G3258 Alternative?

[LPTechnoAce]

Any good one that can handle minimal to high gaming and photoshop,sony vegas??

And pls suggest a mobo too..

And that is cheap too..

[ImBleu]

FX-6300 if you want to jump to the AMD ship.

 

I'd just go G3258 with a H87 / B85 / Z97 motherboard, anyone that fits your budget.

[xnoobftw]

Budget? Definition of cheap is different for everyone

[Oshino Shinobu]

FX-6300. Better to just go with the G3258 and an ASUS H87/H97/B85/H81 board. 

[LemonSpice]

FX-6300 if you want to jump to the AMD ship.

 

I'd just go G3258 with a H87 / B85 / Z97 motherboard, anyone that fits your budget.

this but the fx line is not that good for gaming and offers no upgrade path

[smjpl]

I'd look at dual core i3 with HT. You may find the two extra logical cores may help out in CPU bound applications. I have done no research but seen a couple of people on here having trouble with the G3258. The only one I can remember was some guy having trouble with Fifa 15.

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/244093-fifa-15-100-cpu-and-gpu-usige/

[LPTechnoAce]

I'd look at dual core i3 with HT. You may find the two extra logical cores may help out in CPU bound applications. I have done no research but seen a couple of people on here having trouble with the G3258. The

only one I can remember was some guy having trouble

with Fifa 15.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/244093-fifa-15-100-cpu-and-gpu-usige/

What i3 should I get tho with OC?

[Johannes_Lazor]

The athlon 860k is similar to the G3258 But is Quad core and handle more applications at the same time better without loosing performance,

But it has No clear upgrade path,
a FX 4300 have almost the same performance But can be upgraded to a 6300, 8350 or even the 9590.

 

[LPTechnoAce]

Any intel alternative on $75-90 price bracket?

That can be OC'd??

[Geekazoid]

@LPTechnoAce, you've got a similar avatar to @TheNinjaNextDor.

Find your own avatar!

[Sauron]

Athlon 860k. Anything else I feel wouldn't really be a serious competitor because of price.

[LPTechnoAce]

@LPTechnoAce, you've got a similar avatar to @TheNinjaNextDor.

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Find your own avatar!

Lol that one is crunched haha..

[Geekazoid]

Maybe this benchmark might help you decide —> http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/699?vs=1265

I'd probably still go Intel, though, because Intel brings newer CPUs to the table more frequently, whereas AMD are kind of trailing along behind by a fair bit.

[harrynowl]

i3 4150

[Geekazoid]

Lol that one is crunched haha..

Haha, yeah, but still, tis pretty much the same.

I always thought that it looked like he had hair.

[typographie]

Any intel alternative on $75-90 price bracket?

That can be OC'd??

 

There is nothing between the G3258 and the i3's. You really cannot beat the performance of an overclocked G3258 for its price. Why are you trying so hard to avoid it?

[Frosty11]

i3 4150 and any b85 or h97 board will be a good option. i3 4150 will be cooler than a oc G3258, won't need a aftermarket cooler, it will consume lesser power and will perform better in games like Crysis 3 that can make use of 4 cores.

[smjpl]

What i3 should I get tho with OC?

 

Not too sure. No clue about overclocking on the i3 series. Again I have done no research on them. Have a look around google.