Which CPU is better for medicore gaming?

Heh! Heh! Everyone offering their opinion without a price range. Let us wait and see what price range the person states they want to stay within.
 
I gave two options, one for lower price range (I3 550) and one for higher price range (I5 2500k). So it's covered.
 
And according to his orginal post he also listed the i7 2600k.But really did not want to spend that much so,that is why I suggested the i5 2500k.


mihir said:
I would suggest the 2500k unlocked multiplier and not that expensive also and great for gaming and also very much future proof.
But if you aren't able to afford it then the phenom II x4.
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Yeah so even if considering a 2600k as a possibility but just slightly tight money wise, the 2500k is the perfect choice.
 
And what if it doesn't? Screwed. At that point I'd way rather have an I3 550 because then you know what you got, a CPU stronger than an AMD triple core easily plus overclocks better and runs cooler.
 
honostly c313, you should go with any socket 1155 platform. stick with any i series line cpu, since the design of the i series are much more efficient and give them a supirior performance gain over any amd series chip to date. depending on your budget, any i3 cpu will be GREAT for medicore gaming, and getting a socket 1155 will help you in the long future by providing upgrade paths to a much more powerful line of cpu's (i5 and i7 lines). even the non k series from intel are great performers, and will out perform amd chips clock for clock everytime, although paying the small extra for a k series such as the I5 2500K, is much smarter, since it will give your cpu more performance through out its life span. im no intel fan boy or anything. i mean ive got amd all over the place here, but i have 4 friends who all have either 1156, 1366, or 1155 platforms, and while using each of them doing the same things, (gaming, and video transcoding/encoding), they all are better than the six core 1090t at a max clock of 4Ghz that im using.

so in a nut shell the i3 on 1155 platform for ok gaming, put the money saved into a much nicer video card?, upgrade cpu later when needed, or aim for the i5 2500k and get a lesser of a video card, and having to upgrade that later.

personaly, i think its smarter and cheaper to get the i3, put money saved towards a better video card, then upgrade cpu since they will be cheaper when you need to.

ive seen micro center sell i5 2500k cpu for $180. if there is one by you then you should check it out.
 
I would not go with any I3 on the 1155 platform....they are not overclockable. An I3 550 at 4.2ghz would easily beat a sandy bridge I3 at 3.1ghz.
 
87dtna said:
I would not go with any I3 on the 1155 platform....they are not overclockable. An I3 550 at 4.2ghz would easily beat a sandy bridge I3 at 3.1ghz.
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That seriously sucks man.They should have made it atleast overclockable with the P67 or the Z68.
I was reading their review and instantly imagined the i3 SB becoming the new processor which all the Branded desktops will have the.The mid end series of branded desktops.
On one side they are giving the unlocked multiplier CPU for $225 and on the other they are giving a CPU which is not overclockable.
 
well although the i3 doesnt seem like the cpu for the OP to get, im pretty sure it would exceed his expectations, overclockable or not. the i3 will perform better than 3 core amd chips, which i think would clissify the i3 chip as medicore gaming, and for the price piont and socket that it dresses you in, i dont see how HE could go wrong, considering his requirments. i mean, im running a athlon II x 2 250 3Ghz dual core cpu in one of my rigs, and paired with one of my gtx 470's, it runs BF:BC2, crysis 2, black ops, metro ect ect maxed out at 1080p, so the i3 would perform better than that so i would say its completly safe to role with the i3 for HIM, since 3.1Ghz on intel chips, is more like 3.6Ghz on an amd chip.
 
its actually even more than that...approximately the intel chips do 2x as many instructions per clock cycle as the amd equivalent.
 
Yeah sandy bridge is two architectures ahead of Phenom II. Phenom II is comparable to core 2 technology. Even the high end core 2 quads, like the Q9450-Q9650 with 12mb cache are stronger than Phenom II quads clock for clock.
 
A 1090t or 1100t hex core would probably beat it in a select few multi-threaded benches, but for real world apps the I5 pwns AMD bad.
 
87dtna said:
A 1090t or 1100t hex core would probably beat it in a select few multi-threaded benches, but for real world apps the I5 pwns AMD bad.
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I don't understand how that works. How can it win in those types of test but lose in real world? Not that i'm saying I don't believe, just asking!
 
Because nothing really is coded for 6+ cores yet except synthetic benches. Most apps (I'd venture 80-90%) are still single threaded, which sandy bridge completely obliterates Phenom II at.
 
Hey C313, you should post your budget and let us know which part of the world you're from. That way, we can actually help you design a system that works with your budget.

You have to consider the price of the motherboard to go along with your CPU. From experience, Budget gaming builds love the AMD paired with with decent motherboards. Great performance, easy overclocking for some added performance value.

The AMD CPUs are great for everyday multitasking and pretty good for your level of gaming.
 
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