Pentium g3258 vs amd athlon X4 860K

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Hello, i am looking forward to buy a low-mid end pc, i don't wan't something awesome like a i5 or i7 based pc, and i like intel so when i was choosing cpu, i went immediately at pentium chips!
I saw that g3258 was the best pentium for its's money so i though to buy it, but then i saw the athlon x4 b60k, could you please suggest me which one to buy?
I DON'T want heavy multitasking, but i want to do one thing but to do it without lag.

Thanks in advantage
 
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X4 860K is only choice,
of course a in older games 1-2 Thread g3258 will win but anyway AMD will be sufficient for older game 50+FPS,
In new games like BF4 and Cryis 3 AMD will outperform this intel.
Anyway Wither 3 will need min 4 thread CPU on X4 860k you can play on G3258 you will see bottleneck ;)

CPU performance Chart http://postimg.org/image/4vyf299cf/
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Source: http://www.overclock.net/t/1493307/relative-access-to-execution-throughput-comparison-chart
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X4 860K is only choice,
of course a in older games 1-2 Thread g3258 will win but anyway AMD will be sufficient for older game 50+FPS,
In new games like BF4 and Cryis 3 AMD will outperform this intel.
Anyway Wither 3 will need min 4 thread CPU on X4 860k you can play on G3258 you will see bottleneck ;)

CPU performance Chart http://postimg.org/image/4vyf299cf/
Dark Pink OC
Source: http://www.overclock.net/t/1493307/relative-access-to-execution-throughput-comparison-chart
 
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On single thread this can be true single thread difference is 10%. but X4 860k outperform X4 750k by 35% in 4 threads.
 
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Well my current PC that I built for StarCraft II is really cheap and works well, and my specs are as follows:

Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz on stock cooling
NVIDIA GTX 650 1GB
4GB DDR3 RAM (1x 4GB)
MSI H81M-E33
Rosewill 500W somethingsomethingHorse Blue LED PSU

Bought a generic case with a blue LED intake and put a PS3 Super Slim HDD in it and it works like a charm, but I highly recommend you get a SSD.

Also I'm sure you could buy a better GPU. And if you want to game, DEFINITELY, DEFINITELYYYYYYY go for Intel whatever you do. AMD is nice for a lot of things but gaming isn't one of them anymore. Multithreading isn't an easy thing for developers and a few high powered cores is much better than a lot of mid-lowe powered cores.
 
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If you want "low-end mid pc" then why don't you consider the A10 series. You don't need a discrete GPU but don't expect much beyond 720p. OHH, and the A10 is essentially a 750k + GPU. So, if you upgrade for higher end gaming you can skip the A10 GPU and use simply its CPU with whatever discrete GPU you want.
 
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Basically i already have a good gpu (r7 250 1gb gddr5 sapphire) so i don't need apu
 
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The A10 is the same as a 250. Exactly the same. And if you already have a 250 then you can Crossfire them. Look into this. You could get a big jump for nothing.
 
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Yeah, right now a quad core is sorta needed for a lot of games coming, I would avoid all dual cores for budget gaming, hyperthreaded or not. The 860k is a decent CPU, and will run anything you can throw at it.
 
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If OP didn't own a 250 already I'd suggest the pentium. But since he does own a 250, doesn't it make more sense to get the A10 and Crossfire the A10 APU with the 250 he already owns? (assuming the PSU is 450W or more)
 
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