Posted November 23, 2014 because the intel setup is the same price as the AMD and intel is better there is no two ways about it thats the bottom line the intel chipset offered more functionality more features less power consumption and better upgrade-ability the trade off is you have two less "cores" but intels cores are faster and use less power its a HTPC and you don't need a quad core for that anyway i like intel but i can still see a fanboy when i see one Please follow your topics guys, it's very important! CoC F.A.Q Please use the corresponding PC part picker link for your country USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Spain, Italy, New Zealand and Germany also if you find anyone with this handle in games its most likely me so say hi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 23, 2014 i like intel but i can still see a fanboy when i see one facts are facts the intel platform is the way to go from every angle every machine I have ever owned has been AMD until this one so you would be grossly incorrect, iv had everything from k6 to barton cores with "the pencil mod" to FX chips the machine prior to this was a FX 6300 and a 990 XA GD55 the one before that was a Phenom x3 and before that there was the 5200+ witch replaced a second hand AMD K8 2700+ I base my judgement on performance per dollar spent I could give two farts what vendor its from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 23, 2014 Author facts are facts the intel platform is the way to go from every angle every machine I have ever owned has been AMD until this one so you would be grossly incorrect, iv had everything from k6 to barton cores with the pencil mode to FX chips the machine prior to this was a FX 6300 and a 990 XA GD55 The main reason I want to go for the 860K is I don't wanna hop on the huge G3258 bandwagon. "Rawr XD" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 23, 2014 facts are facts the intel platform is the way to go from every angle every machine I have ever owned has been AMD until this one so you would be grossly incorrect, iv had everything from k6 to barton cores with "the pencil mod" to FX chips the machine prior to this was a FX 6300 and a 990 XA GD55 doesnt mean yournot a fanboy look back at the earlier posts and say you were not without lying at least coming off like one i have worked on him already Please follow your topics guys, it's very important! CoC F.A.Q Please use the corresponding PC part picker link for your country USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Spain, Italy, New Zealand and Germany also if you find anyone with this handle in games its most likely me so say hi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 23, 2014 The main reason I want to go for the 860K is I don't wanna hop on the huge G3258 bandwagon. why not? Please follow your topics guys, it's very important! CoC F.A.Q Please use the corresponding PC part picker link for your country USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Spain, Italy, New Zealand and Germany also if you find anyone with this handle in games its most likely me so say hi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 23, 2014 Author why not? Because it's annoying and I don't want to contribute to it. Whether it's G3258 bandwagon, Strix 970 bandwagon, MX100 bandwagon... There's always that lot of people who like them and recommend them just because everyone else does. "Rawr XD" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 23, 2014 Because it's annoying and I don't want to contribute to it. Whether it's G3258 bandwagon, Strix 970 bandwagon, MX100 bandwagon... There's always that lot of people who like them and recommend them just because everyone else does. did it ever occur to you people are riding that bandwagon because the band is really good if you are looking for a reason not to buy intel then just don't buy intel its your money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 23, 2014 Author did it ever occur to you people are riding that bandwagon because the band is really good No, people are just riding it cause it's big and other people who seem to know a bunch are on it. For a fact the G1 is better then the Strix for 970s, and the ADATA SP610/SP900 is better then the MX100 for SSDs. For the G3258, all I asked is which CPU would be better at the current moment if they were both at the same clockspeed. Then I get a bunch of futureproofing and 4.4 vs 4.7 stuff thrown at me, "Rawr XD" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 23, 2014 Because it's annoying and I don't want to contribute to it. Whether it's G3258 bandwagon, Strix 970 bandwagon, MX100 bandwagon... There's always that lot of people who like them and recommend them just because everyone else does. i dont like the mx100 i do like the other two though Please follow your topics guys, it's very important! CoC F.A.Q Please use the corresponding PC part picker link for your country USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Spain, Italy, New Zealand and Germany also if you find anyone with this handle in games its most likely me so say hi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 23, 2014 No, people are just riding it cause it's big and other people who seem to know a bunch are on it. For a fact the G1 is better then the Strix for 970s, and the ADATA SP610/SP900 is better then the MX100 for SSDs. For the G3258, all I asked is which CPU would be better at the current moment if they were both at the same clockspeed. Then I get a bunch of futureproofing and 4.4 vs 4.7 stuff thrown at me, wow? Please follow your topics guys, it's very important! CoC F.A.Q Please use the corresponding PC part picker link for your country USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Spain, Italy, New Zealand and Germany also if you find anyone with this handle in games its most likely me so say hi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 23, 2014 the g3258 plays many games like shit even when overclocked to 4.5ghz, two threads for gaming is not enough...here's my video on it recorded with shadowplay focus on gpu load and stuttering many games are unplayable on high settings: adress any questions and comments you might have regarding this here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/251230-how-bad-is-an-overclocked-pentium-g3258-at-playing-games/ | CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v | Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING | CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 | | GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC | RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz | | Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 2 VR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 23, 2014 the g3258 plays many games like shit even when overclocked to 4.5ghz, two threads for gaming is not enough...here's my video on it recorded with shadowplay focus on gpu load and stuttering many games are unplayable on high settings: adress any questions and comments you might have regarding this here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/251230-how-bad-is-an-overclocked-pentium-g3258-at-playing-games/ shadow play isn't cpu usage free also bf4 is a bit of a cpu whore anyway especially on 64man servers 50FPS @ 1080p running battlefield 4 is very acceptable for a dual core dead rising another cpu bound game same with everything else you show all cpu bound games and a couple are pretty shoty ports anyway you won't a get much better results from the 860k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 23, 2014 BF4 on ultra is going to hammer a CPU its why you don't do CPU benches with the graphics cranked it skews the results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Posted November 23, 2014 BF4 on ultra is going to hammer a CPU its why you don't do CPU benches with the graphics cranked it skews the results You do Benchmarks to see how it would perform in practice. If you want to play at 800x600 with no AA and all graphics set to low that your problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 23, 2014 You do Benchmarks to see how it would perform in practice. If you want to play at 800x600 with no AA and all graphics set to low that your problem. no Please follow your topics guys, it's very important! CoC F.A.Q Please use the corresponding PC part picker link for your country USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Spain, Italy, New Zealand and Germany also if you find anyone with this handle in games its most likely me so say hi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 23, 2014 this thread is going in circles the op can do whatever its his money I made my points and stand by them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 23, 2014 bf4 is a bit of a cpu whore anyway especially on 64man servers 50FPS @ 1080p running battlefield 4 is very acceptable for a dual core dead rising another cpu bound game same with everything else you show all cpu bound games and a couple are pretty shoty ports anyway you won't a get much better results from the 860k ahhhh that makes sense, i thought that testing a CPU with CPU intensive games was the proper way to do it...silly me you're right i should have tested it with old games and non intensive old tech games, next time i'll make sure not to trow anything CPU intensive at it to make sure it looks good to you and that we get great results.. this thread is going in circles the op can do whatever its his money I made my points and stand by them nobody asked for your feelings and opinions on this you could have just keep going your way... | CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v | Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING | CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 | | GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC | RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz | | Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 2 VR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 4, 2019 necroing this thread because here we are 4 years later and what do you know you can't give a fx chip away 8350's are going for a max of 50.00 bucks meanwhile I finally decided to replace my 4690k with a 9600k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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