G3258 with a GTX 970, Mainly CS:GO

Valentin Yuksel · Dec 12, 2015

So hi guys, at the moment i have a FX-4300 on a Fatal1ty 970 Performance motherboard. And i want to get intel. I dont have a huge budget, i can only get a g3258 and a nice motherboard to house my next upgrade an i5 4460. Should i keep the 4300 or go for the pentium?

dudmont · Dec 12, 2015

When you're looking at this, the biggest thing is this: do the programs you run require or run better, with more than 2 cores? If they require or run better(are optimized for) on 4 cores, then skip the 3258. I have one in a backup system, they're alot of fun to tinker with, and if you get a good overclock, they can run programs pretty good, so long as you don't need a 4 core chip. A well overclocked 3258 can run rings around any and all AMD cpus in single and dual threaded programs. Doesn't matter how highly clocked your AMD cpu is. Answer the threading question, and that will answer the whole question you asked.
P.S. I don't know how many threads CS:Go can use. I do know that a 970 will bottleneck on a 3258 in highly threaded programs.

Valentin Yuksel · Dec 12, 2015

dudmont :

When you're looking at this, the biggest thing is this: do the programs you run require or run better, with more than 2 cores? If they require or run better(are optimized for) on 4 cores, then skip the 3258. I have one in a backup system, they're alot of fun to tinker with, and if you get a good overclock, they can run programs pretty good, so long as you don't need a 4 core chip. A well overclocked 3258 can run rings around any and all AMD cpus in single and dual threaded programs. Doesn't matter how highly clocked your AMD cpu is. Answer the threading question, and that will answer the whole question you asked.
P.S. I don't know how many threads CS:Go can use. I do know that a 970 will bottleneck on a 3258 in highly threaded programs.

Source engine is quite cpu dependant. It can use one, two or even more. You can set it.

Tradesman1 · Dec 12, 2015

I'd hold off and put the money to the 4460 down the road

dudmont · Dec 12, 2015

Valentin Yuksel :

dudmont :

Source engine is quite cpu dependant. It can use one, two or even more. You can set it.

I would save and upgrade to a skylake rig. z97 can do M.2, but skylake and z170 has such a nice set of features. For me and my money, it's a no-brainer.

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