Best cpu for cs go?

[Clyne]

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Also, are you serious? You can run CSGO on literally ANYTHING at high FPS. You could literally run it on a surface.

You sure........

15FPS stable using a C2D clocked at 2.4GHZ at 480P

[Ketcchup]

For CSGO exclusively, z97 board and G3258 OCed to 4.5ghz or more.

For csgo and other games, i3 or overclock a new fx6350 to 4.5ghz or more

[Ketcchup]

You sure........

15FPS stable using a C2D clocked at 2.4GHZ at 480P

Potato GPU?

[bcredeur97]

my macbook pro can run CS:GO fine on its i5-5257U and iris pro GPU in mediumish settings (by fine i mean 60+ FPS). So i think you're good m8. 

 

But I dont think you should go AMD, their platform is aging fast.. An i3 will be better for single core performance and mobo features.

[bex]

Well, it's good enough for CS:GO since CS:GO is not demanding, provided you overclock it, but it's not good enough for that GTX 960 you've paired it with. If at all possible, it's time for a platform shift to intel. Otherwise your GPU wont be able to stretch it's legs in games unless they're heavily multi-threaded.

 

edit: oh 250 fps+? No. It wont even come close to that.

However 250FPS+ is completely stupid. You won't notice anything over your monitors refresh rate.

you do understand that more fps = less input lag, thats why CS:GO players want/need high FPS.

[-iSynthesis]

Well, it's good enough for CS:GO since CS:GO is not demanding, provided you overclock it, but it's not good enough for that GTX 960 you've paired it with. If at all possible, it's time for a platform shift to intel. Otherwise your GPU wont be able to stretch it's legs in games unless they're heavily multi-threaded.

 

edit: oh 250 fps+? No. It wont even come close to that.

However 250FPS+ is completely stupid. You won't notice anything over your monitors refresh rate.

Play cs:go on a 144hz monitor once and you will know that you want at least 200fps. 

@OP

Yeah, no that CPU and GPU will never achieve 250+, my combo does 250-300 on low settings, shaders high @ 1080p. 

Ideal would be a pentium or i3, i believe source engine doesn't use anywhere near 6 cores.