intel i3 6100 vs athlon II x4 860k. please help settle this debate

[Sorce]

hey all, i was wondering which cpu should i use? im building a gaming computer and i plan on using the r9 380 4gb gpu. my friend is saying the athlon is better and that the i3 is not worth it. what is your take on this?

 

thanks ahead of time

[Aytex]

Go for i3, it gives a tad more performance and you can change to i5/i7 without changing motherboard

[don_svetlio]

i3 is better by around 15%

[Starelementpoke]

12 minutes ago, Sorce said:

hey all, i was wondering which cpu should i use? im building a gaming computer and i plan on using the r9 380 4gb gpu. my friend is saying the athlon is better and that the i3 is not worth it. what is your take on this?

 

thanks ahead of time

I3 if you can afford it without skimping out on everything else.

[TheRandomness]

14 minutes ago, Sorce said:

hey all, i was wondering which cpu should i use? im building a gaming computer and i plan on using the r9 380 4gb gpu. my friend is saying the athlon is better and that the i3 is not worth it. what is your take on this?

 

thanks ahead of time

Is this a new build? Have you already bought the parts?

[Sorce]

9 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Is this a new build? Have you already bought the parts?

planning on a new build.

[TheRandomness]

4 minutes ago, Sorce said:

planning on a new build.

What the budget, what country are you in and do you need any peripherals, the OS and a monitor?

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

What the budget, what country are you in and do you need any peripherals, the OS and a monitor?

This

[Sorce]

2 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

What the budget, what country are you in and do you need any peripherals, the OS and a monitor?

US, 24in monitor 1080p

[TheRandomness]

Just now, Sorce said:

US, 24in monitor 1080p

You forgot to say the budget

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, Sorce said:

US, 24in monitor 1080p

Budget?

[Sorce]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

You forgot to say the budget

i can spend the extra 70$ for the motherboard and cpu, what im asking is WHICH is BETTER. sorry for the caps, just emphasizing it.

[NumLock21]

Core i3 is better. Your friend is outdated

 

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, Sorce said:

i can spend the extra 70$ for the motherboard and cpu, what im asking is WHICH is BETTER. sorry for the caps, just emphasizing it.

I meant budget for the whole thing.

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, Sorce said:

i can spend the extra 70$ for the motherboard and cpu, what im asking is WHICH is BETTER. sorry for the caps, just emphasizing it.

No, what´s your max. you can spend?

[Sorce]

1 minute ago, Starelementpoke said:

No, what´s your max. you can spend?

1million dollars.

 

 no but in all seriousness price isnt the issue. the issue is which one is better. the extra $70 isnt an issue.

[TheRandomness]

3 minutes ago, Sorce said:

1million dollars.

 

 no but in all seriousness price isnt the issue. the issue is which one is better. the extra $70 isnt an issue.

I still mean budget for the entire thing.

[Starelementpoke]

5 minutes ago, Sorce said:

1million dollars.

 

 no but in all seriousness price isnt the issue. the issue is which one is better. the extra $70 isnt an issue.

If price isn´t the issue, 5960x with quad titan x.

[Mark77]

For single or dual-threaded things, the i3 hands-down.  Plus you have the capability of popping an i7 in there, while the AMD platform is pretty much end-of-the-line. 

 

 

[Sir Reginald]

AMD fan boy here: I hate to say it, but go Intel. I hate the term bottle neck, but I currently run a 6350 and there is a noticable difference between stock 3.9 and overclocked to the 4.2 turbo clock. Had budget not been an issue I would have went with an i3 or i5. For reference I run an R9 280X, 12GB of DDR3 1333 and (currently) stock 6350.

 

[Yodabite]

860k is great if you want to overclock on a budget however since AMD is launching a whole new line of CPUs later this year its kinda pointless. The i3 has better single and multicore performance anyways.