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I just don't see getting away with a dual core processor, but that's my problem when it comes to picking parts.
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The Pentium G3240 has the same Haswell cores as the Haswell i3/i5/i7 just there's only two of them. For a budget gaming build they work absolutely fine and it leaves you open to upgrading to an i5/i7 down the line.
Pentium Benchmarks:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...ce,3849-4.html
The Pentium has no trouble beating or matching the performance of AMD's "quad cores". For games that benefit much beyond 2 cores the Pentium absolutely kills AMD in every regard.