- Aug 13, 2015
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I've read a couple of reviews and benchmarks proving that the Pentium G3258 is a more efficient chip, and even though it has two less cores than the 860K they are more efficient,and in most cases they provide more FPS in a majority of games. Now my problem is the following:
In light of recent events I want to build a small HTPC gaming pc to play WoW and Heroes of the Storm at the best playable settings and average around 60-70 FPS.
I have decided to go with AMD's Athlon X4 860K since it had four cores, thinking at the time that it would have an advantage in most games,because nowadays lots of games utilize all four cores of a CPU.
However given the benchmarks I've seen it seems that the Pentium is a more viable solution. My questions are:
1) Given the types of games I play do I need more than two cores?
2) Has anyone used both CPU's and if yes,can he provide some insight as to how they handle these particular games?
3) If I was gonna get the G3258 with a mini ITX board which is the cheapest option, that supports overclocking and possible future updates(Core i5 perhaps) ?
In light of recent events I want to build a small HTPC gaming pc to play WoW and Heroes of the Storm at the best playable settings and average around 60-70 FPS.
I have decided to go with AMD's Athlon X4 860K since it had four cores, thinking at the time that it would have an advantage in most games,because nowadays lots of games utilize all four cores of a CPU.
However given the benchmarks I've seen it seems that the Pentium is a more viable solution. My questions are:
1) Given the types of games I play do I need more than two cores?
2) Has anyone used both CPU's and if yes,can he provide some insight as to how they handle these particular games?
3) If I was gonna get the G3258 with a mini ITX board which is the cheapest option, that supports overclocking and possible future updates(Core i5 perhaps) ?
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