Inexpensive processor thats powerful

[RandomComputerGuy]

I am looking far a cheep but powerful CPU for playing minecraft, and recording at 720p HD, any recommendations?

[Sauron]

Intel pentium g3258 or amd athlon ii 760k. Ideally you'd want to overclock them, so make sure you get a cheap aftermarket cooler like a hyper 212 evo for them.

[The Gaige]

1st of all what's your set up 2nd of all whats your budget?

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

for multithreaded applications, the cheapest I3. if you don't need many threads, then the Pentium K (G3258)

[Thorium19]

Intel Pentium G3258 or the AMD Athlon 760K if you are getting a GPU, or, you could get the AMD A10 7850K if you are going without a GPU. it should be good enough to run minecraft at 720p at high FPS so long as you get some fast RAM, ideally 2133Mhz which is the AMD APU sweet spot.

[Manny Calavera]

5800k and fast ram or you can oc yourself

or even buy used

[Dude]

We don't have enough information to work with here? What are your specs? Is this machine already built? More info plox.

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

*Sigh* let me get out my basic posting rules...

 

1.) Location

2.) Budget

3.) Use (you got that down)

4.) Current setup

5.) How long you plan to use this

[harrynowl]

For minecraft a g3258 and a 250x will suffice

[LuckyCharm]

I would say an i3. Once you pay for aftermarket cooling, and an overclocking motherboard the Pentium g3258 route is actually just as expensive if not more expensive. If you end up doing anything with more then two threads(lets face it you will) the i3 will beat the Pentium even with an overclock.