G3258(oc) or fx6300 or i3 4150 for MMO games
- Thread starter mazumo
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i3 4150, unless you pick up an fx-6300 & good motherboard dirt cheap. Then you will have more to put towards your GPU. Keep in mind that an fx-6300 bottlenecks GPU's big time ... anything above a GTX 960 really. (You may get away with a 970). MAY.
i3 is better.
Another thing to be weary of with the fx-6300 is that most cheap boards wont support any upgraded cpu (at least not properly) and they wont be able to apply the factory overclock well either.
The Pentium is by far the weaker CPU in this mix. Too many people "drinking the kool aid" saying how awesome it is because of its ability to overclock. Yes its single thread performance is great, but at the end of the day the i3 will still win with having double the threads; 4 cars going 80 mph carries more then 2 cars going 120 mph.
Another thing to be weary of with the fx-6300 is that most cheap boards wont support any upgraded cpu (at least not properly) and they wont be able to apply the factory overclock well either.
The Pentium is by far the weaker CPU in this mix. Too many people "drinking the kool aid" saying how awesome it is because of its ability to overclock. Yes its single thread performance is great, but at the end of the day the i3 will still win with having double the threads; 4 cars going 80 mph carries more then 2 cars going 120 mph.
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i3-4150 has been superseded by the i3-4170 (faster clock) 3.7GHz vs 3.5GHz at the same price.
I have a i3-4150 on a ASRock H97M Anniversary micro ITX mobo w/ 8GB RAM and a GTX960 and it runs surprisingly well on a 1920p monitor.
You can build a rig for less than $500USD less the OS.
No, it's not a i5-4690 with a GTX970-980 but it pulls its weight for the $$$
I have a i3-4150 on a ASRock H97M Anniversary micro ITX mobo w/ 8GB RAM and a GTX960 and it runs surprisingly well on a 1920p monitor.
You can build a rig for less than $500USD less the OS.
No, it's not a i5-4690 with a GTX970-980 but it pulls its weight for the $$$
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