 8320e + 780TI how does it fair in the gameplay area? It probably does better therefore it is a better buy than the i5 surprisingly.
Hoping the next AMD architecture rectifies the issues with initial bulldozer design so they can finally be back on top
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