intel core i3?

[GiovanniMoonen]

So, ive bought an motherboard for 30€ yesterday, and it has socket 1155.

so i was wondering, im short on money, im selling my current rig for 90€ because its very old,

a friend of me said there are second generation i3's on the market for 80$ but i cannot find under 115€??

where did you guys find the cheapest i3?

 

all regards,

giovanni

[Drown]

Look on Pcpartspicker for your country, they will display the cheapest prices offered by the popular online retailers.

You shouldn't get an i3 though, what are you using the computer for and what are your other specs?

[GiovanniMoonen]

mostly gaming thanks for the reply, ill take a look.

[legopc]

why did you buy a mobo with out having the money to guy a cpu 

[GiovanniMoonen]

ehehehe because it was very cheap :}

[lmao234]

£90 for an i3-3220, my favourite i3. Or spend £88 for FX 6300.

[Drown]

What motherboard is it? And again, what are the specs of the rest of your PC?

i3 are poor for gaming, if you're low budget you should go for AMD instead. It would require a different motherboard though.

[GiovanniMoonen]

 

Asus P8H61-M EVo

 

 

only bought the mobo, i want the i3, because i cant get better.

[BigD1970]

I would say go with at least an i5 2320.

[Jack.EXE]

Never buy intel for anywhere between $70-$200 (€50-€150), it's just not a good value.

 

since you already have the motherboard, I'd actually just grab a Sandy Bridge Pentium, it's just as fast as the i3 for a whole lot less.

[Mentalguy]

Never buy intel for anywhere between $70-$200 (€50-€150), it's just not a good value.

 

since you already have the motherboard, I'd actually just grab a Sandy Bridge Pentium, it's just as fast as the i3 for a whole lot less.

no, hyperthreading makes a difference

[FireFox]

Core i3 is a damn good CPU, my Sandy Bridge Core i3 has served me well so far but in my opinion (and as much as I love Intel) you should have gone down the AMD route, I've seen AMD A6's that are OC'able for less than that so, I don't really know.

[Mentalguy]

£90 for an i3-3220, my favourite i3. Or spend £88 for FX 6300.

he has the board already, pretty sure he's stuck with sandybridge

[lmao234]

he has the board already, pretty sure he's stuck with sandybridge

If only he researched before... 

BTW at maker of thread you could have gotten a AMD (FX) Board for less too. AMD FX series would beat i3s.