Intel Pentium G3258k
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Not really - they are about the same - http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-G3258-vs-AMD-Phenom-X4-9750
Also consider you'll need to get a new motherboard and maybe ram to go with it. If your going to spend that sort of money, make a much bigger jump eg i5 4690k
Also consider you'll need to get a new motherboard and maybe ram to go with it. If your going to spend that sort of money, make a much bigger jump eg i5 4690k
cemerian
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its worth it indeed just look at real tests not a click and bait site, not to mention most of the pentiums can easily achieve 4,4ghz at which speed they annihilate amd in single thread performance, and even at stock it just destroys that phenom http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/22?vs=1265
the g3258 will definitely be worth it. it's unlocked. you can overclock it sometimes up to 4.5-4.6ghz and you will also have a lot of fun doing so. the site in the first answer is the two CPUs compared BEFORE the g3258 is overclocked. the phenom x4 may have 4 cores but performance is not all about how many cores you have. it about how much you can do with each core. and thats where the 4th-gen intel will be faster.
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How much money are you looking to spend? Because if you upgrade to the G3258, you will need to get a motherboard as well. And if you want to overclock, it is only sensible to get a Z97 board to support the overclocking, and so you can also upgrade to a very nice CPU on the 1150 socket like the i5 4690K or even the i7 4790K.
Otherwise, AMD can be a nice choice if you are on a tight budget. You will get more performance with AMD on like a $200 budget for the CPU and motherboard with an AMD FX-6300.
Thank you for all answers.My budget is tight (£150) thats why I was thinking about that cpu . I need new mobo + ddr3 ram (8gb). ASUS H81M-Plus , thats the mobo which I want to buy . I read few forums that u can overclock on H81 chips . In future I'll upgrade that cpu but atm I can't afford any other more expensive
yes i have heard you can overclock on h81 and h87 chipsets. although i have also heard you have to make sure your h81/h87 board will allow you to do so. i dont recall off hand, but there are a few vendors like asus and gigabyte that offer overclocking on those chipsets. you just need to do your research to make sure youre buying the right one. and again, your overclocking mileage may vary with those, since the cheaper boards usually don't offer beefy voltage regulation and VRM heatsinks like higher-end z87/z97 boards. just make sure you don't buy the first thing that looks like a good deal. you may come to regret it
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Here's a build that is slightly more than your £150 budget, coming in at £162. But you get a Z97 with USB 3.0, large range of ram speeds, and even supports crossfire. This would be well worth the extra £12.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£47.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.26 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£52.77 @ PC World Business)
Total: £162.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-22 01:01 BST+0100
This seems like by far the best choice.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£47.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.26 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£52.77 @ PC World Business)
Total: £162.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-22 01:01 BST+0100
This seems like by far the best choice.
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I do custom PC commissions and have put together a lot of computers over the years. In all that time I have learned one major thing. Do not judge a piece of hardware by it's specs on paper.
Every single build that I've put the Pentium-K in has soared past it's competition. With a $25 Hyper 212 I've yet to see a chip I couldn't easily get to 4.5, and at 4.5GHz it merrily dances past every single i3 ever, it also has surpassed some older-gen Ivy Bridge i5s and is on-par with score on newer gen i5s when overclocked.
The two cores in this beast are multi-threaded; and not only were frame rates higher in every game I pre-load and test on client PCs but frame times were absolutely perfect. According to the testing I've done you would commonly see a difference of 1-20 FPS depending on the game and GPU, literally every game I tested between CPUs reported better results for the pentium when compared to the FX 6300
Here's two results I got a few days ago; one from an overclocked 6300 and the other from an overclocked G3258. The Pentium was running a Reference model stock-clocked R9 290 and the Fx 6300 was running a BRAND NEW Zotac AMP! Omega GTX 970 extremely overclocked.
FX 6300 Black Edition: http://i.imgur.com/QlqYBw7.jpg
G3258: http://i.imgur.com/EykVpX5.jpg
Every single build that I've put the Pentium-K in has soared past it's competition. With a $25 Hyper 212 I've yet to see a chip I couldn't easily get to 4.5, and at 4.5GHz it merrily dances past every single i3 ever, it also has surpassed some older-gen Ivy Bridge i5s and is on-par with score on newer gen i5s when overclocked.
The two cores in this beast are multi-threaded; and not only were frame rates higher in every game I pre-load and test on client PCs but frame times were absolutely perfect. According to the testing I've done you would commonly see a difference of 1-20 FPS depending on the game and GPU, literally every game I tested between CPUs reported better results for the pentium when compared to the FX 6300
Here's two results I got a few days ago; one from an overclocked 6300 and the other from an overclocked G3258. The Pentium was running a Reference model stock-clocked R9 290 and the Fx 6300 was running a BRAND NEW Zotac AMP! Omega GTX 970 extremely overclocked.
FX 6300 Black Edition: http://i.imgur.com/QlqYBw7.jpg
G3258: http://i.imgur.com/EykVpX5.jpg
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Ofcourse most of the games played were probably in single player right? The G3258 isnt outperforming the FX 6300 when playing on very populated multiplayer games like BF4. Alot of the single players games probably arent CPU dependent.
You cant tell me that playing in a 64 player server that a Pentium with a 970 will keep up with an i5 with the same card. It wont plain and simple.
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