Need a Budget CPU

[LeaTheTechWoman]

i know most of you are going to say g3258 but i aint overclocking it 

 

OR 

 

The g3258 is still good without overclocking it

 

Or

 

chose of this following CPUs

 

 

Intel Core i3-3240 

 

 

Intel Core i5-4590 

 

 

Intel Core i3-4160 

 

OR 

 

Give me your Prefer CPU (i know most of them are G3258)

[KayTees]

i5. Can't go wrong with it, best CPU out of them all.

[zappian]

i5 is the best one.

[Archangel1994]

G3258 is pants IMO

 

I3-4130 or I5-4440 with an MSI H81M-P33 as motherboard is the best option 

[Albert@Lee]

Umm, Can you give us your budget ? 

[cesrai]

i5.

[Guest]

i5 and H81M is the best. 

H81M is a sold beard with loads of other features, especially for those who don't want to overclock like yourself. 

[NationsAnarchy]

Just go with the i5 if you can afford it

[DimasRMDO]

The i5 one is better.

[mapegl]

i5 4590.

 

It is will give you great performance in single AND multi-core scenarios. You should be good for a couple of years with that. The others only have two cores, and despite having hyperthreading will suffer in multi-core applications heavily compared to the i5.

[H4X3R]

i5 4460 + H81/M mobo

[Ertman]

i5, it costs more but the extra cores may be required

[Darel]

Pentium it's the future guys :lol: :lol:

[zappian]

Pentium it's the future guys :lol: :lol:

 

Lol please add a /s tag to that.

[i_build_nanosuits]

i5-4440, i5-4460, i5-4590...all good choices

if it's too expensive look at the i3-4150

 

With the prices as of today i suggest this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($68.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $178.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-29 07:27 EST-0500

 

Or this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($186.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($68.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $255.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-29 07:27 EST-0500

 

Those are sweetspots for gaming.