I3 4170 vs athlon x4 860k

[johnmanth]

Hello, is there a big performance difference between x4 860k and i3 4170 bcs in my country the price difference is about 40 euro, is it worth spending more for the i3?

 

[RCFProd]

Yes, the Intel i3-4170 is worth it for the extra performance.

 

[KKAW]

Hello, is there a big performance difference between x4 860k and i3 4170 bcs in my country the price difference is about 40 euro, is it worth spending more for the i3?

In all aspects the i3 4170 will do better.

My recommendation is to pair it with something like a R9 285 or GTX 960 and you should be good to go.

 

[johnmanth]

Yes, the Intel i3-4170 is worth it for the extra performance.

Do you have any benchmarks to see the difference bcs i could not find anything

-ty for the quick answer

 

[johnmanth]

Hello, is there a big performance difference between x4 860k and i3 4170 bcs in my country the price difference is about 40 euro, is it worth spending more for the i3?

In all aspects the i3 4170 will do better.

My recommendation is to pair it with something like a R9 285 or GTX 960 and you should be good to go.

The best gpu i can buy with the money i have is gt 740 or amd r7 250x, but i am not a hardcore gamer anyway so there is no point at buying a high end card

 

[KKAW]

Hello, is there a big performance difference between x4 860k and i3 4170 bcs in my country the price difference is about 40 euro, is it worth spending more for the i3?

In all aspects the i3 4170 will do better.

My recommendation is to pair it with something like a R9 285 or GTX 960 and you should be good to go.

The best gpu i can buy with the money i have is gt 740 or amd r7 250x

Try to squeeze in a R7 260X.

Well try searching for FX 6300 VS i3 4170. The i3 4170 does better and the Athlon X4 CPU performs worse than the FX 6300

 

[johnnyb105]

The best thing you can do is get the best gpu graphics card you can first then worry about the the cpu later because the cpu isn't going to play your games and give you fps the GPU is going to do that.

 

[johnmanth]

Hello, is there a big performance difference between x4 860k and i3 4170 bcs in my country the price difference is about 40 euro, is it worth spending more for the i3?

In all aspects the i3 4170 will do better.

My recommendation is to pair it with something like a R9 285 or GTX 960 and you should be good to go.

The best gpu i can buy with the money i have is gt 740 or amd r7 250x

Try to squeeze in a R7 260X.

Well try searching for FX 6300 VS i3 4170. The i3 4170 does better and the Athlon X4 CPU performs worse than the FX 6300

my psu can barely support r7 250x so the 260x should f*ck my spu up (coolermaster elite 400)

 

[johnmanth]

The best thing you can do is get the best gpu graphics card you can first then worry about the the cpu later because the cpu isn't going to play your games and give you fps the GPU is going to do that.

i cannt do that bcs my psu is crap and the best gpu i can buy with this crap psu is r7 250x
crap psu = coolermaster elite 400

 

[geofelt]

Here is a set of comparisons between a Intel G3258 and a X4-860K in games.
The G3250@ stock 3.2 handily beats the X4-860K.
The i3-4170 has two cores using the same architecture @3.7 plus two extra hyperthreads.
http://www.techspot.com/review/1017-best-budget-gaming-cpu/

One other consideration, there are no good cpu upgrades available for the required motherboard.
Any Intel lga1150 motherboard can support a i5 or i7 cpu upgrade.

You can get a quite hefty graphics upgrade with a GTX750ti which does not need a aux 6 pin power connector and takes it's power from the X16 graphics card slot.
300w or possibly less is ok.

 

[johnnyb105]

If your PSU is that bad I would start by replacing it you want good fps you wont get them if your pc gos down and takes the rest of your system with it in the process anyone would tell you that.

 

[Creme]

i3 will do better, that L3 cache. A better comparison would be a FX-4300 or 6300.

 

[RCFProd]

i3 will do better, that L3 cache. A better comparison would be a FX-4300 or 6300.

FX-4300 and X4 860K perform almost identically the same.

 

[jaguarskx]

The Core i3 can generally provide performance similar / close to / better than the FX-8350 depending on the game. The Athlon X4 series CPUs are basically AMD's weak APUs without the graphics core. The Athlon X4 860k would not even make on to the following benchmark charts.

http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page5.html

http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/page6.html

http://www.techspot.com/review/917-far-cry-4-benchmarks/page5.html

 

[johnmanth]

If your PSU is that bad I would start by replacing it you want good fps you wont get them if your pc gos down and takes the rest of your system with it in the process anyone would tell you that.

As i said i am not hardcore gamer (not even a normal one), in gaming part i just want to play skyrim.

I will replace my psu anyway when i have the money

 

[jaguarskx]

The Creation Engine used in Skyrim and the upcoming Fallout 4 game favors Intel CPUs.

http://www.techspot.com/review/467-skyrim-performance/page7.html