What is best for r9 380? i3 or 4.2 GHz G3258

[ollioddi]

Hey

 

What is the best cpu for the r9 380 in games? (Like battlefield, gta, bioshock etc) I am looking at the pentium and to get it @4.2, or a i3 with a lower clock, 2 cores but hyperthreading

 

What do you think/know?

 

Thanks in advance

[Guest]

i3 of course... but get an i5 if you can afford it.

[pomaranc]

Get i3 if you can.

[TwOne]

i3. One from the i3-43xx series is recommended.

[mata-pombos]

i3 of course, mainly because newer games will require 4 cores as minimium specs

[Yoinkerman]

The 3258 oc will perform better, unless the game "requires" 4 cores.

I don't like saying it but with the trend of "requiring" 4 cores, an i3.

Or a 4440/4460 at $180 if you can stretch the budget

[Humbug]

The future is DX12 and vulkan. Going wide; like mantle did. Rather than relying on single threaded IPC.

I would get the i3

[TheRetiredSlave]

I'd go i3. In both tomshardware's and Anandtech's reviews of the g3258 (OC'd), it only performs only a little better than an i3 in some very heavily single threaded games. The i3 can perform dramatically better in multithreaded tasks, and generally performs the same or better in games than an OC'd g3258.

The i3 is more expensive, but I'd consider it worth the money to have the guaranteed performance instead of needing to rely on overclocking luck. Use the stock cooler and an affordable motherboard, and you'll have a reasonably affordable good gaming PC.