i3-3220 vs. FX-4300/FX-6300

[Humanoid]

Recenlty, I've opened a thread about my system and my bottleneck problem in May 29. In recent thread, it revealed that my CPU was causing bottleneck on my GPU. In a result, I wait for Haswell CPUs. But they didn't fit my opinion very well.

Recent thread: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1686202/performance-issues-game-game-bottleneck.html

Nowadays, I want to change my CPU and motherboard. But I got stucked between i3-3220 and FX-4300/FX-6300.

I have HD 5770 1 GB GDDR5 as GPU. I want to play games normally on medium/high settings. Shadows, anti-alliasing etc. not important me too much. I just want to play games fluently in all genres.

On the other hand, I want my new system can be upgradable in the future.

Which CPU should I pick i3-3220 or FX-4300/FX-6300? One more thing, the power consumption around 40 watt between Intel and AMD's CPUs is really important about cost as performance per watt? And how much?

Thank you.

 

[someguy827]

this should help you with your chose.
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i3-3220-vs-AMD-FX-6300
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i3-3220-vs-AMD-FX-4300
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-FX-6300-vs-AMD-FX-4300

 

[ElMoIsEviL]

At your pricepoint I'd say the AMD FX-6300 is your best bet. It will offer you CPU performance for a while longer than the other two and is priced nicely. The extra power it consumes is minuscule in terms of power costs.

 

[jessterman21]

FX-4300 < i3-3220 < FX-6300

The i3 will draw less than half the power, but being able to handle six threads is becoming more important in games.

Plus, the FXes are overclockable.

 

[Humanoid]

this should help you with your chose.
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i3-3220-vs-AMD-FX-6300
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i3-3220-vs-AMD-FX-4300
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-FX-6300-vs-AMD-FX-4300

Thank you.

FX-4300 < i3-3220 < FX-6300

The i3 will draw less than half the power, but being able to handle six threads is becoming more important in games.

Plus, the FXes are overclockable.

Thank you.

At your pricepoint I'd say the AMD FX-6300 is your best bet. It will offer you CPU performance for a while longer than the other two and is priced nicely. The extra power it consumes is minuscule in terms of power costs.

I understand. Nearly, they offer the same performance but there is a difference in their cores. Intel's CPU have a great single core performance, right? I want a future option so I can change them if I need. I bought my machine 4 years ago. Nowadays it is crippling my head with temprature, bottleneck along with performance problems.

I will be honest, I don't know what to do right now. AMD is scaring me because of my experiences. Intel has a good option but high prices. Because of that I can't touch i5 series Ivy Bridges' CPUs. 4 or 6 six cores is good option for future due to games starting using 4 cores more more efficient, right?

The power consumption is on average like 100w between lets say an i3 vs an fx4300 or i5 vs fx6300 or i7 vs fx8350. The i3 3220 takes a lot less electricity then even amd weakest desktop cpu the a4. Even sandy bridge cpus will be most likely better then steamroller that is amd next generation cpu. Can you get an i5 2300 machine cheap. An i3 3220 shouldn't bottleneck the 5770 though.

Glad to see you again hafijur. You are the one who helped me in my recent thread about my bottleneck problem. But, I can't understand what you say in that comment. Did you suggest me get an i5 2300? If it is like that I have to say it there isn't any vendor which is selling i5-2xxx series.

Could you give more information about Steamroller series? I think if I choice AMD's side I can upgrade my CPU to a Steamroller. I heard that AMD won't change its chipsets.

 

[Humanoid]

In simple terms intel cpus are very power efficient. Can you get a sandy bridge ivy bridge i5 quad the lower end ones for cheaper. Check dell outlet or ebay. The i3 3220 cpu will not bottleneck a 5770 unless its unoptimised game.

The fx6300 is overall faster but in games the i3 wins more then it loses. Maybe in heavily multithreaded games the fx6300 wins but for gaming at the moment the i3 is better.

I see. I decide to delete FX-4300 from my list because of it is has the same price with FX-6300. I'm not thinking about at the moment, I'm thinking about future. Because, I need just decent performance on medium or high settings any games at that moment. So that I think I have to choice FX-6300 or any quad core Intel CPU.

Are FX-6300 or Intel's quad core CPUs cause bottleneck on my GPU? What should my upper limit?

 

[ElMoIsEviL]

Well here's how they both perform at stock:
http://www.google.com/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.hardware.info%2Freviews%2F3311%2F23%2Famd-vishera-review-fx-8350-fx-8320-fx-6300-getest-fx-8350-vs-i5-3550--fx-6300-vs-i3-3220

You also have to factor in that the i3-3220 lives on a dead platform. So there is no future upgrade path. With AM3+, that isn't the case there is still AMD Steamroller to come.

With consoles both being 8 core driven, the games being programmed right now, right this minute to run on them will be more highly threaded. When they release this fall. These games will effectively be PC games right from the get go (because consoles are so much like PCs now).

An i3 3220 sounds like a terrible idea at the moment. As for Intel Quads, such as in i5s, they're great but also much more expensive.