Pentium G3258 VS Athlon II X4 860K: What to Pick

[Chrysolite]

wHICH BUILD SHOULD i CHOOSE?!?!?!

[KB_TheDireWolf]

Neither, get the new skylake G4500! You can upgrade easily down the road.

[Chrysolite]

Neither, get the new skylake G4500! You can upgrade easily down the road.

Did you not read the first post? The Pentiums don't have 4 cores or hyper-threading to make up for it.

[KB_TheDireWolf]

Did you not read the first post? The Pentiums don't have 4 cores or hyper-threading to make up for it.

Well nether does the G3258. If not just get a FM3 socket CPU, because there is more support since its a newer socket vs FM2.

My suggestion is a FX 3600, if you wish to overclock get a 212 Evo.

[Morgan MLGman]

wHICH BUILD SHOULD i CHOOSE?!?!?!

I'd say go for the 6300 build I put together, the i3 is going to become too weak for gaming sooner than the 6300, if you can afford that build then get it

[Chrysolite]

I'd say go for the 6300 build I put together, the i3 is going to become too weak for gaming sooner than the 6300, if you can afford that build then get it

 

We shall see. I just PM'ed @Dan Castellaneta to get his take on this.

[Morgan MLGman]

We shall see. I just PM'ed @Dan Castellaneta to get his take on this.

I'm pretty certain that he'll back me up on this ^^

One more thing, I highly recommend you throw in additional 20$ to get this motherboard:

(it's going to allow you to overclock the CPU without fear of burning the VRM section)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($107.98 @ Newegg)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.89 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($64.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.89 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($217.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Thermaltake Commander MS/I Snow Edition (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($27.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($30.99 @ Newegg)

Wireless Network Adapter: D-Link DWA-140 802.11g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($11.99 @ Amazon)

Other: Windows 7 (Microsoft Swap) ($20.00)

Total: $573.69

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-17 14:27 EST-0500

[Chrysolite]

I'm pretty certain that he'll back me up on this ^^

One more thing, I highly recommend you throw in additional 20$ to get this motherboard:

(it's going to allow you to overclock the CPU without fear of burning the VRM section)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($107.98 @ Newegg)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.89 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($64.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.89 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($217.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Thermaltake Commander MS/I Snow Edition (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($27.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($30.99 @ Newegg)

Wireless Network Adapter: D-Link DWA-140 802.11g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($11.99 @ Amazon)

Other: Windows 7 (Microsoft Swap) ($20.00)

Total: $573.69

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-17 14:27 EST-0500

 

Unfortunately, he backed @TheRandomness on this one. I just added you to the PM, BTW.

[Tsuki]

personally i suggest the G3285. it only has 2 cores, and no hyper-threading, BUT it puts you on an 1150 socket, so you can upgrade later on to 4690k when you've got the money.  not to mention you can get the G3258 for like $30 when it goes on sales. yes you lose performance now, but its better to have the upgrade option in the future, instead of being locked to FM2+

[Chrysolite]

personally i suggest the G3285. it only has 2 cores, and no hyper-threading, BUT it puts you on an 1150 socket, so you can upgrade later on to 4690k when you've got the money.  not to mention you can get the G3258 for like $30 when it goes on sales. yes you lose performance now, but its better to have the upgrade option in the future, instead of being locked to FM2+

 

Once again, look at the first post. If I get the Pentium, one person has told me that Star Citizen doesn't take too kindly to dual-cores, especially the ones without Hyper-Threading

[Tsuki]

Once again, look at the first post. If I get the Pentium, one person has told me that Star Citizen doesn't take too kindly to dual-cores, especially the ones without Hyper-Threading

i know, you're gonna have a bitch of a time playing Star Citizen.  and if you dont plan to ever upgrade your computer, then yea the 860k is probably the way to go.  but if you want to upgrade later on, i still support the pentium.

[don_svetlio]

Once again, look at the first post. If I get the Pentium, one person has told me that Star Citizen doesn't take too kindly to dual-cores, especially the ones without Hyper-Threading

Star Citizen, GTA V, Witcher 3 (to some extent), FO4 - quite a few games hate dual cores

[Prysin]

The budget is 550 USD, I NEED the wifi adapter

yes, that isnt really hard.

This board is EPIC. it is GREAT for overclocking FM2+ CPUs, it has really good wifi (one of the better m.2 intel cards)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($68.89 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Scythe BIG Shuriken 2 Rev. B 45.5 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($39.75 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+ Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($86.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($46.89 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($34.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  ($181.99 @ B&H)

Case: Thermaltake Core V1 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($39.60 @ Directron)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Total: $549.08

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-17 14:55 EST-0500

 

 

a FX6300 is better. MUCH better. but slightly more pricy

[Prysin]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($97.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling ACFZ13 36.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($24.25 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970M PRO3 Micro ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($56.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($223.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($29.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $598.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-17 15:07 EST-0500

 

 

That is THE BEST FX 6300 setup you can get on a budget.

unfortunatly, the highest OC you can get out of that setup is around 4.2GHz