CPU that matches my needs

[DancingPanda]

Hey guys, I am planning to upgrade my workstation and for that, I need some advices.

 

I need to buy a CPU, a motherboard, ddr4 ram, and a gpu and my budget is around $700.

 

All I want is:

 

1. Smooth trasition when opening from file to file / tabs.

2. Fast boot.

3. Just Dota2 and CS:Go for gaming.

4. If possible, good white build for aesthetics.

 

If Kaby Lake is good for this budget, then I'll take that one.

 

I currently have NZXT S340 Elite, 750w Seasonic X series 80+ gold, Frostflow 240L AIO, and 250GB SSD.

 

Thanks! Will wait for your reply.

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

4 minutes ago, DancingPanda said:

Hey guys, I am planning to upgrade my workstation and for that, I need some advices.

 

I need to buy a CPU, a motherboard, ddr4 ram, and a gpu and my budget is around $700.

 

All I want is:

 

1. Smooth trasition when opening from file to file / tabs.

2. Fast boot.

3. Just Dota2 and CS:Go for gaming.

4. If possible, good white build for aesthetics.

 

If Kaby Lake is good for this budget, then I'll take that one.

 

I currently have NZXT S340 Elite, 750w Seasonic X series 80+ gold, Frostflow 240L AIO, and 250GB SSD.

 

Thanks! Will wait for your reply.

Intel skylake/kabylake i5 should do the trick (I heard the taichi mobos look pretty nice). Z170 would save some money if you couldn't fit it in your budget. Also, this supports your current CPU Cooler.

 

For RAM, just the the cheapest decent-ish looking RAM. Off-brands are fine, and speed/latency, while nice, shouldn't be an issue.

 

Also, where do you live? This affects prices a lot, and therefore recommendations.

[DancingPanda]

Hey. Does z170 mobos fit with kaby lake cpus? I mean just put it in and just run it and I wont have any problems?

 

And I live in the Philippines.

[aisle9]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING FROSTFLOW 240L-W 84.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($50.83 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Mushkin TRIACTOR 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 470 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card  ($134.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Total: $362.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-08 22:44 EST-0500

 

For what you need combined with what you already have, $700 is way, way overkill.

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

Just now, DancingPanda said:

Hey. Does z170 mobos fit with kaby lake cpus? I mean just put it in and just run it and I wont have any problems?

 

And I live in the Philippines.

Kaby lake CPUS will fit in Z170 boards fine as long as you update the motherboard's BIOS first. 

 

If you have a friend or something with a Skylake CPU, you could ask to borrow it just to install a new bios.

Alternatively, computer shops should be able to update the motherboard's BIOS, if you were to pay them of course.

 

I'm not too sure about the pricing in the Philippines, so I can't really help you there (this build should work fine though)

[DancingPanda]

2 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING FROSTFLOW 240L-W 84.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($50.83 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Mushkin TRIACTOR 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 470 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card  ($134.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Total: $362.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-08 22:44 EST-0500

 

For what you need combined with what you already have, $700 is way, way overkill.

I already have pretty much of everything. I just need a cpu, motherboard, ram, and gpu for my $700. 

[aisle9]

Just now, DancingPanda said:

I already have pretty much of everything. I just need a cpu, motherboard, ram, and gpu for my $700. 

Basic productivity tasks plus Dota 2 and CS:GO do not require $700, that's where my build idea was headed. Hell, for $700, you could be running Dota 2 and CS:GO in 4K, and that's starting from scratch!

[DancingPanda]

3 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Basic productivity tasks plus Dota 2 and CS:GO do not require $700, that's where my build idea was headed. Hell, for $700, you could be running Dota 2 and CS:GO in 4K, and that's starting from scratch!

I'm worried about that CPU. I havent used that kind of CPU in my life. But if I choose that one, will there be any slowness if I switch tabs? I mean switch Dota2 tab to any other tab?