Intel i3 gaming?

[Kevguy]

Possible? Or do you need an i5?

[byalexandr]

Possible? Or do you need an i5?

Take a look at my specs. I max out everything with 80+ FPS.

[Godlygamer23]

Most games will play just fine with a modern Core i3.

[AresKrieger]

Is an i3 fine for gaming usually yes, is an i5 better yes, as long as your not trying to run a titan or something you should be fine

[Kevguy]

Take a look at my specs. I max out everything with 80+ FPS.

I like your case. I built 2 HTPCs for friends using that case.

[byalexandr]

I like your case. I built 2 HTPCs for friends using that case.

I love the case too! Gonna put a fully custom liquid cooling loop in soon.

[Kevguy]

Most games will play just fine with a modern Core i3.

I was going to get the i3-4160. I think that is the lowest i3.

[Godlygamer23]

I was going to get the i3-4160. I think that is the lowest i3.

Have you chosen a graphics card?

[Kevguy]

I love the case too! Gonna put a fully custom liquid cooling loop in soon.

They are a good price for what you get. Easy to work with too. If I ever had to build an itx or HTPC again, I would use it again for sure.

[Kevguy]

Have you chosen a graphics card?

Yes.

I am building a PC from left over PC parts I scrounged up between myself and my friend. The GPU is an ASUS gtx 750Ti.

I just need a CPU, mobo and ram.

[byalexandr]

I was going to get the i3-4160. I think that is the lowest i3.

Nope, lowest is the 4130, and the only difference is a couple hundred MHz. I got the 4170 because it was the cheapest at the time. Hell of a processor for ~$100.

[Kevguy]

Nope, lowest is the 4130, and the only difference is a couple hundred MHz. I got the 4170 because it was the cheapest at the time. Hell of a processor for ~$100.

I don't think you can get them for $100 here in Canada.

[byalexandr]

I don't think you can get them for $100 here in Canada.

Well, mine was actually like $120, but meh.

[Godlygamer23]

Yes.

I am building a PC from left over PC parts I scrounged up between myself and my friend. The GPU is an ASUS gtx 750Ti.

I just need a CPU, mobo and ram.

The 4160 will be just fine.

[Kevguy]

The 4160 will be just fine.

So, these are the extra/spare/leftover parts I scrounged up:

- ASUS GeForce GTX 750Ti Video Card (I upgraded to a GTX 970)

- 2.5 inch ADATA 128 GB SSD (I upgraded to a 250 GB Samsung EVO SSD)

- EVGA 600B 600W Bronze Power Supply (My friend went to a Corsair RM850i)

- ASUS 24x DVD-RW Drive (I had this just lying around from somewhere)

- 2.5 inch Hitachi 500 GB HDD (Taken from my wife's laptop when she went to a SSD)

- Corsair Carbide 200r Case (My upgraded to a Corsair Graphite Series 760T Full-Tower Case)

- HP 21.5 inch IPS LED Monitor (Cheap monitor I had around that)

I just ordered the following from Memory Express:

[SteveGrabowski0]

One time just for the hell of it I disabled two cores but left hyperthreading on my Xeon E3-1231v3 to simulate an i3 and played GTA V and it was rock solid with my GTX 970. Occasional drops to 55 fps but mostly 70-75 fps if I kept vsync off (with all cores of my Xeon it was mostly 85 fps). Then I turned off the HT to simulate a Pentium and the game was unplayable. I was amazing how much of a night and day difference the HT made with two physical cores running.