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CPU for around $ 250

fluffymarksman
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Hey, my brother is wanting to upgrade due to a bottleneck in his system. He has about a budget of about 250 and needs a new CPU. 

Any recommendations? 

 

(BUILD MAY BE GARBAGE)

SPECS:

Intel Pentium Gold G5400

1060 3gb Aero ITX OC

CM B500 V2

MSI B360M Bazooka

16GB HyperX Fury DDR4 2666MHz 

Kingston A1000 240GB M.2

 

Thanks.

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I bet you could find an i3 8100 on eBay, but if you want something nicer, an i5 9400f is right for that motherboard 

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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17 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

I bet you could find an i3 8100 on eBay, but if you want something nicer, an i5 9400f is right for that motherboard 

Thanks, is there anything else that should be upgraded or should he wait some time till next upgrade?

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Just now, fluffymarksman said:

Thanks, is there anything else that should be upgraded or should he wait some time till next upgrade?

If you go for the i5, spring for a graphics card update next. Dual channel 2666 ram is the best B360 can do, and 16GB is plenty, so not like you're hurting there.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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