What is the cheapest CPU I could get that wouldn't bottleneck an rx580?

[t33to]

It's fine it only supports DDR3.

 

Also, is there a handy place to look this kind of stuff up?

 

Edit:

 

It's for a gaming machine that will be occasionally used to mine crypto. Gaming target is 1080p, few modern AAA titles, 60fps steady around medium graphic settings. I would like the parts to be "new" and unopened, under a warranty etc. Possibly some occasional streaming.

[Hari S]

1 minute ago, t33to said:

It's fine it only supports DDR3.

 

Also, is there a handy place to look this kind of stuff up?

amd or intel

 

[emosun]

depends what your cpu usage is. 

 

bottle necks are usage dependent , not simply existing in the same machine dependent 

[Hari S]

1 minute ago, emosun said:

depends what your cpu usage is. 

 

bottle necks are usage dependent , not simply existing in the same machine dependent 

good point 

what do plan on doing

[Subtle Corruption]

Core 2 Quad if you play at 4K.

[Princess Luna]

Gota go to the used market, look for deals on i5 2500k i7 2600 i5 3570k i5 4670 any strong Intel quadcore that you can afford both CPU and motherboard.

[Damascus]

Your 4590 will be fine

[t33to]

Hi all,

 

It's for a gaming machine that will be occasionally used to mine crypto. Gaming target is 1080p, few modern AAA titles, 60fps steady around medium graphic settings. I would like the parts to be "new" and unopened, under a warranty etc.

[t33to]

22 minutes ago, Hari S said:

amd or intel

 

Don't care. Could even be FM2.

[emosun]

cheapest then?......

maybe something on a socket 1366 board , like and old xeon or i7. should be able to find a board cpu combo for like 50$.

[Damascus]

3 hours ago, t33to said:

Hi all,

 

It's for a gaming machine that will be occasionally used to mine crypto. Gaming target is 1080p, few modern AAA titles, 60fps steady around medium graphic settings. I would like the parts to be "new" and unopened, under a warranty etc.

Again, the 4590 will be fantastic for it.  A G4560 (2 core 4 thread at lower clocks) is the weakest CPU for that tier of GPU

[t33to]

1 minute ago, emosun said:

cheapest then?......

maybe something on a socket 1366 board , like and old xeon or i7. should be able to find a board cpu combo for like 50$.

Amazing, that wouldn't bottleneck a 580?

[Damascus]

3 hours ago, emosun said:

cheapest then?......

maybe something on a socket 1366 board , like and old xeon or i7. should be able to find a board cpu combo for like 50$.

Or just use the 4590 they already have

[t33to]

1 minute ago, Damascus said:

Again, the 4590 will be fantastic for it.  A G4560 (2 core 4 thread at lower clocks) is the weakest CPU for that tier of GPU

<3 Thank you.

[t33to]

Just now, Damascus said:

Or just use the 4590 they already have

I'm possibly building 20+ of these things. It isn't for me.

[Damascus]

3 hours ago, t33to said:

I'm possibly building 20+ of these things. It isn't for me.

Ah, OK then.  1366 boards, while fantastic, are also pretty rare these days.  I would recommend getting a fleet of cheap b250 mobos and G4560's.

[emosun]

1 minute ago, t33to said:

I'm possibly building 20+ of these things. It isn't for me.

Yeah that's why I didn't bother jumping to the conclusion that it was for a rig that you didn't mention in this thread.

[Streetguru]

7 minutes ago, t33to said:

I'm possibly building 20+ of these things. It isn't for me.

Why?

[t33to]

Just now, Streetguru said:

Why?

It's for a computer lab that will most likely struggle to pay for itself in the first year.

[Streetguru]

Just now, t33to said:

It's for a computer lab that will most likely struggle to pay for itself in the first year.

And the budget for the whole thing is?

[Vandorlot]

What will your workload be in this lab?

[t33to]

Just now, Streetguru said:

And the budget for the whole thing is?

Depends on some OAC stuff, but $20k roughly for the machines. If they can find a lease that meets their needs they might go that route, I dunno. Kind of regret volunteering to help research this now.

[Streetguru]

Just now, t33to said:

 

outside of gaming what kind of software does it need to run, what ^ said

[t33to]

2 minutes ago, Vandorlot said:

What will your workload be in this lab?

Teaching kids to code, old people how to use Facebook and online banking. So like maybe some programming tools, Unity3d, Adobe Premier? It's like a community project thing. When there is no classes running it I presume it will be open for gaming free to play stuff like TF2, maybe League of Legends. It's close for more than 12 hours a day, so i thought, why not throw a GPU in it and maybe it can mine during the off hours, but we're not sure if the power bill will be too high. I dunno, I'm obviously in over my head now haha.

[RotoCoreOne]

If you're using for games then based on ur sig that i5 4590 won't bottleneck the rx580. Crypto mining wouldn't be an issue either. Some will run multigpus with a g4560 or lower.