I3 4170 with gtx 960 vs i4 4460 gtx 950

[Jintil]

hi guys i am soon going to build my first pc and i am stuck between choosing a gtx 960 and an i3 or a gtx 950 and a i5 i do not have enough money to go with an i5 and a gtx 960 but my budget is £420 ($610) thank you

[App4that]

What games do you play?

[TheRandomness]

Total budget £420? Give me a minute...

[Jintil]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

Total budget £420? Give me a minute...

okay thank you

 

[Enderman]

i would get the i5, so that you dont have to upgrade your CPU in the future you can just upgrade the GPU 

[LeapFrogMasterRace]

Ever considered buying used? 

[Synawke]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

Total budget £420? Give me a minute...

waiting for that pcpartpicker build with an AMD equivilant GPU

[Jintil]

Just now, App4that said:

What games do you play?

gta 5 battlefield 4 all the new games and plus i do youtube so i need it to record 1080p

 

[Jintil]

Just now, Enderman said:

i would get the i5, so that you dont have to upgrade your CPU in the future you can just upgrade the GPU 

 

Just now, Enderman said:

i would get the i5, so that you dont have to upgrade your CPU in the future you can just upgrade the GPU 

so ill have to use the gtx 950

 

[Jintil]

Just now, LeapFrogMasterRace said:

Ever considered buying used? 

life span?

 

[Jintil]

Just now, Synawke said:

waiting for that pcpartpicker build with an AMD equivilant GPU

[Tog]

When making a budget build you have 2 options. Buy a low end CPU and a mid range GPU or buy a low end GPU and mid range CPU. Through personal preference I rather have more cpu power than gpu power because of the games I play. Also it is far easier to upgrade a GPU than a CPU in the future. As well as this gtx 950s are still pretty good cards and will run most games with medium settings with little or no issues.  

[TheRandomness]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£92.79 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£42.54 @ Dabs) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.15 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  (£156.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.49 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: be quiet! 400W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£34.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £420.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-06 20:00 GMT+0000

 

Eyyy almost exactly 420. Don't worry, PSU is good.

[koji]

Get used i5 + new 960.

 

You dont have to worry much about the life span of a processor because it's the most durable part of a PC.

[Jintil]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£92.79 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£42.54 @ Dabs) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.15 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  (£156.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.49 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: be quiet! 400W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£34.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £420.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-06 20:00 GMT+0000

 

Eyyy almost exactly 420.

how does the r9 380 preform in gta 5 ? and thank you

 

[Jintil]

Just now, Tog said:

When making a budget build you have 2 options. Buy a low end CPU and a mid range GPU or buy a low end GPU and mid range CPU. Through personal preference I rather have more cpu power than gpu power because of the games I play. Also it is far easier to upgrade a GPU than a CPU in the future. As well as this gtx 950s are still pretty good cards and will run most games with medium settings with little or no issues.  

Thats very true i seen the gtx 950 run very high on gta 5

[App4that]

Get a i3 and 960 4g then. Upgrade the CPU later.

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, Jintil said:

how does the r9 380 preform in gta 5 ? and thank you

 

Solid 60 fps  (Yeah yeah i5, that can be a future upgrade )

 

[Jintil]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

 

Solid 60 fps  (Yeah yeah i5, that can be a future upgrade :P)

 

thank you so much ahaha might just go for that

[Jintil]

Just now, App4that said:

Get a i3 and 960 4g then. Upgrade the CPU later.

that was my original plan

[Tog]

1 minute ago, Jintil said:

Thats very true i seen the gtx 950 run very high on gta 5

I feel the logical way to go is I5 gtx 950. The card is pretty decent and I3 processors are very outdated very quickly. Also you want to make sure your GPU doesn't outclass your GPU which with the GTX 960 and I3 processor may happen reducing the effectiveness or the 960.

[Jintil]

Just now, Tog said:

I feel the logical way to go is I5 gtx 950. The card is pretty decent and I3 processors are very outdated very quickly. Also you want to make sure your GPU doesn't outclass your GPU which with the GTX 960 and I3 processor may happen reducing the effectiveness or the 960.

okay yeah thats a good point thank you

[Tog]

7 minutes ago, App4that said:

Get a i3 and 960 4g then. Upgrade the CPU later.

The Gtx 950 is still a powerful card and for the average gamer should be perfectly sufficient.

 

[Jintil]

Just now, Tog said:

The Gtx 950 is still a powerful card and for the average gamer should be perfectly sufficient.

 

i can always over clock it i guess

[App4that]

1 minute ago, Tog said:

The Gtx 950 is still a powerful card and for the average gamer should be perfectly sufficient.

 

I agree, but the 960 is even better.