So, it's time for a new PC, to function as an average everyday desk top/gaming rig, and I thought I'd give a go at building my own. The original thinking was to build a budget mitx that could do some okay gaming. I decided on a x4 860k for the cpu since it was cheap, had 4 cores and going forward I think additional cores/threads will be more advantageous than any single thread advantage a dual core intel might offer that seems likely to go unnoticed in actual everyday use.
I then realized for around the same price, due to certain deals, I could build a fx 6300 based rig and though that sounds like a good way to go in terms of bang for my buck I am a little leery of buying into a four year old platform. But my knowledge is limited and I'm no expert, so, I was wondering is there anything about that that could suddenly render the rig obsolete? I know it wont have ddr4 like the upcoming skylake boards or even pcie 3.0 since am3+ mobos dont, but beyond that anything to be concerned about as long as the processing power is there to get the job done? A number of people seem to recommend an i3 over the fx, but like I said Im having a hard time seeing the advantage over a fx 6300 going forward with more and more games moving in a multithreaded direction. Of course there's the upgrade route to an I5 but I rather just build the best PC I can for the money now, plus the cheapest i5 with the cheapest mobo still costs a good bit more than a 6300 with a solid mobo, or even a 8320, and to be honest, watching benchmarks, especially in recent games, it doesnt seem like the i5 is really worth the price premium, again especially if moving forward devs start utilizing more than four cores regularly. And that seems likely with both current consoles being based on 8 core amd cpus.
Anyway, some of you seem rather knowledgeable when it comes to PCs and I'd appreciate any input. FYI my budget is around $400(without os/peripherals). Thanks.
