Best Intel Core i5 opinions.

[ejcomerzan]

Hello everyone,

So i recently decided that i would like to finally upgrade from my AMD Athlon X4 860K. I have decided I want to go with an i5 mostly because its the best option for the budget I have, and also I believe its a good cpu. 

 

So what I have to work to with is about $200-$250 budget and would also like the new mobo to be included in that price. I also understand that at the price I'm working with the core i3 or the G3258 would be more afforadble, but I really want a true quad core cpu (not that the i3 with hyper threading isn't awesome bc it is), but I defiantly want four cores.

 

This PC will mostly be used for school (papers, some VHDL programming etc), Media streaming like youtube, netflix, hbo etc. and course for gaming. I'm not a HUGE gamer, but i do like to play a lot of action games and FPS games. I'm not so into overclocking either so thats not something I have to have.

 

Basically I would like everyones opinion on what would be the best i5 (or other cpu) for my needs, while not having to pay more for features I probably wouldnt use. I hope this enough info for you suggestions, if you need anything else like the specs of all my other components just let me know.

Thanks guys!! 

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nzHRnQ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nzHRnQ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($64.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $231.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 13:22 EDT-0400

[Tedol]

maybe i5-2500k, but it old 

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $236.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 13:25 EDT-0400

[Gix7Fifty]

$189 for an i5 4690k

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/400020-us-frys-intel-i5-4690k-189-in-store/

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $236.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 13:25 EDT-0400

 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nzHRnQ

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nzHRnQ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($64.89 @ OutletPC)

Total: $231.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 13:22 EDT-0400

Snap!

[Swndlr]

maybe i5-2500k, but it old 

Ehh, if you were gonna go Ivy-Bridge I would probably a 2600k/2700k

[Swndlr]

$189 for an i5 4690k

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/400020-us-frys-intel-i5-4690k-189-in-store/

Thats in store only man, not everyone lives near a Microcenter.

[Camcognito]

thx for having love for i3s :lol:

[Gix7Fifty]

Thats in store only man, not everyone lives near a Microcenter.

Ummm please read!!!! It's a Frys deal. and what am I supposed to do? Deliver it to you. Cry moar!

[Swndlr]

Ummm please read!!!! It's a Frys deal. and what am I supposed to do? Deliver it to you. Cry moar!

Thought that said Microcenter.

In this case, good deal.

[ejcomerzan]

Thanks for all the advice, I actually found a MicroCenter about an hour away from me. A little farther away then I would want to drive but found some pretty good deals there, let me know what you think. I posted some kinks below.

 

http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?Ntk=all&N=4294966995+4294964566+4294935721&cat=0021%3C%3E%3C%3ECore-i5-%3a-Intel-%3a-Processors%2fCPUs-%3a-Computer-Parts-%3a-Micro-Center

 

http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?Ntk=all&N=4294966996+4294963449+4294910772+4294963446&sortby=pricelow&cat=0001%3C%3E%3C%3EATX-%3a-LGA-1150-%3a-Intel-%3a-Motherboards-%3a-Computer-Parts-%3a-Micro-Center

[BigDay]

Just get the i5 4690k and overclock it. Msg me if you need help doing that

[david cassar]

Ehh, if you were gonna go Ivy-Bridge I would probably a 2600k/2700k

*Sandy bridge

[Swndlr]

*Sandy bridge

fml

I mix em up every damn time, I just recently started getting into PC's at around the first few months of Haswell.

[IateMApoo]

Id always try go with unlocked i5.