Which CPU should I pick?

[adam---ahmed]

Intel Pentium Anniversary Edition vs AMD Athlon 860K

Firstly I will not be doing ANY gaming or overclocking with either of these processors.

I will, however, be using the system for light productivity (MS Word/Powerpoint etc.).

So... Yeah... Which one?

 

[RCFProd]

For those purposes you want a variation of the Pentium Haswell series but not the Anniversary Edition as you won't need the overclocking ability anyways.

CPU: Intel Pentium G3240 3.1GHz Dual-Core Processor ($52.98 @ NCIX US)
Total: $52.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-02 15:18 EDT-0400

 

[Dunlop0078]

The Pentium anniversary only because you be be on the lga 1150 platform which will leave you lots of room to upgrade should you decide the Pentium is not powerful enough for your needs. The Pentium anniversary G3258 is a cpu that is just begging to be overcloked and gains a lot from being overclocked just saying.

 

[Dunlop0078]

For those purposes you want a variation of the Pentium Haswell series but not the Anniversary Edition as you won't need the overclocking ability anyways.

CPU: Intel Pentium G3240 3.1GHz Dual-Core Processor ($52.98 @ NCIX US)
Total: $52.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-02 15:18 EDT-0400

I agree this is probably the better buy if you dont plan to overclock.

 

[adam---ahmed]

Thank You, Will probably go with that...

Just because I'm curious what advantage would a pentium have over the athlon? (Was told that more cores were better for this workload?)

And again thanks.

 

[RCFProd]

The Pentium anniversary only because you be be on the lga 1150 platform which will leave you lots of room to upgrade should you decide the Pentium is not powerful enough for your needs. The Pentium anniversary G3258 is a cpu that is just begging to be overcloked and gains a lot from being overclocked just saying.

You missed the point where he says it won't be used for gaming.

Thank You, Will probably go with that...

Just because I'm curious what advantage would a pentium have over the athlon? (Was told that more cores were better for this workload?)

And again thanks.

Fast single core speed useful for the basic stuff like browsing, Microsoft office and all that plus the stock CPU cooler that comes with it is better than the AMD one and isn't as loud. You basically don't need more than 2 cores and with the Pentium you get two really strong cores.

Not to mention that besides It's cheaper you get better performance. Win win.

 

[Dunlop0078]

Thank You, Will probably go with that...

Just because I'm curious what advantage would a pentium have over the athlon? (Was told that more cores were better for this workload?)

And again thanks.

The Pentium anniversary only because you be be on the lga 1150 platform which will leave you lots of room to upgrade should you decide the Pentium is not powerful enough for your needs. The Pentium anniversary G3258 is a cpu that is just begging to be overcloked and gains a lot from being overclocked just saying.

You missed the point where he says it won't be used for gaming.

Nothing, to be honest the only reason i would recommend the Pentium is because its newer and on the lga 1150 platform which like i said provides a lot of upgrade paths. But the Athlon is probably the more powerful i doubt you would notice the difference if you just use word and powerpoint.

 

[adam---ahmed]

The Pentium anniversary only because you be be on the lga 1150 platform which will leave you lots of room to upgrade should you decide the Pentium is not powerful enough for your needs. The Pentium anniversary G3258 is a cpu that is just begging to be overcloked and gains a lot from being overclocked just saying.

You missed the point where he says it won't be used for gaming.

Thank You, Will probably go with that...

Just because I'm curious what advantage would a pentium have over the athlon? (Was told that more cores were better for this workload?)

And again thanks.

Fast single core speed useful for the basic stuff like browsing, Microsoft office and all that plus the stock CPU cooler that comes with it is better than the AMD one and isn't as loud. You basically don't need more than 2 cores and with the Pentium you get two really strong cores.

Not to mention that besides It's cheaper you get better performance. Win win.

Finally an answer that is definitive... (You wouldn't guess how many times i asked this question and got so many different answers like fx processors and crazy a10 solutions)

Thank you so much.

My final question: can you see programs requiring 4 cores in the future?

 

[RCFProd]

For now, no. There really is no reason for such programs to use more than 2 cores. For gaming more cores can be beneficial and it has It's reasons but for Powerpoint, Google Chrome, Skype and all that they have no need for that.

 

[adam---ahmed]

Thank You