Cheap LGA 1155, won't bottleneck HD 7850

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khenderson42

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Title says it all really, need a cheap CPU that won't bottleneck the Sapphire HD 7850. Got most of the pieces lying around for a HTPC but wanted a little bit of grunt for some casual gaming. Not worried about max settings on all the modern graphic intensive games. Have a LGA 1155 mobo lying around, a hard drive, just need a case, RAM and CPU. Was looking at the Pentium G2130 as it's only £50 new but saw most people saying i3, which is stretching what I want to spend on this thing as I'm an unemployed student.
Much thanks for any input.
Kyle.
 
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khenderson42

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Haha I was really hoping you wouldn't say that. My brother has an old PC sitting in his loft, I am hoping he had a LGA1155 in it but I'm almost positive it was a LGA 775, which would be fine if his mobo/cpu supported the now cheaper DDR3 but it doesn't and DDR2 is too expensive. Oh well, looks like I'll need to spend a little more than I wanted to. Do you think the HD 7850 will be sufficient also? As there is one in a sale for £100 http://www.dabs.com/products/sapphire-technology-amd-radeon-7850-hd-1gb-pci-express-3-0-hdmi-8BHG.html?src=3

 
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well it depends what you want to play, i have a 2gb msi 7850, that plays bf3 ultra 30-60 fps.

that 1gb sapphire card wont be doing very well as most games demand 2gb or more nowadays,
i cant seem to find my card on the market anymore and i just bought it 1 month ago.....
 
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khenderson42

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Yeah the HD cards seem to be disappearing fast from what I've seen, think they're trying to push their new Rx Series cards. I will only be playing on my TV (720p and probably not getting an update for a while) really and not bothered about full graphics, without going to the lowest I'd hope though. I also don't mind ~40fps as most console games are locked to 30fps nowadays anyway. Can't bring myself to spend an extra £40 on 1gb of GDDR5.
 
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if you're only gaming on 720p, an ivy bridge or sandy bridge pentium would serve you fine if you really want to save money. They're very stout little chips due to the good architecture.

for 720p and even 1080p a 1gb 7850 isn't that bad, you could certainly do MUCH worse out there with an 1155 pentium, and a 7850. At least get 4gb ram, 8 is truly optimal though ASAP
 
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And it would deal with games ok? The true resolution is 1360x768, the most intensive games I'd play would most likely be console games at similar to console graphics, preferably with higher frame rates though.
 
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