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I got a good deal on a G4600, YES? or NO? (Future Proof)

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#1 ·
I found a few Pentium G4600's for around $50 - $70 and was wondering if this would be a good upgraded path from my current socket 775? or should I possibly get something older like 1155 and run DDR3? I am a heavy gamer, and do a lot of multitasking, which kind of leaned me towards the Ryzen a little bit, but I can get a CPU/Mobo/Ram for about $50 + on the intel build compared to an AMD one.
 
#2 ·
If you want future proof, not sure why you're looking into (older) 1151 or 1155. Either go Ryzen or wait for the H370 and H310 1151 boards and go Pentium or i3.

If you just want to upgrade. either Ryzen 3 or G4600 would be a good choice though.
 
#3 ·
If you want future-proof, you probably need hexacores at this point at least, because more cores is what both Intel and AMD are doing. Eighth-generation i3 is quad-core, rather than dual core like that pentium, so even the low end is moving away from dual core now.... it would be a major upgrade, but there's no such thing as "future proof" in general, much less for a dual core hyperthreaded system that is no longer going to be a configuration that will be made. Even consoles are hexacore now, and now that PCs are going to be also, expect to see optimizations that make dual cores obsolete in the coming years.

Also, since DDR3 RAM is more expensive than DDR4 RAM, because of it no longer being produced in quantity, it's just plain foolish to buy a "new" system with it.
 
#4 ·
For what it's worth, Coffee Lake Pentium processors will be hyper-threaded dual cores so that segment of the market still has a place.

The closest thing to future-proof right now is an AM4 setup because it will supposedly use up to three generations of Zen architecture. How much progress AMD will make by the third generation is unknown. If it's anything like the progress Intel has made over a three-generation span, it's not going to be worth the upgrade. Of course we won't actually know until the processors are actually made available.
 
#6 ·
That's not a bad deal, especially if you're not doing anything demanding. Definitely much better than any LGA775 system.
 
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#7 ·
Ya that's what I'm saying. I get like 70%/30% usage in games rn, 70% being the cpu, so. U game mostly, occasional streams and stuff like Ableton Live for audio production, as well as some Photoshop and After Effects. I don't need the NEWEST system, by something decent ya know. That's why I want looking at used Parts. I get like 50fps rn average in stuff like H1Z1 1440x900 at low settings.
 
#8 ·
That's definitely a nice stopgap on your way to an eventual 6-core Coffee Lake setup, or whatever comes down the pipeline next year or the year after. You might eventually be able to get a similar i5-8400 bundle for $200 to $250.
 
#10 ·
If you're considering AM3, I wouldn't want anything worse than an FX-6300 or an FX-8300.
 
#12 ·
I never said anything about paying retail. If you were looking AM3, that's the absolute minimum I would consider.
 
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