Gaming Budget CPU

[Geekazoid]

The only king in the world of cpu's is the 5960x and who is its maker : INTEL

Damn straight!

[ShadowCaptain]

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still slightly racist

[Geekazoid]

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Gonna have to report you for racism. JK

[jurian123]

still slightly racist

i know but it was funny ha?

[Geekazoid]

still slightly racist

Sssshhhh! We don't want the Mods to find out! :lol: JK

[jurian123]

Gonna have to report you for racism. JK

NOOooooooooooooo00000ooo0000ooooo

[wyattzx]

I'm willing to put money down that this board will never recommend AMD. "If you need a CPU with lots of cores for media creation, then you should go for an i7. It leads down the best path."

[ShadowCaptain]

I'm willing to put money down that this board will never recommend AMD. "If you need a CPU with lots of cores for media creation, then you should go for an i7. It leads down the best path."

 

Its hard to recommend things that are not as good though

[Geekazoid]

I'm willing to put money down that this board will never recommend AMD. "If you need a CPU with lots of cores for media creation, then you should go for an i7. It leads down the best path."

That's saids a lot coming from someone with an AMD CPU in their rig.

[Geekazoid]

Its hard to recommend things that are not as good though

Why would you recommend anything else but Intel?

[wyattzx]

That's saids a lot coming from someone with an AMD CPU in their rig.

Me and my two brothers are running FX-6300s. They're both running R9 270xs, and I still have a poor 6870. Neither of them have ever hit a bottleneck in any of their games, and I do a lot of video editing (as you can see) so the cores benefit me, and I got my motherboard and CPU for under $200 with a combo deal. I WILL recommend AMD. 

[ShadowCaptain]

Me and my two brothers are running FX-6300s. They're both running R9 270xs, and I still have a poor 6870. Neither of them have ever hit a bottleneck in any of their games, and I do a lot of video editing (as you can see) so the cores benefit me, and I got my motherboard and CPU for under $200 with a combo deal. I WILL recommend AMD. 

 

You wont hit a bottleneck using a 270x you will using high end GPUs though!

 

and sure the fx6300 is ok in video editing, but i5s actually perform better in photoshop premier and lighroom etc, and cost a similar amount while performing better in games 

[Geekazoid]

Me and my two brothers are running FX-6300s. They're both running R9 270xs, and I still have a poor 6870. Neither of them have ever hit a bottleneck in any of their games, and I do a lot of video editing (as you can see) so the cores benefit me, and I got my motherboard and CPU for under $200 with a combo deal. I WILL recommend AMD.

NOOOOOOoooooOOOOOoooooOOOOO! Ya letting the team down.

[wyattzx]

You wont hit a bottleneck using a 270x you will using high end GPUs though!

 

and sure the fx6300 is ok in video editing, but i5s actually perform the same if not better, and cost a similar amount while performing better in games 

You say Intel is always better. I get it. 

[Geekazoid]

You wont hit a bottleneck using a 270x you will using high end GPUs though!

and sure the fx6300 is ok in video editing, but i5s actually perform better in photoshop premier and lighroom etc, and cost a similar amount while performing better in games

This guy knows his stuff!

[ShadowCaptain]

You say Intel is always better. I get it. 

 

I just go on benchmarks and tests, if the AMD chips were better I would be recommending them, I have no preference, just stating facts

 

for GPUs AMD still have some awesome products the 270x, 280x etc, until the 960 comes (if its well priced) are very amazing value

[Geekazoid]

I just go on benchmarks and tests, if the AMD chips were better I would be recommending them, I have no preference, just stating facts

 

for GPUs AMD still have some awesome products the 270x, 280x etc, until the 960 comes (if its well priced) are very amazing value

True that! B)

[ShadowCaptain]

True that! B)

 

thanks bled

[wyattzx]

I just go on benchmarks and tests, if the AMD chips were better I would be recommending them, I have no preference, just stating facts

 

for GPUs AMD still have some awesome products the 270x, 280x etc, until the 960 comes (if its well priced) are very amazing value

My biggest problem is that a lot of people, when they wish to build a PC, immediately get thrown into the case of "Well if you spend $300 more.." I'm not saying you have to spend double on AMD's prices for comparable Intel, so much as.. People don't consider that if someone is building a $600 gaming rig, they don't need the expandability later to go to a $300 chip. You can build a rig for $600 that has a 270x and an FX-6300. You'd never be bottlenecked on that card or CPU, like you said. Yet everybody goes to Intel because of the upgradeability, and how it's marginally better for gaming with GPUs of that level. Which in most cases is not. For $150 now you can get an FX-6300 (from Micro Center, at least) and a good motherboard for it. You'd spend $50~ more for an Intel chip and board of the same performance when paired with a 270x. Budgets is where AMD scores a home-run.

[Geekazoid]

If AMD actually released CPUs that were way better and outperformed Intel by a mile, then I would recommend AMD, but they haven't released ANY new CPUs for a long while and their current ones are as slow as snails, compared to Intel . The only thing they're good for is a heater .

[Geekazoid]

thanks bled

No prob! B)

BTW, what's "bled"? LOL

[ShadowCaptain]

My biggest problem is that a lot of people, when they wish to build a PC, immediately get thrown into the case of "Well if you spend $300 more.." I'm not saying you have to spend double on AMD's prices for comparable Intel, so much as.. People don't consider that if someone is building a $600 gaming rig, they don't need the expandability later to go to a $300 chip. You can build a rig for $600 that has a 270x and an FX-6300. You'd never be bottlenecked on that card or CPU, like you said. Yet everybody goes to Intel because of the upgradeability, and how it's marginally better for gaming with GPUs of that level. Which in most cases is not. For $150 now you can get an FX-6300 (from Micro Center, at least) and a good motherboard for it. You'd spend $50~ more for an Intel chip and board of the same performance when paired with a 270x. Budgets is where AMD scores a home-run.

 

I don't recommend it for upgradability, I recommend it becuase they DONT have to upgrade their CPU when they can afford a better GPU

 

an i5 will handle a 270x and a GTX 980, instead of having to replace the fx6300 when you come to upgrade the rig 6-12 months later

 

yes if somebody only has $600 for a PC then the fx6300 MIGHT be a good recommendation, but so is the i3, which can perform better in certain circumstances too, 90% of programs prefer stronger cores, than more cores

[Geekazoid]

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We're all gonna have to agree to disagree mate.

[Geekazoid]

I don't recommend it for upgradability, I recommend it becuase they DONT have to upgrade their CPU when they can afford a better GPU

 

an i5 will handle a 270x and a GTX 980, instead of having to replace the fx6300 when you come to upgrade the rig 6-12 months later

Totally agree with this.

[wyattzx]

I don't recommend it for upgradability, I recommend it becuase they DONT have to upgrade their CPU when they can afford a better GPU

 

an i5 will handle a 270x and a GTX 980, instead of having to replace the fx6300 when you come to upgrade the rig 6-12 months later

 

yes if somebody only has $600 for a PC then the fx6300 MIGHT be a good recommendation, but so is the i3, which can perform better in certain circumstances too, 90% of programs prefer stronger cores, than more cores

My mom is going to be building a rig to play a few games. Borderlands 2, League of Legends, and some Valve games. She will not be playing anything else on this rig. Why does she need to spend more for the option to buy a $350 GPU in 6 months, if she's never going to? She maybe be only one case, but she's a grand one, since she's on a budget.