Athlon X4 760K or FX-6300?

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ToxicFantom

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Obviously the FX-6300 with the two extra cores is the better performer, but is it worth sacrificing on the GPU to get the FX-6300?

My budget allows for a Athlon x4 760k/HD 7850 2GB build, or an FX-6300/R7 260x 1GB build. Is it worth spending the extra $40 on the cpu instead of the gpu?

The main game I plan on playing is Skyrim with 2k textures, realvision(performance), and various quest/armor mods. I also plan on picking up Halo 3(when that comes to pc), the Battlefield series, Crysis 3, Black Ops 2 etc. You hopefully get the picture, I can't list all the games.

My two monitors are 1360*768 and the other is 1280*1024.

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Go with the FX 6300, even if you have to wait a little longer for a GPU upgrade.

If you need a board for it, the Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 series (Even the UD3P) is a very good match with excellent 8+2 power that can support an FX 8320/8350 in the future.

If there is any way you can pair it with an R9 270, these 2 parts together are a very good match.
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Go with the FX 6300, even if you have to wait a little longer for a GPU upgrade.

If you need a board for it, the Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 series (Even the UD3P) is a very good match with excellent 8+2 power that can support an FX 8320/8350 in the future.

If there is any way you can pair it with an R9 270, these 2 parts together are a very good match.
 
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Plus the FX 6300 has L3 Cache, which will benefit in fps boost in many games.
 
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I would go with this for now and upgrade your CPU when you have the money to. The problem with the 750k is lack of upgrade path and it performs worse than a Phenom II X4.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($65.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($149.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $374.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-02 14:11 EDT-0400)
 
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I think this build is better, what do you guys think?
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113348
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131562
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211855
MOB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130753
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027
 
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The 750k would do better in multithreaded titles, most likely, but the 750ti is about equal to an HD 7850. The problem lies in the fact that the 750k is on a dead platform. There is no upgrade path at all. At least with the Intel system, you can upgrade to an i5 or a Xeon 1230 v3 later on without changing anything. If you are gonna settle for a single 4gb stick of ram, I would prefer something like this. It would be far superior to a 750k.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($118.93 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($32.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($149.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $395.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-02 15:20 EDT-0400)
 
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