Pentium or Core i3?

[NugieDX]

This has been asked many times, but let me ask this one more time:
is hyper-threading worth it?

Obviously I won't ask that question, if I have much more budgets.
Should I go for Core i3 or just stick to the Pentium
(which essentially Core i3 with no HT)?

Thanks a lot.

Update(?)
I'm going to use it for gaming, no, not the heaviest kind (BF4, etc).

 

[i7Baby]

See http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html - the newer i3's are better than the Pentiums.

 

[TNT27]

Very very few games let the i3 pull way ahead of pentium (4+ghz oc)

They perform about the same in most games (Pentium 4+ghz), but the Pentium is 40-50$ cheaper, and allows more savings

 

[NugieDX]

Very very few games let the i3 pull way ahead of pentium (4+ghz oc)

They perform about the same in most games (Pentium 4+ghz), but the Pentium is 40-50$ cheaper, and allows more savings

I don't plan to OC.

 

[Shahariar Veyron]

i3 is better but pentium G3258 is a good choice

 

[NugieDX]

i3 is better but pentium G3258 is a good choice

I've heard that G3258 is very OC-friendly, but like I said,
I don't plan to OC.

 

[holyrage]

some games wont even start on dual cores lol go with the i3 it is recognized as 4 cores anyway

 

[NugieDX]

some games wont even start on dual cores lol go with the i3 it is recognized as 4 cores anyway

Wait, I just knew it.
Is that true?

 

[holyrage]

yah look at far cry 4 not sure if they patched it but it didn't officially support dual cores

plus mantle/ DX12 wont eat up your CPU as much as DX11 is doing lol

 

[i7Baby]

the newer i3's are better than the Pentiums per Tom's CPU Hierarchy

 

[giantbucket]

the newer i3's are better than the Pentiums per Tom's CPU Hierarchy

thank you, captain obvious! yes, it's better, but it also costs more. just like i5. and then i7.

 

[NugieDX]

the newer i3's are better than the Pentiums per Tom's CPU Hierarchy

thank you, captain obvious! yes, it's better, but it also costs more. just like i5. and then i7.

LOL, this is what I meant.

 

[i7Baby]

The OP said "Should I go for Core i3 or just stick to the Pentium"

With no budget. The i3 IS better. So that's what I recommend.

 

[TNT27]

if you aren't overclocking its an obvious choice for the i3. The Pentium is only great if overclocked.

 

[nikita787]

This has been asked many times, but let me ask this one more time:
is hyper-threading worth it?

Obviously I won't ask that question, if I have much more budgets.
Should I go for Core i3 or just stick to the Pentium
(which essentially Core i3 with no HT)?

Thanks a lot.

Update(?)
I'm going to use it for gaming, no, not the heaviest kind (BF4, etc).

Get the i3 if you're not OCing. The only way to get the pentium anniversary edition up to i3 standards is ocing and as you've said. You're not OCing.