Budget CPU

[TheLegend 27]

I am building a budget gamimg PC. I can not decide wheater to buy an i3 6100 or an i5 6400. I will be pairing those with a z170 mobo from gigabyte, 8gb of ddr4 ram(16gb soon) and a gtx 1050ti gaming from msi. I will be overclocking those through a Bios update. Thanks!

[TheLegend 27]

I also live in a 2nd world country so parts prices are very high. (130€ for an i3 and ~200€ for an i 5)

[Davidwr80]

 I would get the i5, it gives you noticeably better performance

[iRileyx]

Dont bother with a Z board if you're using a locked processor on it, save money and get a H110 or B150.

The 6400 is the better choice, or with the money you save not getting a Z board, a 6500, or upgrade the gpu to a 470 instead (if they money saved is enough)

[Misinthe]

4 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

Dont bother with a Z board if you're using a locked processor on it, save money and get a H110 or B150.

The 6400 is the better choice, or with the money you save not getting a Z board, a 6500, or upgrade the gpu to a 470 instead (if they money saved is enough)

No need to buy a Z motherboard unless you buy a K CPU, I would drop the motherboard to an H110 and with the money saved go up to an i5 6500 also, the 6500 is like $20 more than the 6400, but you'll save more than that lowering the notherboard.

[Princess Luna]

Z boards are for overclocking, they look nicer but if you are in a budget and wants to buy a locked CPU you will be literally wasting money, get a h110 board instead and I would say with the money you saved go for the i5 6500 which will be enough to allow the 1050Ti work on its full potential.

 

Buy a single 8gb stick, since you aren't going high end gaming it Will be enough for you, and for whatever reason it may prove not to be it's easy to just buy a second stick.

[Hip]

What is your budget first?

[Davidwr80]

u can overclock a 6400/6100 with a z170 with the  baseclock

[iRileyx]

3 minutes ago, Davidwr80 said:

u can overclock a 6400/6100 with a z170 with the  baseclock

Then you have to start adjusting memory speeds so that they'll work, and it becomes not worth it with the time spent. And even so, you don't need a Z chip to overclock with BCLK, any(or most) motherboards can do that.

You also don't get much gain from it, only .1 or .2ghz in most cases.

[TheLegend 27]

Thanks everyone! I will get a cheaper mobo and to try to get an i5 6500. Also i already have bought a single 8gb stick. The jump from a 1050ti to  rx 470 is kinda big in my country (from 200e to 250e for a 4gb variant) but if i sell my old pc i will probably get it.

 

[SteveGrabowski0]

18 minutes ago, TheLegend 27 said:

Thanks everyone! I will get a cheaper mobo and to try to get an i5 6500. Also i already have bought a single 8gb stick. The jump from a 1050ti to  rx 470 is kinda big in my country (from 200e to 250e for a 4gb variant) but if i sell my old pc i will probably get it.

 

It's worth it if you can swing the upgrade to the 470. Aren't you saving 50 euro dropping from a Z170 to H110 board? You'd be getting a 25% improvement in performance for a 25% higher price. 1-for-1 scaling with price is a good deal on gpus, usually higher end cards have strong diminishing returns per unit currency.

 

 

I think it's a good move that you abandoned the overclocking idea. Overclocking adds so much expense (double the price of your board and add a cooler) while the benefits in games are often hidden if you don't have a pretty high end gpu setup to push 100+ fps. If you're trying to game at 1080p 60 fps with a midrange gpu you're usually not going to see the difference between an overclocked i7-6700k and a stock i5-6500. So much better to spend that money saved on cpu/board/cooler on your gpu.