A quad-core cpu at the price of i3 3220?

ssamramg · Mar 20, 2013

I want to know if there are some quad-core cpu's at the price of i3 3220?

Cons29 · Mar 20, 2013

im not updated with prices but... an amd maybe? or maybe a 2nd hand core2 quad?

if you want current generation, then no. obviously they wouldn't sell an i5 lower than an i3

de5_Roy · Mar 20, 2013

amd a10 5800k, amd phenom ii x4 965 b.e., amd a8 3870k, amd fx4300,
fx6300 is $10 higher than core i3 3220
here's a rough list:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103871
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113287
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113289
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113280
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286

spawnkiller · Mar 20, 2013

There's some option on the AMD side, the X4-965, the A10-5800k, FX-4170, the 6 cores FX-6100 or the X6 1045t...

** I think the FX-6100 would be the better option for that kind of price

bemused_fred · Mar 20, 2013

spawnkiller :

Awww hell naw. Avoid faildozer like the plague.

OP: here's a list for the price.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,review-32634.html
The FX-4300 is the recommended CPU for the price, as it can catch up the I3's performance when overclocked. You're gonna need to spend extra on a CPU cooler, mobo and your electricity bills, tho.

Have you considered the I3? It's got hyper-threading, so it is better at multi-threaded tasking than a truely dual-core CPU. It's on the recommended gaming list.

daerohn · Mar 20, 2013

forget i3, go for AMD. I have been using one on a desktop computer and hell it sucks. Too slow, slower than my AMD Phenom II x4 955 with stock speed. I haven't tried FX 4xxx nor FX6xxx, however they seem to be better than my cpu. For gamers, Intel can be a good choice but you just do not play games all day long. My computer at home can handle IE with 50 or so tabs, Chrome wiht 60+tabs, while I run my Visual Studio and listen to the music and play a simple game on the background, word and excel also open. The i3 at work can not handle word, excel and single browser with 10 tabs. Switching between applications is killing me. And hyperthreading is a big lie. It does nothing as the app must be optimized for it. Guess what, no more than a handfull of applications support it.

bemused_fred · Mar 20, 2013

daerohn :

Ignore the fanboy. Professional, accredited sites with multiple reviewers such as Tom's hardware, Anandtech and techradar all say that the I3 is an excellent processor.

Really, considering that you'd need to spend extra on a motherboard, better cooling and energy bills to get the full use out of an FX 4300, I'd recommend and I3 or an I5.

logainofhades · Mar 20, 2013

bemused_fred :

Why would he have to spend extra on a motherboard? An $80 MSI 970A-GA46 would be plenty for all but the most hardcore overclockers/gamers that use AMD. Sorry, but your last statement didn't sound much better than the one you commented on. I doubt you would see much difference in your power bill either. Neither use much power at idle or near idle, which cpu's spend most of their time at. Wouldn't cool it any different than I would my i5 either.

8350rocks · Mar 20, 2013

daerohn :

logainofhades :

This...

AMD makes a lot of sense on a budget, and you can get more CPU for your money.

bemused_fred · Mar 20, 2013

logainofhades :

Fair 'nough. The Power requirements and mobo expenses probably wouldn't be that bad then.

But to catch the I3 up in terms of gaming performance, the FX 4300 would need to be overclocked. And that would require an after-market cooler, which costs extra money, making the FX 4300 less attractive in terms of price-performance.

Really, if the OP wants gaming, the I3 is the way to go.

8350rocks · Mar 20, 2013

But the FX-6300 makes ALOT of sense for ~$20-30

logainofhades · Mar 20, 2013

For about $10 more than an i3, you can get an FX 4300 and a CM TX3. Also, I doubt you will find an Intel motherboard for $70-80 that supports SLI and CF.

Newegg has the MSI 970a-G46 for $70. It must not be too bad of a board, since the microcenter I shop at can't seem to keep them on the shelves very long.

cmi86 · Mar 21, 2013

Or you can just spend te extra $10 and get the FX-6300 which is faster than the i3 at just about everything on the planet. BTW bemused the 4300 is piledriver architecture not bulldozer and it sports a 10-15% IPC improvement over bulldozer.

bemused_fred · Mar 21, 2013

cmi86 :

Except not games, because very, very few games use more than 4 cores. So really, it's no faster than the FX 4300....which is slower than the I3 unless overclocked.

Happy to help you with that.

logainofhades · Mar 21, 2013

bemused_fred :

Going forward, I see the tables turning as games will have support for more cores. I really think AMD making the 8 core, x86 chip for the PS4 will increase the rate of multicore support compared to what he have had in the last few years. Many of the big titles are console ports.

bemused_fred · Mar 21, 2013

logainofhades :

Meh. We've no real knowledge about the PS4 ports and how they'll be threaded. When we do, it might be worth re-evaluating CPU value. Until then, it's not worth banking the power of your computer on a guess.

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