Pentium G3258 or I3 4160

[Saadi Baba]

Hey guys I'm really confused about which processor to buy Intel's Pentium G3258 or i3 4160 for games like GTA 5 , The Amazing Spider Man 2 & Watch Dogs . Please Help Me 🙁

 

[Karsten75]

There is barely anything to choose between the two.

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The only major difference is that you can overclock the Pentium processor.

 

[XxMongermaniacxX]

the i3 has hyperthreading, which will help in heavier cpu intensive games. if you have the funds, get the i3!

 

[akseli]

You are talking about buying a new computer and want to play pretty demanding new games. The i3 is little bit better than G3258, but I wouldn't recommend it for gaming in new build.

Only about 80 dollars more, you can get a quad like i5-4590. It's much more powerful and many current and future games support quads very well. Some unfortunately still really don't benefit from quads over duals.

Both of the duals are adequte for now, specially if you don't buy a really powerful GPU, but if later you upgrade the GPU, you probably have to upgrade the CPU as well. It's always more hassle the more components you upgrade.

So, if you don't want to take the quad now, I think G3258 is better, as it's only little bit slower, and about as future proof, ie. you have to upgrade either to quad anyway later on if you upgrade your GPU. The money saved on cheaper dual can be spent on better GPU or motherboard.

If you would not play much, the i3 would be better in everyday computing and the slighly higher price would be well worth it.

Maybe if you are pretty sure you will not upgrade the GPU in like two years from now, the speed in gaming and specially in everyday use, would justify the i3 being better.