(Changing my CPU) Any suggestions? Really need advice

NickDales

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Hi everybody!

First of all, my gear is:

CPU: i3 2120 3.3Ghz
GPU: GTX 750 2Gb
RAM: 8Gb

As you will understand I really need to change my CPU, so I was thinking about giving a try to AMD, it seems cheaper than intel and... honestly I don't have a lot of money to spend.

The problem is that I don't have any idea about AMD, so I was hoping you could help me a bit with some suggestions.

I found somewhere that some AMD CPUs have the same performace but some are more expensive due to integrated graphics. I don't have a AMD GPU so I think it's something I don't really need (cannot apply "dual graphics")

(Maybe I'm saying something stupid but, really, I don't have any idea about AMD and I'm feeling like in a whole new world. Really need some help haha)

I've seen about the X4 860K, looks good, cheap and (it seems) way better than my i3 2120.

The more intensive use I give to my PC is gaming, so... any suggestions?
By the way, my i3 is making bottleneck, right? (I changed my GPU recently)
 
Why not just get a better CPU?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-i7-2600-3-40-GHz-SR00B-Processor-LGA1155-Sandy-Bridge-CPU-Socket-1155-/231767441218?hash=item35f66a7f42:g:cTMAAOSwcBhWWdUW
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i3-2120-vs-Intel-Core-i7-2600/m2227vs620
That'd be better than the athlon, and probably the same price considering you'd have to buy a new motherboard anyways.

If you actually do have a i3-2120, it's better than an x4 860k anyways:
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i3-2120-vs-AMD-Athlon-II-X4-860K/m2227vs3265

AMD Cpus are worse than Intel by a fairly decent margin.

 

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oh that could be a nice solution, but... that CPU seems to be discontinued, the few that are selling right now are over 350$... way out of my budget...
 

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Ok, then as I've seen moving to AMD is NOT good idea x) thanks for your help :)



That could be a good solution! the only thing is that I live in spain and most of them don't ship here =( But I'll search for it


I've just seen about the i3 6100T, in userbenchmark seems to be even better than the i5 3450, the bad thing is that I should buy a new motherboard...