i5 3570k or i5 2600k or other suggestions

Alex1357

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hello i am new to this forum and im thinking of building a pc
but im not sure whether to get a i5 2600k or 3570k or others i wouldnt mind an amd but mostly Intel here my budget is $200 for the processor $70 for the mobo $80 for the ram and graphics card maybe a crossfire compatible radeon that's 50 $
 
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You really shouldn't spend that much money on a CPU and get such a weak GPU. And also, for $70 you won't find an overclockable motherboard, which is the purpose of having a k series CPU. In a $400 budget you won't get much...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($75.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $435.95
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and...

Francisco Costa

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You really shouldn't spend that much money on a CPU and get such a weak GPU. And also, for $70 you won't find an overclockable motherboard, which is the purpose of having a k series CPU. In a $400 budget you won't get much...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($75.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $435.95
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-13 18:56 EST-0500)

This is the best you can get and it already passes $400
 
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WhiteSnake91

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that LE version of the motherboard has no VRM heatsinks so it'll throttle/burn out when you overclock, several people here have had throttling problems with that board, but it was with the 8 core...possibly the 6 core won't use as much power, but I wouldn't risk it. Although you're right, don't expect much lol.
 

Francisco Costa

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Agreed, he shouldn't have any problem using the 6300 in that motherboard.