i3 with 970 vs i5 with 960 vs i7 with 960

[bakamau]

I want to build a pc with limited budget.

I only use for dota2 csgo and programming with this pc.

 

So these are my option:

       1. i3 cpu with GTX970

       2. i5 cpu with GTX960

       3. i7 cpu with GTX950

 

Which combo you guys prefer the most?

[ZetZet]

i5 and 960 for those games.

[salecar3]

Second build. I3 and a 380 would be more than fine, i play csgo on a r7 250 with fx cpu with over 200+fps.

[Arwanell]

i3 + 970

 

i had it, no bottleneck

might be in future games, cuz they will need more cores, but for now it's good. i would go with a skylake i3, and upgrade in the future

[Bob Jim]

Go with an i5 and an R9 380 (AMD's competitor to the 960, same cost and better performance). The PC I am typing this on has an i5 6500, 8GB of RAM, and a Sapphire R9 380 Nitro 2GB (although if you can afford it the 4GB option would be better). I get 250fps+ on CS:GO with EVERY settings maxed, 8x MSAA, and FXAA enabled.

[Coaxialgamer]

I5 with 380x

[Goat]

I would go with an i5 as its a solid gaming cpu. Games run way better on a quad core processor than on a dual core, even thought the i3 has hyperthreading. If you are doing heavy programming, go with the i7 instead. if you are going with the i5, get a gtx 960, 380 or 380x. If you think you have enough cash, get the gtx 970 or r9 390 as those are great gpus. If you are going with the i7 get the 950.

[GloriousPain]

This depends on exactly which i3 i5 and i7 you're talking about; IF Skylake with Z170 board, I'd rock the fuck out of an i3 and a r9 390; try to BCLK OC the i3 up a good margin to the mid 4Ghz range and be pretty happy... If going were talking haswell I'd probably go cheap i5 with h87(or other cheapish) board and R9 380 but even that's not bad...

[Maor]

i5 w/ GTX960.