I3 4170 vs athlon x4 860k

johnmanth · Aug 2, 2015

Hello, is there a big performance difference between x4 860k and i3 4170 bcs in my country the price difference is about 40 euro, is it worth spending more for the i3?

RCFProd · Aug 2, 2015

Yes, the Intel i3-4170 is worth it for the extra performance.

KKAW · Aug 2, 2015

johnmanth :

In all aspects the i3 4170 will do better.

My recommendation is to pair it with something like a R9 285 or GTX 960 and you should be good to go.

johnmanth · Aug 2, 2015

RCFProd :

Do you have any benchmarks to see the difference bcs i could not find anything

-ty for the quick answer

johnmanth · Aug 2, 2015

KKAW :

The best gpu i can buy with the money i have is gt 740 or amd r7 250x, but i am not a hardcore gamer anyway so there is no point at buying a high end card

KKAW · Aug 2, 2015

johnmanth :

Try to squeeze in a R7 260X.

Well try searching for FX 6300 VS i3 4170. The i3 4170 does better and the Athlon X4 CPU performs worse than the FX 6300

johnnyb105 · Aug 2, 2015

The best thing you can do is get the best gpu graphics card you can first then worry about the the cpu later because the cpu isn't going to play your games and give you fps the GPU is going to do that.

johnmanth · Aug 2, 2015

KKAW :

johnmanth :

Try to squeeze in a R7 260X.

Well try searching for FX 6300 VS i3 4170. The i3 4170 does better and the Athlon X4 CPU performs worse than the FX 6300

my psu can barely support r7 250x so the 260x should f*ck my spu up (coolermaster elite 400)

johnmanth · Aug 2, 2015

johnnyb105 :

i cannt do that bcs my psu is crap and the best gpu i can buy with this crap psu is r7 250x
crap psu = coolermaster elite 400

geofelt · Aug 2, 2015

Here is a set of comparisons between a Intel G3258 and a X4-860K in games.
The G3250@ stock 3.2 handily beats the X4-860K.
The i3-4170 has two cores using the same architecture @3.7 plus two extra hyperthreads.
http://www.techspot.com/review/1017-best-budget-gaming-cpu/

One other consideration, there are no good cpu upgrades available for the required motherboard.
Any Intel lga1150 motherboard can support a i5 or i7 cpu upgrade.

You can get a quite hefty graphics upgrade with a GTX750ti which does not need a aux 6 pin power connector and takes it's power from the X16 graphics card slot.
300w or possibly less is ok.

johnnyb105 · Aug 2, 2015

If your PSU is that bad I would start by replacing it you want good fps you wont get them if your pc gos down and takes the rest of your system with it in the process anyone would tell you that.

Creme · Aug 2, 2015

i3 will do better, that L3 cache. A better comparison would be a FX-4300 or 6300.

RCFProd · Aug 2, 2015

Creme :

FX-4300 and X4 860K perform almost identically the same.

jaguarskx · Aug 2, 2015

The Core i3 can generally provide performance similar / close to / better than the FX-8350 depending on the game. The Athlon X4 series CPUs are basically AMD's weak APUs without the graphics core. The Athlon X4 860k would not even make on to the following benchmark charts.

http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page5.html

http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/page6.html

http://www.techspot.com/review/917-far-cry-4-benchmarks/page5.html

johnmanth · Aug 2, 2015

johnnyb105 :

As i said i am not hardcore gamer (not even a normal one), in gaming part i just want to play skyrim.

I will replace my psu anyway when i have the money

jaguarskx · Aug 2, 2015

The Creation Engine used in Skyrim and the upcoming Fallout 4 game favors Intel CPUs.

http://www.techspot.com/review/467-skyrim-performance/page7.html

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