AMD processor for gaming

[HunterSailor]

Greetings everyone,
 

My friends wants a build a cheap gaming build for himself but unfortunately i only know about Intel processors. I was wondering if there are any good AMD processors for just gaming because he won't be using the system for any video editing or rendering, just pure gaming and some internet surfing. I was looking at Athlon X4 860K which is really cheap but i have no idea how will it perform in real world gaming and basic tasks like internet browsing and other basic things. Are there good AMD processors that will handle new game titles at 1080p max. He will be buying a dedicated graphics card for the build so no need for APUs.

 

 

[Guest]

The 860k is a decent budget option. You really need to spend ~$200 to get a (new) CPU that will cut the cake for all games with little to no worry of bottlenecking. 

[Coaxialgamer]

don't get the 860k .. get the 845 . It's based on carrizo ( better IPc ) , is the same price , and has a better cooling solution ( while also producing less heat ) . you'll be able to OC with it's stock cooler.

[PCGuy_5960]

What types of games? 

[HunterSailor]

13 minutes ago, Alexokan said:

The 860k is a decent budget option. You really need to spend ~$200 to get a (new) CPU that will cut the cake for all games with little to no worry of bottlenecking. 

So considering a budget build 860k is good, right?

If not let me know about a good(new) one

 

 

[HunterSailor]

1 minute ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

What types of games? 

Can you be more specific?

[PCGuy_5960]

For battlefield 4 they ROCK and GTA V (They are Multithreaded Games) 

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, titaniumshield said:

Can you be more specific?

Specific titles?

[Darel321]

1 minute ago, titaniumshield said:

So considering a budget build 860k is good, right?

If not let me know about a good(new) one

 

 

its good but get the 845 its cheaper and better.. you can oc it later with a better cooler maybe to 4000 mhz or even more if you're lucky

[HunterSailor]

2 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

For battlefield 4 they ROCK and GTA V (They are Multithreaded Games) 

Actually he is a kind of guy who plays Battlefield and GTA V both.

[addywaddy]

dont go for amd. yo cant use the new 1000 series cards wqith it 

[HunterSailor]

Just now, addywaddy said:

dont go for amd. yo cant use the new 1000 series cards wqith it 

Budget build buddy. He will never buy the new 1000 series from Nvidia.

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, titaniumshield said:

Actually he is a kind of guy who plays Battlefield and GTA V both.

Well AMD is gonna do a GREAT job, if he is in for some older titles, you might consider the Pentium G3258. Even though it is worse for Multithreaded, it has a much much better single core performance.

[addywaddy]

atm. over time he might want something more powerful when games get harder to run.so if he goes for amd and ever want to upgrade it will be more expensive to upgrade

[WereCat]

1 minute ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Well AMD is gonna do a GREAT job, if he is in for some older titles, you might consider the Pentium G3258. Even though it is worse for Multithreaded, it has a much much better single core performance.

G3258 is horrible... some games even refuse to run with only 2 cores.

[PCGuy_5960]

3 minutes ago, addywaddy said:

dont go for amd. yo cant use the new 1000 series cards wqith it 

Well, he should do the opposite if he likes new titles! May I remind you, DirectX 12

[addywaddy]

like no games use dirextx 12 atm

[HunterSailor]

2 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Well AMD is gonna do a GREAT job, if he is in for some older titles, you might consider the Pentium G3258. Even though it is worse for Multithreaded, it has a much much better single core performance.

Considering the price of the two processors G3258 is better.

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, WereCat said:

G3258 is horrible... some games even refuse to run with only 2 cores.

Yup, BUT if he likes old games it is better than AMD as only DirectX 12 games support multiple cores. (Btw I am not an Intel fanboy)

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, addywaddy said:

like no games use dirextx 12 atm

BF4, GTA V... But, yeah, most of them don't... 

[addywaddy]

i try not to rake sides but id just go for imtel because amd are really nehind.they might be alright atm but in 2-3 years there chips will be like 7 years old 

[HunterSailor]

1 minute ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Yup, BUT if he likes old games it is better than AMD as only DirectX 12 games support multiple cores. (Btw I am not an Intel fanboy)

I prefer Intel over AMD but right now it's a different story. What if i push up the budget a little more? Are there any options? For games like Battlefield and GTA V both.

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, addywaddy said:

i try not to rake sides but id just go for imtel because amd are really nehind.they might be alright atm but in 2-3 years there chips will be like 7 years old 

I think so too. I own an AMD FX -6100 and I am having some issues mostly with heat... 

[WereCat]

2 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Yup, BUT if he likes old games it is better than AMD as only DirectX 12 games support multiple cores. (Btw I am not an Intel fanboy)

G3258 was great when it released but it got obsolete year ago...today it is good only if you want to upgrade cpu in next half year but don't have enough money right now. Sticking with it for gaming is good only if you want to play very old titles.

[HunterSailor]

1 minute ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

I think so too. I own an AMD FX -6100 and I am having some issues mostly with heat... 

Heat is not an issue. Aftermarket coolers are out there. So that will solve the problem.