Best processor under 130$

[luke_2bossly]

I hav a MINI ITX!!!! No am3 folks!!! Best processor???

760k,i3,a10,old gen i5??? please under 130$

Everyone says i3 is better than a 760k... what about i3 vs a10??? Or i3 vs old gen i5??? just under 130$ please

[nsyedhasan]

If you can afford it, a low end i5.

[luke_2bossly]

If you can afford it, a low end i5.

like a 2400 I beleive its called???

[ciprian97pop]

Fx-6300>x4 760k>750k>(any)i3

[nsyedhasan]

like a 2400 I beleive its called???

Where are you buying parts from?

[Manny Calavera]

Everyone says i3 is better than a 760k... what about i3 vs a10??? Or i3 vs old gen i5??? just under 130$ please

for 120$ you get i3 4150, but you remember it is haswell refresh

4130 is similar price, but 100mhz lower

you get mobo for 50$ even less

 

6300 is really good performer, especially if you put cpu cooler on it and oc. you need 970 60$ - 80$ and a cpu cooler 30$

 

you dont want to go older i5 than ivy, unless you get like unlocked i5 or i7 with mobo for good deal USED

 

if you want i5, you easily get used one with mobo

 

i3 haswell strenght is single thread performance and hyperthreading, so in games, it really just trails slightly behind i5 even with high end graphic cards

 

Fx-6300>x4 760k>750k>(any)i3

sorry, but athlons are in sub 100$ and they perform like that also. 6300 should be standard for budget gaming non overclocked it destroys athlon and it is really up there with i3 and better if all threads are used properly. overclocked, it goes up in the i5 region as far as multithread performance.

[ForsakenLive]

Get a i3 4150 if you are gaming. A A10 is an Athlon X4 with a iGPU.

The i3 is beast in single threaded performance. 

[Victorious Secret]

Fx-6300>x4 760k>750k>(any)i3

 

which explains why the i3 stays up there in the gaming benchmarks, eh? 

 

Get the i3. Its cheap and till you upgrade to 4 (or even 6) core chips, you'll do just fine. 

 

My i3-4130 is a 1080p60fps BF4 performer, if you need more you can always upgrade down the line. 

[luke_2bossly]

for 120$ you get i3 4150, but you remember it is haswell refresh

4130 is similar price, but 100mhz lower

you get mobo for 50$ even less

 

6300 is really good performer, especially if you put cpu cooler on it and oc. you need 970 60$ - 80$ and a cpu cooler 30$

 

you dont want to go older i5 than ivy, unless you get like unlocked i5 or i7 with mobo for good deal USED

 

if you want i5, you easily get used one with mobo

 

i3 haswell strenght is single thread performance and hyperthreading, so in games, it really just trails slightly behind i5 even with high end graphic cards

 

sorry, but athlons are in sub 100$ and they perform like that also. 6300 should be standard for budget gaming non overclocked it destroys athlon and it is really up there with i3 and better if all threads are used properly. overclocked, it goes up in the i5 region as far as multithread performance.

I shall get an i5 4150 Any mobo options??? Also should I wait for the msi B85I gaming?? Can you OC a 4150???

[Manny Calavera]

I shall get an i5 4150 Any mobo options??? Also should I wait for the msi B85I gaming?? Can you OC a 4150???

i3 4150 is a dual core with hyperthreading haswell refresh processor.

you cant overclock intel processors that havent got K on the end like 4670k

you must look after the motherboard that supports that processor, or update bios somehow ( in tech shop, or friend with haswell processor ) else you have to get 97 ( haswell refresh) motherboard

 

there is also i3 4130, and you can fit it with cheapest haswell mobo you get ( MSI ) and it will work. difference is 100mhz.

[luke_2bossly]

i3 4150 is a dual core with hyperthreading haswell refresh processor.

you cant overclock intel processors that havent got K on the end like 4670k

you must look after the motherboard that supports that processor, or update bios somehow ( in tech shop, or friend with haswell processor ) else you have to get 97 ( haswell refresh) motherboard

 

there is also i3 4130, and you can fit it with cheapest haswell mobo you get ( MSI ) and it will work. difference is 100mhz.

naw man I shall get a 4150 and update them bios??? Are you sure?? I am pretty sure I could overclock it lol.... dem bios doe

[Manny Calavera]

naw man I shall get a 4150 and update them bios??? Are you sure?? I am pretty sure I could overclock it lol.... dem bios doe

you can overclock FSB, you cant oc multiplier,  unless mobo has some boost features

[Recon-UK]

i3 trounces anything on FM2 right now (when using a dedicated GPU)

 

 

The i3 is comparable to the FX 6300.

