Pentium g3258 vs i3-4150 for gaming

[HahnSolo]

The Pentium has massive overclock-ability (up to 4.5 Ghz on stock cooler), but has only 2 threads and 2 cores. The i3 has 4 threads and 2 cores and hyper threading, which makes it close to a quad core level of performance, but it cant overclock. Im kind of torn between the two. The i3 is about $30 more expensive too. Which is better?

 

[JackoTJK]

And to get a 3258 at 4.7 GHz you need to spend money on a cooler and get extremely lucky. Why do you need to spend the same money that an i3 is, to buy a Pentium and a cooler and hope you win the silicon lottery. Not all 3258s can get to 4.5. It is not a safe bet. Just get an i3 and don't look back. It is painless, no OC involved, no cooler upgrade needed, no good OC motherboard required - it just simple - buy and plug and play. Even if an 3258 at 4.7 point whatever something is faster than i3 4150 - is it worth to spend more to get that over clock than just going with the i3? Is it worth for the 1-2% difference? Nope.

My g3258 is running 4.7 stable through summer with full custom loop. You talk like getting a better mobo and cooler should be ignored by instead getting a better cpu, where I'd rather spend decent money on cooling and mobo, OC the cheap chip and just buy an I7 K later and fit it to my OC mobo with my custom loop.

 

[delaro]

And to get a 3258 at 4.7 GHz you need to spend money on a cooler and get extremely lucky. Why do you need to spend the same money that an i3 is, to buy a Pentium and a cooler and hope you win the silicon lottery. Not all 3258s can get to 4.5. It is not a safe bet. Just get an i3 and don't look back. It is painless, no OC involved, no cooler upgrade needed, no good OC motherboard required - it just simple - buy and plug and play. Even if an 3258 at 4.7 point whatever something is faster than i3 4150 - is it worth to spend more to get that over clock than just going with the i3? Is it worth for the 1-2% difference? Nope.

My g3258 is running 4.7 stable through summer with full custom loop. You talk like getting a better mobo and cooler should be ignored by instead getting a better cpu, where I'd rather spend decent money on cooling and mobo, OC the cheap chip and just buy an I7 K later and fit it to my OC mobo with my custom loop.

@ 1080p and with a single GPU the I7 is a overkill for the price, a I5K is the way to go unless your running 4K and multiple GPU's. A G3258 is a good placeholder but it's not something you want to keep much longer as games are demanding Multicore performance. G3258 Vs I3.. long argument we have seen it before, I don't keep either one to long as they both tend to have issues with Multiplayer Gaming.