Intel Pentium G3258 with 750Ti or A10-6790K w/ 8Gb Ram (1866Mhz)

sensai · Jan 22, 2015

AMD A10-6790K with Asus A55BM-K Motherboard
Ram- Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB
HDD- 250gb SATA Western blue

OR

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258
GPU: GTX 750Ti
Ram: Kingston HyperX FURY 4GB
MOBO:ASUS A55BM
HDD: 250Gb

Which one is a wiser set ? I'm in really tight P budget

Thank you

Sig2525 · Jan 22, 2015

the one with the gtx 750 ti

no apu igpu would match the performance of a gtx 750 ti.

aggiemaroon · Jan 22, 2015

What is your exact budget, because that would help us significantly in giving you recommendations. The G3258 is a great chip, with fast single core performance, but it is a dual core. Dual cores are becoming obsolete in the gaming industry. My personal vote is to grab and AMD X4 860k, and pair it with the 750Ti. This would allow you to save some money, and give you a capable quad core processor that can OC.

sensai · Jan 22, 2015

aggiemaroon :

My Budget Is Around 300-330 dollar. And My Preferred Monitor IS 16 or 20 Inc only for 1280x1024 resolution. I don't like too big monitor xD

Coolboy951 · Jan 22, 2015

AMD A10-6790K with Asus A55BM-K Motherboard
Ram- Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB
HDD- 250gb SATA Western blue

thats better even for the future because the pentuim will really bottleneck at stock speeds

LucoTF · Jan 22, 2015

sensai :

That mobo won't work with the pentium, you need LGA1150

I would get the G3258 and 750ti

Nikola Aslanov-1338074 · Jan 22, 2015

Definitely Pentium G3258 + GTX 750 TI. If money are an issue you can even go down to G1840.
The A10 is pathetic.

Coolboy951 · Jan 22, 2015

Nikola Aslanov-1338074 :

Thats not true at all the A10 is amazing for a APU having a 2 core CPU is pathetic and the at 3.2ghz will bottleneck while the games are starting to use 8 cores like bf4

Nikola Aslanov-1338074 · Jan 22, 2015

With the APU you are paying for the integrated video that is useless for gaming. If you want an AMD CPU better get Athlon x4.
Intel cores currently are almost twice as powerful so Athlon x4 as about equal to the Pentium.
G3258 is easy to overclock. And going with Intel you can easy upgrade to I5 and even I7 if you find the money, and AMD has nothing to match that power at the moment.

LucoTF · Jan 22, 2015

The A10 cpu and g3258 are quite evenly matched, I think the A10 has a little edge in some of the newest games

But the 750ti absolutely smashes the integrated 8670d for performance. They cannot compare.

sensai · Jan 22, 2015

I mean, I want to get an 40-50 FPS at 1280x1024 Resolution on my 16 inc monitor for ARMA 3 and GTA 5( When its comes out) or you could suggest some quad core that is close to the price of Intel Pentium G3258

Coolboy951 · Jan 22, 2015

sensai :

the A10 will do just fine arma 3 does not run good on any system all the arma games are terribly optimized and gta 5 will work better on the a10 due to its more cores

LucoTF · Jan 22, 2015

sensai :

Get this and a 750ti:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($83.45 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($58.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $142.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-22 07:58 EST-0500

And you should be able to play most anything

Coolboy951 · Jan 22, 2015

LucoTF :

sensai :

Get this and a 750ti:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($83.45 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($58.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $142.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-22 07:58 EST-0500

And you should be able to play most anything

Go with what lucotf said cause the pentuim is getting old now and 2 cores arent enough for newer games

LucoTF · Jan 22, 2015

Coolboy951 :

Old doesn't mean bad - my current cpu is 6 years old(!) and still gets 60fps in almost everything. Also, the G3258 is only 8 months old!

I agree that some of the very latest games don't like dual cores though and this is something I expect will continue

Coolboy951 · Jan 22, 2015

LucoTF :

Coolboy951 :

Old doesn't mean bad - my current cpu is 6 years old(!) and still gets 60fps in almost everything. Also, the G3258 is only 8 months old!

I agree that some of the very latest games don't like dual cores though and this is something I expect will continue

Whats your CPU and yeah but the pentuim does not become very good unless overclocked up 4.2ghz or higher

LucoTF · Jan 22, 2015

Coolboy951 :

Yeah it needs a good OC for sure and OP didn't specify a motherboard for the G3258

My CPU is a first gen i7 overclocked to 3.8ghz

Coolboy951 · Jan 22, 2015

LucoTF :

not bad i have fx 8320 clocked at 4.0ghz

LucoTF · Jan 22, 2015

Also nice

Coolboy951 · Jan 22, 2015

LucoTF :

thanks

madmatt30 · Jan 22, 2015

^ bromance

Agree with luco 100% though - the pentium is a bad idea now IMO.
The 760k & 860k are a better choice & will give great budget performance with a 750ti.

Coolboy951 · Jan 22, 2015

madmatt30 :

Lol you know it

sensai · Jan 22, 2015

LucoTF :

Thank you sir, I've read a lot of good review about athlon x4 806K and this will be my CPU now.
Do you any other suggestion for compatible mobo for such cpu? because the one you said above is not available in my country. And I Don't trust shipping, unless its an actual manufacturer . Thank you again

sensai · Jan 22, 2015

Would this motherboard "ASRock N68C-GS4 FX Am3+" compatible with Athlon x4 806K?

LucoTF · Jan 22, 2015

a good quality a88x board is best

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-a88xplus

or

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-fm2a88xextreme4

or

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaf2a88xmds2

Although any A88x motherboard should work

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