Should i go for more cores in gaming and get amd or less cores and get Intel?

[squashjosh]

I dont know weather to go for a intel cpu and get a quad core i5-4690k or a amd cpu which is around the same price with more cores and bigger numbers than the intel and can even somthimes be cheaper. i'm very confused.

[PhantomChevron]

Intel, fewer faster cores are better

[Lord Pantaloons]

Having more cores won't do you any good if a games doesn't use them, 95% of games still use just two cores.

[squashjosh]

Intel, fewer faster cores are better

Ok thank you just also ive seen with amd they can also be cheaper with a quad core maybe clocked at 4 GHz where as the lintel is more expensive and only about 3.2 GHz

[ShadowCaptain]

I dont know weather to go for a intel cpu and get a quad core i5-4690k or a amd cpu which is around the same price with more cores and bigger numbers than the intel and can even somthimes be cheaper. i'm very confused.

 

Most games do not take advantage of more than 2 cores (99% of them) Intels cores are much more powerful, and you will get better gaming performance,

 

In games with more cores the i5 is still a quad core so will do a great job

[PhantomChevron]

Ok thank you just also ive seen with amd they can also be cheaper with a quad core maybe clocked at 4 GHz where as the lintel is more expensive and only about 3.2 GHz

Thing is AMD cores are weaker then the intel ones, if your on more of a budget then just get AMD, otherwise intel is generally better, especially in games

[i_build_nanosuits]

AMD Cores are so much weaker then even in the few games that do they advantage of more than 4 CPU threads any core i5 from 3rd or 4th generation will do better...intel processors are a better choice for gaming...you don't even have to buy an expensive one and an expensive motherboard, an H series motherboard and a locked core i5 will play games much better than even an highly overclocked FX-9590...gaming is all about fast and efficient CPU cores, something at which AMD can't compete with intel.

 

I would suggest to look for something like this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($69.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $264.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-28 07:37 EDT-0400

 

This board is intel's latest chipset and should support broadwell which is intel's next architecture refresh (die shrink)...so you could be able to upgrade to a broadwell core i7 in a couple years if you wan't more CPU processing power without even considering a new motherboard, RAM etc..

 

Also consider in your budget that for AMD you'd need AT LEAST a 35$ aftermarket CPU cooler to be able to overclock it, you can use the stock CPU heastink that AMD provide but these processors generate a lot of heat and the stock cooler get's VERY loud...and the FX need a good motherboard with a lot of power phases and good heatsinked VRM's and those can be costly.

 

EDIT: Should have just cut it short an just say Gaming --> Go intel...but hey i felt like typing all this sh!t this moring.

         TLDR: Gaming --> Go intel

Edited October 28, 2014 by i_build_nanosuits

[squashjosh]

Ok thanks everyone im going to go with a Intel processor for Christmas then, again thank you all!

[i_build_nanosuits]

Ok thanks everyone im going to go with a Intel processor for Christmas then, again thank you all!

if you want to overclock you need a K series CPU and a Z series motherboard...

haswell CPU's work with any socket 1150 motherboard but the ''haswell refresh'' cpu's only work with H97 or Z97 motherboard out of the box...they do work on older chipset motherboards (H81, B85, H87, Z87) but those need a BIOS update.

 

Here are the most common haswell refresh CPU's, for budget gaming i recommend the core i5-4460 or i5-4590

Core i3-4150

Core i3-4350

Core i3-4360

Core i5-4460

Core i5-4590

Core i5-4690

Core i7-4790

Unlocked are core i5-4690K and core i7-4790K.

If money is not a problem then i'd suggest a core i5-4690K and a Z97 motherboard...but the kit i previously suggested will play games perfectly.

[JohnnyGrey]

Ok thank you just also ive seen with amd they can also be cheaper with a quad core maybe clocked at 4 GHz where as the lintel is more expensive and only about 3.2 GHz

As others have said, Intel CPUs have a much higher IPC. The "megahertz" war died many years ago. You cannot judge a CPU by its clock speed alone.

[Mistersprinkles]

i5 for gaming, 100%. An 8350 @4GHz can be as much as 30% behind an i5 @ 3GHz in framerate in many games. Look up some graphs. Just google FX vs i5.

Games don't really use 8 cores. They tend to use 2-4. Many just use 2. AMD cores are very weak. An AMD quad core is maybe 60% the performance of an Intel quad core clock for clock in most games. An 8 core doesn't fare much better because of the weak instructions per clock performance of AMD. In other applications, it doesn't get much better for AMD. Adobe's creative suite (photoshop, etc) runs horrendously on AMD. Intel (i5) and Nvidia (970) are where its at right now for gaming.

[andrewg94]

Intel. Even with fewer cores intel is better in games