Pentium or FX

I hear the Intel pentium g3258 is good with gaming but I don't really know if I should get because of it's cores. The AMD FX 8350 is an 8 core but is alot more than the pentium. Which one?

Honestly don't bother with the Pentiums they are nothing more then a bottleneck waiting to happen and they are horrendously slow and have no ability to overclock but do have better single core performance then the Bulldozer architecture. Personally I would recommend the FX-8320/50 black edition.

Originally Posted by ultimakills

they are horrendously slow and have no ability to overclock

Not completely true, at all. The G3258 is a fantastic BUDGET/casual use CPU.

Originally Posted by lockedalt

I hear the Intel pentium g3258 is good with gaming but I don't really know if I should get because of it's cores. The AMD FX 8350 is an 8 core but is alot more than the pentium. Which one?

Get the 8350 or 8320 for gaming, the G3258 is an option if you were to casually play games (excluding FarCry 4 (for example) because it disallows Dual-Core CPUs,) or just to browse/use the internet. The extra cores in the 83(2/5)0 may help when DirectX12 comes out and games correctly use it, if what I've seen is true. Also the extra cores will help with multitasking and programs (if they're multi-threaded) will also benefit.

I agree with ultima, pentium is shit.

if you had i5 or i7 i would've supported intel, but Pentium sucks ass so FX.

Originally Posted by Cake God

if you had i5 or i7 i would've supported intel, but Pentium sucks ass so FX.

Definitely true Pentium sucks FX!

Honestly, some pentiums are good and my friend has a kick ass computer with a pentium in it. He doesn't play major games like cod aw or ghosts but since his graphics are good he's fine for almost everything he does. I think AMD is good for price if you don't have a high budget but in general you could probably find a really cheap I5 that beats most AMD you could find. I'd reccomend looking into i3 and i7's

Thanks I'll try the FX because of majority

Here's a better question. Can you wait for a future upgrade? Or will you even upgrade in the future? If you plan to doing something with your system in the future then it doesn't hurt to get a G3258 NOW and get like a i5-4690K or a i7-4790K in the future. Because those two are a bit better for gaming than AMD CPUs.

@tate i7 and i5 kinda suck. I would rather get a pentium than those

I have 8320 black edition, is pretty good but most of the games only use in max 2 or 4 cores, so it is better if you i7 with powerful cores than FX with good cores but not so that powerful, my opinion and I only use AMD

Lmao is this even a legitimate question? Ofc FX.

fx-8350 is a better choise imh

Pentium or FX

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