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Intel i3 4150 vs AMD FX 6300?

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September 14, 2014 8:06:05 AM

My current rig -
CPU - core 2 duo 2.4 ghz
GPU - GTX 650 2 gb
RAM - 8 gb ram
I want to change to a CPU under $120. I wanted to go for i5 but they are above my budget. So I have to choose between i3 4150 and fx 6300. Is there a better one in the same price range

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September 14, 2014 8:08:58 AM

You will have to upgrade your motherboard if you want a new CPU.
Anyway,the i3 4150 would be a better choice,since you can upgrade to a stronger i5 or i7 in the future.
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September 14, 2014 8:09:32 AM

FX 6300 will be good but you will have to change your motherboard
in both cases since those core 2 duos use the LGA 775 socket and i3s will use LGA 1155 or 1150
and fx 6300 will require totally different AM3+
FX 6300 has 6 physical and logical cores and higher cache memory so fx 6300 is better
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October 11, 2014 6:19:48 AM

YES iam totally agree with JAMES Heller .FX 6300 can handle new games with descent graphics card with extreme ease..
So go for amd fx 6300 blindely
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October 11, 2014 6:26:27 AM

So can the i3 4150.
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October 11, 2014 7:46:31 AM

Depending on what you prefer there is advantages in each CPU. the FX 6300 is better for Heavily multi-threaded workloads, So shorter rendering times, or streaming while gaming and some other task. It is a work horse.
Intel i3 4150 offers a bit more practical uses and most would notice a difference in how applications would be a bit snappier and in a roster of titles would outperform the FX 6300 due to the Much better Single-threaded performance. Also a fast Dual Core is good for games. Most games still don't utilize 4 cores. Plus there is the HTT which helps multi-threaded applications. Not to mention it is just newer technology.
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October 13, 2014 10:54:04 AM

i3, it uses the same socket as the more powerful i5 and i7 if you want to upgrade in the future and it uses hyper-threading which maximizes your usage of each individual core.
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October 13, 2014 11:05:26 AM

In terms of upgrade possibilities in the future, the i3 is the better choice. In terms of which cpu is better on itself, the fx-6300 wins. It's up to you whether you want to leave an upgrade path open or not.

In my experience, most people don't upgrade their CPU regularly. By the time most people gather the money and/or motivation to upgrade to a CPU for the same socket that has a significant difference, the socket is outdated. The faster CPUs of that socket become hard to find and are thus overly expensive, and you might as well change to a new motherboard and CPU.

But it's up to you which path you take. If you're not planning on upgrading anytime soon, go for the FX-6300. If you are, go for the i3.
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October 13, 2014 2:51:39 PM

Yea never buy into an upgrade path, always buy the performance characteristics you are looking for now for current needs.

Having said that, given current pricing, I might take the Athlon X4 860K over either of them. The 860K has the same execution throughput of an FX-6300 wrapped up into 4 cores. Current pricing has it well below the cost of either the 6300 or i3.
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October 13, 2014 3:58:02 PM

My i3-4130 let's me stream 1080p games at 1080p at a pretty solid 30fps (along with a gtx 750ti), and I CAN also record those streams at the same time with 8GBs of ram.
So I'm not sure how much better the 6-cores of an AMD fx6300 can do.
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