is this pc configuration good for normal gaming

[Extreme Gamer]

Everyone else.I say something and it gets attacked.Every time i have agreed that for his constrained budget it is best he gets that AMD setup.

Someone stated the Athlon II X4 is better than Core i3.I only told him that in the long term its more vfm.that does not necessarily make it better.If that were to be the case,then AMD Phenoms I's would have been chosen more than Core 2 Duo wolfdale series...

And mitraark, as for claiming about moving from GMA 900,let me tell you I moved from a P4 2.4Ghz socket 478 + 845GL chipset from 2001 to an E8200+p35(then changed to P45 later)+ 8800GT setup in 2007.
dont think I dont know how much of an improvement I saw!

 

[skeletor]

Here you have a Core i3-530 vs Athlon II X4 645 comparison. Ignore the synthetic benchmarks and you can see which one wins:
AnandTech - Bench - CPU

If that were to be the case,then AMD Phenoms I's would have been chosen more than Core 2 Duo wolfdale series...

Phenom didn't have thermals under control and TLB bug.

 

[furious_gamer]

@OP
Go for AMD setup as everyone suggesting. For such a low budget AMD kicks intel and screw the damn reason, AMD is much reliable than Intel and this words are coming from once-an-intel fanboi.

 

[Extreme Gamer]

I read that.
Out of 31 real world tests: clearly AMD wins.I did not deny that.But you forgot about the number of cores,and I clearly stated that in multithreading amd will win and single thread the core i3 is better:but that post is deleted now.

btw i compared i3 530 to athlon II X4 640,which is a weaker CPU.and in his budget he is getting a 635...ntm,in one of the posts(mitraark ) the 540 is the intel CPU in his budget.

 

[skeletor]

A simple question to you.

I'll give you 4.5k for processor. Heck, I'll give you 5k. What will you get?

Athlon II X4 645 or Core i3-540?

 

[The Sorcerer]

I would choose i3 540 rig too but not for the reasons that OP claims. Its been more than a decade that AMD used to have processors without IHS. Move on for the love of sanity.

Note: I said I would choose i3 540. If you're going to be dead stuck with a brand for namesake, then there's no point for people to waste their time to suggest something that is going to help only you.

That being said, I seriously believe that you need to buy a decent enough psu rather than risking their investment- irrespective if its an AMD or Intel. Judging by certain superstitious mindset one has, if someone has some substandard item and once it fails they find it convinient to blame the processor.

 

[asingh]

I think all has been listed out. If the OP wants what he wants in his exact budget, he can choose the AMD rig. If he wants to add 2-3K the i3 configuration is fine.

There has been enough junking in this thread.

Closing. OP can PM any of the MODs if he wants it re-opened.

 

[Krow]

Thread re-opened.

Please stay on topic and contribute positively.