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i5 will blow your 200 dollar budget easily

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($111.29 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($86.97 @ Newegg) 
Total: $198.26
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the i3 is still a decent CPU
 
with the Z97 you can get your i5 Broadwell CPU later when it appears in the market next year
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I've posted before about this topic but got helpful yet mixed results that were OK I guess but I need a more in depth solution to my "problem". There's a long story to this but I'm gonna make it as short as possible. I bought a my first gaming PC on eBay for about 400$. These were the specs: AMD A6 6400K 3.9 GHz 8470D APU, 8GB DDR3 RAM, 1TB HDD, and a small microATX motherboard ,and some crappy little PSU worth literally 18$. I was a good deal I thought so I bought it along with a GTX 760 and a 600W PSU. The PC arrived broken so I sent it back. There's way more to this story than what I just said/typed but since I know the 6400K+760 will bottleneck out the ass I need help choosing a good CPU to upgrade to. I'm on a budget so 200$ is my absolute max. I've looked at a few of the FX series CPUs from AMD and have been thinking about an i5. FYI this PC is for gaming and video editing. Any suggestions for it would be great. Before you say I need more RAM I am gonna buy 8 more gigs of RAM. Thanks. 

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i5 will blow your 200 dollar budget easily

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($111.29 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($86.97 @ Newegg) 
Total: $198.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-20 04:40 EDT-0400
 
the i3 is still a decent CPU
 
with the Z97 you can get your i5 Broadwell CPU later when it appears in the market next year

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Maybe a 6300 or an i3?

CPU: i5-4690k GPU: 280x Toxic PSU: Coolermaster V750 Motherboard: Z97X-SOC RAM: Ripjaws 1x8 1600mhz Case: Corsair 750D HDD: WD Blue 1TB

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i5 will blow your 200 dollar budget easily

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($111.29 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($86.97 @ Newegg) 
Total: $198.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-20 04:40 EDT-0400
 
the i3 is still a decent CPU
 
with the Z97 you can get your i5 Broadwell CPU later when it appears in the market next year

 

Can the i3 handle video editing and gaming? I also hate MicroATX form factor motherboards as they are too small and ugly and don't support SLI, which is something i'm planning in the future

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Can the i3 handle video editing and gaming? I also hate MicroATX form factor motherboards as they are too small and ugly and don't support SLI, which is something i'm planning in the future

the 4 treads should do just fine

 

if you need a Z97 board with SLi

 

look for the MSI Z97 SLI board

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the 4 treads should do just fine

 

if you need a Z97 board with SLi

 

look for the MSI Z97 SLI board

are there any other options than the i3?

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are there any other options than the i3?

not much coz the Pentium is OCable but it only 2 core 2 treads

 

you need all the treads for video editing

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not much coz the Pentium is OCable but it only 2 core 2 treads

 

you need all the treads for video editing

how about on the AMD side of things?

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how about on the AMD side of things?

fx6300 is good for the money and decent for multi treaded stuffs

 

but in some games like MMO which are CPU dependent and single treaded

 

it will trip itself and will run much slower than the i3 or the Pentium

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fx6300 is good for the money and decent for multi treaded stuffs

 

but in some games like MMO which are CPU dependent and single treaded

 

it will trip itself and will run much slower than the i3 or the Pentium

I'm not gonna do much MMO's unless you count Dota 2 and LOL. Let me just make sure that the i3 can stream games, play games ,and edit videos in nice collaboration with my 760 better than my AMD A6 6400K

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I'm not gonna do much MMO's unless you count Dota 2 and LOL. Let me just make sure that the i3 can stream games, play games ,and edit videos in nice collaboration with my 760 better than my AMD A6 6400K

yea if you go to youtube and type i3 watchdogs

 

you see them getting solid fps with just the i3

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yea if you go to youtube and type i3 watchdogs

 

you see them getting solid fps with just the i3

well then thanks. i trust that that's correct and thanks for the help

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