budget pc Low budget Skylake pc

[Fofila]

Hi everyone!

I'm planning to build my first computer and I don't have a huge budget (700€/800$)...

My questions are:

Is it a good idea buying an i3 skylake planning to buy an i7 in a pair of years?

Does skylake worth?

Does it worth buying a good mobo, so I could upgrade my rig without changing it?

[Herman Mcpootis]

For the mobo, just get the cheapest thing that has the features you need. Aesthetics and extra features should mostly be considered with higher budget rigs. If you can, get a skylake i5, they won't bottleneck GPUs for a long time(my 1st gen i7 is still holding a 290 perfectly well).

[DrM]

with that budget you can just get an i5. the price increase from an i5 to i7 isnt worth the performance in most cases anyways. Also since you mentioned a budget in euros, can  you give location?

[JPotze]

I have a i5 6400. It is plenty enough for not bottlenecking my gpu (gtx970) but even a 980ti will work with that cpu. I would not recommend getting an i3 since the i5 is not that much more expensive. and with that you need a socket 1151 anyway so if you would decide that an i7 is what you need you can easily upgrade.

[Fofila]

19 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

For the mobo, just get the cheapest thing that has the features you need. Aesthetics and extra features should mostly be considered with higher budget rigs. If you can, get a skylake i5, they won't bottleneck GPUs for a long time(my 1st gen i7 is still holding a 290 perfectly well).

Ok, thank you! I'll look for a cheaper mobo

[Fofila]

20 minutes ago, DrM said:

with that budget you can just get an i5. the price increase from an i5 to i7 isnt worth the performance in most cases anyways. Also since you mentioned a budget in euros, can  you give location?

Thank you! I'm from Italy

[Fofila]

14 minutes ago, JPotze said:

I have a i5 6400. It is plenty enough for not bottlenecking my gpu (gtx970) but even a 980ti will work with that cpu. I would not recommend getting an i3 since the i5 is not that much more expensive. and with that you need a socket 1151 anyway so if you would decide that an i7 is what you need you can easily upgrade.

Is the i3 so bad?

[JPotze]

5 minutes ago, Fofila said:

Is the i3 so bad?

it is not that an i3 is that bad. but it is an dual-core and i5 quad core. also, for the price difference i would not know any reason why you would want an i3

[Fofila]

8 minutes ago, JPotze said:

it is not that an i3 is that bad. but it is an dual-core and i5 quad core. also, for the price difference i would not know any reason why you would want an i3

I don't want an i3, i was just curious  thank you for the explanation