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Alfredo Colin

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AMD Athlon II X2 370K 4.2GHz
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AMD Athlon II X3 455 3.3GHz

This is for gaming and I will not have any other process running other than the game will i need a tri core they cost about the same but which is better?
 
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You need to go with the AMD Athlon II X3 455 since it requires socket AM3/AM3+ while the AMD Athlon II X2 370K requires socket FM2.
You need socket AM3+ motherboard if you plan on upgrading to FX 8350.
Go with the AMD Athlon II X3 455 and buy a good motherboard for overclocking.
I would highly avoid any dual core CPU in 2013 since it has been 7 years from the first introduction of dual core CPU back in 2005.
From my experience I find that any dual core CPU will have the same fate as single core CPU and that is good for web browsing, streaming videos and doing office work.
When choosing a CPU for your purpose it is good to have something that is more future proof so that it can run the latest applications and games for the next few years.
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Well the AMD Athlon II X2 370K comes with
MMX instructions
SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSSE3 / Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSE4 / SSE4.1 + SSE4.2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 4
SSE4a
AES / Advanced Encryption Standard instructions
ABM / Advanced Bit Manipulation
AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions
BMI1 / Bit Manipulation instructions 1
F16C / 16-bit Floating-Point conversion instructions
FMA3 / 3-operand Fused Multiply-Add instructions
FMA4 / 4-operand Fused Multiply-Add instructions
TBM / Trailing Bit Manipulation instructions
XOP / eXtended Operations instructions
AMD64 / AMD 64-bit technology
VT / Virtualization technology
EVP / Enhanced Virus Protection
Turbo Core 3.0 technology

AMD Athlon II X3 455

MMX instructions
3DNow! technology
SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSE4a ?
ABM / Advanced Bit Manipulation
AMD64 / AMD 64-bit technology
AMD-V / AMD Virtualization technology
EVP / Enhanced Virus Protection

From what i can see the dual comes with some new instruction set that the tri-core lack.
One more thing i notice is the dual core is built in 32nm while the tri-core is 45nm.
But it is safe to say that dual core will be outdated since future games will be more multi-threaded.
But If you can, go with the tri-core and overclock it to 4 GHz with good cooling and it should be a nice setup for gaming.
 
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Alfredo Colin

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so from what you said the doul core is better but might get out dated soon
The tri core is less but only if I over clock will it be acceptable performance ssoooooooo
I'm gonna buy the 8350 9 months later so with the instruction i can also emulate more with the doul core so i choose you pikachu i mean doul core
 
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You need to go with the AMD Athlon II X3 455 since it requires socket AM3/AM3+ while the AMD Athlon II X2 370K requires socket FM2.
You need socket AM3+ motherboard if you plan on upgrading to FX 8350.
Go with the AMD Athlon II X3 455 and buy a good motherboard for overclocking.
I would highly avoid any dual core CPU in 2013 since it has been 7 years from the first introduction of dual core CPU back in 2005.
From my experience I find that any dual core CPU will have the same fate as single core CPU and that is good for web browsing, streaming videos and doing office work.
When choosing a CPU for your purpose it is good to have something that is more future proof so that it can run the latest applications and games for the next few years.
 
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