dragonelf37 :
Is there a difference in performance between a dual G3258 overclocked and a 4e gen i7 in terms of Gaming, Rendering, Debugging code, photoshop etc. ( GPU will be the same )
dragonelf37,
Firstly, the dual core G3258 may be used only as a single CPU:
http://ark.intel.com/products/82723/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G3258-3M-Cache-3_20-GHz
Above a certain level of performance, the hardware for gaming- image consumption and that for image creation is different. One of main divisions in CPU use is whether the applications is multi-threaded and can use all the available cores. Apparently, a lot of games are single threaded and some are said ( I can't give an example) may be actually hindered by hyperthreading. In this situation, an i5 is actually preferable as they are not hyperthreading. In general, for gaming, fewer cores of the highest possible clock speed is better.
However, in the world of image creation /processing- especially rendering- as well as scientific work using custom algorithmic analysis, simulation of gases and particles, etc., the applications can use all the available cores. For these uses a system may have a single CPU with 6 or 8 cores or it can be a multiple CPU system using Xeons (E5-2600 series) or Opterons.
So, the decision becomes one of your expectation for performance in two different ways- gaming and content creation. My suggestion is to consider the new LGA2011-3 Haswell- E- or is it EP CPU's-, particularly the 6-core i7-5930K (about $590).
http://ark.intel.com/products/82931
If that's out of your budget, have a look at the 6-core i7-5820K (about $400)
http://ark.intel.com/products/82932/Intel-Core-i7-5820K-Processor-15M-Cache-up-to-3_60-GHz?q=i7-5820
The LGA 2011 motherboards are more expensive but the more than doubled bandwidth and number of PCIe lanes and RAM support- the new ones use DDR4 at a native 2133 speed- is greater and you have the option to change to up to 18-core CPU's if you're a heavy CPU renderer/effects processor.
Cheers,
BambiBoom
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