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Pentium G3258 3.2GHz or AMD Athlon X4 860K

PC SPECS: Athlon 860k, MSI 380 4GB, 8GB memory, 1TB HDD, Fractal Design Core 1000

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What types of games you plan on playing and how long do you plan on waiting to upgrade?

 

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Athlon X4 860K is a better CPU all-around.

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What types of games you plan on playing and how long do you plan on waiting to upgrade?

idk, I will be playing Fallout and Witcher. And lots of Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. Will upgrade next year.

PC SPECS: Athlon 860k, MSI 380 4GB, 8GB memory, 1TB HDD, Fractal Design Core 1000

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Athlon X4 860K is a better CPU all-around.

Yea thats what I want to say unless he can upgrade to an i5 4xxx in the near future or what not

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idk, I will be playing Fallout and Witcher. And lots of Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. Will upgrade next year.

Ok I would say Athlon X4 then, those games will run much better than they would on the Pentium

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860k would be the better of the two and for the low budget allowed (previous threads).

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idk, I will be playing Fallout and Witcher. And lots of Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. Will upgrade next year.

Athlon will do better in those games, it's more powerful and it's a quad-core, which is a necessity for some games today.

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Also I wouldn't spend that much on the mobo if you plan on upgrading in the next year

 

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That is a great board and should be able to hold you off till you decided to upgrade, just an idea :)

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Also I wouldn't spend that much on the mobo if you plan on upgrading in the next year

 

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That is a great board and should be able to hold you off till you decided to upgrade, just an idea :)

 

 

Athlon will do better in those games, it's more powerful and it's a quad-core, which is a necessity for some games today.

 

 

860k would be the better of the two and for the low budget allowed (previous threads).

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THE PENTIUM COMES WITH A FREE T-SHIRT :o

Marketing BS, don't fall for it ;) Also are you upgrading from your Core 2 Duo?

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Marketing BS, don't fall for it ;) Also are you upgrading from your Core 2 Duo?

I'm getting an entirely new pc. lol

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I'm getting an entirely new pc. lol

Hmm I was thinking if you just got a Core 2 Quad for the time being until you could drop a lot into a nice new system you might be better off

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Hmm I was thinking if you just got a Core 2 Quad for the time being until you could drop a lot into a nice new system you might be better off

My parents said the PC has to be 450 or less. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/n8TFvK I think I did well.

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My parents said the PC has to be 450 or less. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/n8TFvK I think I did well.

Not bad, ya I have that same case and actually just did a build with it. Very very good for the price so you should be happy with it :)

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AMD FX 6300 based on the games you listed

 

What is your budget btw?

450

PC SPECS: Athlon 860k, MSI 380 4GB, 8GB memory, 1TB HDD, Fractal Design Core 1000

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450

which is such a shame, as that 290 is a damn good buy....

you would be much better off getting a FX 6300, as the Athlon 860k will just barely not manage to run that GPU properly (Athlon 860k, according to pretty much any benchmark there is, tops out around R9 280X)...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($84.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: ASRock 970M PRO3 Micro ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($50.15 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card  ($219.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.10 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $459.21

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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if you can get another 10 bucks, you can get MUCH better performance with this setup....

especially since Fallout 4 and Witcher 3 uses all 6 cores, this setup will do VERY well in those games.

Current setup

Images of setup: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/183-show-off-your-setup/?p=5872590

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which is such a shame, as that 290 is a damn good buy....

you would be much better off getting a FX 6300, as the Athlon 860k will just barely not manage to run that GPU properly (Athlon 860k, according to pretty much any benchmark there is, tops out around R9 280X)...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($84.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: ASRock 970M PRO3 Micro ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($50.15 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card  ($219.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.10 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $459.21

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-28 16:01 EST-0500

 

if you can get another 10 bucks, you can get MUCH better performance with this setup....

especially since Fallout 4 and Witcher 3 uses all 6 cores, this setup will do VERY well in those games.

Ya the 6300 might be better, I think I need to get a 290 if they are going for that cheap now....

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Ya the 6300 might be better, I think I need to get a 290 if they are going for that cheap now....

that is the Reference... which is hot as hell..... it may not be "pretty" on the "thermal" side... but it works and it is THE STRONGEST GPU you can use with any current AMD CPU without the CPU bottlenecking... so choosing a FX 6300 for it is a solid choice in terms of "future gaming" seeing as DX12 will allow more and more games to make use of all those "cores" ...

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Images of setup: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/183-show-off-your-setup/?p=5872590

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that is the Reference... which is hot as hell..... it may not be "pretty" on the "thermal" side... but it works and it is THE STRONGEST GPU you can use with any current AMD CPU without the CPU bottlenecking... so choosing a FX 6300 for it is a solid choice in terms of "future gaming" seeing as DX12 will allow more and more games to make use of all those "cores" ...

Yea I have a 6300 and have seen no real reason to upgrade although I thought I would have by now, super amazing CPU for the price right now and seeing that you got a 290 in there why the hell not for $450. I would recommend a Hyper T2 or something since the stock one can get loud

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450

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($84.99 @ NCIX US)

CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling ACFZ13 36.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($22.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: ASRock 970M PRO3 Micro ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($36.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($27.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($23.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $431.89

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-28 16:18 EST-0500

 

 

if you actually USE the Mail-In-Rebates, you can get this for 430 USD.... however, whether or not you will get those rebates, i cannot say....

Current setup

Images of setup: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/183-show-off-your-setup/?p=5872590

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My parents said the PC has to be 450 or less. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/n8TFvK I think I did well.

Suicidal PSU but yeah

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($84.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: ASRock 970M PRO3 Micro ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($36.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($23.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $410.94

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-28 16:15 EST-0500

 

 

if you actually USE the Mail-In-Rebates, you can get this for 410 USD.... however, whether or not you will get those rebates, i cannot say....

For the love of all that is stable - XFX TS 550W!

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
Windows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6

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THE PENTIUM COMES WITH A FREE T-SHIRT :o

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G3258 V 860k (Spoiler: G3258 wins)

 

 

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