Does Dual_Channel affects LowEnd Haswell chips by much?

[Ramon Grigio]

I`m planning to build a small Haswell System and the money spent on a second 4GB ram stick could be used to go from a G3420 to a Corei3.

It won`t be used to play heavy games like BF4 and stuff. More like Dota2 performance requirements.

I`ll couple the cpu with a HD7770 or a gtx650ti (Depending on price and custom boards found).

Price of the pentium 3420 is $75,00 and $135,00 for a i3-4130 (Brazil prices). Good Ram sticks are around $50,00 for 4GB 1600mhz.

Is it worth the money on this core-i3 or should i skip it and get a i5 later down the road?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Ash_BMW]

Check out this thread: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2073651/400-machine-dota.html#12925165

 

[CTurbo]

I would rather have an i3 with 4GB RAM than a Pentium with 8GB RAM. Dual channel memory doesn't really help systems with dedicated video cards. It helps systems that are relying on integrated graphics a lot though.

 

[Ramon Grigio]

Hey guys, a CoreI5-4440 (3.1GHZ/6Mb) sells for $198,00 where i intend to buy. If it`s gpu can deal whith Dota2 i could well skip the dgpu for now and buy (say... a 750ti) later. I don`t intend to overclock and K/upper I5 models are REALLY expensive around here.

 

[usbgtx550]

The HD 4600 in that i5 can easily handle dota. I was actually just discussing this with another user in a previous thread.

 

[Ramon Grigio]

So, a 8GB 1600mhz dual channel + I54440/HD4600 setup can max out Dota2 @ 1080p?

 

[usbgtx550]

You will be able to average approximately 36 fps according to this article

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2013/06/01/crunching-the-numbers-can-intels-haswell-graphics-run-your-favorite-video-games/

 

[Ramon Grigio]

You will be able to average approximately 36 fps according to this article

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2013/06/01/crunching-the-numbers-can-intels-haswell-graphics-run-your-favorite-video-games/

Thank you (all) very much for your time. I may end up skipping a dGpu for now and getting a CPU that can make my life easier on more demanding tasks.

8GB of 1600Ram is really enough for most users. I rarely exceed 4GB on my laptop on W8.1_64.