Best mid-range processor

[HunterL]

looking for a good quad core processor for under $150? a game that i really want to play has minimum recommendation for an i7. so any cheap i5 or i7 would work. 1151 socket 

 

MOBO: msi b250m pro-vdh......doesn't support 8th gen processors

[Technomancer__]

what game are you trying to play? and whats your current cpu?

[Peskanova]

i3 8100 with that budget best 4 cores i think. 

well socket 1151 is not 100% compatible all cpus , witch gen? z170 z270? z370? 6/7th gen doesnt matter but 8th gen you need a new mobo and i3 8 gen has 4 cores

 

@HunterL

[i_build_nanosuits]

3 minutes ago, HunterL said:

looking for a good quad core processor for under $150? a game that i really want to play has minimum recommendation for an i7. so any cheap i5 or i7 would work. 1151 socket 

i5-6400 is the cheapest quad-core on this platform and it starts at 170$ for an OEM version without a boxed cooler...

i7-7700 is what i would recommend.

[i_build_nanosuits]

4 minutes ago, HunterL said:

looking for a good quad core processor for under $150? a game that i really want to play has minimum recommendation for an i7. so any cheap i5 or i7 would work. 1151 socket 

wait...what motherboard do you have?

[Spaceman_Wil]

I would heavily recommend the Intel i3 8300 (or even the 8350k if you wanted to throw an extra 18 on your budget). I helped a friend build a budget system using this and it works very well. I'd say just as good as the i5's of the previous generations. It is quad core running at 3.6 - 3.7 GHz. My friend has this paired with a GTX 1060 and hasn't run into anything he can't run. He mostly plays Pubg, Rocket League, Fortnite, and those sorts of games.

[i_build_nanosuits]

is it just me or Socket 1151 also mean 100 series and 200 series as well which only support skylake and stuff...so why recommend a coffee lake cpu?!

[HunterL]

8 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

He has the MSI B250M PRO-VDH and is currently using the G4560

So no overclocking

@HunterL Graphics card? Game?

its not great but, gtx 660, and the game is Rust, its pretty hard to run without a good processor

[HunterL]

20 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

wait...what motherboard do you have?

msi b250m pro-vdh

[i_build_nanosuits]

1 minute ago, HunterL said:

msi b250m pro-vdh

i5-6400/7400 or i7-6700/7700 are your best options.

[HunterL]

33 minutes ago, Technomancer__ said:

what game are you trying to play? and whats your current cpu?

Rust, G4560