What cpu should i get

[Legolessed]

Im helping my friend build a computer that he can play some mid cpu intensive games. He has a budget of $300ish. What should i get. Should i try and get an intel cpu or go to amd an get a cheaper one?

[themctipers]

Try to buy used pc parts, and also what games?

[iDeFecZx]

4 minutes ago, Legolessed said:

Im helping my friend build a computer that he can play some mid cpu intensive games. He has a budget of $300ish. What should i get. Should i try and get an intel cpu or go to amd an get a cheaper one?

Is that a budget just for the CPU? 

[mikat]

what are the rest of the parts?

[suchamoneypit]

Is that budget for the whole PC or just for the CPU?

[vtecf20c]

depends of what do you have to buy with 300$, and if you want it brand new or used,  if you need everything , so hdd, psu, case, ram, brand new the better choice can be a good APU, with a dual channel 2133mhz ram, a low end GPU is worst than the APU gpu.

 

or you can buy used parts, but be sure to buy a good PSU, old cpus and gpus are cheap, but they use a lot of power.