So I currently run a overclocked g3258 at 4.4 which I love for dolphin, zero complaints does a great job. Problem is recently I have been PC gaming and getting into borderlands tps and tomb raider and other games that seem to like more cores. I have notice my poor little dual core getting maxed out in these games especially borderlands. So I don't want to break the bank and have noticed that recently dolphin has become less demanding (I see less utilization) which is awesome.
I am considering a switch to a i3 4370, is is a 2 core hyper threaded 3.8ghz part. I think this can be a happy medium for me? Do you guys agree or do you think I'm making a big mistake. The i3 is only 140 at microcenter, I'm not interested in spending 200+ tax for the 4690k. I'm also slowly growing out of this hobby and don't want to invest much more but would like better PC game performance.
I use a asus 960 for GPU btw, when I play borderlands with vsync on I see 50% GPU and like 90% cup.
Thanks guys.