Which CPU to pair with RX470?

[Tech Wizard]

Hello,

 

My friend is building a fresh PC, and there's a huge discount on MSI Radeon RX 470 4GB Gaming X in Norway, so he's going to buy that. What would be a nice CPU to pair it with, i5 vs i7? He plays video games like Football manager, BF1, and edit music and photoshop 1-3 times a week. Prefer a non-K CPU, on an non overclockable motherboard to keep costs low, as he has no experience with overclocking. What would you suggest? 

[EPPHO]

i5 7600 would be nice BUT if he doesn't care about the generations on Intel CPUs i think he should go with 1150 mobo and xeon e3 1231

[Tech Wizard]

2 minutes ago, frozeNNN said:

i5 7600 would be nice BUT if he doesn't care about the generations on Intel CPUs i think he should go with 1150 mobo and xeon e3 1231

Not going with a Xeon, as they have low clocks and IPC. Remember that he wants to play video games, which loves cores with high clocks / IPC

[Shiv78]

i5 7500 or 6500

[EPPHO]

6 minutes ago, Tech Wizard said:

Not going with a Xeon, as they have low clocks and IPC. Remember that he wants to play video games, which loves cores with high clocks / IPC

Check that xeon first and then say what do you think

[MrPants_]

Heihei ^^! When Zen is being released a lot of people are probably gonna upgrade to that in Norway. Then there's usually a lot of people selling good second hand processors.

Also, idk if this is legit but if it is this is a pretty good deal: https://m.finn.no/bap/forsale/ad.html?finnkode=88548185

He could just use a b150 motherboard with it and not worry about overclocking.

[Starelementpoke]

22 minutes ago, Tech Wizard said:

Not going with a Xeon, as they have low clocks and IPC. Remember that he wants to play video games, which loves cores with high clocks / IPC

Wow, you're one of those people who think they know alot.

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/psR48d/intel-cpu-bx80646e31231v3

It's a strong as an i7. Do some research before you make a bigger fool of yourself.

[1v1mebro]

1 hour ago, Tech Wizard said:

Hello,

 

My friend is building a fresh PC, and there's a huge discount on MSI Radeon RX 470 4GB Gaming X in Norway, so he's going to buy that. What would be a nice CPU to pair it with, i5 vs i7? He plays video games like Football manager, BF1, and edit music and photoshop 1-3 times a week. Prefer a non-K CPU, on an non overclockable motherboard to keep costs low, as he has no experience with overclocking. What would you suggest? 

Any thing above a pentuim 4400 should do the trick if I were him I would wait for ryzen

[1v1mebro]

Xeons were made to have high ipc's but your correct in 1 way and  a Xeon wouldn't be appropriate for such a build he should either wait and get ryzen or hope that by then intels prices drop and get a i5 or that new unlocked 7th gen i3

[EPPHO]

50 minutes ago, 1v1mebro said:

Xeons were made to have high ipc's but your correct in 1 way and  a Xeon wouldn't be appropriate for such a build he should either wait and get ryzen or hope that by then intels prices drop and get a i5 or that new unlocked 7th gen i3

Xeon E3 1231 wouldn't be appropriate? Okay then