Budget Gaming Build CPU Choice

[bobbywave]

Hey everyone, in need of a few opinions:

 

I am building a very low budget gaming rig for a family member and am torn on the CPU choice. If it were up to me I would splurge a few bucks and pick up an i5 and cheap mATX board, but on a $550 budget and a focus on GPU intensive games I decided to spend most of the budget on an R9-380 that I got for a steal on Newegg.

 

So for ~130 I need a motherboard and a CPU. My options are:

 

AMD A-10 7700K or AMD FX-6300

 

The single core performance on the 7700K is about 6% better (Passmark) than the 6300, and I don't think there are many games that utilize 6 cores vs 4.

 

I ask humbly for your opinions and justifications so I can make the best possible decision. Hopefully I neglected an option and there is something better that can be pointed out to me

 

Thanks for your help!

 

Bobbywave

[Mohenjo]

get the 860k and a good motherboard. 

[MLG Doge]

Neither, get the 860K or a haswell I3

 

the i3 is the best choice.

[Mohenjo]

You dont need the intergrated graphics its just a waste of money. the 860k is just a 7700k without the GPU part 

Hey everyone, in need of a few opinions:

 

I am building a very low budget gaming rig for a family member and am torn on the CPU choice. If it were up to me I would splurge a few bucks and pick up an i5 and cheap mATX board, but on a $550 budget and a focus on GPU intensive games I decided to spend most of the budget on an R9-380 that I got for a steal on Newegg.

 

So for ~130 I need a motherboard and a CPU. My options are:

 

AMD A-10 7700K or AMD FX-6300

 

The single core performance on the 7700K is about 6% better (Passmark) than the 6300, and I don't think there are many games that utilize 6 cores vs 4.

 

I ask humbly for your opinions and justifications so I can make the best possible decision. Hopefully I neglected an option and there is something better that can be pointed out to me

 

Thanks for your help!

 

Bobbywave

[Mohenjo]

Neither, get the 860K or a haswell I3

 

the i3 is the best choice.

well i mean, an i3 would be 130 in itself 

[Mohenjo]

Hey everyone, in need of a few opinions:

 

I am building a very low budget gaming rig for a family member and am torn on the CPU choice. If it were up to me I would splurge a few bucks and pick up an i5 and cheap mATX board, but on a $550 budget and a focus on GPU intensive games I decided to spend most of the budget on an R9-380 that I got for a steal on Newegg.

 

So for ~130 I need a motherboard and a CPU. My options are:

 

AMD A-10 7700K or AMD FX-6300

 

The single core performance on the 7700K is about 6% better (Passmark) than the 6300, and I don't think there are many games that utilize 6 cores vs 4.

 

I ask humbly for your opinions and justifications so I can make the best possible decision. Hopefully I neglected an option and there is something better that can be pointed out to me

 

Thanks for your help!

 

Bobbywave

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qGDNsY

[Goldensapling]

If I'm not mistaken, the 860k and the A10 use the same base CPU, so you should just save the money and go for the 860k. If I am wrong, go with the A10. 

[MLG Doge]

Get the 860K, If you have a full parts list could  i see it please.

[bobbywave]

Thanks all, I was looking at the 7700K simply because Microcenter has it bundled with motherboards for a great deal. I will see if the 860K can save me some money because I absolutely do not need those GPU cores.

 

I would like an i3, but as stated it would be the motherboard/cpu budget on its own. I was looking at the pentium anniversary as well, but don't want to go down to two cores.

 

I will make a PC partpicker of the computer so far for your thoughts.

 

Thanks for your input!

 

Bobbywave

 

 

[Mohenjo]

Thanks all, I was looking at the 7700K simply because Microcenter has it bundled with motherboards for a great deal. I will see if the 860K can save me some money because I absolutely do not need those GPU cores.

 

I would like an i3, but as stated it would be the motherboard/cpu budget on its own. I was looking at the pentium anniversary as well, but don't want to go down to two cores.

 

I will make a PC partpicker of the computer so far for your thoughts.

 

Thanks for your input!

 

Bobbywave

pro tip : dont get the pentium 

[bobbywave]

Looks like this will be the build, minus the monitor. Let me know what you think!

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ckKfqs

 

 

I already have a case for him and we have to pick out a monitor.

 

Thanks for your help,

 

Bobbywave