[Ren]

Any i3 is like twice as fast in single-threaded applications as any FX processor, but much slower in multi-threading. So much that I wouldn't get an i3.

 

 

 

Think there's a special at NCIX right now where you can buy an FX-6350 for $119. Check pcpartpicker.com, might be at newegg or amazon instead. Probably would be the fastest processor you can get right now and can overclock well. Dunno why you'd limit yourself to FM2+/LGA processors.. You're just overspending and getting nothing out of your mobo for the sake of possibly upgrading.

[Faceman]

Fx-6300>x4 760k>750k>(any)i3

no.

[luke_2bossly]

Any i3 is like twice as fast in single-threaded applications as any FX processor, but much slower in multi-threading. So much that I wouldn't get an i3.

 

 

 

Think there's a special at NCIX right now where you can buy an FX-6350 for $119. Check pcpartpicker.com, might be at newegg or amazon instead. Probably would be the fastest processor you can get right now and can overclock well. Dunno why you'd limit yourself to FM2+/LGA processors.. You're just overspending and getting nothing out of your mobo for the sake of possibly upgrading.

I am mini itx lol cant get an am3+ processor??? has to be fm2 or intel

[harrynowl]

I am mini itx lol cant get an am3+ processor??? has to be fm2 or intel

i3 4150 + H97n-WiFi?

 

760K is kind of balls and the A10 is absolutely pointless in pretty much every regard right now...

[luke_2bossly]

i3 4150 + H97n-WiFi?

 

760K is kind of balls and the A10 is absolutely pointless in pretty much every regard right now...

ok thanks

[Sintezza]

or grab a second hand sandy or ivy i5?

 

from ebay or whatnot.

[Seed]

Agreed. Used i5

[luke_2bossly]

Agreed. Used i5

going i5 4150 than upgrade to haswell i5 later on

[Sonefiler]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-i5-2500K-3-3GHz-QuadCore-Sandy-Bridge-Heatsink-Fan-LGA-1155-Processor/111375773441?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D22696%26meid%3D7532161762402959089%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D9176%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D251549937677

 

Great deal rn

[luke_2bossly]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-i5-2500K-3-3GHz-QuadCore-Sandy-Bridge-Heatsink-Fan-LGA-1155-Processor/111375773441?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D22696%26meid%3D7532161762402959089%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D9176%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D251549937677

 

Great deal rn

This was 2 http://www.ebay.com/itm/291164992890?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[Sonefiler]

This was 2 http://www.ebay.com/itm/291164992890?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

ok

[Ren]

I am mini itx lol cant get an am3+ processor??? has to be fm2 or intel

The sale ended before I posted (sold out, or something), I just didn't check. So that recommendation is out anyway.

 

Was under the assumption you had planned a new build and form factor was limited to the mobo/what you wanted, not a pre-existing case if I'm understanding this correctly. In any case, FM2+ is a bad idea in my opinion. If you really want something to last, like I figure you are as stated before, lowest end i3 or upper-end Pentium G might be ok. Most recent cheap-ish i5's are the best, though they're out of price range.

 

 

G3450/whatever the newest one is (Haswell Refresh), i3-4150, 4460, i5-4590, used i5-3570/3570k if you want great performance for a decent price.

 

Do not go cheap and spend $10 less on an i3 by going with an older one. You want the most recent ~$120 price bracket i3 because they're more impacted by those ~5-10% gains than unlocked i5 processors. You can't make up for worse performance with Pentiums/I3's and you're not spending much more to get a better processor. They're still a massive waste of money seeing as i5's are less than double the price but more than double the performance outside of singlethreaded operations, and are binned so that the singlethreaded performance is still better on i5s.

 

The G3450 (or whatever the best Pentium Haswell Refresh is) is your best bet in my opinion because it will be on the same socket as i5s like an i3, but you're spending less than $30 for nearly equal performance overall to that $120 i3. If you take that into consideration at all and still want an i3 because they are indeed faster by at least a tiny bit, I hope it makes you realize how terrible i3's are. $70 Pentium is like 20-25% slower I think, but half the cost.. Save your money and buy an i5.