A8-7600 vs G3258

[berzelius]

Asking for help on which path would be better:

• a G3258 + Z97 board, with an option to upgrade to an I5-4690k
• or A8-7600, then build a new system after a year or two based on the new skylake?

Graphics card would be either GTX 960 or R9 380

 

I would appreciate any response as this was only my first time building. Thank you

[DarkBlade2117]

G3258 is what id choose

[PlayStation 2]

Get an Athlon X4 860K. It's the best of both worlds, and is overclockable.

[don_svetlio]

Athlon 860k - should be around the same price and better than both in either case - some games will flat out refuse to run on a dual core + dual cores sutter a lot more

[PlayStation 2]

Athlon 860k - should be around the same price and better than both in either case - some games will flat out refuse to run on a dual core + dual cores sutter a lot more

That and unless we're talking ARMA or some other shitty port, most games run just fine on the Athlon. Hell, you can even stream with that Athlon.

[ciprian97pop]

athlon 860k

i have the older version(750k) in my pc and it serves me well

and if i think that i need more power, i can oc it(got it with a x88 chipset board )

[don_svetlio]

That and unless we're talking ARMA or some other shitty port, most games run just fine on the Athlon. Hell, you can even stream with that Athlon.

 

athlon 860k

i have the older version(750k) in my pc and it serves me well

and if i think that i need more power, i can oc it(got it with a x88 chipset board )

People vastly underestimate that little CPU

[don_svetlio]

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=AMD+Athlon+X4+860K+Quad+Core&id=2362

[Thunder Down Under]

What is your budget for now?

[Nena Trinity]

Why not Athlon X4 860K? And upgrade to 7th gen Intel or Zen later?

 

PC Build Guide – Budget M-ATX: (400$-600$)

*AMD Athlon X4 860K Black Edition

*Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo / Cooler Master Seidon 120V

*MSI A88XM-E35 V2, Socket-FM2+ / MSI A88XM-E45 V2, Socket-FM2+

*HyperX Savage 1866MHz CL9 4GB (x2)

*Samsung 850 Evo 250GB SSD 2.5” / Samsung 850 Evo 500GB SSD 2.5”

*MSI GeForce GTX 750Ti 2GB / MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB

*Cooler Master V550S, 550W PSU

 

More ideas?

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/427926-basic-builds-for-those-who-need-help/

[berzelius]

thanks for the reply guys, but i'm living here in the Philippines and there are no stores selling the latest athlon processors. And i don't think i'll do shipping because of import issues here. My budget for the Mobo + CPU would be around 7000 pesos which is roughly US$160

[Nena Trinity]

thanks for the reply guys, but i'm living here in the Philippines and there are no stores selling the latest athlon processors. And i don't think i'll do shipping because of import issues here. My budget for the Mobo + CPU would be around 7000 pesos which is roughly US$160

Then A8-7600 then OC it to the stock speed of the Athlon X4 860K or higher.

[berzelius]

Then A8-7600 then OC it to the stock speed of the Athlon X4 860K or higher.

I know it's too early for this, but how to OC CPU that is not unlocked?

[Nena Trinity]

I know it's too early for this, but how to OC CPU that is not unlocked?

A8 is locked?

[berzelius]

A8-7600 is locked. and its unlocked version A8-7650k is, sadly, also not available here in the Philippines.

[Guest trucker2]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7677/amd-kaveri-review-a8-7600-a10-7850k

​Great review of the a8 7600.

 

Advantage of the 860 is you can swap the dGPU to the new build in two years, and it will be faster.

 

Advantage of the A8 is when you upgrade you will have a great HTPC with gaming capability(important when married:))

 

Lower initial cost, can use cheaper PSU, and if there is a problem you don't have to figure out if it is the dGPU, gpu driver etc....if there is a problem it is the cpu or mb and that's it.

 

Will still function as a 860 if you get a dgpu down the line.

 

I have a 7850k and it plays every game I throw at it. The A8 has the same steamroller cores and a few less gpu cores but in raw fps the two are very close. And yes I am biased.

 

With the g3258 your throwing away 60 bucks when you upgrade and it won't play newer games. Also cpu's last longer then motherboards, my x3 is on it's 3rd mb.

 

Nena is one of the smartest people on this forum and one of the nicest, I do disagree with her over the choice between 860k or an A8 or A10 APU

[Nena Trinity]

A8-7600 is locked. and its unlocked version A8-7650k is, sadly, also not available here in the Philippines.

Yeah I guess it most be marked K...

[berzelius]

Thanks trucker. I guess that sells me the a8-7600, but I would still wait for other responses that could help in the decision. (I would be buying parts 2nd or third week of September.)

Will the MSI A78M-E45 a good choice for motherboard? 

 out of topic question: 120GB ssd vs 1TB (same price) for first build

[Nena Trinity]

Thanks trucker. I guess that sells me the a8-7600, but I would still wait for other responses that could help in the decision. (I would be buying parts 2nd or third week of September.)

Will the MSI A78M-E45 a good choice for motherboard? 

 out of topic question: 120GB ssd vs 1TB (same price) for first build

Get the V2 model cause if you are unlucky you get one that will not support the CPU without a BIOS update...

http://eu.msi.com/product/mb/#?tag=M-ATX%20AMD

You can get a V1 model but you never know what BIOS version it got...

 

Worst that could happen is that you most order a chip from MSI!

[berzelius]

Thanks Nena360! I'll ask my local supplier if what bios/version is the motherboard.