AMD or Intel CPU for Budget PC

perez jens · Aug 25, 2014

hey,

im building a budget gaming pc for a friends little brother.
hes main game is euro truck simulator 2

should i go for a intel CPU or cheap high Ghz AMD CPU?

budget for CPU is around 100 Euro

i was thinking about the
AMD FX-6300

but i have no experience with AMD CPU's so.

Powerbolt · Aug 25, 2014

perez jens · Aug 25, 2014

ok, and is the AMD FX-6300 a good CPU for its price?

do u also have any suggestion for the MOBO? i was thinking about the MSI 970A-G43, socket AM3+

Inhmayz · Aug 25, 2014

I think in the long run, INTEL will be a viable choice ..
pull out some more money for a good i5 that has quad core

you will not regret it

Chicano · Aug 25, 2014

The AMD FX-6300 is an excellent CPU for the price but for 100 pounds you can go better and get a FX-6350 and even a FX-8320 which is much better. All FX CPUs are unlocked Black Editions.
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Processors/AMD+CPUs/FX+%28Piledriver%29+-+Socket+AM3%2B//?p=cF9zdHlsZT0mcF9wcm9kdWN0c1BlclBhZ2U9Jg==

For motherboard, The MSI 970A-G43 AM3+ is good but one with the 990X-990FX chipset would be even better.
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/AMD+Socket/Socket+AM3%2B+Piledriver+FX

logainofhades · Aug 25, 2014

Up the budget a bit and get yourself an i5.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£126.14 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £126.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-25 20:44 BST+0100

DHFF · Aug 25, 2014

The i5 is the stronger chip, I have used AMD for years and love them but I have used both 8350 chips and plenty of i5 chips of varying flavors and i5 wins my vote each time. Games on my 8350 that took 10-30 seconds to load and transition between turns, on the i5 that same game took only 5 seconds to load and transition turns.

DubbleClick · Aug 25, 2014

Totally the I5. You can get it with a cheap h81/97 mobo (40-50 bucks) and turn out as cheap as with amd in the end. What's the budget and what parts are to be bought?

I've heard of microcenters dealing a 8320/6300+board for only 120$ though. So if you can get that, price/performance wise it's the way to go.

mdocod · Aug 26, 2014

Since this sort of machine obviously won't be overclocked theres really no way to rationalize a cheap FX chip for real-time gaming workloads. The arrangement of execution resources in the FX-6300/8320 poor for gaming in general. An i3-4150 will run 99.9% of games better than an FX-6300 for about the same price. Core count is not a measurement of compute performance.

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