- Jun 29, 2015
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Hi guys. I am not new to the PC platform, but it has been a long while since I've build a computer for the sole purpose of gaming and doing some work, like 3D rendering with Blender.
So, I have a budget of about 470$, which translates to about 570$CA. I've done this just to simplify the task for you. I already have the case(Antec Sonata III), with one intake and one out fan, with a CX600M power supply. Other than these components, I'm dead empty.
So I've come here first for the CPU, and don't get me an i5, since the cheapest costs about 230$, which is about 40% of my budget. I'm currently stuck between three processors I've found: AMD Athlon x4 860k, an i3 4thgen(don't know what arch it is) or an AMD FX 6300. I would like to know which processor would give me the best performance until 2016.
Here was my now old build:
Core 2 Duo E8400
Asus P5NE SLI
3GB of DDR2 800MHZ RAM
320GB WD Drive(broken, opened it, fixed the write head, still not working, so I threw it out)
BFG GTS 250
And you know the rest. I would like to know which processor would be make the most dfference for gaming and 3D Blender rendering cycles, along with some light multitasking. I've heard that the new 860k has a more modern arch than the AMD FX 6300(PCI-E 3.0, more USB 3.0, more power per core), but has less cores, while the i3 only is a dual core.
Which one would suite me best?(only talk about the CPU)
So, I have a budget of about 470$, which translates to about 570$CA. I've done this just to simplify the task for you. I already have the case(Antec Sonata III), with one intake and one out fan, with a CX600M power supply. Other than these components, I'm dead empty.
So I've come here first for the CPU, and don't get me an i5, since the cheapest costs about 230$, which is about 40% of my budget. I'm currently stuck between three processors I've found: AMD Athlon x4 860k, an i3 4thgen(don't know what arch it is) or an AMD FX 6300. I would like to know which processor would give me the best performance until 2016.
Here was my now old build:
Core 2 Duo E8400
Asus P5NE SLI
3GB of DDR2 800MHZ RAM
320GB WD Drive(broken, opened it, fixed the write head, still not working, so I threw it out)
BFG GTS 250
And you know the rest. I would like to know which processor would be make the most dfference for gaming and 3D Blender rendering cycles, along with some light multitasking. I've heard that the new 860k has a more modern arch than the AMD FX 6300(PCI-E 3.0, more USB 3.0, more power per core), but has less cores, while the i3 only is a dual core.
Which one would suite me best?(only talk about the CPU)
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