Keep my Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 or get an AMD 860K?

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Surprisekitty

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I currently have a Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 and was looking at a AMD 860K - Is it worth the cost to upgrade? I mean, I'm a bit iffy about quadcores - I've always heard 2 cores was better than 4 for gaming, but I dunno.

Thanks for your time guys.
 
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CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $131.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-24 10:21 EDT-0400

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($70.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus A88XM-A Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $123.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when...
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $131.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-24 10:21 EDT-0400

or this :
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($70.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus A88XM-A Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $123.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-24 10:24 EDT-0400

Both are great motherboards , do not forget that you need new 2x4 GB ram 1866

Quad core gaming is better than dual core as data can be spread into 4 cores

The more important thing is the Core power ; The core in 860k is more powerful than the core in E7400 which will increase gaming + normal usage .
also there are modern games which refuse to run on a dual core processor
 
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Surprisekitty

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Oh, thanks for the reply! I had edited my question to get quicker replies, but I guess you saw it before I did. Those motherboards look great - I think I`ll go for the Asus A88XM, thanks for the help! :)
 
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