Budget LGA 1150 processor?

[Valaris]

I'm helping a friend build his first gaming rig. I'm throwing some of my old pieces his way such as my asrock z87 fatality killer, a case, and power supply.

 

With no more than $600 CND, what would be the best configuration keeping in mind the LGA 1150 socket of the z87?

 

So far I was lining up for 16 gigs of mushkin blackline enhanced (around $160 on newegg.ca), a gtx 750ti (around $150), a 1TB wd hard drive ($60) and the rest on the processor.

[Arwanell]

i3 will work perfectlly with 750ti

i3 4370 is a beast, if you're on a budget get i3 41**

 

however, for more money something like i5 4460 or 4590

[Fate]

i5-4440 (4460 if you have the bios update), and get 8GB ram instead of 16 then spend the money saved on a better GPU.

[kjvnasa]

Yeah 16gb is unnecessary

[Imakuni]

i5-4440 (4460 if you have the bios update), and get 8GB ram instead of 16 then spend the money saved on a better GPU.

Yeah 16gb is unnecessary

These guys know what they're saying. You should listen to them.

[Starelementpoke]

These guys know what they're saying. You should listen to them.

Is this sarcasm? Also, if you need to keep the 16 gigs, get the I3. The hyper threading should help it perform similarly to a quad core without it.

[Imakuni]

Is this sarcasm? Also, if you need to keep the 16 gigs, get the I3. The hyper threading should help it perform similarly to a quad core without it.

Nope, it was a completely honest answer. It wasn't sarcasm.

[Starelementpoke]

Nope, it was a completely honest answer. It wasn't sarcasm.

Okay, just realized I missread their posts, lol.

[Valaris]

Thanks for the help guys!

[thekeemo]

Thanks for the help guys!

if your in calgary I know a guy that sells 4790ks for 300