i3 or i5

[RichieXtheXboss]

so the new 380x is coming and im building a computer i was wondering if its worth it to downgrade to a i3 so that i can get a 380x on my budget 

budget for a cpu is under $170 

[Amazingasian]

i5-4460

[Kenji the Uke]

Some games wont even play with dualcores these days. Quadcore all the way.

[themctipers]

DUDE dont get an i3 IF your getting a 380x.. Please for the love of god go AMD.

[Killervolt]

No. Save up a bit more if you have to. i5 all the way.

[zzenigmaxzz]

if youre going for gaming the better your gpu the better your rig will be but i still would say get atleast a 4460 if you want a 380x

[KraftDinner]

i5 

[AlwaysFSX]

Some games wont even play with dualcores these days. Quadcore all the way.

Some games won't play on two threads. i3 has four.

[TheRandomness]

DUDE dont get an i3 IF your getting a 380x.. Please for the love of god go AMD.

Uh, no? i3's don't bottleneck 380s in games due to the 2 extra threads.

Some games wont even play with dualcores these days. Quadcore all the way.

As for @OP, the 380X is expected to have an RRP of $250~ so choose from that.

[Nonco]

DUDE dont get an i3 IF your getting a 380x.. Please for the love of god go AMD.

? i3 would still be better than an AMD cpu

[Kenji the Uke]

Some games won't play on two threads. i3 has four.

-Redacted- :3 I was happily proven wrong.

[RichieXtheXboss]

what about a fx 6300 or 6350 

[ApolloX75]

Owo the new Farcry wont even start on an i3

That's just plain wrong. I can confirm it does indeed work fine on an i3, my wife's i3 3240 runs it perfectly. Far Cry 4 will not work on the G3258 and other dual core Pentiums.

 

An i3 is excellent for gaming on a budget, there's no shame in using one. However an i5 is a safer investment if you can save a little more cash.

[STRMfrmXMN]

Owo the new Farcry wont even start on an i3

Yes it will, say that to my 4360.

[STRMfrmXMN]

so the new 380x is coming and im building a computer i was wondering if its worth it to downgrade to a i3 so that i can get a 380x on my budget 

budget for a cpu is under $170 

For your needs an i3 will be great. My 4360 is actually quite a beast.

[Kenji the Uke]

That's just plain wrong. I can confirm it does indeed work fine on an i3, my wife's i3 3240 runs it perfectly. Far Cry 4 will not work on the G3258 and other dual core Pentiums.

 

An i3 is excellent for gaming on a budget, there's no shame in using one. However an i5 is a safer investment if you can save a little more cash.

Ouh! Great news then :3

[AlwaysFSX]

Owo the new Farcry wont even start on an i3

Wrong. If you only have two threads, the game might crash. That's is the restriction. Having four threads is enough to run the game. Y'all really need to understand the difference between a core and a thread, not gobble up hype and lies, and actually research things once in awhile.

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/917-far-cry-4-benchmarks/page5.html

 

what about a fx 6300 or 6350 

God no.

[RichieXtheXboss]

i will be playing beamng drive spintires and gta5 

[Kenji the Uke]

Wrong. If you only have two threads, the game might crash. That's is the restriction. Having four threads is enough to run the game. Y'all really need to understand the difference between a core and a thread, not gobble up hype and lies, and actually research things once in awhile.

-snip-

God no.

:3 I was already proven wrong. I am glad to have been. ;w; My bad.

[AlwaysFSX]

:3 I was already proven wrong. I am glad to have been. ;w; My bad.

Didn't see the posts when I was typing. But pretty graph for ya anyways.

[Prysin]

? i3 would still be better than an AMD cpu

I3 4130 = stock fx 6300 in games that uses up to 4 cores

In games that uses all the cores/threads, the Fx 6300 is faster then any i3 short of skylake i3s...

Fx 6300 @ 4.2GHz will be close to a ivy bridge i5 in games that uses all 6 threads

Good Fx setup

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($97.88 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: ASRock 970M PRO3 Micro ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($63.89 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Silicon Power Xpower 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($36.99 @ Amazon)

Total: $198.76

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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OC the Fx to 4.2GHz and enjoy. It will perform just fine (that board will handle up to 4.4GHz depending on the voltage you need).

If you doubt me. Check out "Testing Games" on YouTube. He tests games with Fx 6300, i5 4690k i3 4360 and more... He also shows difference between running a Fx at stock abd at 4.8GHz

As for an i3 setup...

i3 with 2400 MHz RAM (cuz after the thread that exposed how going from 1600Mhz to 2133 on a 4130 gave you 5 FPS flat increase, i figure since 2400MHz costs about the same as 1600MHz give ot take 10 USD, we will run with 2400MHz)

intel locked their boards for RAM speeds faster then 1600MHz, so you need a Z97 board for that... which makes the i3 35 bucks more expensive then the FX... and without 2400MHz RAM, the i3 (4170) would actually be slightly slower too...

[Kenji the Uke]

Didn't see the posts when I was typing. But pretty graph for ya anyways.

I greatly appreciate it owo