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Hey everyone, I have a 400w psu I am going to continue to use as well as case and HD. I want to upgrade my MoBo, CPU and cooler, Ram, and GPU for gaming. My baseline to beat is something comparable to console, of course better is.....well better. Now I am far from a pro but did build my first computer and have upgraded it in the years since. So here is what Im thinking right now, nothing is set in stone, and I would like to get the price to about $300 if possible. I would love any advice you all could provide. Thanks.

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/mjenk10/saved/krfxFT
 
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This build is cheaper and and it's better for gaming. The stock heatsink will do great sense you can't overclock anyway on that board. The Pentium has really good single core performance and most games don't utilize more than 2 cores. The FX 4130 is weak.

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Cynkqs) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Cynkqs/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646g3258) | $59.49 @ Amazon
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gah81mds2v) | $44.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/patriot-memory-pvl38g160c9kb) | $67.99 @ Newegg
**Video Card** | [Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-gtx750tioc2gd5) | $129.99 @ Newegg
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | $302.46
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-02 15:14 EDT-0400 |
 
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What about this:

CPU:AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor
MOBO:Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard
RAM:G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
GPU:MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card

Base Total: $393.77
Promo Discounts: -$7.99
Mail-in Rebates: -$40.00
Shipping: $5.39
Total: $351.17
 
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Maybe I am confused then. I was under the understanding from speaking to others that, that would be an inferior cpu. Maybe I should expand my information to you guys. Here is my current build I am attempting to rebuild. If what you say about the CPU is true then maybe I could upgrade instead of rebuilding?

MSI k9n6pgm2-v MoBo and AMD Athlon 64 x2 5800+ CPU 3.0Ghz
Hitachi Deskstar 160 GB HD - SATA 300
TRENDnet PCI Wireless card
4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz Ram
Nvidia GeForce XFX 9800gt Graphics card
and Thermaltake AMD socket am2 aluminum 92mm fan

I know it is old as heck but if a 3.2 dual core is sufficient wouldnt my current 3.0 dual core be? And it seems its not since it is maxed out when I game.
 
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Athlon 64 x2 @ 3.0GHz is not even in the same league as a current Intel dual core Pentium at 3.2GHz.

The pure GHz race is over. Now it matters more about instructions per clock and Intel has a good lead over AMD on current parts. New Intel vs older AMD is no contest (Intel wins).
 
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menetlaus - thank you, I have a hard time wading through the sea of parts and specs. I only know to look at the main numbers (ghz and cores for cpu for example.) So that is helpful, is the ipc (instructions per clock) a readily available spec for cpu's online? And are there other factors to help me wade through the information on cpu as well as other parts? (ram, gpu, MoBo...)
 
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You can always look here to see which CPU's are best for the money. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-2.html
 
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I prefer the second last page of that article, doesn't just show currently available parts but includes where older hardware stacks up. There is a similar article for GPU's if you want to read it over too.

One word of caution, the rankings/advice in the articles is based on a gaming system, if looking for something equally good for photoshop/rendering/other heavy CPU usage it may not give the best advice.

To answer your question, it is not so easy to find good literature on IPC. I think it is mostly because it gets very technical and complex very fast so it doesn't lend itself to be easily reportable. Most of what I have read on it comes from the broader articles written for new CPU architectures, and is from summary statements that say something like "new should be about 10-15% faster at same clock rate compared to the previous generation".
 
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