AMD Phenom II X4 945 to an Intel G3258

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Hello everyone,

I am in the process of gathering parts to build a new PC. I currently have an AMD Phenom II X4 945. Doing some research, I've been eying the Intel G3258. I don't do much heavy gaming, but I do some programming on the side. Other than I use productivity applications such as Evernote and the Microsoft Office Suite. I do watch Netflix here and there, and YouTube. I don't do any heavy CPU tasks such as converting movies, etc.

I was wondering what TH thinks of upgrading from an AMD Phenom II X4 945 to an Intel G3258? I've read that the G3258 is easily overclock-able with the stock cooler. Saving money would be ideal, of course.

Here is a comparison between the two processors:
http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/501/AMD_Phenom_II_X4_945_%28125W%29_vs_Intel_Pentium_Dual-Core_G3258.html

 
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I would stick with the phenom. They both have different benefits. And will do what you want. From a gaming standpoint pentium has fallen into disregard where as the phenom 2 keeps rising up even the lower end ones. The phenom would do easier multi-tasking as of the 4 cores. And if it doesn't quite cut the mustard in a bit you can for a cheapish price pick up a higher end x4 even an x6 where as with the pentium the mobo would not be able to get a better cpu for quite as cheap. Also what gpu would you pair with it? The phenoms work well with radeon 6800s and better for gaming. I say the phenom.
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intel pentium g3258 is a strong dual core cpu..
on par or even slightly faster than than athlon x4 750k..in stock and overclocked condition.

But remember, athlon x4 750k is slightly slower than phenom II 965be..

so, i don't think changing your system from your old x4 945 to pentium g3258 is a huge leap..
just slightly faster, that's all..

Just overclock your cpu to the max, and safe your money..
You'll need to upgrade to i5 class cpu to fell the differences..
 
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I would rather have Phenom II 945 overclocked to ~ 4.0GHz (typical average for a C3 revision overclock) than the Pentium overclocked to ~4.3GHz (average I seen on reviews). The Pentium will be faster in lightly threaded apps and draw less power, but will choke in heavily threaded apps.

A genuine upgrade would be an i3-4150. It is fast at stock speed and gets quite a bit of boost from hyper threading. Best of all worlds.
 
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Personally, I would keep the old Phenom until you are ready to buy another quad core down the line. Better off getting something decent that gives you a full performance upgrade.

Is your current pc giving you problems?
 
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Thanks for the informative replies everyone.

My PC is not giving me any problems, however it is a very old 2009 build. I actually bought it built.

It does lag from time to time, but my RAM is only 667 MHz I believe, 6GB. Plus I am using a standard WD green hard drive. I thought that if I was going to upgrade the ram and motherboard anyways, might as well create a better build.

Reading this thread and some benchmarks, the consensus is that the Intel would not be a big upgrade, unless I move onto the i series, which is what I will probably some. I've had AMD processors my whole life, but I am liking the efficiency of the Intel processors in terms of architecture and heat output.
 
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I would stick with the phenom. They both have different benefits. And will do what you want. From a gaming standpoint pentium has fallen into disregard where as the phenom 2 keeps rising up even the lower end ones. The phenom would do easier multi-tasking as of the 4 cores. And if it doesn't quite cut the mustard in a bit you can for a cheapish price pick up a higher end x4 even an x6 where as with the pentium the mobo would not be able to get a better cpu for quite as cheap. Also what gpu would you pair with it? The phenoms work well with radeon 6800s and better for gaming. I say the phenom.
 
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