Cpu choice

[Sweetcaliber15]

The best cpu you can get for a A88X-G43 motherboard.tight buget after i got a gtx 970

[spartaman64]

fx 8350

[Sumsar]

fx 8350

if you can't afford an 8350, get an 8320.

[KamiKatze]

if you can't afford an 8350, get an 8320.

and if you can't afford that, get a 6300

[weez]

The best cpu you can get for a A88X-G43 motherboard.tight buget after i got a gtx 970

 

Seeing as how youre the one getting it, I think you should tell us whats the best cpu you can get for that board. Cause I dont know about anyone else but I dont know how much you have to spend.

[Faceman]

Couple things:

 

An FX8 isn't going to work in that motherboard.

 

The best possible CPU for FM2+ is an 860k, which is not powerful enough to unlock the 970s full potential. 

 

What you should do is return that stupidly overpriced FM2+ motherboard, buy an H81/B85/H97 and pair it with an i3.  Later, when you get more money, upgrade to an i5/i7.

[Sweetcaliber15]

Couple things:

An FX8 isn't going to work in that motherboard.

The best possible CPU for FM2+ is an 860k, which is not powerful enough to unlock the 970s full potential.

What you should do is return that stupidly overpriced FM2+ motherboard, buy an H81/B85/H97 and pair it with an i3. Later, when you get more money, upgrade to an i5/i7.

[i_build_nanosuits]

No AMD FM2+ CPU are strong enough to feed a GTX 970 in games unless you play at 4K and 30FPS...you need at least a core i5 for such a GPU.

[Sweetcaliber15]

What i5 would be a good pair with a 970?

[Faceman]

What i5 would be a good pair with a 970?

i5-4440 + H81 motherboard is a minimum.

 

If you can, getting an i5-4460 + H97 motherboard would be better.

 

Do you live near a Microcenter by chance?

[Hieb]

fx 8350

 

if you can't afford an 8350, get an 8320.

 

and if you can't afford that, get a 6300

 

Since when do AM3+ CPUs fit in FM2+ motherboards?

[spartaman64]

Since when do AM3+ CPUs fit in FM2+ motherboards?

oh sorry misread athlon x4 860k then if you can get a i5 get that

[typographie]

What i5 would be a good pair with a 970?

 

If you want to overclock go with the i5-4690K (and a Z97 motherboard).

 

Otherwise I'd go with the Core i5-4590. Bear in mind that among the locked (no 'K') Core i5-4xxx's, the only real difference is a few hundred MHz. The 4590 looks like the best balance between price and clock speed, but any will perform within a few % of one another.