Upgrading Intel e8400 to Amd A8 3870K or Intel g3258?

[DenizSirin]

Hello,

I currently have a intel e8400 & Nvidia gtx460 & 2 Gb DDR2 ram trio. I am thinking of upgrading my sistem without GPU change. I am going to buy the parts from a second hand website.

1. First alternative AMD A8-3870K 8GB DDR3 ram. 117$
2. Second is Intel G3258 and 4GB DDR3 ram. 134$

I made some research and found that there is not a huge difference between AMD A8-3870K and Intel G3258.

I will use my computer as a mid level gaming pc. 1280x720 resolution and medium settings in games will be enough for me.

Could anyone tell me if this a worth upgrade ? Or is there anyone one using this or similar system and light me up about gaming at this settings ?

Good day.

 

[bambiboom]

Hello,

I currently have a intel e8400 & Nvidia gtx460 & 2 Gb DDR2 ram trio. I am thinking of upgrading my sistem without GPU change. I am going to buy the parts from a second hand website.

1. First alternative AMD A8-3870K 8GB DDR3 ram. 117$
2. Second is Intel G3258 and 4GB DDR3 ram. 134$

I made some research and found that there is not a huge difference between AMD A8-3870K and Intel G3258.

I will use my computer as a mid level gaming pc. 1280x720 resolution and medium settings in games will be enough for me.

Could anyone tell me if this a worth upgrade ? Or is there anyone one using this or similar system and light me up about gaming at this settings ?

Good day.

DenizSirin,

In this upgrade, using either the AMD A8 3870K or Intel G3258 will require a different motherboard which will be about $100-$170.

For comparison, the Core 2 Duo E8400 has an average Passmark CPU mark of 2178 and single thread mark of 1254. The Pentium G3258 Passmark CPU Mark average is 3991 and single-threaded is 2176- very good and that would be my choice. The AMD A8-3870K averages 3606 but the single threaded mark is only 1027- not as good as the E8400- and in gaming that is the key.

Fro the motherboard, the best CPU result on Passmark for the G3258 (2,908 tested) is using an ASRock Z87 OC formula and overclocking to 5.0GHz makes a CPU score of 5794. I wouldn't recommend that level of stress , but in general it appears that ASRock and Gigabyte Z87 and Z97 are the best performers. Those can be $140-170 however. Here's one that peroforms well and is economical:

MSI Z97 PC Mate LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard > $90

There are 280 systems tested using the PC Mate. Running the G3258 at 4.7GHz, the CPU score is 5332, at 4.5GHz up to 5127, at 4.4- 4975, at 4.3- 4854.

There are two system using the G3258 + MSI PC Mate + GTX 460. the better rated system:

Rating: 3473
CPU: 4463 (4.0GHz) The other system @ 4,3GHz =4716
2D: 913
3D: 2945
Mem: 2499 (8GB)
Disk: 3568 (Intel 530 240 GB)

The single -threaded performance of the G3268 is so good- and games are mostly single-threaded that with the MSI board, GTX460, and is possible a good SSD, the gaming use should be reasonably good, Of course, that motherboard can be upgraded in future to some really great 4- cores.

Cheers,

BambiBoom

HP z420[/b] (2015) > Xeon E5-1660 v2 (6-core @ 3.7 / 4.0GHz) > 32GB DDR3 1866 ECC RAM > Quadro K4200 (4GB) > Samsung SM951 M.2 256GB AHCI / Intel 730 480GB (9SSDSC2BP480G4R5) / Western Digital Black WD1003FZEX 1TB> M-Audio 192 sound card > 600W PSU> > Windows 7 Professional 64-bit > Logitech z2300 speakers > 2X Dell Ultrasharp U2715H (2560 X 1440)>
[ Passmark Rating = 5581 > CPU= 14046 / 2D= 838 / 3D= 4694 / Mem= 2777 / Disk= 11559] [6.12.16]

 

[DenizSirin]

Thank you bambiboom.

I forgot to say:

AMD processor comes with GIGABYTE Super4™ GA-A75-UD4H motherboard.
Intel comes with MSI H97 PC MATE motherboard.(luckily I guess).
I will pick Intel.

Good day.

Hello,

I currently have a intel e8400 & Nvidia gtx460 & 2 Gb DDR2 ram trio. I am thinking of upgrading my sistem without GPU change. I am going to buy the parts from a second hand website.

1. First alternative AMD A8-3870K 8GB DDR3 ram. 117$
2. Second is Intel G3258 and 4GB DDR3 ram. 134$

I made some research and found that there is not a huge difference between AMD A8-3870K and Intel G3258.

I will use my computer as a mid level gaming pc. 1280x720 resolution and medium settings in games will be enough for me.

Could anyone tell me if this a worth upgrade ? Or is there anyone one using this or similar system and light me up about gaming at this settings ?

Good day.

DenizSirin,

In this upgrade, using either the AMD A8 3870K or Intel G3258 will require a different motherboard which will be about $100-$170.

For comparison, the Core 2 Duo E8400 has an average Passmark CPU mark of 2178 and single thread mark of 1254. The Pentium G3258 Passmark CPU Mark average is 3991 and single-threaded is 2176- very good and that would be my choice. The AMD A8-3870K averages 3606 but the single threaded mark is only 1027- not as good as the E8400- and in gaming that is the key.

Fro the motherboard, the best CPU result on Passmark for the G3258 (2,908 tested) is using an ASRock Z87 OC formula and overclocking to 5.0GHz makes a CPU score of 5794. I wouldn't recommend that level of stress , but in general it appears that ASRock and Gigabyte Z87 and Z97 are the best performers. Those can be $140-170 however. Here's one that peroforms well and is economical:

MSI Z97 PC Mate LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard > $90

There are 280 systems tested using the PC Mate. Running the G3258 at 4.7GHz, the CPU score is 5332, at 4.5GHz up to 5127, at 4.4- 4975, at 4.3- 4854.

There are two system using the G3258 + MSI PC Mate + GTX 460. the better rated system:

Rating: 3473
CPU: 4463 (4.0GHz) The other system @ 4,3GHz =4716
2D: 913
3D: 2945
Mem: 2499 (8GB)
Disk: 3568 (Intel 530 240 GB)

The single -threaded performance of the G3268 is so good- and games are mostly single-threaded that with the MSI board, GTX460, and is possible a good SSD, the gaming use should be reasonably good, Of course, that motherboard can be upgraded in future to some really great 4- cores.

Cheers,

BambiBoom

HP z420[/b] (2015) > Xeon E5-1660 v2 (6-core @ 3.7 / 4.0GHz) > 32GB DDR3 1866 ECC RAM > Quadro K4200 (4GB) > Samsung SM951 M.2 256GB AHCI / Intel 730 480GB (9SSDSC2BP480G4R5) / Western Digital Black WD1003FZEX 1TB> M-Audio 192 sound card > 600W PSU> > Windows 7 Professional 64-bit > Logitech z2300 speakers > 2X Dell Ultrasharp U2715H (2560 X 1440)>
[ Passmark Rating = 5581 > CPU= 14046 / 2D= 838 / 3D= 4694 / Mem= 2777 / Disk= 11559] [6.12.16]