Celeron g1620 or Athlon II x4 for gaming

[Sniper82]

I got two combos sitting around(not buying anything) that I am wanting to put together for someone who plays Diablo 3 and WoW mostly. Performance wise which would be best? The Celeron will be running 8gb DDR3 where the Athlon II x4 will be on 4gb DDR2.

 

[VirtualLarry]

They're both far less than ideal. Any chance of returning or selling them, and picking up a G3258 combo? Or even a Haswell i3?

 

[Blue_Max]

Gaming, eh? What video card? That'll mean more on either machine... leaning towards the faster Celly with more RAM.

 

[Shivansps]

Yeah, ill go with the G1620 as well...

 

[SPBHM]

D3 and WoW I think the g1620 is better, for games like Battlefied 4 I think the Athlon would win.

 

[Sniper82]

Will be running a lower end r9 270. It's going to be mostly blizzard stuff gaming wise. But they may move on to newer games. However they don't require max settings. Is the g3258 a lot better than both?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Is the g3258 a lot better than both?

Once overclocked? Yes.

 

[beginner99]

D3 and WoW I think the g1620 is better, for games like Battlefied 4 I think the Athlon would win.

I agree.

 

[EliteRetard]

I like the idea of selling off some of the stuff for a better CPU.
Keep the current Intel MOBO and 8GB RAM.

That's socket 1155 yeah? Should be lots of good used options, i3-i5 at 3.5GHz or so would be nice with an R9-270. You can actually get a new i3-32xx for $100.

Depending on the board you got, any sandy w/ turbo can do an extra +400MHz even without a k model...so a used i5 for ~100$ could be desirable.

 

[Kuiva maa]

Neither. Step up to either a G3258 or a X4 860K.

 

[Redentor]

G1820 cost only 30$ and it's very fast (http://www.bitsandchips.it/recensioni/9-hardware/5027-athlon-x4-860k-versus-pentium-g3258?showall=1 ). So, you can buy a Celly G1620. I don't think that you have to buy a G3258 or a 860K to play smoothly.

 

[EliteRetard]

Problem with the 3258 is that it requires a new MOBO and is still just dual core.
For the ~$150 or so it would cost for the MOBO/CPU it'd be better getting an i3/i5 that works in his current MOBO and getting more threads/cores.

 

[Yuriman]

For Blizzard games, definitely the Intel CPU. As others have said, ~$30 buys you a decent improvement, but you should probably see how the games run on what you have first.

 

[Blue_Max]

...not to mention that the Celly not only has DDR3 (not ancient DDR2) and more of it, it's got a very nice upgrade path that can be picked up pretty cheap (if you're lucky and catch a good used deal!)

Non-overclocking CPUs seem to last forever - I never fear buying one used!