Hello, experts!
I'm a novice designing a budget desktop build because my laptop won't run Star Citizen, and I want to play that game!
I'm looking at CPUs in the price range of the AMD FX 6300 and the Intil i3 4330 / 4350. Most of what I'm finding says that the i3, with only two cores, is better for gaming. Also (and PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong on this) it appears to me that the mobo for a Haswell i3 will offer a vastly superior upgrade path compared to the AM3+ mobo for the AMD processor.
My dilemma is that the system requirements for Star Citizen specify at least a quad core processor. Does anyone have any insight as to whether the i3 with only two cores and Hyperthreading will perform well in this game? Assume something along the lines of an R9 270 gpu please.
Thank you
I'm a novice designing a budget desktop build because my laptop won't run Star Citizen, and I want to play that game!
I'm looking at CPUs in the price range of the AMD FX 6300 and the Intil i3 4330 / 4350. Most of what I'm finding says that the i3, with only two cores, is better for gaming. Also (and PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong on this) it appears to me that the mobo for a Haswell i3 will offer a vastly superior upgrade path compared to the AM3+ mobo for the AMD processor.
My dilemma is that the system requirements for Star Citizen specify at least a quad core processor. Does anyone have any insight as to whether the i3 with only two cores and Hyperthreading will perform well in this game? Assume something along the lines of an R9 270 gpu please.
Thank you