Should i upgrade from a amd athlon x2 260 to a intel g3258?

[Austin26860]

I am trying to decide if It would be worth it to upgrade from my amd athlon x2 260 to an intel g3258, of course I would get a new motherboard but would it be worth it. I could get the g3258 plus a motherboard for around 100$ I only use my computer for gaming such as world of warcraft and counter strike global offensive, and other steam games.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

What's your motherboard? Will it handle an Athlon X4 740K or 860K?

I'd try to afford an i3.

 

[Austin26860]

MCP61PM-GM (rev 2.4) is the motherboard I have now. It its has a 89max watt rating and its suppose to only use a am2 socket but i added the amd 260 not too long ago which is an am3 socket.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

I have two G3258s and they are very stout, but out of date now. The chip overclocks quite well on an 'ordinary' motherboard and with the stock CPU cooler.

This would be a decent chouce.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $107.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-12 13:01 EST-0500

One of my chips gets to 4.2Ghz, the other to 4.5Ghz.

This is a decent AMD alternative

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($72.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X PRO3+ ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($57.55 @ Newegg)
Total: $130.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-12 13:04 EST-0500

But I'd want something like this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $154.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-12 13:05 EST-0500

The motherboard uses DDR3, doesn't it?

 

[Austin26860]

now if you consider the i3 4150, would i just be ahead to get the i3 6100 for about the same price? and a cheap motherboard with that?

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Not so cheap though, unless you want to go with a DDR3 motherboard.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($124.69 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($51.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($42.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $219.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-12 17:07 EST-0500