Upgrading from AMD A6-3650 to Intel i3-4130?

[courier]

Will it give me a good performance boost or should I aim closer to something along the lines of an i5-3350P? I'm asking because where I live the prices are usually much higher, but I can get the 4130 for ~135$. The 3350p goes for something around 215$.

GPU is GTX 760.

 

[sunder25]

The intel processor is a lot faster per core and a bit faster overall than the amd.
This will gain you a good boost in games that use one-two cores.
Keep in mind that you need a different mobo aswell.

 

[The_Next_Ben]

The person above is correct, but AMD is currently alot cheaper with 119 dollars just for 4.1 GHz turbo (FX-6300). If you are just the kind of person who doesn't play very many games and is just using the computer for browsing, the I3 will do you fine.

 

[TechCIDLC]

The performance increase will be very big, and will not bottleneck the GTX 760 like the APU did. But, as sunder25 said, you need an Intel motherboard. Look for the ASUS H87-PLUS, it is a very good motherboard for that CPU.

 

[courier]

The intel processor is a lot faster per core and a bit faster overall than the amd.
This will gain you a good boost in games that use one-two cores.
Keep in mind that you need a different mobo aswell.

So my ga-a75-d3h is no good for Intel chipsets? Do you think I could find one that supports Intel chipsets for the same price I could sell the current one?

The person above is correct, but AMD is currently alot cheaper with 119 dollars just for 4.1 GHz turbo (FX-6300). If you are just the kind of person who doesn't play very many games and is just using the computer for browsing, the I3 will do you fine.

I'm not sure I get what you're saying. Is the FX-6300 better for gaming? Because that's mainly what I will be using it for. Thing is the march gaming CPU hierarchy lists puts it only 1 level above mine, although looking at cpubenchmark.net there's a near 100% increase with Pass mark. But then again don't most games use only 2 cores and rarely more? What will I do with six?
Also will the fx6300 work with my current mobo?

The performance increase will be very big, and will not bottleneck the GTX 760 like the APU did. But, as sunder25 said, you need an Intel motherboard. Look for the ASUS H87-PLUS, it is a very good motherboard for that CPU.

Maybe so, but my budget is getting stretched thin as is.


Thanks for all the help.

 

[Erman Yudhistira]

FX-6300 much better for game than your APU.. your motherboard is FM1 socket. FX-6300 need AM3+ socket. so you must buy AM3+ motherboard. make sure that motherboard support for FX-6300.

 

[logainofhades]

An i3 4130 and an Asrock B85 Pro4 are a good combo for the money. An FX 6300 with a Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 is ok too for your needs.

 

[The_Next_Ben]

The intel processor is a lot faster per core and a bit faster overall than the amd.
This will gain you a good boost in games that use one-two cores.
Keep in mind that you need a different mobo aswell.

So my ga-a75-d3h is no good for Intel chipsets? Do you think I could find one that supports Intel chipsets for the same price I could sell the current one?

The person above is correct, but AMD is currently alot cheaper with 119 dollars just for 4.1 GHz turbo (FX-6300). If you are just the kind of person who doesn't play very many games and is just using the computer for browsing, the I3 will do you fine.

I'm not sure I get what you're saying. Is the FX-6300 better for gaming? Because that's mainly what I will be using it for. Thing is the march gaming CPU hierarchy lists puts it only 1 level above mine, although looking at cpubenchmark.net there's a near 100% increase with Pass mark. But then again don't most games use only 2 cores and rarely more? What will I do with six?
Also will the fx6300 work with my current mobo?

The performance increase will be very big, and will not bottleneck the GTX 760 like the APU did. But, as sunder25 said, you need an Intel motherboard. Look for the ASUS H87-PLUS, it is a very good motherboard for that CPU.

Maybe so, but my budget is getting stretched thin as is.


Thanks for all the help.

I hear that so much, who keeps saying that games only use 2 cores? A ton of games use all your cores if available. BF4, Planetside 2, and lots of other games use more than just 2 cores. Also, more than 4 cores is good for multitasking, and you can overclock the FX-6300 to 4.5 GHz if you get a better CPU fan than the stock. This CPU is great for Games if you are on a tight budget like you said.

For the motherboard, anything that has a AM3+ socket will work with the new FX CPU's (I think all of them)

 

[courier]

An i3 4130 and an Asrock B85 Pro4 are a good combo for the money. An FX 6300 with a Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 is ok too for your needs.

Is one better than the other for gaming? Because I can find both combinations for basically the same price.

 

[logainofhades]

Depends on games in question. BF4 and Crysis 3, FX 6300. Skyrim, Starcraft II or any other Blizzard game, i3.

 

[courier]

Depends on games in question. BF4 and Crysis 3, FX 6300. Skyrim, Starcraft II or any other Blizzard game, i3.

What about MWO, Far Cry 3, Deus Ex, Witcher 2 or Total War Series (Rome II specifically)? And am I correct in assuming that the older the game the more will the i3 outperform the FX 6300?

 

[logainofhades]

Yes, I believe the i3 would be better for those titles.