Intel Core i3 4330 vs Intel Pentium G3258

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I want to buy a cpu and I dont know if I want a i3 4330 or a G3258. If i buy a g3258 then I can have a better gpu. Will the i3 4330 or the g3258 be able to keep up with the 780ti? Wich one is better???
 
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Alex Kelly

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If you're buying a Z97 board and a cooler for the G3258 and overclock it as high as it will go, it'll perform better than the i3.
If you don't overclock the Pentium, it will bottleneck a 780ti in every game, by a LOT. The i3 however shouldn't bottleneck it much, at least in GPU intensive games.
I say go for the i3, you won't need to buy an expensive motherboard and cooler.
Hope I've helped! :)
 
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Many motherboard manufacturers are releasing BIOS for there cheaper chipsets (H81, B85, etc.) that allow you to overclock your cpu without a Z97 board. I know ASUS and MSI both have a few of these about. As Alex said the pentium overclocked will generally outperform the i3 when overclocked.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pentium-g3258-b81-cheap-overclocking,3888.html

this review has benchmarks for both CPU's you're looking at.
 
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Snipergod87

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And i3 and a Pentium G3258 Will bottle neck a 780Ti severely especially if it is a CPU bound title which takes advantage of more physical cores
 
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Alex Kelly

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You're right, I've edited my post. :)
 
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