Amd replacement for i3

[amoos1]

i wanted to buy core i3 3220
but it's expensive for me
i thought about amd
any way i have good geforce video card
i need to know a processor in amd that is comparable to i3 and hopfully cheaper
i am a gamer and a network engineer
but i need graphics , thats why i have a good for me geforce card
and help???

 

[pierrerock]

Budget ?

and what is your motherboard, you can fit any CPU in any motherboard.

 

[amoos1]

no , i am upgrading the whole thing
so i will buy a new motherboard , gigabyte or msi
and the budget , iam from egypt , so i need it to be cheaper than core i3 3220
i don't know how much in dollars

 

[pierrerock]

Well, then is a Gigabyte GA970 UD3P + a FX-6300 or FX-8320 is cheaper ?

 

[amoos1]

i don't know
what about phenom ii x4

 

[pierrerock]

they won't perform better than an i3. An i3 will be outperform by FX-6300 or better. Also is I3 4XXX gen is about the same price ? because they are much better.

 

[Vitric9]

If your intent on Intel, anything,no, Then a G3258 with a Motherboard that can Overclock it should be the ultimate cheap PC that can perform.
Though AMDs Phenom II 955, 965 BE were very popular. Hard to find one now though at a decent price. FX 6300 for 120 roughly is a great CPU that can do pretty much anything you would need from your PC.

 

[amoos1]

see this chart from tomshardware
they list the phenom ii as an equal to the i3

 

[mdocod]

Closest AMD equivalent to a current i3 haswell would be an Athlon X4 860K. It delivers +/-20% of the performance of an i3-4130 depending on workload. Here in the states it is typically priced about 25% lower as well. Performance scaling across various workloads more closely resembles something like an i5-2400, but the 860K can be overclocked. At 4.4ghz the 860K performs similarly to an i5-4440

 

[yellowpois0n]

Go with the Pentium G3258 and a mobo with a 1150 socket thats allowing you to OC. Thats would be comparible to a haswell i3-4130 and a fx6300 for half the price.

 

[amoos1]

i will search for its price , thank you all
i searched and found the i3 2120
how about it , it's lower in price while still an i3

 

[yellowpois0n]

Here you go, this will be better then the i3 2120 stock, and OC'd will be comparable to the i3 3220:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/b3KQf7

 

[amoos1]

then will the gigabyte h81 1150 do it for the gt 3258 ?

 

[yellowpois0n]

Yep, that will also work:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8cjRgs

 

[amoos1]

so i gues \ thanks to u all
now i have 2 options the g3258 and core i3 2120
i think they are close : 3258 can be ovverclocked on most mobos and 2120 has huperthreading , acting as if 4 cores : 2 real 2 imaginary

am i right?

 

[yellowpois0n]

Yep, your right. The hyper-threading can help you in core hungry games, so instead of 2 cores you have 4 threads (4 imaginary cores) that can take care of there thirst for cores. However, since there not physical, you cant use it has a six core possessor, keep that in mind.

 

[amoos1]

thank you very much , tomorrow i will go and see these 2 processors and see what i can do with my budget
any better suggestions would really help out

 

[amoos1]

for me the price of g3258+h81 1150= price of i3 2120+h61 1155 = 1100 L.E

 

[yellowpois0n]

G3258 = OC 4.6ghz (no threads)
i3 2120 = 4 threads (no OC)
Its up to you. Do you want a OC able CPU thats runs at fast clock speeds, or do you want more 'synthetic' cores to handle core hungry games (bf4, shadow of mordor, ect)

 

[amoos1]

I am a gamer , will the g3258 benefit me in that
i think so

 

[mdocod]

I'd rather have the 860k overall for gaming. Too many games are showing stuttering frame pacing/timing/latency issues on the pentium chips. The 860K offers a more balanced alternative with performance when overclocked comparable to an entry level i5.

If you want another reason to go 860K on this, Nvidias proprietary DX11 drivers benefit from having more cores to offload work to, and are HURT in situations where there are no additional cores available to offload that work to (it just gets thrown right back on the same core that would have had to handle it in the first place before the work was done to "split it up.") Furthermore, a conservatively overclocked 860K is 10-80% faster than an i3-2120 depending on workload.

 

[amoos1]

i will buy today
so , one question
if i bought g3258 , i understand i will nedd a strong cooling system if i intend to OC , RIGHT ???
Will that (3258 + the cooling system) equal the i3 in price

 

[pierrerock]

Some people achieved G3258 OCed to 4.1-4.2 with stock cooler. Only sound might be a problem