Memory OR a Quad Core

[Ky_GG]

Yo guys, I just waned to ask a question in regards with my rig.

Here are the specs:

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 4.0 GHZ

GPU: MSI GTX 970 Twin Frozr Edition

Memory: 4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHZ

PSU: E.V.G.A 450W 80 Plus bronze

HDD: Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM

Motherboard: ASUS H81M-C

Now on to the question.

I have enough money to buy 8 Gigs of RAM or a QUAD core (AMD Athlon X4 860K).

Should I change my processor or my RAM?

[EPPHO]

RAM

 

I don't know why would you downgrade your 1150 platform to FM2..

[Ky_GG]

1 minute ago, frozeNNN said:

RAM

 

I don't know why would you downgrade your 1150 platform to FM2..

Tell me more

 

[tlink]

don't downgrade your platform lol, either upgrade your ram or upgrade to a better cpu for your current chipset.

[EPPHO]

Just now, zak1016 said:

Tell me more

 

What? You don't understand what i said or you like "troll" me

[Ky_GG]

Just now, frozeNNN said:

What? You don't understand what i said or you like "troll" me

no, no I did not troll.

I just wanted to know if it would really be a downgrade if I did change processors (of this I know not).

[manikyath]

4GB ram and a GTX970...  that is like the painful mismatch from hell right there..

 

4GB ram is okay for people making word documents or browsing for cat videos, not the kind of place you'd expect a GTX970

[Mira Yurizaki]

5 minutes ago, zak1016 said:

Tell me more

The FM2+ platform is effectively dead and the Athlon X4 860K is basically the top end for that socket (well, barring the A series APUs). The Pentium G3258 you have is near the bottom of the LGA1150 platform and even moving up to a Core i3 would get you more performance overall than the Athlon X4.

 

Plus you're going to have to spend more money getting a new board anyway to go along with the processor. 4GB of more RAM would set you back like $30.

 

Heck if you were willing to spend money on a new board and processor, go upgrade the processor on your current system platform and get some extra RAM while you're at it.

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, zak1016 said:

no, no I did not troll.

I just wanted to know if it would really be a downgrade if I did change processors (of this I know not).

your mobo has an LGA1150 socket

 

the athlon runs off of a mobo with an FM2 socket, which is on paper inferior to LGA1150 in just about every way, and would also imply the need for you to actually spend money on a mobo as well.

[Ky_GG]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

4GB ram and a GTX970...  that is like the painful mismatch from hell right there..

 

4GB ram is okay for people making word documents or browsing for cat videos, not the kind of place you'd expect a GTX970

Ikr I need to change quick, so should it be RAM or CPU?

[EPPHO]

1 minute ago, zak1016 said:

no, no I did not troll.

I just wanted to know if it would really be a downgrade if I did change processors (of this I know not).

If you want to upgrade to that Athlon you must buy new motherboard too because it's different socket,manufacturer etc. Your current CPU (Pentium) has same if not better performance than that Athlon + your current motherboard is much better than motherboards for Athlon. So it would be downgrade in performance + downgrade in future proof/upgrade path

[EPPHO]

Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

The FM2+ platform is effectively dead and the Athlon X4 860K is basically the top end for that socket (well, barring the A series APUs). The Pentium G3258 you have is near the bottom of the LGA1151 platform and even moving up to a Core i3 would get you more performance overall than the Athlon X4.

1150

[Mira Yurizaki]

Just now, frozeNNN said:

1150

I corrected it.

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, zak1016 said:

Ikr I need to change quick, so should it be RAM or CPU?

ram. for as much as a pentium is low end, having 4GB ram is a joke.

[Ky_GG]

And so it is settled, RAM I shall.

Also I do love my word documents (not a fan of cat videos tho).

I usually game programme or do some level editing.

[kornpcgamer]

buying a new cpu means new mobo and thats just a deal braker. if i were you i would keep that little bit of money and afer sometime you get more and get an i5 which will up your game really conciderably

[19_blackie_73]

definitely not amd in this case, just get ram. Heck i even wonder how you'd do that with the athlon for $30 to get a board too. (and as already stated, it would be basically a performance downgrade)

What you could do: get now new ram, then save a bit and get another haswell cpu from the lineup, some i3 or i5 or what you can get