G3258 Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon X4 860K

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Planning on a upgrade, a motherboard and cpu upgrade
I got the motherboard down pat, but which combo to get
MSI H81M-P33 and the Intel G3258

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ASUS Micro ATX 2400 and the AMD x4 860k

I don't really know, both are basically nearly the same price in total, but I heard the AMD would eat up my power supply, but the Intel Pentium has a lower ghz rating OF 3.2, and only dual core, and the AMD gives me 4 cores and a 3.7 ghz rating
 
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lunyone
G3258
Pro's:
* Good single threaded performance over the 860k.
* Lower power requirements (when not OC'd).
* CPU OC's pretty easily and pretty well (might need better cooling to get the best performance, but stock CPU HSF will do okay just a bit noisy at higher temps).
* More upgrade options on socket 1150 over the FM2+ for the 860k.

AMD x4 860k
Pro's:
* Good multi-tasking performace.
* Is a true 4 core CPU, so FarCry 4 four core requirement isn't an issue, if that matters to you (I think the G3258 won't run FC4 without some help, there is no Hyper Threading on the G3258).


Both are pretty good options in this budget range. I think the G3258 has more upgrade room, but the 2 core limitation, without HT, might be an issue for you. The...
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G3258
Pro's:
* Good single threaded performance over the 860k.
* Lower power requirements (when not OC'd).
* CPU OC's pretty easily and pretty well (might need better cooling to get the best performance, but stock CPU HSF will do okay just a bit noisy at higher temps).
* More upgrade options on socket 1150 over the FM2+ for the 860k.

AMD x4 860k
Pro's:
* Good multi-tasking performace.
* Is a true 4 core CPU, so FarCry 4 four core requirement isn't an issue, if that matters to you (I think the G3258 won't run FC4 without some help, there is no Hyper Threading on the G3258).


Both are pretty good options in this budget range. I think the G3258 has more upgrade room, but the 2 core limitation, without HT, might be an issue for you. The x4 860k isn't quite as good as the G3258 in single threaded apps (most games too), but is a 4 core CPU, so you might not have as many issues trying to run games that require 4 cores (or 2 cores w/HT). This may/may not limit your options much, but it is something to consider.
 
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You would be better off spending a bit more for an i3 4150.
Between the two I would probably go for the x4 860k because you wont be able to overclock the g3258 with that board and the 2 more cores may give you slightly more fps in games such as bf4 and gta v.
 
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@Garon...The pentium isn't more future proof. Sure, you could get an i5 or i7 in a few months, but LGA 1150 is already a redundant socket, being replaced by LGA 1151 in only a month or so...

The Pentium chokes in a lot of multi threaded tasks where the Athlon will perform well, an example of this is BF4.

Playing BF4 on a G3258 is not a good experience. Even at 5 GHz, my G3258 struggled to maintain a stable framerate, and (even testing it with GTX 980, 16GB RAM.)

I'd recommend either getting the Athlon X4, or waiting until you can afford something better like an i3 4150, or it's LGA 1151 replacement.

The i3 4150 is dual core with hyper-threading, and it will run games quite a bit better than the Athlon, even matching an AMD FX 6300(6 Core) in a number of tasks.
 
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the Athlon is fine for gaming, overclocks great if you wanna push the performance of the chip to a better level, and can take great advantage in modern titles that optimize multiple core usages.
It wont eat up your power supply that much.Idle systems usually range around 100-120Watts. paired with a mid performing GPU, it should eat up around 190-240W in gaming mode.
 
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Maybe redundant wasn't the correct term :), what i meant was that with the new motherboards and chips coming out in a month or so, would it not make more sense to get a Pentium or i3 on that socket (LGA1151), and then (assuming Intel maintains the 2 yearly socket cycle) get a Skylake Refresh / Cannonlake i5 or i7 in 2016?
 
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